Banning Ranch

The Register ran a thoughtful piece today on the situation our city faces: one in which a bonanza of opportunity has sat dormant at Banning Ranch, and where the owners have thoughtfully and earnestly begun the process of engaging the citizens in dialogue about potential plans. Unfortunately, it is also another case in our beloved city where radical and extremist anti-growthers threaten to leave the status quo as it is, all in the name of - well, I don't really know what.

I am not prepared to say exactly what should or should not happen in Banning Ranch. I have been very impressed with the developers work thus far, and am admittedly one who values the private property rights and good community more than I value anything the Sierra Club does or thinks. But this is not the time to make up one's mind - it is time to listen. It is time to see what makes the most sense for our city. NIMBYism is going to die one day, and I would be thrilled to see that death start here - in Banning Ranch.