City Trying to “Cherry Pick”, Again!

Thanks to Ron Mechsner for forwarding a link to the Daily News article regarding the City of Santa Clarita attempting to annex Magic Mountain. Click the headline above to read the full story.

Once again, the City is trying to “cherry pick” a tax generator in the unincorporated area. This will prove to be another waste of time and money on the part of the City trying to grow its tax base.

Magic Mountain is a significant tax generator to the County and could play a significant role in the future self determination of the unincorporated areas surrounding the City of Santa Clarita. The City should count on a potent challenge to this attempt at usurping the West Ranch communities.

We don’t believe that LAFCO will allow this annexation to go through once it is challenged by the local Town Councils. Magic Mountain is a vital part of the West Ranch communities and could play a significant role in the possible future formation of a new city in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Just like the Valencia Commerce Center and the Lyons Canyon annexation attempts, look for this to be another failure on the part of the City of Santa Clarita managers. City residents should be outraged by the continued waste of their tax dollars on these pie-in-the-sky schemes to circumvent their neighbors in the unincorporated areas.