It appears it is not enough for the lobbying arms of California cites and redevelopment agencies to sue the state claiming the state is grabbing “their” money, now at least one California city is in the business of producing You Tube videos complaining of the taking.
Putting aside for the moment whether the municipal poobahs of the City of Morgan Hill* have otherwise solved all the issues no doubt facing their fair city such that they can spend their days making and posting videos, the above piece — which ham-fistedly (and somewhat tastelessly) compares the California Legislature and Governor Jerry Brown to hostage-takers for the recent bills to either eliminate redevelopment agencies or allow them to continue to exist if they pay tribute to the state — we take note of the video’s final request: “[i]f you see the Governor or a State Legislator … Please ask them to release the hostages and give us back our money!”
Which tells you pretty much all you need to know: they are the victims; it’s “their” money.
Mock ransom notes. A bag man. An anonymous drop in the park. A hoodie-wearing Jerry Brown. Claims that the governor wants to “kill” RDA’s.
You stay classy, Morgan Hill.
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* The credits list the mayor, the city manager, his “confidential administrative assistant,” the city’s finance director, the director of the city’s Business Assistance and Housing Services department, and a city legal secretary.