essentially what politicians did to property owners in some areas. 

I will suspend my political views, but isn't it pretty likely that ALL American politicians are back-scratchers of epic proportions?

A lot of the revenue that the city received was squandered by the local politicians and given to their special interests and developer buddies, there are lots of reports about this out there.

The sad thing is that you have all the politicians and government agencies who squeeze themselves in the middle of all these, try to justify their relevancy, and think they know better than all of us.  

Unfortunately the second wave is going to hit right before the election as some people care more about if their politician wins then if the american people are doing well.

Just like there are dishonest politicians, cardiac surgeons, garbage men, shopkeepers and used car salesmen, there are undoubtedly dishonest Realtors - not to mention some who are less than completely competent. 

California definitely has this problem.3) Growth / Business friendliness: This is a concept that is tossed around a lot, and often-abused by enterprising politicians.

@Anthony Kondor A buddy targets an area, goes door to door speaking on behalf of a local politician.

But by them telling you that they won't do a double close, but may end up wholesaling it some day, to me seems akin to: "how do you know when a politician is lying"?

We all know bad people like some cops, politicians, news casters, attorneys, judges, film actor's, kinda makes me sick to be honest.