The Ever Changing Information:

The Blue Mt. Outlook of May 2006,

Reports and Quotes City Manager Tom Schwab as saying:

"On April 19th, Jacobsen and (un named) city officials withdrew the possibility of using eminent domain to acquire Jo Stringfield's Property." " The CRA and/or Doug Jacobsen will work to privately acquire the property from Jo Stringfield". "It is up to her. We would like to work something out but ultimately she gets to make the final decision".

Grandpa's opinion:

One can only wonder what the other prior owners would have decided if they had not been under the repeated threats and innuendos of the Use of Eminent Domain by the City. Would they have sold? Would they have made the agreements they did?

Why the change of heart by Jacobsen and the Un-Named City Officials? Bad for business, and possibly worse we can all speculate. One thing is for sure continued vigilance is needed to over see what gets put in to the shops restaurants will be important for the citizens of the city. Increasing revenues while increasing crime and causing a deterioration of our community life is not a Net Gain for the city. With the CRA's continued involvement with the "Development" the city and citizens should have a great deal of control and influence on what is placed in the development. Let's hope CJUSD has a GT ELM School Replacement site, it would be nice to know where that is, before any construction is done on any large section of land.