I was going to write the Daily Journal letters to the editor about Rick Bonilla’s comment regarding “the good life” since he is so adamantly against what the rest of us San Mateans want. But letter writer Janet Periat took the words right of my mouth. Those of us who have lived here for years — because we have the audacity to want to live in a quality of life city — unfortunately have to contend with the attitude of not NIMBY, but “if I can’t live a good life, I’ll make sure you can’t either.” Rick personifies that. Yes, Janet, Rick has been working hard at that.
He admits he’s been working on it “for decades.” But don’t lay all the blame on developers. Blame the voters who elected politicians who allowed laws to be implemented to cater to them. We didn’t get to vote on this so called builders’ remedy that is allowing these one-sided height and density laws. The politicians did. Just like they did with the latest gerrymandering, implemented not to just balance the national political score, but to keep California a one-party state.
Maybe one day the voters in this county, and state, will finally see that the current politicians are not out for our greater good.
If not, San Mateo County and state will turn into a socialist one where a less than a good life will be had by a majority of us. We can ask the city of New York in a couple of years how that’s working for them.
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