Here is the latest... let's have some fun shall we??
Gwen Gillman
Just Thinking
Just thinking huh?? We'll see.
The first part of the column is her continued criticism of the city manager and she can have at it. I'm still staying out of it.
The following is the better part...
Crossed wires
I just finished reading the agenda for the Monday Council meeting, and wow, the city manager and Council are not letting any grass grow under its feet in their quest to sell the city's 168 acres on the south side of I-40. It really doesn't matter that nearly 1,200 citizens signed their names in protest of the city changing the land use of this acreage from open land/parks to high commercial usage.
No, it doesn't matter if the RAID group got plenty of signature's to put an issue, a different issue, on a ballot. All the signatures did was qualify the issue for the election, those weren't votes.
City Council is going to approve putting the issue of whether or not the city will be allowed to sell the property or not. I was under the assumption that letting the citizens vote on this kind of issue was a good thing (as the RAID'ers have said before many times), but here we see a RAIDer questioning Council intentions of actually letting this issue hit the ballot.
Their hypocrisy knows no bounds I guess.
Truth is, it really doesn't matter what the citizens of Kingman want or don't want - the city manager and Council have a timeframe that they are working toward to allow Vanderbilt/Vestar to buy this property.
Whoah!! How can RAID be afraid of a vote of the people?? She was just bragging about the 1,200 sig's, I don't get it. More hypocrisy. People should be allowed to overturn a City Council decision, but not to decide if the city should have the authority to sell an asset (authority from the residents - citizens - voters)??
And congratulations for scooping the best city reporter the Miner has had in a long time on the news that Vanderbilt is the beneficiary of any possible sale. I'm sure this is easier for Mrs. Gillman to simply say this rather than to back it up. I'll be nice and give her the opportunity. I'm a nice guy.
Nevermind that this is probably the worst market ever for selling real estate!
(My emphasis)
When did Mrs. Gillman get her real estate license?? Or maybe she's in the financial advice business?? Worst real estate market ever?? I didn't realize we were in the midst of another 'Great Depression', or that Jimmy Carter was president again.
There is a market for home and property sales Mrs. Gillman and if you were to read this blog you could easily get caught up with it. The RAID group could also make a positive affect on the market if they weren't so anti-growth on the most important issues that currently face the city. Still not a peep from any member of RAID that they could possibly somehow support construction of an interchange at Kingman Crossing to enhance the lives of even the residents that live on or near the sacred street of Seneca.
Our arrogant Council members who voted for the Kingman Crossing interchange aren't going to change their minds. You start to ask yourself, "Why?" and again, "What's the hurry?"
Keep trashing the Council... that's one way to win them over.
Why?? It's good for the growth and the health of the community.
What's the hurry?? Have you been on Stockton Hill lately?? Do you want to see sales tax dollars stay in Kingman??
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