Some of you might know but then again some of you might not.

A hundred years ago in 1906, when developers Frank Shaw and George C. Flint were building Belmont Heights to be the fastest growing subdivision in Long Beach, residents were voicing their anger at ever rising taxes.  I wonder if things change at all.

Belmont Heights became the City of Belmont in 1908.  Seeing this cash flow away from the city, the City of Belmont voted one year later to be reincorporated to Long Beach after being promised a pier.  And what a pier we have!  Six year later, the pier was built. 

Seriously, compared to all the piers we have surrounding us, ours is a sad looking one.  Our city could really gain from a nicer looking one.  On the flip side, do we really want to bring in more people and become like the other cities around us?  I guess it depends which side of the fence you sit on.