fresno elections 2008

"Quay Valley" may or may not ever get built. It is our job to make sure that the people of our county do not get stuck holding the bag for a failed project or having their tax dollars spent on it. We are doing that. The project itself is interesting. You are using pretty unproductive ag land, they have proposed to use recycled ag drainage water that has been purified and to implement all of the latest green environment designs and technology. Existing cities are constantly trying to implement the Livable Community ideas of in-fill, walkability, putting services in areas where residents can walk instead of driving, creation of jobs that do not require a commute, cutting down on the use of cars and busses and trucks that create the majority of our air pollution. This proposed community builds on those principles and provides hybrid vehicles for its new residents, it is built around the maximum use of solar power, with all possible recycling of resources. It is proposed to be the pilot project for the cities of the future in a world of dwindling resources. If they can make it pencil out, which is the big question, why would we oppose it? If we get the population growth projected for the Valley, do we want to grow our cities to accommodate that population? Can we carry more traffic on 12th, 11th, Lacey, Grangeville? Our cities are built on the most productive farmland, do we want to pave it over to accommodate growth or do we want to build a new city to hold them? I always keep an open mind.