From the Email InBox: Survey This

Councilman Miller has excellent points on the proposed survey of 300 Grand Terrace residents. Mr. Schwab and the other Council members should take note of the comparison Mr. Schwab used of Moreno Valley. They have a 160,000 population, we are under 14,000.

Once again Mr. Schwab has a found a way to waste taxpayers money. Mr. Miller made the point, "what are they trying to find out". Here's the answer to that question.

NOTHING. Here's a fact. At every Council meeting there is a survey taken. It's called "Public Comment". The Council and city manager don't listen then, why would they listen to 300 people that will probably be chosen by the city staff.

For those that pay attention and remember when City Hall was packed with residents against the O.A.C., when City Hall was packed with residents against Lowe's, when City Hall was packed against "The Senior Housing", when City Hall was packed with residents against Eminent Domain for a private developers gain. Ask yourselves folks. How many Council members listened. Those meetings were real time surveys. They went ahead with the O.A.C without a market study or feasibility study. When the Grand Terrace Partners did they studies, and Mr. Schwab claimed he brought the project to the City and then admitted that it was actually Ralph Megna's goal to have "A big boy's toy store" here, it was neither marketable or feasible. That the projected revenue by Mr. Schwab, Mr. Knootz and Mr. Megna was just pulled out of thin air. You can't project revenue without those studies. We are all still waiting for an explanation as to why Mr. Knootz is a partner with Mr. Megna and also works for the City of Grand and every month there are voucher going to their business.

I think the members of the Council couldn't care less what anyone except their clique thinks. It seems every meeting one of the friends of the Council is getting some kind of award. I imagine soon they will start awarding them to each other. One last thought, Mr. Schwab comments about our surplus. I would gather from history that he has once again issued Tax Allocation Bonds for the RDA and his developer friends without telling us. That's how he camouflaged the surplus before. Remember the $13,000,000 "Portfolio" that was actually debt. Watch Out.