Posted by
Mark on Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:11:16 PM
Based on recent events in Rocklin, it seems that none of the elected officials have a clue about what Rocklin’s proper role in the south Placer County region should be. Rocklin will never be a more desirable zip code than Granite Bay. It will never be a better shopping destination than Roseville. Rocklin will always cost more than Lincoln and have less horse property than Loomis. With build-out of all available, developable land fast approaching, no one has come forward with any vision of Rocklin’s future. The elected “leadership” (it is a real stretch to use that term) has focused only on maintaining the pecking order of the old-boy network and covering up for the ineptitude of themselves and their cronies.
What the City Council and the Rocklin School Board have ignored, is the potential for Rocklin to become the region’s educational Mecca. With a foundation of William Jessup University, Sierra College, Rocklin Academy, and the soon to be opened Western Sierra Collegiate Academy, Rocklin has a rare opportunity to leverage these assets that were basically handed to them on a silver platter, and make a move to a position of strength in the region. Instead, these small minded simpletons ignore Sierra College, try to decimate Rocklin Academy, and fight to prevent the opening of Western Sierra Collegiate Academy. Why, because Rocklin officials cannot see beyond their own noses. Their cronies don’t control any of these entities nor can they take credit for the vision and hard work that led to their creation. They would rather drive past the many vacant strip malls in town that they blindly approved for their developer cronies without any consideration of a strategic plan.
Rocklin is a great place for families and deserves much better. Voters should consider the mess that currently exists because of the incompetent elected officials that currently occupy City Hall. Rocklin shouldn’t be a road sign that is passed on the way to somewhere else; it should be THE DESTINATION for families in the region.
I do not plan to endorse any of the candidates. However, the political phrase of throw the bums out of office, does apply this November.