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Cathy Bennett >>> roger hess jr <rogerhessjr@aol.com> 9/29/2006 8:48 AM >>> i don't think overcrowding of homes is a major cause of deaths in the united states. and, guess what, every person in the world will die at some time. no matter ho w much government tries to control every aspect of our lives, we will still die some da y. instead of worrying about overcrowded housing, the people pushing for rental housing licensing in roseville should first post government agents in grocery stores and restaurants to check each person's wei g ht and control what they can purchase, since heart disease is a much g reater cause of death than overcrowding of housing. maybe government agents should be tracking each of us every day to see how much exercise we get. i'll bet more people die falling in ba throoms in the united states each ye ar than die from overcrowding in housing. so, following the rental licens ing people's logic, we should ban ba throoms in houses or at least have inspection of homes and licensing of homes with bathrooms so that the city can track any problems that occur in bathrooms. all of this just points out how silly this whole rental housing license program is. the people proposing it are looking for a solution to a problem that does not exist. if there was a real problem they could give us solid statistics. finally, the whole HRA is just a big scam for the city to be able to raise taxes wi thout having to raise the general levy. actions speak louder than words. the city ha s shifted some or all of the salaries of long-time city employees to the HRA and a ma j or portion of the HRA levy in 2006 wa s used as a slush fund for pet pro j ects of certain members of the city council. there was no reas on to have the HRA levy funds for a rental licensing program until they knew one would come into existence. the HRA knew they would face fierce opposition to such a pro g ram, so they knew it would never g o into effect in 2006. the proper way to have handled this would have been to explore the program in 2006 and if it was ok'd by the council, then levy for the program in 2007 and implement it in 2007. as usual "true in taxation" is fa r from the truth in roseville. the HRA told us last fall how they were going to spend our tax money, but that is not how they spent it. HRA funds spent on the rosevil le visioning process should have been spent only on the housing component of the visioning process, not on other parts. roger hess jr More info: http://forums.e -democracy.org/Roseville/contacts/rogerhessjr - - - - - - - - - - - T his topic's messa g es may be viewed at: http://forums.e -democracy.org/topic/102989 For digest or to update bio options (must log-in): http://forums.e -democracy.org/Roseville/groups/roseville -issues/ E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e -democracy.org/rules - - - - - - - - - - - From: Cathy Bennett Sent: Mon 10/9/2006 7:40 PM To: Cathy Bennett Cc: Subject: FW: [RIF] Citizen Group Rental Housing Recommendations A ttachments: Pa g e 1of 1 10/9/2006 htt p s://mail.metro-inet.us/exchan g e/Cath y .Bennett/Inbox/FW:%20[RIF]%20Citizen%20G r ...