Comments on: City Of Caldwell Agrees To Secret Deal With Developer

By: cyclops

cyclops — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:28:21 +0000

I believe you have missed the point Groove Daddy. No one said existing homes paid their way for growth. Rather, we realize that all those developments that have come before failed to pay their way and we must put a stop to it. Those developments in the 90’s are what got us into this problem and having the city or county approve more of the same will not solve the problem. It will only make it worse! Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, while expecting different results! Current developers need to know that cities and counties, as a result of past developer lies and failure to perform as promised, are going to be ” bent over the fencepost” in today’s market. My advice? Develop elsewhere!!

By: Groove Daddy

Groove Daddy — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:01:15 +0000

The Guardian often describes ineptitude on the part of various agencies/governing bodies in the region and elsewhere. Why then does The Guardian almost always seem take the position that those same agencies/governing bodies are very reasonable in their requirements of developers, builders or any other type of business for that matter? By no means am I defending the City of Caldwell in this case, but a point that gets missed in these discussions is that almost everyone’s home was developed at some point in the past. A leap in logic is then made by existing residents that new homes don’t pay for themselves but somehow their existing home did. The new homes pay the same taxes as existing ones once built and the requirements made by agencies/governing bodies on new developments continually increase as time marches on. So an argument could be made that new development pays more than previous developments that are now considered “existing residents”. But, the owner of a new home soon becomes an “existing resident” of the neighborhood and points their finger at the evil new development down the street saying they are not paying their freight. Maybe, just maybe, sometimes agencies/governing bodies exact more than what’s fair from one particular individual (in this case a developer) and that citizen decides to defend their position. Surely The Guardian understands defending one’s position and even litigating against agencies/governing bodies to defend that position.

By: Flyhead

Flyhead — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:31:49 +0000

Golly gee whiz…you mean growth doesn’t really pay for itself?

I can’t wait to hear the spin from Caldwell City Hall on this one.