Comments on: Against gifting developers

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:45:52 +0000

"The Market Sell-Off Is Accelerating" - HERE

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:42:35 +0000

"Future Bleak for Wal-Mart, Kmart, Radio Shack – Big Box Store Model Momentum Shifts" - HERE - (But don't let that stop you, guys & gals, from cutting deals with and for a favored few. We're getting used to paying. Why stop now?)

By: david cole

david cole — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:28:58 +0000

The money being spent to straighten out a curve on Fairlane Dr. and widen Placerville Dr. isn’t what we need to be spending the taxpayers money on.The BOS and the City of Placerville act more to advance their own agenda, business interests and promote developers. They do this using the old argument that this will produce more tax revenues.We the people would like to see our neighborhoods and county as a whole not get swallowed up in this so called progress.This isn’t what attracts people to this area, produces good paying jobs and aren’t the kind of projects that build on our unique assets and that will sustain us into the future.

By: El_Caliph

El_Caliph — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:07:20 +0000

Perhaps it is time for several things:

An investigation by the State Attorney General, if not at a Federal Level.

A recall of the BOS members connected to corruption and collusion.

Prosecution of those found to be have broken laws.

Lately, it appears that more and more county residents are getting sick of the county’s politican’s self serving agendas.

By: david cole

david cole — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:04:34 +0000

Mr. Grado is listed as one of three residents representing the people of Placerville on the Economic advisory committee, appointed by our previous mayor Mr. Acuna and our current mayor Mrs. Matson. This is such a conflict of interest, he should have to submit a statement of economic interests(form 700) at the least, like other cities require.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:21:17 +0000

Ditto to Cole, Smith & Smith.

By: James Smith

James Smith — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:48:44 +0000

The bigger and more recent concern you should have would be an existing County Supervisor using Public Funds to develop his property under the guise of a County Courthouse.

By: James Smith

James Smith — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:20:27 +0000

The answer my friend is easily found by connecting the dots…Palos Verdes Properties, Inc., the name of Grado’s company in 1998 that purchased the property for Placerville’s first big box store Big 5. That parcel for development was purchased from none other than Sweeney.