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Worker center plan still angers neighbors

Original post made on Dec 30, 2008

The city's Design Review Committee maintained its composure during a tense meeting recently as residents living near of the site of a planned Day Worker Center continued to express their outrage.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, December 29, 2008, 9:20 PM

Comments (8)

Posted by USA
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 30, 2008 at 11:40 am

From the FAQ on the www.dayworkercentermv.org web site:

Could I get in any trouble for using a worker who does not have proper documentation?
Information about employers who hire workers at the Center of employers is private and will never be shared with any government agency.

Do I need to report the wages I pay for tax purposes?
Employers who hire workers for 3 days or less do not need to report wages or pay taxes.


Disgusting. They don't even try to hide their illegal activities. Even if some of the workers are legal, this is just plain wrong. The people that run the center should be thrown in prison.



Posted by Mr. DePortum
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 30, 2008 at 3:37 pm

EXCELLENT IDEA!! YOU NEED TO BLOW THE WHISTLE TO THE RIGHT FEDERAL DEPARTMENT, OR START A PETITION. US CITIZENS NEED TO STAND UP AND SPEAK UP, NOT BE PUT DOWN BY SOME EDUCATED BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL WHOSE HOME IS FAR REMOVED FROM ANY WORK CENTER..........


Posted by Sue
a resident of another community
on Jan 2, 2009 at 9:32 pm

Why don't you all stop fretting about some poor immigrant trying to support his family and carve out some kind of living in this area by making (if he's lucky) $8/hour under the table or illegally or whatever, and START A PETITION and STAND UP AND SPEAK UP against Congress giving themselves another underserving raise.

Why don't you START A PETITION and STAND UP AND SPEAK UP against the property owners out here keeping the rents high in order to still keep their property values artificially inflated, like they were doing before the housing meltdown. Now if you'd do that instead of picking on some poor immigrant, then that would be constructive.


Posted by Ned
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jan 3, 2009 at 2:05 pm

Sue, if there weren't so many illegals renting in Mt. View, high rents would come down. It's supply and demand, and like it or not it has everything to do with poor immigrants.


Posted by Ron Rico
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Jan 7, 2009 at 7:26 pm


Have you ever thought how much of your american dollar leaves the country. You get the cheap labor they bring in the relatives. Not educated, undocumented, un inoculated. Now the economy is crap and crime is everywhere we dont even know who these people are. And they dont pay taxes on their wages. Just a bad deal all the way around. Then if you say anything you a raciest. You cant get a job in mexico unless your a mexican. Try an anchor baby there. When did the ins stop caring about who came in our country? Homeland security what a bunch of Crap. PUSH #1 for english.


Posted by Lawrence
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jan 8, 2009 at 3:03 pm

I would like to know why this side of town gets stuck with day labor centers, liquor stores, half-way houses, schools for troubled teens/adults while the other side of Mountain View, (east of Castro but not including the Churches), gets speed bumps, lovely new housing projects and corner parks?

How would the residents in that area or in the other "better" areas of Mountain View feel if a new day labor center was opening up in the midst of their pleasant neighborhood? How would they feel if they had to walk their kids by groups of men loitering in doorsteps? How would they feel if there was a constant coming and going of people and cars throughout the day? How would they feel if when they tried to sell their house but when potential buyers found out what was located a few doors down, they backed out? That's right...they wouldn't like it very much either.

I am in total agreement that a commercial center like the day labor center needs to be kept in a commercial zone...not a residential one.


Posted by USA
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jan 9, 2009 at 12:40 am

Lawrence -- This is a classic ploy that towns have used for year. If a they want to get rid of prostitutes, drug dealers, bums, or day laborers, they donate funds to another area to build something that will attract the undesirables. Funds from Los Altos and the "better" areas of Mountain View will help them get rid of the day laborers from their neighborhoods while still allowing them easy access to low-paid, non-union workers.


Posted by Lawrence
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jan 9, 2009 at 2:30 pm

Well I think it's an awful way of getting things done. The only recourse that neighborhood has is to really stand up for their rights and continue to use the argument that the area is NOT zoned for commercial use.
The more people come out and stand by this neighborhood, the better chance they will have of not getting that day labor center located in their area. It will show the city council that we refuse to get dumped on. There's plenty of free commercial space opening up on El Camino and other locations that are already commercial zones...let them go there.


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