Comments for His Voice at http://pattersonirrigator.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://pattersonirrigator.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:15:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pattersonirrigator.com/content/view/1852/41/#comment-775 Bert, you obviously did not read my post very well. I did not say he owned land in the general plan area. I said " attempted to purchase". I know it happened. Revitalizing downtown buildings is great, but when gets involved into annexing land for large scale residential development, that is another story. You might think he is a swell guy, and you are entitled to your opinion. But any reasonable person would see it as a conflict of interest. - CountryDweller Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:40:41 +0100 http://pattersonirrigator.com/content/view/1852/41/#comment-774 CountyDweller, you obivously don't know Ramos very well and you should stick with the facts. Facts are he does not own land in the general plan area. Ramos has done more for this community revitalizing buildings than anyone else in our community. He is a prior city council member, planning commission and served on the economic development committee. He has done as much for our community to make it a better place than 99.9% of the people in our town. He has also lived in our community for 44 yrs. You should get the your facts straight. - Bert Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:31:22 +0100 http://pattersonirrigator.com/content/view/1852/41/#comment-773 And who nominated Ramos to the committee? Most reasonable people would come to the conclusion that someone who has attempted to purchase land outside of city limits that is being considered for inclusion of land as a conflict of interest. And you don't see this? Whose better judgement is clouded? - CountryDweller Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:22:56 +0100 http://pattersonirrigator.com/content/view/1852/41/#comment-770 1) Ron West is NOT on the GPAC committee.... 2) The entire committee voted John Ramos as the Chairperson... Elias Funez was not shot down by Mrs. Smith, he was only reminded that the discussion was at the table, Commissioner Dooley is the appointed member and he was present...... Funez is the back-up if Dooley can't make it, truth be known that he interrupted the committee's discussion with his comments. :o Your personal dislike against John Ramos is clouding your better judgement.... - diamond Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:46:49 +0100 http://pattersonirrigator.com/content/view/1852/41/#comment-764 Great post Claude! Patterson is lucky to have you working on the General Plan Committee. It is nice that there is at least one person on the committee that isn't in this for some sort of financial benefit, or at least the appearance of it. There has been apathy for years. I went to the GP revison meetings a few years back and also during 1992. Developers and real estate interests have always dominated the meetings. Alot of people I talked to feel like it is a waste of time as the monied interests are going to get their way anyway. And what message does it send when John Ramos is made the chairman of the GP committee? And Ron West is also placed on the GP committee? What was Annette Smith thinking? Elian Funez spoke up and was immediately shot down by Ms. Smith. Why not turn over the Planning Dept over to KB Homes while they are at it? - CountryDweller Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:14:40 +0100 http://pattersonirrigator.com/content/view/1852/41/#comment-751 Unfortunatly most people read about it after the fact. Alot of the residents commute and communicate via emails/internet. This would probably be the most effective way for the city to reach the general public. I know the parks and recreation has had more success getting out information by creating an email list. We should consider a "sign up" for information to be added on the home page of our website and include the option to be added on our City of Patterson bills. The council has to find ways to reach the public, as the dynamics of the residents have changed. Or maybe even have a community liason to assist in getting out the message, even if it's to update the website with current issues. We have the tools in place to reach a larger number of residents, we just need to use it. - JT Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:56:59 +0100