Measure G = ghost town.
I am passionate about small business, family, our vistas and all
of San Benito County. We must not let emotions run without sound
economic planning. Measure G is not economically sound for
landowners, home owners, business owners, services, all residents.
It plays on our emotions.
Measure G = ghost town.
I am passionate about small business, family, our vistas and all of San Benito County. We must not let emotions run without sound economic planning. Measure G is not economically sound for landowners, home owners, business owners, services, all residents. It plays on our emotions.
– The city is not synonymous to the county. The ghost town measure affects the county in law, and economically will affect the city in domino affect when the county will be economically deprived through this measure and the city will have to take over the county services.
– The city is the site where the dense growth “developments” have appeared.
– The county is the site of smaller parcels, the five acre farmer parcels that lend to open space and break the monotony of dense housing tracks. G ends this.
–Â The city is already burdened with layoffs and other economic woes due to no growth, imposed from the sewer mishap. The sewer mishap was the city, not county.
– Lower property values.
– Taxes will be raised to cover the already existing services.
– Businesses do not rush to open in no growth communities. This reduces our choices to work, play, shop, eat. It encourages “go out of town” to spend. Having more choices keeps the buck here.
– Banks ask in business plans to provide for growth to support debt service.
– Impact fees will rise as less development is allowed.
– Low cost housing/low income housing will be almost impossible with impact fees higher. The thought of low cost housing will be relative to the developer. Rather than a development of $400,000 homes with $200,000 duplexes, the developer will be forced to build $700,000 homes with $350,000 duplexes. The county will have to have a plan to reimburse the developer when the home sells at market value in years later and the low cost home is sold by the low income homeowner as they make more income. Alternative equity-sharing plans should be developed to help the person build and buy into their home.
– The already imposed 1 percent growth is 2-5 percent too low to continue services.
– Other counties will build up to our county line using our demographics. I see many of you at the new Gilroy Center. Choices. Point made.
– Downtown vacancy factor is on the rise due to no growth.
– Current land laws already favor farmers and agriculture. Less stringent.
– G will not help bring agriculture to San Benito County. The federal laws on pesticides, labor, herbicides and their mountainous paperwork have depleted the agricultural business. NAFTA (not a fair trade act) brings Turkish apricots at less prices than our own. The other countries don’t have the laws imposed on them. You’re spending more on imported goods is harming the farmer. Buy USA.
A vote for NO on ghost town is a sound economic vote until a sound economic plan for growth is studied thoroughly to benefit us all.
Sally Haydon,
Hollister
