Democrats & Obama Are Not San Pedrans

I know that California and San Pedro are committed to the Democratic party. But there is nothing San Pedran about not being straight forward and honest. There is nothing San Pedran about being told one thing and doing another. There is nothing San Pedran about more government. There is nothing San Pedran about waiting for the government to help the poor rather than doing it ourselves. The Democrats and President Obama have continued to lie to San Pedrans about the NSA spying, Benghazi, and Obamacare. The Democrats and President Obama promised that we would be able to keep our health care and we can't. The Democrats and President Obama continue to make more regulations like legalizing marijuana just so they can tax it and make money on it. The Democrats and President Obama indicate that it is un-American to not pay taxes and help the poor. Though only a very small part of our taxes go to help people. And even a good size of the money that goes towards food stamps goes to fund the bureaucracy. The truth is San Pedran's give a lot and go to church/temple a lot with no government help. The truth is that most San Pedrans are independent spirits. This runs counter to the collectivists mentality of the Democratic party. I wish I could say that you could vote Republican. But we need a party of the people, for the people, by the people. We need a party that represents San Pedrans. Unfortunately the Democratic Party is untrustworthy and corrupt. We need to expect more.

San Pedro Chamber of Commerce and Business District are Clueless

Working to pull in out of town shoppers is a good idea. Being able to pull in local shoppers is good as well. Key to both of those plans is a regular set of store hours down town. And key to both of those plans are full shops. People always talk about bringing in some type of "draw" to down town. That is a good idea, but we should lien on the landowners to actually price their retail space so there are not so many empty shops. Our downtown landowners are not working together. They focus on their own bottom line, not realizing that the more shops that are open leads to more foot traffic which leads to more businesses wanting to come down town, which in turn leads to higher rents. As it stands today the retail space per foot costs too much and the landlords are not working together. Each landlord prices businesses out of downtown. And then they complain about the lack of businesses that want to rent their spaces. Maybe they should remember that they are in America and should price their spaces competitively. If the landlords lowered their rents San Pedro can get more shops downtown, which in turn will lead to higher rents long term.