Dear Editor,
Come to a San Jose City Council meeting. Learn how to buy Santa
Clara County land for only $10,000 an acre. Sound too good to be
true? Observe the Council approve the Coyote Valley Specific
Plan.
Dear Editor,
Come to a San Jose City Council meeting. Learn how to buy Santa Clara County land for only $10,000 an acre. Sound too good to be true? Observe the Council approve the Coyote Valley Specific Plan.
Meet Consuela who wants only to make her own retirement plans but must, instead, wait while San Jose does this for her; families of Japanese descent having land taken from them … again. Meet the family whose county zoning was simply taken from them by San Jose, the bankrupt farmer who cannot enjoy the true value of the land he’s tended, landowners who are denied bank loans due to the unsettled state, a “country squire” who will not allow his farmer neighbor to irrigate due to water overspray on a small scale farm that earns $5,600 annually from 10 acres of Christmas trees.
Build “green?” North Coyote soil is rich and lush, South Coyote soil isn’t. “Conservation” dictates preserving the best soil. Sorry, the soils report isn’t ready for the public, yet.
See real Coyote Valley agriculture in the pictures of flapping plastic on failed, dilapidated greenhouses; marvel at the wonder of asphalt known as “Palm Avenue” dictating a $650,000 price per acre on “that side” and $10,000 per acre price acre on “this side.”
Voters, if you control the land, you own the land – so pay for it. How do you make possible the world’s greatest “planned community” in Coyote Valley? If you’re the San Jose City Council, you methodically devalue half the land – to zero, if possible. It’s immoral, unethical and devastating for too many.
Gary De Smet, Morgan Hill
