Andy Waldrop wants to keep Paradise a small, family town

Let's talk about some of the issues right now in terms of, uh, ridge recovery, rebuilding, uh, what comes next.

One of the big topics, of course, is the sewer, right?

Mm-hmm.

I hear that a lot of the incumbent leaders say, "Hey, we wanna push for this.

We think it needs to happen." And a lot of the newcomers to Paradise who are running for town council have told me that they don't think it's the right time.

Uh, where, where, where do you stand?

Um, I can understand the, the idea that it's not the right time, but it's been decades.

It's been literally decades that they've wanted to have, uh, a- The, the, um, sewer system put in.

Um, since the Camp Fire, it's devastated so much of the town that there are so many still empty lots and in particular, the, uh, the, uh, downtown where they want to put the, the walking downtown.

Mm-hmm.

And as part of the plan, I think it's important that the sewer be a part of it because, uh, the sewer is essential for restaurants to want to come up there.

Mm.

And Paradise people want restaurants.

It's ...

Chico i- is, is a little far.

Um, gas is not cheap anymore.

[laughs] And, and Magalia has a couple great r- restaurants as well.

Yeah.

But we want more, and it seems that if we're going to attract more, we're going to need to, to put in that sewer system, and it's not going to happen overnight either.

It's-

Yeah

... it's going to be tough.

Okay.

So, um, I would say it, it's time for it.

I think there's still some things that need to be worked out and understood before we can fully, um, explain it to everyone.