http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387 While attending the City Council meeting on May 5, I was somewhat taken aback by Mayor Hand's comment on record during the prison expansion presentation that the Department of Corrections should build a village on prison grounds and that all the employees should be forced to live there to be &quot;closer to their employment&quot;. Forcing people to live where they may not want to sounds pretty close to Communism where the State makes decisions for the individual. The question I have for Ms Hand;does this logic apply to all the citizens of Tehachapi or just the prison employees? If it does apply to everyone, there won't be much of a City to govern. Maybe it is that Ms. Hand just doesn't like the prison employees. I talked with several people I know&nbsp;that work at CCI and their reactions ranged from being indignant to anger to finding the comments humorous. Some even suggested that if the City Council does not wish the employees of the prison in town (I include the entire City Council as no one objected to Ms. Hand's comments), then perhaps they would honor her wishes and not go to Town. I thought a bit drastic and said as much, however I did understand their position. I contacted the prison and was told that there are 2000 employees at CCI and 53% live in the Tehachapi area. That is a sizable portion of the local population to have to re-locate. Perhaps Ms. Hand should rethink her position. CAJ While attending the City Council meeting on May 5, I was somewhat taken aback by Mayor Hand's comment on record during the prison expansion presentation that the Department of Corrections should build a village on prison grounds and that all the employees should be forced to live there to be &quot;closer to their employment&quot;. Forcing people to live where they may not want to sounds pretty close to Communism where the State makes decisions for the individual. The question I have for Ms Hand;does this logic apply to all the citizens of Tehachapi or just the prison employees? If it does apply to everyone, there won't be much of a City to govern. Maybe it is that Ms. Hand just doesn't like the prison employees. I talked with several people I know&nbsp;that work at CCI and their reactions ranged from being indignant to anger to finding the comments humorous. Some even suggested that if the City Council does not wish the employees of the prison in town (I include the entire City Council as no one objected to Ms. Hand's comments), then perhaps they would honor her wishes and not go to Town. I thought a bit drastic and said as much, however I did understand their position. I contacted the prison and was told that there are 2000 employees at CCI and 53% live in the Tehachapi area. That is a sizable portion of the local population to have to re-locate. Perhaps Ms. Hand should rethink her position. CAJ en-us <p>Ms Hand has a history of talking out of her azz..................</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236291 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236291 <p>Ms Hand has a history of talking out of her azz..................</p> <p>Suggesting that someone should be "forced" to live in a specific location due to their work (when their work does not depend on that proximity), is sheer lunacy and the thought demonstrates a stupidity beyond words. Only when work dictates response time or other necessity for the job is residence a viable issue. Who in the heck would elect anyone with such weird and irrational thoughts and thought processes (obviously someone did---I wonder if they agree with the latest verbal spewage).</p> <br /> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236314 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236314 <p>Suggesting that someone should be "forced" to live in a specific location due to their work (when their work does not depend on that proximity), is sheer lunacy and the thought demonstrates a stupidity beyond words. Only when work dictates response time or other necessity for the job is residence a viable issue. Who in the heck would elect anyone with such weird and irrational thoughts and thought processes (obviously someone did---I wonder if they agree with the latest verbal spewage).</p> <br /> <p>Did Debbie actually use the word &quot;forced&quot;? &nbsp;</p> <p>Cajones does not directly claim she said it - the word is not within quotation marks. &nbsp;That may only be Cajones' characterization of the statement, we should learn what she actually said.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236392 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236392 <p>Did Debbie actually use the word &quot;forced&quot;? &nbsp;</p> <p>Cajones does not directly claim she said it - the word is not within quotation marks. &nbsp;That may only be Cajones' characterization of the statement, we should learn what she actually said.</p> <p>P.D., Ms.Hand did use the words &quot;made to live there&quot;. I used the word &quot;forced&quot; but is the same meaning. You can get a tape of the meeting at the City Clerk's officeand hear it for yourself.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236564 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236564 <p>P.D., Ms.Hand did use the words &quot;made to live there&quot;. I used the word &quot;forced&quot; but is the same meaning. You can get a tape of the meeting at the City Clerk's officeand hear it for yourself.</p> <p>thanks</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236569 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236569 <p>thanks</p> <p>Wow - that is somekind of ststement.&nbsp; Hard to believe it would be uttered aloud.&nbsp; Would the context in which it was presented offer any justification?</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236626 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236626 <p>Wow - that is somekind of ststement.&nbsp; Hard to believe it would be uttered aloud.&nbsp; Would the context in which it was presented offer any justification?</p> <p><span style="font-size: small">lol...as far as that statement goes, I'm inclined to agree with Gube on where it came from...</span> </p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236676 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_236676 <p><span style="font-size: small">lol...as far as that statement goes, I'm inclined to agree with Gube on where it came from...</span> </p> <p>just goes to show what kind of idiots are running the city of Tehachapi...</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_237193 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/cajones/26387/#c_237193 <p>just goes to show what kind of idiots are running the city of Tehachapi...</p>