Comments on: John Chiang to audit redevelopment agencies

By: Alex Says

Alex Says — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:28:48 +0000

Most of the blighted areas in Santa Clara is in City hall! The back room deals, and secret meetings to circumvent the intent of RDA is appalling. Having a few people divert needed funds to a private corporation from Schools and other public necessities is criminal. Those who are doing this needs to be impeached.

Please investigate the RDA of Santa Clara CA.

By: Donald P Buchanan

Donald P Buchanan — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:57:38 +0000

Don’t forget Santa Clara whose majority of the city council favor giving our RDA funds to the 49er’s for a silly stadium dream !

By: MJB

MJB — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:46:17 +0000

Mr. Chiang … Please add the City of Santa Clara’s RDA to your list of those who need investigating. And, please stop them BEFORE they spend $40MILLION of our public tax dollars to build a stadium for a wealthy private corporation. If the 49ers want a new stadium – they should pay for it themselves. And, don’t forget the 17+ acres that they are renting for $25,000 PER YEAR!! Another example of private subsidy using public money.

I applaud Gov. Brown … keep up the good work and stop the bleeding from public monies.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:01:54 +0000

Anu is quoted in this mornings’ Argus as saying – ” I dont think any money has been misspent with Fremont and its redevelopment agency.”

Wonder where Anu has been for the last several years, certainly there are members of our community that would NOT agree with her conclusion.

Question: Has money not been “…misspent…” when checks are written and cashed . . . and the community has nothing to show for it ? Not just once, mind you, but repeatedly – over a period of many, many YEARS.

http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2009-04-15&file=Editorial%20Missing.txt

http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2009-10-14&file=Diamonds+are+forever.txt

By: John W

John W — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:33:37 +0000

If most people are like me, this a very difficult issue to understand. That said, I’m with the gov and the newspaper editorials on this. Most convincing of all were the statistics in the Sunday Times showing the huge percentage of property taxes being siphoned off by these agencies in some jurisdictions.

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Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:15:33 +0000

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By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Lisa Vorderbrueggen — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:59:24 +0000

Note that three of the 18 redevelopment agencies on this list are in Contra Costa County — Richmond, Hercules and Pittsburg. This could prove very interesting in a county that has made extensive use of redevelopment dollars over the years.

By: Bill Gram-Reefer

Bill Gram-Reefer — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:49:29 +0000

This is the tip of the ice berg.