I woke up early for the news that Chico voters have very definitely rejected the proposal for Valley’s Edge. I don’t think that land should be developed at all, and the high density they were proposing would have been a disaster. And like my husband reminds me – it offered nothing to our town except sprawl and further strain on infrastructure.
Now the question, what will Brouhard and his investors come back with – we should keep an eye on further developments in this area. It’s currently zoned for much lower density residential.
As of late yesterday, Butte County Recorder Keaton Denlay worried that “Turnout is lower than it has been. In our last Presidential primary we were over 58%, right now we’re sitting at 26%”.
Well, I’ll say, that’s pretty sad. I mailed my ballot two days after I received it, first week in February. My husband and I checked the county website and found our ballots were received by the following Monday. Denlay blames low turnout on the weather – that’s no excuse. I think this election has been a turn-off.
One example – what Adam Schiff did to Katie Porter and Barbara Lee shows us the seamier side of politics – he spent 10’s of millions throwing them under the bus with attack ads, members of his own party, while he very obviously pushed Garvey as his preferred opponent. He really thinks he can demonize Garvey because he voted for Donald Trump. Schiff is a nasty, nasty man, who obviously believes in dirty politics. I’m tired of his “leadership” of our state – a welfare state with the highest taxes in the nation. I’m looking forward to voting for Garvey again. I might even send him 25 bucks.
People blame Don Trump for turning the election negative – they’ve got to be kidding. The mess in Washington is all on Biden. Here’s what I think is really going on – the Democrats are desperately seeking somebody else to run. Michelle Obama’s sudden announcement that she won’t run tells us they’ve been talking about it. And it’s very reminiscent of Barack Obama’s denial that he was going to run in 2008 – he told Tim Russert several times in 2006, very firmly, that he would not run, but by 2007 he was telling Russert why he should be president. Let’s see what happens with the Democrats over the next few months.
Chico Taxpayers Association 
How about a shout out to Addison Winslow, the only council member to oppose the development being foisted on us without a conversation? This was the the young man you mocked as the unfortunate product of public schools.
You make so many good points and you work so hard but can’t we agree on valuing our young people who care enough to take on the responsibility of our increasingly brutal electoral politics?