Friends of Redlands is now hiring paid signature gatherers. Must be a registered voter and resident of Redlands. Call today: (909) 801-0979 or (909) 496-1539 Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested in earning some Christmas money! Thanks!
Author: DS
THANK YOU, FRIENDS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Friends of Redlands is grateful for your support in preserving Redlands’ unique heritage. It is because of us working together that we can continue to focus on our goal of collecting enough petition signatures to qualify the Growth Management initiative on a 2021 ballot. We hope to reach our goal by Christmas. This is our …
NO on MEASURE T
Did you catch our ad in the Redlands Community News on Friday: VOTE NO ON MEASURE T!
POOR DECISIONS LED TO CITY’S PUSH FOR MORE TAX MONEY
Measure T is not the result of smart planning and management of city funds, argues Redlanders: The city keeps issuing the-sky-is-falling long-term budget predictions when it doesn’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow. One council member has claimed they’d been working on plans for a sales tax increase for years. That’s the stuff of conspiracy …
NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE INITIATIVE AND WHY WE NEED TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT
Remember Measure G? It would have allowed unlimited building heights and density on 782 acres in the heart of downtown Redlands. Had Measure G passed, more than 6000 apartment dwellers would have been shoehorned into a relatively small area bounded by Alabama to Judson and north to Colton, and south to Citrus including the mall. …
ONLY A PENNY?
From Andy Hoder (Redlands Community News): Much the same as Measure G a few months ago (which met with a resounding smack-down 2-to-1 defeat), the new Measure T carries a lot of the same tone and uses similar manipulative language. But make no mistake, T is for Tax. And therein begins the argument. Is it …
Cutting Budgets Take Sacrifice!
From the Redlands Community News (9/25/20): Wendy Leung, reporting for the Ventura County Star in April of this year, described how the city manager of Oxnard, Alex Nyguen, voluntarily took a pay cut of $25,000. Nyguen later reportedly stated that while such pay cuts will not “begin to take care of our financial problems,” they …
It’s A Terrible Time For A Tax Hike
From the Redlands Community News (9/25/20): The city of redlands is asking voters to approve Measure T in November. The city’s webpage describes it as “a 1-cent sales tax measure,” and per the city attorney’s impartial analysis, “the 1-cent sales tax would be in addition to the existing state sales tax, and would be collected …
Transit Village Plan Would Reduce Desperately Needed Parking In Redlands
From Redlands Community News (9/17/20): Redlands downtown was developed and built before the dawn of the automobile. To accommodate traffic Orange Street was widened between Redlands Boulevard and the Umbrella Alley by 19 feet. Structures on the east side of the street had their exterior front wall lopped off to complete the widening. In the …
Important: Sample Petition and Signature Guideline Reminder
Red Rooster Vintage (409 Orange Street) , Briggs and Coops (21 E. Redlands Blvd.), Seed 10 E. State Street, and E-Water Solutions 429 Texas have petitions available for you to sign to get the Redlands Growth Management Initiative on the ballot. Please visit them during store hours. You may also have a canvasser knock on …