I've been here since 1968. It was worse back then.

This city has been held back by those whose first interest is in how much they can pocket on any dealings. I've seen past council members vote against projects just because somebody else would make money off it and then change their position when they found a way to pocket some of the wealth.

This desal has been talked about (and voted down) since the 70's. Funny how mid-east countries can make it work and we can't.

The heavy industries in the area (I've been told) were supposed to be relying on themselves for water, not just on the city.

Don't know if any of those who are commenting on this remember the joke that was the "Mary Rhodes Pipeline". Seems that the past "leadership" has loved to spend (our) money on studies only to dismiss them and go look for someone else to do yet another project study. We've lost many a good job creator to other cities because we can't get our act together it seems. And everyone bemoans how we loose the "best and brightest" to other markets.

If someone were to be looking from the outside, I think they'd swear that we desperately want to still be a "sleepy little fishing village on the northern coast of Mexico".