The main reason there is so much impetus to do this project is that the tradesmen locally will have a lot of work for several years to come with well paid jobs. Hence, the Unions are not at all motivated to look this project over too keenly, but are ready to give their blessing fairly readily.

Now I am all for honest labor at a fair wage. But does finacially strapped Santa Cruz, which is cutting Library hours and has already closed two schools, have a spare $30 million laying around to invest?


Oh, the financial whizzes at the Redevelopment Agency can swing some kind of deal (and it makes me queasy to think how much of our hard earned money goes to THAT make-work agency)but make no mistake. It is a heavy mortgage on our future and on our children's futures. And for what????

A BIGGER??? swankier (maybe)greener (although how Green can a 258 unit hotel and conference center be?)private for-profit corporation-owned HOTEL????

If I'm going to mortgage away my kids futures, I sure as hell don't want to do it for some cheesy hotel owner!

Just how is the Salz Tannery rework "artists live/work" project going? What has been the cost so far and what will the benefit be for our community later on? One thing is for sure, the RDA staff well keep their overpaid jobs a while longer.


And never forget that the City of Santa Cruz signed contracts with the residents of De Anza and Clear View Ct. that were "irrefutable" and "in perpetuity". The City broke their promise to 263 senior and low-income mobile home owners. They will break any promise they make to us too if it is convenient. So don't count on union jobs, living wage jobs, or even local businesses benefitting. Anything could change.

This is a shill game people. Don't fall for it.