Comments for It’s why we live here at http://pressbanner.com , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://pressbanner.com Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:12:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/1800/41/#comment-1717 There are many more like us but are afraid to speak out. Don't be afraid. This is our town and our lives and people are ruining it. They must be stopped. Don't be afraid that someone won't like you. Be brave and speak out. Once the natural beauty of this area is gone it's gone forever. Ya, how about putting Scotts Valley back the way it was before they ruined it. That will never happen. The best we can hope for is not to let them ruin it anymore. Why can't we have a nice park at the town center like Vasona park in Los Gatos? Green grass with a pond. Instead we get shopping centers, high-density housing and traffic jams. Those kinds of things don't belong in Scotts Valley and are ruining our quality of life. Of course we need some houses to live in but we'd rather have them surrounded by beautiful fields and meadows and forests, not shopping centers, high-density housing and traffic. - Rich LeBlanc Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:24:16 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/1800/41/#comment-1619 Your response perfectly illustrates my point. - Steve Smith Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:22:57 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/1800/41/#comment-1618 Don't have it in for Monte Fiori at all. Just poinitng out that we are all living on developed land. I repeat my earlier comment. "I'm not saying build Traget by any stretch". I was asking for some constructive alternatives to Target and you gave me night clubs, liquor stores, and flea markets. A sales tax increase will probably drive businesss away. The sheriff's office is understaffed right now. How will adding to their jurisdiction solve the problem? Any other good ideas? - Steve Smith Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:16:31 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/1800/41/#comment-1617 Mr. Smith you sure have it in for Monte Fiore. After all who knows what evil lurks behind those closed gates. Maybe there's something more than families with children and hard working parents. NOBODY is saying don't develop the La Madrona parcel. JUST use some DISCRETION. At the current rate, every parcel in Scotts Valley will be built on. Let's see how much asphalt and cement we can cram into each space. Let's take a nice residential area and give them a big box as neighbors. I think Skypark needs a Night Club and all night Liquor store on the corner. The Vineyards needs a year round flea market and used car dealership . Santa's Village property appears to be back on the market. Maybe we can find a place for Walmart there. Let's get Ruben Helick to call them... Can we get any more ridiculous? Maybe the city needs to reevaluate its budget. Stop empire building. Examine wages. Subcontract officers from the Sheriff's department, and let them cover some of the shifts. Continue the sales tax increase. ....Oh, by the way if it bothered you so much to lose the little valley where Monte Fiore now stands did you voice your concern before the property was developed? I didn't think so. - Scotts Valley Resident Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:17:40 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/1800/41/#comment-1613 Are they the same "developers" who authorized the building of Monte Fiore? I remember a beautiful little valley where your houses now stand... Im not saying build Target by any stretch but don't forget, you have houses in our small town because someone developed and built them. In the wake of Prop. 13 civic funding shifted from property tax based to sales tax based. In fact, houses are net losers for cities. Meaning they demand more services than they pay for. Cities now need retail sales tax revenues to pay for the services we have come to rely on. Safe neighborhoods, clean parks, waste water treatment, roads, and upkeep of all these services depend on it. I'm looking for ideas and options Mr. Leblanc and NO ONE from the opposition seems to have any. - Steven Smith Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:30:14 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/1800/41/#comment-1591 Finally someone agrees with me that we do not need a Target and that it would actually hurt our way of life. Like he says, if you want to live in a San Jose like area then MOVE TO SAN JOSE!!!!!!! - ..... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:34:20 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/1800/41/#comment-1587 The three biggest supporters of the Target project are current Mayor Randy Johnson, previous Mayor Dene Bustichi and their appointed councilman Reed. Bustichi and Johnson are up for reelection in November. Barrett who opposes the Target isn't running for reelection. Vote for a change, vote for a council that will listen to the citizens. We only need two new council members who believe in responsible development to defeat this project. Vote for Kertai, Machado and Walker in November. - Vote out Bustichi and Johnson Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:45:10 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/1800/41/#comment-1583 No Ugly Stores.... ESPECIALLY THERE ! - Rickey Tave Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:41:17 +0100