City's freeway funds at risk
San Bernardino Sun
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:54
PM PDTGRAND TERRACE - The city risks losing millions of dollars to replace an outdated interchange with the 215 Freeway if the state raids local coffers to balance its budget.
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The above reflects the direct result of conduct for which our own City Council Participates. The conduct of False Pride and Bad Economics.
Our City Council and Our Local Realtors prided themselves in the Ever Increasing Property Values of homes and property in Grand Terrace. Yet, while Property Prices increased PRODUCTION of any PRODUCT became NILL... this is a FALSE Economy.
To fund these increased Housing Prices the Home Owners went into ever increasing debt. That ever increasing debt inflated the property tax revenue that justified the Redevelopment Agency to obtain DEBT.
This Imaginary type of Economy is more like a soap bubble than a balloon it will pop were as a balloon sometimes slowly deflates.
As we enter into this changing economy perhaps we need to redefine successful economics.
In a Successful Economy housing should cost no more than 1/4th the income generated on or within a 5 mile commute. The lowest paid head of household should be able to afford sufficient safe housing. Sufficient Housing should include alternatives such as accommodations the size of hotel rooms. ( The State of California can put how many criminals in a small jail cell and it is not considered, Un Safe, Un Healthy, or Undersized. ) How is it that building a small house or housing accommodations that are small and efficient is NOT LEGAL for anyone other than State or Government Facilities such as the Senior Center?
In a Successful Economy we are able to consume and produce real tangible items. Respecting Permaculture, Agriculture, and Manufacturing in our community is needed. We need to develop a product or justification for human settlement in Grand Terrace other than Retail Sales Tax on Imported Items, and Earnings Earned 40 to 90 miles away, or Debt Financing.
Failure to rethink and remold ourselves will contribute to the problem rather than be a leader to a Sustainable Future and a Healthy Community Model for California.
The California Employees who are finding out what it may be like to work for minimum wage when they have Maximum Living Expenses, and Debt and no other support should be an example for us all that the California Dream should be based on something produced not a DEBT on a DEBT on a Dream.
