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Did you know that money meant to create affordable housing, end blight, is instead used to pay public safety personnel?
"Seventeen police officers in Oakland’s worst neighborhoods have an unusual and potentially doomed employer: the city redevelopment agency.
Facing a police shortage during a 2007 crime wave, Ron Dellums, then the mayor, pulled the officers from their post at Oakland International Airport and moved them into the streets. But the city could not afford the officers’ salaries, which had been paid by the Port of Oakland. So officials devised a novel solution: They used redevelopment money to pay the officers."
Now you know why I call Redevelopment Agencies slush funds, because they are. This is criminal, but the criminals are officials of our government. Government is incompetent or corrupt, usually both. This is another example of the corruption of government.
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"Seventeen police officers in Oakland’s worst neighborhoods have an unusual and potentially doomed employer: the city redevelopment agency.
Facing a police shortage during a 2007 crime wave, Ron Dellums, then the mayor, pulled the officers from their post at Oakland International Airport and moved them into the streets. But the city could not afford the officers’ salaries, which had been paid by the Port of Oakland. So officials devised a novel solution: They used redevelopment money to pay the officers."
Now you know why I call Redevelopment Agencies slush funds, because they are. This is criminal, but the criminals are officials of our government. Government is incompetent or corrupt, usually both. This is another example of the corruption of government.
More...