Yes on Measure F
Antioch Option
The Truth about the Antioch Debate
By Fix Balfour Road and American Avenue PAC, on May 30, 2010It’s Happened Before. Don’t Let It Happen Again!
By Fix Balfour Road and American Avenue PAC, on May 28, 2010The Choice. Know the Truth Before You Vote!
By By Fix Balfour Road and American Avenue PAC, on May 28, 2010Featured News
LAFCO Chairman Speaks For Himself
June 5, 2010Antioch Councilman says Antioch Wants Measure F Area
By Arne Simonsen - thepress.net, on June 3, 2010Measure F Opponents Engaged in Sleazy Push Poll
May 15, 2010
Not pining for the past
By Kristine Stoker, Brentwood - thepress.net, on April 1, 2010
If stopping development is such a good idea, why have property values collapsed at the same time that development has shut down? Didn’t property values actually increase dramatically when new development was happening? Prices shot up from 1995 to 2005, the same time that we had a large increase in housing and have fallen since housing slowed in 2006.
The economic impact of housing – the jobs, the new stores, the revenues to local governments, the parks, the schools, etc. – all help make a community strong. The proper balance of housing, open-space protection, support for agriculture, etc. is what works well. Brentwood is a prime example of this approach. Having everything on one side or the other can be a disaster.
Maybe these people writing letters to the editor yearn for the old Brentwood of pre-1990. I certainly don’t. Unlike them, I am proud of our city and only want to help get it moving forward again.
If you really believe that shutting everything down makes sense, then take a look around. Welcome to 2010! The current economy, housing values, crime rates and lack of opportunity is apparently what they had in mind.
