On the Lodi City Council approving redevelopment grants of up to $10,000, which will help low-income residents with exterior home improvements:

"Let me undrstand this. You have an old dump built in 1918 that you have been trying to sell for $320,000 with no bites. You want to keep the price high (that's why it didn't sell), so the city pays up to $10,000 for paint and repair of the exterior. It sounds exactly like 'putting lipstick on a pig.' You can never 'paint' someone a new house. An old house with new paint is still an old house. What will the same house be like in five years? An old house in need of yet another paint job." — edumacation