SIMON SAYS:  BUILD ME A PARKING GARAGE

IN 2011 THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA GAVE SIMON PROPERTY GROUP OVER 2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR CODDINGTOWN SHOPPING MALL IN SANTA ROSA, CA. 
Simon Property Group is the world’s largest shopping center developer with $42 Billion in holdings.

In 2006 they sent a letter to Santa Rosa City Manager Kolin asking for redevelopment money for a parking garage at Coddingtown.

We sued to stop this project (Gateways Redevelopment Project) and to stop these giveaways to big corporate hogs. We lost that suit. Gateways is a fact now. Your property tax dollars were given to Simon Property Group just last month–they called it a loan—$2 million for Coddingtown.

Simon Property Group has a subsidiary company that specializes in helping big companies get their property taxes reduced. So they get their taxes reduced while you pay for giveaways to them–with your property taxes.

STOP REDEVELOPMENT ABUSE NOW.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE LETTER 
You won't find this letter anywhere else.  It's been removed from the City's files.