Eddie Cat chasing Mayor Voepel's twisted right wing

Thou shalt not lie. Thou shalt not kill.

Perhaps [Mayor]Voepel skipped those commandments back in Sunday School. But by refusing to help stop what many now believe is the worst threat ever to face our planet, the righteous Mayor had best be prepared to accept his share of guilt ... --Miriam Raftery

I'm not really fluent in the economics of city management. For example, as I am going through the numerous Santee City Council Meeting Minutes, finding the Federal and State funds which qualify for my next step in ridding the State of California of one of the last remaining Hate Crime laws of Homeless Sleeping, I'm finding these funds in references to the appropriation of monies from these funds for use in other (non-associated) management activities.

For example, it appears a great deal of the CDBG fund from HUD has been appropriated for use in other areas. Looking into the CDBG fund, it appears that its main purpose is :

CITY OF SANTEE PRIORITIES PER THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN:
(The Consolidated Plan 2005-2010 may be viewed or purchased from the Finance
Department, City of Santee, 10601 Magnolia Ave, Santee, CA 92071.)
1. Assist lower income renters.
2. Assist lower and moderate income homeowners.
3. Provide housing assistance to the homeless.
4. Assist public and community service providers that enable lower and moderate
income residents to remain in their homes.
5. Improve and provide public services and community facilities and infrastructure
to serve lower and moderate income persons.
6. Ensure effective use of limited CDBG resources.
7. Promote fair housing.

This list seems a bit odd to me. The fund from last year supplied over $300k to the City of Santee, and just from my basic browsing through the minutes and budgets, very little of these monies were spent in any of these 7 areas. To be sure, they weren't spent on number 3 (Provide housing assistance to the homeless).

I then came across a small statement which appeared at first meaningless to me --

During fiscal year 2007-08 the City received a $323,958 CDBG allocation. It is unknown at this time what the available funding for fiscal year 2008-09 will be. In addition the City may reallocate any available remaining funds.

Now, I don't want to start screaming the "C" word (as in "conspiracy"), but if the City of Santee, using unconstitutional municipal codes and Federal funded Task forces to force out of the city anyone who might qualify for the intended dispersement of these funds, or turn down any project for "quality of life" purposes which might qualify for the intended dispersement of these HUD funds, would then the city be able to "appropriate" all of the funds for its own use in other areas?

"Basically we don't have a homeless problem (in Santee), except down by the river, and those people are camped illegally and destroying the environment," Mayor Voepel said. "I'm not a homeless advocate in any way, shape or form."

The Mayor is also on record for turning down and fighting against many Low Cost housing projects in the City of Santee. So, how does that match up with a yearly request for CDBG funds from HUD which are intended for exactly these purposes?

Being a researcher by trade, I'm certain I'll understand these City Management intricacies soon.