Act Now To Prevent Higher Water Rates! Monday June 8th is your last day to act if you want to oppose an increase in water rates. Your protest must be filed with the City Clerk before 6 PM. On this Monday, Ventura City Council will decide on whether to adopt the Ventura Water report , […]
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NOTICE OF RIGHT TO VOTE AND PROTEST WATER RATES INCREASE [State sets Ventura Water Conservation at 16%] If you are a property owner you have received a NOTICE REGARDING SETTING OF WATER RATES from the City of Ventura (Ventura Water). It was mailed in April. This notice details what the new rates will be, under […]
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VENTURA’S FINANCES – HEALTHY, OR NOT ? At the Ventura City Council meeting on February 23, 2015, our Mayor will discuss The State of the City. It is to be expected that she will praise the accomplishments of the City, such as creation of a Water Commission to address water shortage issues and the City […]
THE CHICKENS MAY HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST OVER WATER ISSUES [A STUDY IN PROCRASTINATION] We’re in the worst drought in 100 years. The State of California, the City of Ventura and everyone else is concerned about water. Lake Cachuma is almost dry, Santa Barbara decides to finance and build a desalinization plant and Montecito […]
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WATER – A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE [The Right to Protest and Need for a Water Commission] On March 12th the need for Ventura to create a Water Commission became clear. Ventura City Water/Wastewater Department mailed a notice to property owners advising that effective July 1, 2014, the rates that Venturans will pay for water […]
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. THE ILLUSION OF FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY Ventura is holding a Budget Workshop on Monday, March 17, 2014. It may be a meaningless exercise, however, unless the City applies integrity and common sense to the process. Otherwise, the process is rife with budget manipulations owing […]
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PENSIONS BUST BUDGETS [Grappling with Money and Economic Reality] The City Council race concluded with the reelection of Councilmen Andrews, Monahan and Tracy plus a new councilman, Eric Nasarenko. Our new Councilman was elected as Deputy Mayor at the last Council meeting and will serve in that capacity next year. We congratulate each member of […]
DETROIT – A HAUNTING SPECTRE [The Consequences of Ignoring Economic Reality] Most people are now well aware of the economic news. The City of Detroit filed bankruptcy under a cloud of $18 billion in debt. Crippling problems with corruption, unfunded benefits and pension liabilities, nepotism, and cozy political relationships between public unions and elected officials […]
ELIMINATION OF THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE [A PRO-GROWTH PROPOSAL ] The Ventura City Council, at their meeting on Monday, July 15, 2013, will consider the recommendation of our new City Manager, Mark D. Watkins and Community Development Director, Jeffrey Lambert, “to eliminate (cancel) both the Citywide and Downtown Inclusionary Housing Ordinances (IHP)”. This ordinance was […]
PENSION OBLIGATIONS REVISITED On March 11th the City Council was informed that the $12 million reserve that we have had since 1992 isn’t available as we had been led to believe. Although the General Fund has about $28 million, including this $12 million dollar reserve, by the end of the 2012-13 fiscal year had been […]
Last Chance To Oppose Higher Water Rates
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by billfrankAct Now To Prevent Higher Water Rates! Monday June 8th is your last day to act if you want to oppose an increase in water rates. Your protest must be filed with the City Clerk before 6 PM. On this Monday, Ventura City Council will decide on whether to adopt the Ventura Water report , […]
City Makes It Hard For Citizens To Protest Water Rates Increase
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by VREG EditorsNOTICE OF RIGHT TO VOTE AND PROTEST WATER RATES INCREASE [State sets Ventura Water Conservation at 16%] If you are a property owner you have received a NOTICE REGARDING SETTING OF WATER RATES from the City of Ventura (Ventura Water). It was mailed in April. This notice details what the new rates will be, under […]
Pension Liabilities Threaten Ventura’s Financial Health
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by VREG EditorsVENTURA’S FINANCES – HEALTHY, OR NOT ? At the Ventura City Council meeting on February 23, 2015, our Mayor will discuss The State of the City. It is to be expected that she will praise the accomplishments of the City, such as creation of a Water Commission to address water shortage issues and the City […]
Ventura’s Water Crisis Is A Study In Procrastination
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by VREG EditorsTHE CHICKENS MAY HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST OVER WATER ISSUES [A STUDY IN PROCRASTINATION] We’re in the worst drought in 100 years. The State of California, the City of Ventura and everyone else is concerned about water. Lake Cachuma is almost dry, Santa Barbara decides to finance and build a desalinization plant and Montecito […]
Now Is The Time To Appoint A Water Commission
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by VREG EditorsWATER – A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE [The Right to Protest and Need for a Water Commission] On March 12th the need for Ventura to create a Water Commission became clear. Ventura City Water/Wastewater Department mailed a notice to property owners advising that effective July 1, 2014, the rates that Venturans will pay for water […]
Don’t Let A Charade Fool You Into Believing Ventura’s Financial Transparency
/0 Comments/in General News /by VREG EditorsFool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. THE ILLUSION OF FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY Ventura is holding a Budget Workshop on Monday, March 17, 2014. It may be a meaningless exercise, however, unless the City applies integrity and common sense to the process. Otherwise, the process is rife with budget manipulations owing […]
Busting Ventura’s Budget Myths And Fantasies
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by VREG EditorsPENSIONS BUST BUDGETS [Grappling with Money and Economic Reality] The City Council race concluded with the reelection of Councilmen Andrews, Monahan and Tracy plus a new councilman, Eric Nasarenko. Our new Councilman was elected as Deputy Mayor at the last Council meeting and will serve in that capacity next year. We congratulate each member of […]
Economic Illiteracy, Indifference And Denial Plague Ventura Finances
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by VREG EditorsDETROIT – A HAUNTING SPECTRE [The Consequences of Ignoring Economic Reality] Most people are now well aware of the economic news. The City of Detroit filed bankruptcy under a cloud of $18 billion in debt. Crippling problems with corruption, unfunded benefits and pension liabilities, nepotism, and cozy political relationships between public unions and elected officials […]
The Inclusionary Housing Mirage
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by VREG EditorsELIMINATION OF THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE [A PRO-GROWTH PROPOSAL ] The Ventura City Council, at their meeting on Monday, July 15, 2013, will consider the recommendation of our new City Manager, Mark D. Watkins and Community Development Director, Jeffrey Lambert, “to eliminate (cancel) both the Citywide and Downtown Inclusionary Housing Ordinances (IHP)”. This ordinance was […]
Pension Redux
/0 Comments/in Newsletters /by VREG EditorsPENSION OBLIGATIONS REVISITED On March 11th the City Council was informed that the $12 million reserve that we have had since 1992 isn’t available as we had been led to believe. Although the General Fund has about $28 million, including this $12 million dollar reserve, by the end of the 2012-13 fiscal year had been […]