List! Claremont City Council's Top 4 Issues

Pot use aside, the Claremont Courier ran an article by Tony Krickl detailing how the city council recently met and "offered its vision of the most pressing issues affecting Claremont:"

1)Acquisition of water company
Hmmm...a measly $100 million in costs to the city, the use of shady eminent domain laws, and no reduction in water bills for 20-30 years? d00d! Sign me up!

[Um, why can't we just switch to another company instead of reinventing the wheel? Or is the water supply biz a free-market free zone?]

2)New police station
The plus here is the use of eminent domain again, or, even better, the opportunity to purchase a property in Pomona and commence the Anschluss. Yes, that's right, the plan would annex the property to Claremont, where the station would fly the sovereign Claremont tree flag, and guard. our. borders.
I mean, why not just start building a wall? I do feel for the council on this one, though, as the "style" of the current (tiny) building is lost in the uglier, older, era of rancid bong-water.

3) Johnson’s Pasture negotiations
Let's get this one behind us. We're all sick of hearing about it; Claremont voted to buy the damn property, now lets enjoy it. Late at night. While smoking medicine.

4) Other priorities
These include "monitoring the activities of the [nefarious] Pomona Valley Protection Association" (for more info, scroll through our Pomona and Claremont categories and check out the Insider). Of course, an "ordinance on mansionization and incorporating green building design" ranked above "addressing the city tree policy" or "south Claremont beautification." Cuz' really, who cares about south Claremont? Maybe we could let Pomona annex that area unto itself.

Thankfully for all of you at home, ole' Publius has his own list.