tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post449307329008028060..comments2024-03-26T12:56:08.975-07:00Comments on Elk Grove News.net: 'Three to Hire, Three to Fire. . . Is that the reason the Elk Grove City Council never hears the word NO!'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-44776612113732825962021-04-19T11:07:21.789-07:002021-04-19T11:07:21.789-07:00Ms. Conley, thank you for asking the million dolla...Ms. Conley, thank you for asking the million dollar question of why the 'Three Amigos' never speak up and say no! Sadly, I believe the answer is quite simple and resembles a food pyramid:<br /><br />The Granite Bay Boys (a term I will use to generically refer to the big land developers in Elk Grove); the Old Time Elk Grovians (the original landownwers who stand to profit by selling their land to Granite Bay); and the well-heeled local business owners who stand to profit by rapid growth, all essentially sit at the top of the food chain and buy their City Council members. <br /><br />So if you imagine a food pyramid---you have the "Masters" at the top controlling the City Council in the middle; and the Three Amigo staff persons you reference, essentially sitting at the bottom of the food chain! <br /><br />Those three recognize that their marching orders come from the very top; get passed on to the obedient City Council; and then land directly on their highly paid laps. <br /><br />Waiting for those three staff to say "No" to the City Council would be like a lion in the zoo telling his zookeeper he is tired of eating steak and wants out! But in this case, it would be called taking early retirement or wanting to "spend more time with family"!<br /><br />In the case of Downtown Ford--Elk Grove Ford bid too high and tried to circumvent the low bid by calling in their chips with the City Council. It was not a cooincidence that the Council suddenly decided to not accept the low bid. Hobbs' thumbs up was all the political cover they needed, and the silver lining is the Hobbs mother ship raked in some extra dough to help pad their profit sharing plan for its members!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />D.J. Blutarskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529518197945699750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-45627071178336989552021-04-19T08:06:03.728-07:002021-04-19T08:06:03.728-07:00Well stated.
Great song. Appropriate song.Well stated.<br /><br />Great song. Appropriate song.Steve Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258093636767338830noreply@blogger.com