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"We've all heard the tale of that wise old owl,
Who lived on the limb of an oak.
He listened, and watched, and heard, and saw,
But seldom ever spoke.
When things got so bad, his wisdom he shared,
And to City Watch he invoked.
It's time, he said, for your group to be heard,
So people will know there is hope!"
-Anonymous
ABOUT CITY WATCH...
City Watch, Inc. is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, volunteer operated & membership supported educational organization established in 1989. It's mission includes local government education with a focus on fiscal issues affecting the Salinas & Monterey areas.
All content on this official website is for the benefit of City Watch, Inc. and is for educational non-commercial use only.
Anyone can become a City Watch volunteer and membership is open to persons 18 years of age or older. Annual dues are $20 a member or $35 for a couple.
Send dues, charitable donations & correspondence to:
City Watch, Inc.
PO Box 3954
Salinas, CA 93912
Email:
contact@joincitywatch.org
Chairman of the Board:
Gene Lee
Phone: (831) 275-0695
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Editorial: 'How to get a city to do its job'
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 by Andrew F. Bender,
an exclusive for City Watch
We already know that to get big bucks for some pet project or other, including one-time festivals, it takes a short and effective presentation to the City Council by anyone with "proper credentials". But what does it take to get a terribly bad road fixed in Salinas?
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Posted by Webmaster on Saturday, June 25 @ 09:39:12 EDT (969 reads)
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Editorial: 'Major contributor to Salinas City downfall'
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 by Mark Carbonaro for City Watch
For some years now the social-welfare special interest groups have been running Salinas. They have shown themselves to have zero ability to manage a city of Salinas' size. Council members with obvious conflicts of interest rule the roost. And of course the only solution preferred by any of these folks for Salinas' problems is: raise taxes!
Once voters give them more tax dollars, don't be surprised a couple of years later if they want still more tax dollars! You can never have too many tax dollars when you're in the business of doing "good deeds" with other people's money.
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Posted by Webmaster on Tuesday, May 24 @ 18:06:49 EDT (1011 reads)
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Editorial: 'Voters confused? Give me a break!'
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 by Andrew F. Bender,
an exclusive for City Watch
According to a report in the May 12 Monterey Herald, supporters of higher tax rates in Salinas are urging officials to keep the next tax ballot measure simple. Evidently grasping at straws, long-time tax increase promoter Dennis Donohue stated that voters were confused by last year's measures A & B and that's why they failed to approve them.
This rings a bell for long-time observers of city government here. Former Mayor Styles used this same excuse after a measure he supported failed to pass. But when another measure he favored was approved, Styles commented that it showed how bright Salinas voters are.
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Posted by Webmaster on Saturday, May 14 @ 13:40:58 EDT (958 reads)
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Editorial: 'Salinas City government is wasteful, inefficient and self-serving'
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by City Watch
Bulletin & Website Committee
Instead of looking for permanent solutions to their management problems, Salinas City officials continue to make excuses and blame others for their malfeasance.
General government revenue has grown to $68 million this fiscal year, $5 million more than budgeted before the last election.
Yet, city officials have chosen to threaten your services.
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Posted by Webmaster on Friday, April 29 @ 21:42:51 EDT (920 reads)
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