Dear Board of Supervisors,

Please explain to me how moving the Mental Health Services Department from Lakeport to Lucerne will be a good thing.

Have you considered how this is going to affect the clients, many of whom don't have their own transportation and will have to rely on the bus system, which I understand is now only one trip in the morning and one trip in the afternoon.

At least now when the employees and clients are in Lakeport, there are several pharmacies, grocery stores, thrift stores, doctors, dentists, banks, and restaurants to choose from, plus Kmart, The Dollar Store, Mendo Mill, etc.

Have you run the numbers in order to determine accurately how many clients are from other areas of Lake County? The clients might like to have a say in this matter.

Surely there is an empty building somewhere in the Lakeport area that could be used for Mental Health services. This way we would be keeping money in Lakeport and not be disrupting the routine of the clients.

Perhaps after the new courthouse is built, Mental Health services could move into some of the vacated offices in the old courthouse.

Please reconsider this ill advised move.

Sharon Witham lives in Lakeport, Calif.