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Real Name: Gretchen Wenner Address: 1707 Eye Street Bakersfield, CA 93301 Member Since: November 01, 2007 Last Signed In: October 14, 2009 Profile Views: 1849 Blog Views: 37453 Bike riders: Watch for drilling rig on bike path! Canyons meeting under way... Bldrs Exchange drama... Recycling wackiness State's property values decline for first time since 1933... City seeking applicants for Board of Building Appeals Homebuilders v. city (and county): Latest buzz Council, Weds night: development "freeze?" Suing Bakersfield: Pork hits fan? And they're off! City Council seat beckons... City of Bako: Initial damage estimates from state budget deal November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 Get e-mail updates from this blog, and download to print on the go with the City Beat Printcast.
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Years ago, when times were rosier, the Bakersfield City Council did what many cities and counties in California did. They granted pension increases to their employees. That, combined with a market crash that followed, and then another this year, mean the city is facing a huge debt.
On top of that, the city had been running its retiree health benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis — basically, the way the feds are running Social Security. A few years ago, the city added up its retiree...
Remember the Federal Courthouse? Ken Mettler thinks it’s a scam.
The developer/school board member/president of the Republican Assembly of Kern County says the city is donating its land — part of Central Park — to a private developer, who in turn will get rich off a federal lease.
Donna Kunz, the city’s economic development director, said the federal General Services Administration demanded that the underlying land be donated. The amount of money available for the...
Bakersfield City Councilman Ken Weir (from this e-mail):
I believe that my response at the meeting can be accurately paraphrased as, "... the Canyons project is pretty far along in the process and I don’t know how these concepts will be specifically applied to that project." That statement was true – not reluctant.
Me:
That still sounds like reluctant to me. Do you mean the Canyons is so far along in this process that you will not try to get these concepts...
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