Comments for Moving forward at http://tracypress.com , comment 1 to 200 out of 20 comments http://tracypress.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:14:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58814 Ok here you go: Keenan (and any other interested developers): As others (here) have alleged that the permits are worth "billions". ...Here's my proposal. Please bring us the following: _Class A Campus/Office Building (My idea). _Aquatics Center (with Wave pool - etc). _Courthouse Idea (old DMV site, perhaps?). _21 Acres (or more). _1 billion dollars (or more). Let's get the best price possible - for the City of Tracy, CA! Thanks! - Tracy RealNews Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:14:32 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58759 To whom it may concern: As Jack Web would say! just give the facts. I think he said that, or was that Superman, or the Green Hornet. t. b - Tom Benigno Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:22:36 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58614 Tom Benigno, Although not related, I understand your point about maximizing tax revenue. In the same regard my proposal was related to maximizing revenue from the permits. Let's see if other developers are interested. Any possible interest from other developers will help determine the "market value" of the permits. We need to move now. As you said the market could go up in a few years and we could get more for the permits then. However, we don't have a crystal ball, and the market could also go down. Let's find the best deal possible now. See my proposal above. Always appreciate the thoughts and that you are thinking of the best interest of the City. Thanks for all the inputs! Cheers! - Tracy RealNews Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:28:23 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58602 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: TRN: I think you need a rest. www.benignoforsupervisor.com t. b - Tom Benigno Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:51:21 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58588 TMI, but what does it have to do with the article. See my earlier comment. Would not want other developers to get away with "low prices". This isn't the 1970's. Thanks! - Tracy RealNews Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:01:02 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58585 To whom it may concern: TRN : You missed the main part of the topic. It's not about how much Wal_Mart pays or doesn't pay. IT'S ABOUT CREATING MORE JOBS AND GETTING THOSE TAXES THAT ARE NOT BEING PAID, ARNOLD LOVES MY IDEA. YOU MUST BE AN UNENFORMED MONEY GRABBER. WHAT IS THE MATTER DON'T YOU WANT WAL-MART TO HAVE COMPITITION? THE GROCERY STORES IN CALIFORNIA WILL INCREASE BUSINESS BY 40% THAT IS BILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS THAT WOULD GO BACK TO THE SYSTEM. IT WOULD STOP THIS UNDERGROUND ECONOMY. t. b - Tom Benigno Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:22:56 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58568 Tom Benigno, I talked to someone today who told me that WalMart will pay $12/hour to stock shelves. That's almost twice the amount that you said WalMart will pay for a starting salary. You do the math! But I think your plan may have been great in the '70's. Cheers! - Tracy RealNews Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:52:56 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58542 By the way Tom health care is expensive. You haven't really spelled out a plan for that!?! But it is nice of you to think of those families and how they will need benefits. What are your thoughts on that. Do you have a plan? No pun intended! ;) - Tracy RealNews Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:32:24 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58541 Tom Benigno, I don't know how you conduct your business; or if you've hired unskilled workers, but that wasn't the scope of the earlier conversation. For example, police officers can go to other cities and make 50% more than the wage that you mentioned. When we are talking about skilled workers you numbers are too low. And when you have skilled, educated persons working in a free market they won't be working for your low wages very long. You will have high turnaround (and costs associated with attrition). You would pay more to train them and watch them leave than if you just paid them competitive wages to begin with. Even with 4-6% increase per year (cost of living increases) you wouldn't keep educated people for long at those "low prices". Consider this, you are suggesting offering a Police Officer a starting salary of $50k and Oakland is offering $75k (to start). You do the math, Tom! I would just go to work elsewhere. Now what does that leave the city with, Tom. A measly savings of (what did you say?) a few hundred thousand dollars. Consider the hidden costs, Tom. You theory was just shot to - Now if you just want to hire rookie cadets with a G.E.D., than that is a different story? Watch it, Tom! Were you ever a politician? What city did you run? I'm all for saving money, but I'm pretty sure that your theory slightly misses the mark. Would be great financial plan for the 1970's though. ;) Take care, Tom! - Tracy RealNews Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:30:19 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58536 To whom it may concern: TRN I had thought you were a little smarter than that! When the average wage earner has lost his or her job in America to outsourcing. The figure of $23.50 is pretty good to start, rather than $6.55 at Wal- Mart. That figure could go as high as $50.00 per hour over a period of time. If we don't do this now Wal_Mart will own America, and their won't be government cheese. Get it. The largest value in my argument,is that people will have full medical, 1 million people or more will trigger low cost medical plan. That is worth thousands of dollars when someone is raising a family. I think your theory is shot. The people who have it made around here, like your elitist agenda. Although there are those who would love, a job with that kind of package it's better than $6.55 or even $10.00 per hour. I guess you have never run a company in your life. t. b - Tom Benigno Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:42:36 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58501 Tom Benigno, This isn't the 1970's. I think you'll have to do better than that. $23.50 per hour is "pittance". If I were only making $23.50 per hour; I couldn't even afford to feed the dogs. With that measly pay rate; potential Police Officers start taking the ACE train to work in the East Bay and the Peninsula. Will the new Transit Station have passenger train to Sacramento? They can commute there too. I think you just scared the jobs away! Cheers! - Tracy RealNews Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:21:34 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58482 Tom Benigno, This isn't the 1970s. One farmer can't make a difference in today's global economy. People can buy groceries in WalMart for a lot less than $23.50 per hour. Saw the Happy Hour sign hanging in one window. People are making money with their liquor licenses. That's the price you pay for doing business downtown. Who are your affiliates? Are they spiking the tea, in the downtown? - Tracy RealNews Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:14:01 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58452 To whom it may concern: I never said the people didn't like it? I said the system did not clear the way for good business practices. My stores were always busy, before the markets came to town in the 70's. I gave people jobs, paid taxes, and donated to charity. Remember economic developement, And I paid the Tracy Press for the advertising every 4 days. If they took the Farmers Markets off the streets, It would create about 1 million good paying jobs in California. The average salary would be about $23.50 per hour and 40 hours per week all benefits It surely would save hundreds of thousands of dollars,for the cities and free up our police and fire for more important work like safety and crime. TRN: I don't think you could top that no matter what side you are on. That's vision my friend. t. b - Tom Benigno Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:29:39 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58435 Keenan (and any other interested developers): As others (here) have alleged that the permits are worth "billions". ...Here's my proposal. Please bring us the following: _Class A Campus/Office Building (My idea). _Aquatics Center (with Wave pool - etc). _Courthouse Idea (Alvarez site, perhaps?). _21 Acres (or more). _1 billion dollars (or more). Let's get the best price possible - for the City of Tracy, CA! Thanks! - Tracy RealNews Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:33:38 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58434 ... ??? - Tracy RealNews Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:33:33 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58433 Why do you keep ignoring it... - Tracy RealNews Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:33:20 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58432 Tom Benigno, I've never seen the Tracy Downtown so alive as I have during the Farmer's Market. If you want to open the door go ahead. Send in the IRS. Me gustarían más tomates, por favor. - Tracy RealNews Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:32:38 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58395 To whom it may concern: Because it's a moot issue, people have been brain washed to believe that the FM's are good for the community. Now that you have opened the door on the issue, the FM in California generates 50 million dollars daily and do not pay capitol gains or income tax on what they earn. In the U.S. the FM's do 18 billion per year and the same thing happens, no paga nada. Some earn into the thousands per day. If that is the case you can pay more tax out of your pocket to help the embarrassing deficit in our state and country. Do you have any idea what the tax would be on the earnings of 18 billion per year? Our Congressman Dennis Cardoza and I had a heated exchange about the FM's issue in 2000 in Sacramento, Ca before the AG committee. Now he says he made a mistake. As we can see the violations are in the thousands, not only that but the contamination of fruits and Vegetables comming to America, as we just witnessed on the spinach and tomatoe ecoli outbreak. One of arguments with the issues was how do seperate the produce without labeling it's origin. Most of the produce sold at these markets is, not grown in the local areas, we have confirmed that. t. b - Tom Benigno Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:02:09 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58354 Keenan (and any other interested developers): As others (here) have alleged that the permits are worth "billions". ...Here's my proposal. Please bring us the following: _Class A Campus/Office Building (My idea). _Aquatics Center (with Wave pool - etc). _Courthouse Idea (Alvarez site, perhaps?). _21 Acres (or more). _1 billion dollars (or more). Let's get the best price possible - for the City of Tracy, CA! Thanks! - Tracy RealNews Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:35:15 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15368/2255/#comment-58353 Tom Benigno, I just tossed my salad. You told more than five people about the tax issue for Farmers Market. I thought you said it happens in Farmers Market's up and down all of California? How much did you prevent in tax evasion in California cities? There are a lot more than five people in Tracy who want to get the best deal on the permits. See my proposal below. Why do you keep tossing my ideas. Wouldn't you like to top it off with the best deal? - Tracy RealNews Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:35:02 +0100