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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:23:59 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s
I agree 100%, just posting to show that some can only be pushed so far
Point taken but I don't see the ghetto residents having that kind of fortitude.
They'll just hold out their hand, wait for the local govt. to put some of "our" money in it, and fade away.
I am a little surprised (and impressed) that you were successful in showing them that liberal judges were responsible for this. With lifelong libs, it has been my experience that, no matter what the evidence, they refuse to believe anything other than republicans are responsible for any and all wrongs and misdeeds.
This scheme will never happen. The number of displaced people is too high
Perhaps. But the real issue here is that it is even "legal" for the Riviera Beach government to consider it.
They read it and wept :)
Not for long.
Perhaps Bill Bennett could do a radio show on this. We should move all the poor people and homosexuals off the really nice property and perhaps set up some type of reservation for them in North Dakota.
Somehow, I believe this deserves the double-barrelled approach.
"This is a community that's in dire need of jobs, which has a median income of less than $19,000 a year," said Riviera Beach Mayor Michael Brown.So "jobs" is the reason why you're running out a fifth of your town, "Mr." Mayor? (side note; the 2000 population was 29,884) Exactly how many jobs is that yacht club going to bring in? 10? 20? Maybe 50 if it's a real-busy yacht club with a nice high-end restaurant. Golly, that's booting out 120 people per job; reeeal compassionate </sarcasm>.
While I'm on "jobs", Brownie, do you really think that anything other than the 2-3 management jobs will get filled by your new well-heeled residents? That housing development would be a colossal failure if only the 2-3 people who will get those management jobs (the only ones created that would allow one to afford your shiny new high-price, high-tax district) move in. If the "jobs" market is that tight, maybe you ought to get some manufacturing concern interested in vacant land (I'm sure you got plenty of it).
Then again, this isn't about the "jobs", is it? It's about squeezing enough money out of your subjects so you can get that shiny Mayor's toy like they have in SimCity. That's something that you can't squeeze out of your current subjects, so you decided to buy some new ones. I'd suggest you build quick; while SCOTUS might give you the "right" to bulldoze and rezone on the cheap, you might lose that next election.
Nope. Not here, thanks. Costs too much to provide them heat.
I was thinking about that. Might work just the opposite. Probably very few of the people he is displacing vote to begin with, and by the time all is said and done, they won't be in the area to vote anyway. The rest of the city will probably be pleased to get rid of them. Sadly ironic, since it is such a liberal area.
I'm thinking the rest of the town might be jealous of the interlopers and angry that the waterfront got so gentrified so quickly (then again, they are lieberals, so who knows? :-)
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