From the Email IN Box

Dear Gramps,

Our City Council, save Jim Miller, is non-decisive about everything. It is my opinion that it is high time for a new council. While the three council-women seem to puppet the desires of Tom Schwab, however, he neglects to take a stand on anything except financial ventures that line the pockets of the city.

Why do I feel so strongly about my opinion? Because Maryetta Ferre ran her campaign on her past employment as Principal of Terrace View Elementary. Leading the people to assume she was supporting our families and children. She knew nothing about the new High School Project, or the Electrical Power Plant. She said it is not her responsibility to know these things it the City Managers. When questioned on her position, she will not say. Yet she has the nerve to say she supports our children.

There are not enough parks in our City to support the number of citizens who live here. The parks we do have are neglected. The City Manager and Maryetta Ferre boasted the update of the Richard Rollins Parks. The new track is a lawsuit waiting to happen. The sprinkler system over-waters the track and the soil is eroding. The gardens have turned to weeds.

While I would love to see a high school in Grand Terrace, I shudder to think it would be placed next to an electrical plant. Why is it or Mayor knew nothing about this until the citizens of Grand Terrace brought it to her attention. And still she neglects to protect the citizens.

Information is hard to come by in Grand Terrace.