Come get some of this blog and tell me why the incumbents deserve to be overthrown.

I saw the column in the Auburn Sentinel by my fellow Republican Duane Wilson. Link Here

Four years ago a group of local citizens organized and ran a slate of candidates for city council who supported “smart growth.” The incumbents, riding a flood of developer money, narrowly defeated the locally supported candidates. The result was more sprawl in housing, a continued emphasis on automobile travel and numerous strip malls (most are more than half empty – make your own tally of the vacancies in Rocklin’s retail centers to verify). This despite recommendations by the Sacramento Area Council on Governments (SACOG) urging local communities to incorporate planning that emphasizes clustering places where people live close to businesses where they can work and stores were they can shop. The information was there but it required leadership, commitment and action by local government – features sorely lacking in Rocklin. Today, we still have a barren city core, as well as a glut of for sale and bank-owned suburban homes.

1. Everytime I see “Smart Growth”, I think No Growth – that has been the NIMBY buzzword for years.

2. The Incumbents were re-elected by a margin that was more than narrow. Their opponents included Democrat activists and the Placer CRA mailed on behalf of the incumbents.

3.Emphasis on Automible travel – this is consistent with California Culture. People in California hate public transit, which is a money-loser most everywhere it is forced on people.

4. Yes, SACOG advocated social engineering in planning communities – God bless the Rocklin Council for advocating self-determination.

5. Blaming the Council for the Greed of lenders, politically correct loans forced by congress and the economy is absurd.

Duane – the overriding theme of your posting is that the town of Rocklin is based on the Automobile. IT SHOULD BE – ROCKLIN is a SUBURB OF SACRAMENTO. I have tons of friends that work in the capitol!

What is the plan of Citizens for Council Change!? The August issue of Family Circle magazine rated Rocklin the 5th best place to raise a family in America! AND THEY ARE VERY GREEN – obviously, they did not have a problem with Rocklin’s emphasis on the evil SUV!?

Help me out here – enlighten me. What did they do wrong, other than hold office for a combined 70 years (Yuill excluded)?

How do you respond to my opinion that you are anti-growth? It seems like we are fighting Measure H all over again – make ‘em live somewhere else, we have ours!