Why Can’t All Candidates Promise To "Try" To Keep Fairfield’s Promise?

Some candidates are busy raising money, but too busy to seriously discuss if they will promise to keep Fairfield city's promise to its voters.

These candidates appear not to have shown interest in verifying the www.WestTexasStreet.com promise to Fairfield voters. We requested their response by last Wed 5PM:

• Brian Travis: we received the best response from Brian.

• Chuck Timm: he expressed interest and spent time discussing the matter.  But did not promise to at least "try" to meet the guidelines.

• Pam Bertani: No written or verbal answer.  I'm surprised because she has stood up strongly on behalf of Fairfield's central business district.  Perhaps as much as Brian Travis. Maybe she did not get our emails.

• Rick Vaccaro: We spoke several times in the past two weeks. Verbally he told me he was too busy at this time. We hope he will reply.

While nobody would dare say they are not interested in keeping the promise to redevelop the few remaining blocks between modern Solano County office building and I-80, reality is nothing has happened.  Why didn’t it get redeveloped in the 1980’s or 1990’s?  Why did redevelopment pass the 2001 deadline, while other new projects had many grant applications submitted? 

Fairfield City Manager Sean Quinn appears forced to curtail the project. He wants it done, but the old boy network “appears” to be having Sean divert focus from completing the gateway over these many years. This Oct 31 (Halloween) Sean may be providing some information on this matter – which sources tell us will not satisfy Fairfield voters.

There are political motives in not redeveloping the remaining few blocks. See the blogs, comments and links from FixFairfeld.Com and SuisunVoters.Com for details.  This site and its links are opinions and allegations that may not be supportable. Were Fairfield City Hall to be transparent, greater clarity could be coming forth from this blog.  Check with the people mentioned for their view on this matter or call 707 434-8000 for any needed corrections.  Check back here for changing news.

Trying to redevelop the rest of www.WestTexasStreet.com is not a high enough priority for certain city council candidates.