No I've I've talked to likes it. As to price , That system was well over $100,000.00

When's wherestehachapi.com coming back online??????

Personally, I like it.  I don't find it offensive nor too loud at all.  Cheers me up when I'm walking around downtown.

I like it the most at Christmas time when they are playing Christmas music all the time. I think it adds to the small town feel that their after. As far as how much it cost well at least there is something to show for the money spent. And wasn't the money from a grant anyway?

I like the music.  I am proud that Tehachapi does it.  I have bragged to friends and relatives about it.

Whether the money was from a grant or not is not the issue. That doesn't mean it should just be wasted. If they want to play music than it should be instrumental only. I think it's kind of cute during Christmas also but like I said, for once a year I don't think that it's worth it.

The people that I was talking to were from Bakersfield and they didn't like it either. I understand they don't live here but don't we want people to visit....that is kind of what boosts the economy of a small town. People aren't going to visit a place that they don't like the structure of.

With all this grant money, did the city ever take a poll on what residents might like to see or did they just figure all on what they wanted?

When did the "City" ever ask the citizens what they wanted.  I never understood the logic of spending millions in the immediate downtown area and virtually nothing in the Tucker Road/ Valley area where virtually the entire commercial infractructure of the town is located.

Myself and most residents go weeks or months without needing anything from 'Downtown" but I'm positive everyone in the area does business in the Tucker Road/ Valley area on an almost daily basis.

I personally like the music downtown, but I'm a music lover in general and not everyone is. I guess I just think having that in the background is cheerful, even if it is Neil Diamond. For every piece of music I don't care for, there is one someone likes. I'd much rather listen to something like that than just cars driving around. I also have to say that even though at one time I complained about all the construction done downtown, I'm impressed with what has been done. Has anyone driven down there lately? I was surprised and smiled today when I drove down F street and looked around. The murals are amazing and a unique aspect of our town. I also am happy to see restaurants downtown that I actually care to eat at and spend my money at that are healthy and not fast food. For the first time in years I actually find myself wanting to be in the downtown area. I'm really happy with the changes and I hope it continues. It's having a positive effect so far in my little space in this world.

I can't say I hate them, but I think they are kind of loud. I'm kind of on the fence about them I suppose.

I have to agree with the others on here who think the money could have definately gone to something more important.

Help me out if I'm wrong but when you write a grant asking for money don't you put in the grant what the money will be used on? What I understand the money for the speaker system and all the green benches that are all over the place downtown came from the same grant. If you want a grant to beautify tucker road then May I suggest that you write one.  

Virtually nothing on Tucker Road?  Are you kidding, Truth, or just woefully misinformed?  For starters, how many millions of dollars do you think it cost to RE-ALIGN the Tucker/Tehachapi Blvd intersection?  Don't you remember the funky little oddball intersection Tucker used to make - back when going into town was what we WANTED folks to do when they got off of 58?

Then there is the sewer lift station that was required to develop the new Tucker/Tehachapi Blvd intersection - you know, the City's one million dollar gift to Starbucks, Walgreens, and Wal-Mart?

Or how about the continued annexations of Valley Blvd to aid the developers of those properties, including the as-yet undeveloped open fields that have been added to Tehachapi and zone commercial to add a million dollars in value to the owners of the SaveMart center - the same owners who kicked out our local VFW from collecting for poppies yesterday, btw.

But I give - what do you want the city to do on Tucker Road?  Re-paint the center median so to allow left-turns into Albertsons by South-bound traffic?  Remove that idiotic "Right Turn Only" arrow on Tucker from west-bound Valley Blvd traffic?  Make the center lane on west-bound Tehachapi Blvd left turn permissive so that we have a two-lane road turning onto a two-lane road like it is everywhere else?  How about re-aligning Cherry Lane and Tucker so I don't have to skip-to-my-loo around the stop sign there?

All great improvements, but not really big enough to need a grant....

The Tucker Realignment Was a State Project., not city.

The Sewer Lift station money was more than recouped by the exorbitant developer impact fees.

The mentioned Annexations were to bring tax money into the city coffers. Not to help the annexed. Sure it adds value to the property butthat in turn increases the tax revenue to the city.

Virtually No improvements have been funded by the city in that area, even the sidewalks, where they exist, were put in by the state or private developers.

What do I want them to do, Stop spending Millions for cheesy asthetic projects downtown for the benifit of a couple of restaurants and thrift stores and spend it on improvements in the areas which generate the most taxes for the town and the part Everyone uses.

By the way, do you think a grant is just free money falling from the sky, whether satae or fed, It is still tax money paid in by the citizens being wasted on unnecessary things of little practical use.

Yes, the realignment was built with the state money.  Most grant money is state money as well.  Do you think State money is free money falling from the sky?

The lift station was not funded by the impact fees, the lift station was built first. Impact fees followed according to the regular schedule which was not increased by any factor for the businesses that use the lift station.  That schedule is being adjusted by the addition of new development fees now, because the fund is out of money, you should note.

The annexation I mentioned has brought no money into the city, obviously.  It still amounts to a gift in value to the same developer that kicked the VFW out yesterday.

If you only want to rail against the idiotic downtown boom-box you won't get any argument from me, but what improvements do you want the city to make on Tucker?  I named four, so it isn't that I don't think there are any...

I like the downtown music.. it adds to the charm and specialness of Tehachapi.  Those who complain need to "lighten up" or wear ear plugs... better yet, move somewhere else.    If those Bakersfield people don't like our music, they are free to stay in downtown Bakersfield where they can enjoy nothing but traffic noise and sirens.

Well said ragmop.......We agree on something.