The Sun Article does link to the GrandTerraceNews.Blogspot and that is a good thing Hope folks stop by and read...
The blog is about more than the Recall, and if you are a new reader... Welcome. I suggest you read from the oldest post to the most current.
This blog started because the City REFUSED to provide information on their Web Site. Arrests, and Agendas and Minutes were the start of this web blog.
Again, Welcome New Readers.
Gramps..
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Dear Gramps/Readers:
As usual Mr. Wall did not use all my quotes. The Senior Housing being section 8 and the Seniors being promised by Schwab that they would live there. Most of our seniors are over qualified for Government subsidized rent and at that there are waiting lists for Section 8 housing over a year long.
The OAC and Senior Housing and the Town Center and Essco and the Peaker Plant and on and on where the City Manager, Planning Mis-Director and Council choose to (or will choose to), have to listen to a Superior Court Judge instead of the will of the people. These projects have been stopped by the courts for either violating the law, not following guidelines and laws set down by the Government or both. Mr. Schwab and Mr. Koontz are paid, and in Mr. Schwab case, $150,000 a year to know what they are doing.
Perhaps Mr. Reinarz will post on his site the cost to the tax payers in legal fee's for this ineptness and incompetence. In fact, if anyone wants to sue the City of Grand Terrace we are easy "pickings".
We haven't won a law suit yet. I'm sure Mr. Reinarz believes that it is Grandterracenews.blogspot website's fault. It could never be the management of this Cites fault. What other City would allow their City manager to remain employed if he is unable to get a project through legally, with open bids and not get the City in a law suit every time he advises the council that everything is "A O.K".
You would think this Council would learn that when Mr. Schwab makes "Staff Recommendations" that it's time to do their job and review everything because there will inevitably be a "Skunk in the woodpile" somewhere.
On the Essco project two lawyers, one being hired by the City, told the Council not to approve it. Councilwoman Cortes after a nudge from Council woman Ferre, moved for the vote on it by saying one of the most air headed things of the many she says at Council. "If it's good enough for the Planning Commission, it's good enough for the Council".
Within a week that statement landed the City and the taxpayers in yet another lawsuit. This is why the three of them need to be removed. They have no idea what they are doing or supposed to be doing.
Another good example. Councilwoman Cortes has arranged to change Council meeting nights, starting next January, if she is still on the Council, from Thursdays to Tuesdays because the G.O.P. (Republicans) have their meetings on Thursdays and she can't go. They already changed the time of the meeting from 7:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. which has cut down on attendance what was obviously the plan.
Why not give the citizens a say instead of arranging the meeting. around a social calander. This is the type of of thing that shows that they believe they are there for social functions and pictures in the paper. Just let them be Council people don't make them be bothered with details of whats going on at City Hall.
The people went into the podium by the scores and voiced their opposition to the "pie-in-sky" projects brought to the city by Mr. Schwab in no bid contracts in violation of the law. The Citizens voices fell and continue to on deaf ears by most of the Council. In fairness Mr. Miller seems to have his eyes and ears open more than the others. Still that is three and most times four to one odds.
Mr.Schwab signs his own purchase orders for the cars the city will buy him, which again is a violation of State law and then can't or won't provide documentation as to what happened to the vehicle's that are replace. I asked for the third time at the last Council meeting what became of the last vehicle that the City bought for Mr. Schwab. How can they not account for a City owned vehicle? He may not sign a purchase order in which he stands to gain financially. It is illegal folks. Wouldn't you want to know what else if anything is being done without the voters knowledge?
Mr Wall called me and asked if I read the Blobsite by Mr. Reinarz. I told him that it must be very difficult for Mr. Reinarz to write it while sitting on Mr. Schwabs lap. Mr. Reinarz, from my understanding, is in the business of evidence analyzing. I would hope the way he has not used those skills, if in fact they exist, to actually bring "The Truth" to the Community, would not trans-send to his professional opinions.
When I looked at his site it was nothing but the Cities mantra that gave no evidence to back up Mr. Reinarz's opinion. When GrandPa Terrace challenged him to disprove anything on this website or to prove anything Mr. Reinarz says on his website, he provided nothing but his opinion once again, unsubstantiated by fact or document. Should you decide to visit Mr. Reinarz's site, ask him to provide documentation to disprove the documentation to the REAL TRUTH the GrandTerraceNews.blogspot site provides.
One last comment. There is no Grandpa Terrace. There are many, many Grandpa Terraces. The Citizens that have brought forth the documents and evidence of the Cities either unethical or illegal practices are Grandpa Terrace. Bill Hays and yes I am also a Grandpa.
Well here is what Gramps thinks.
I don't really care what Brian thinks about Gramps being un named... If they knew who I was, then what??? How will that change the facts? That it BUGS them is interesting.
What if I were a City Employee who just wanted to have fun? What if I were a former Council Member? What If I were a clerk at a store? WHO Cares..... Read the Documents....
IF and that is a BIG IF he wanted to point out where the City Purchased Cars have gone, or why the REAL Financial Accounting is hiding a 40 year debt, or why the Council Members have Failed to exercise sufficient control and oversight of the City Manager, I'd be interested.
What do Ferre and Garcia think they are being recalled for... 3 minute rule. NO, they are being recalled for their lack of Oversight of Plans Presented, Contract Done without Bids, and Development Plans which are not in agreement with the General Plan, or Barton Rd Specific Plan. They are being recalled for their inability to reconcile their prior campaign statements with their current actions. They are being recalled because things just don't add up at City Hall and THEY have the power or responsibility to make sure it does.
Tone... Yeah, I get the tone is harsh, when it isn't lalalala... some folks may be upset with the tone...
The Grandterracenews.blogspot.com lists actual arrests in GT, without this the current real crimes would not be fully appreciated by the citizens or council. The Grandterracenews.blogspot.com provides information on GT Events and other Local Family Events. The Grandterracenews.blogspot has hundreds of documents to support its opinion and encourages citizens to evaluate the FACTS in the documents. OR in some cases the LACK of documents.
Land Transfers without Public Hearings, Cars go missing, No Bid Contracts, Development Deals where Eminent Domain is used prior to Council or RDA Board Approval. etc. etc.
any thing else?
Brian has not once disproved a fact. Tone.... well his 3 minutes are up on the tone problem, no one forces him to read my out of tone blog... yet he keeps reading..
Brian closes with a statement he wants to increase the number of voters. Now that is a possitive sound bite.. A slogan hard to argue against.
This GrandTerraceNews.Blog s wants more informed Voters and Citizens so that they not only are good a making their choice when they vote, but are active participants in their government AFTER the election.
