If you click on the headline above it will link you to a piece by Steve Huerta regarding the potential Stonecrest annexation. There are some similarities between Stonecrest and the West Ranch Communities. For starters the City of Santa Clarita wants both and has attempted to “take” both using deceptive tactics.
As many who follow the local political scene may know, there are patterns that form in the valley. Anyone who stands up and starts to ask questions, in the spirit of getting educated or trying to understand all the facts regarding an issue, is almost immediately branded a “lackey” for some entity. The person may be called a “lackey” for the County or a “stooge” of the developer or branded a “liar”. This is a consistent pattern that I have seen over and over again towards individuals who have the intellectual capacity to ask questions, sometimes tough questions.
I have talked about this before, if you start asking questions of city officials, or anyone for that matter, and they start to get agitated or angered by your questions instead of giving you a straight answer then they are not dealing with you honestly. This is what is happening to Steve Huerta! He is a resident of Stonecrest, which the City of Santa Clarita is trying to Annex, and he is asking questions.
The City wants Stonecrest because it is the gateway to the Cemex Mine. The city doesn’t give hoot about that community, it is only willing to “take” it in order to get their hands on the mine. Why the mine? It certainly isn’t because the city wants to stop the mine’s impact on the valley. No, the city wants it for the tax revenue. Plain and simple, it’s about the money!
If residents like Steve Huerta don’t stand up and ask questions about the city’s motives then the Stonecrest community will most assuredly be screwed.