The Kern County Board of Supervisors recently discussed spending $908,000 of the taxpayers’ money on out-of-town attorneys and consultants to initiate another layer of unaccountable government called the Oildale Redevelopment Agency.
Why not use the money to just hire local community activists as Community Improvement Liaisons (CIL) within a designated target area? The CIL would act [...]
Redevelopment made painfully simple
Posted Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
by Ken Mettler in Opinions
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Redevelopment sounds good…..but Taxpayers Beware
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
by Ken Mettler in Opinions
The Board of Supervisors will hear a presentation from a redevelopment consultant on the proposed Oildale Redevelopment Agency. This type of proposal deserves much scrutiny as these taxpayer subsidized projects distort the free market and can depress an already over-supplied real estate market.
Please note some current taxpayer subsidized projects such as: Parkview Cottages at 21st [...]
