How to resolve AdBlock issue? 
Letters
- Details
- Written by: Joyce Overton
I would like to take this time to thank my constituents for their support in the June election.
Though I did not make it to the run off for District 2 supervisor, I plan on staying very active in the community.
I have combined my efforts for a better Clearlake with Supervisor Jeff Smith to start moving Clearlake forward one step at a time.
Some of our projects will be the Clearlake Youth Center, where Supervisor Smith was able to convince the Board of Supervisors to grant us $10,000 towards a new roof.
Though this is not enough to complete the roof project, Supervisor Smith dedicated himself to help raise the rest of the funds needed.
In just one month he has raised another $2,000 and is still going strong on the efforts.
Smith and I will be working on creating the community garden that we all want, and need.
Supervisor Smith was again able to convince the board to grant $40,000 to help fix the well, install a pump, fencing and run lines for this garden.
This year we will be working together to open this garden to the public.
Future projects will be to create a park that represents Clearlake.
Trees, green grass and a place where the community can come together and enjoy.
This is not something that Supervisor Smith and I can do alone; we will need the help of the community and businesses in Clearlake.
Working together we can create the future for our children and our grandchild.
Supervisor Smith and I will work hard this next four years to help move Clearlake in a positive direction.
If you are interested in helping move Clearlake forward please help me support Jeff Smith for reelection on Nov. 4.
Together we can make a difference.
Joyce Overton is a member of the city council of Clearlake, Calif.
- Details
- Written by: Dan Desmond
Do you care about your community and the legacy you’ll leave for our community’s children? If so think about making a small investment in that future.
I am a small farmer and business person in Lake County. More importantly I am a local resident who cares about Lake County and its greatest natural resource, Clear Lake.
I am also a strong supporter of Measure S.
Measure S presents an opportunity to invest in our future. It will help to insure the health of the lake which, in turn, will provide for a healthy economy and a vibrant community.
This small investment now will provide returns that will benefit all sectors of our economy. It will also demonstrate that a community that cares for its environment and its future generations has the will to take action that will create a positive future.
If you care about your community, if you are concerned about the future we will pass on to our children than I encourage you to join me and vote yes on Measure S.
Dan Desmond lives in Lower Lake, Calif.
- Details
- Written by: Victoria Brandon
When the sample ballot for the Nov. 4 election arrived in my mailbox I was appalled to see an “Argument Against” Measure S (the initiative to protect and restore Clear Lake) that consists entirely of half-truths, innuendos and outright falsehoods.
For example, this unprincipled set of deceptive statements argues that the Board of Supervisors could fund quagga mussel prevention programs and other lake projects by (illegally) “restructuring” the Lake County Vector Control District Board of Trustees and raiding that independent agency’s dedicated funding.
How ironic that Measure S opponents – who rely heavily on the argument that local government can’t be trusted to spend tax revenues as intended – should propose looting funds levied by a benefit assessment voted by the people for the specific purpose of protecting human beings and animals from serious vector-borne diseases such as West Nile Virus.
The ballot argument claims that Lake County Vector Control District money can be used for invasive mussel prevention because “quagga qualify as ‘vectors’” – despite an explicit ruling by Dr. Vicki Kramer, the chief of the Vector Borne Disease Section of the California Department of Public Health, that “quagga mussels, zebra mussels, algae, and aquatic weed abatement are not considered vectors under the California Health and Safety Code, and that the control of these organisms is not included in the powers that the State legislature has delegated to mosquito and vector control districts.”
For more information about the errors of the Vector Control assertions and a detailed point-by-point refutation of the rest of the Argument Against, please visit www.savethelake.info .
In the meantime, here is the truth:
Measure S will benefit everyone who lives in or visits Lake County: homeowners, landowners, farmers, business owners, seniors, Native Americans, water users. It’s the best investment we can make to safeguard our lake, our communities, and our children’s future. Without it, continuing cycles of noxious algae, weed-choked waterways and the likely infestation of quagga mussels will send water bills soaring, destroy an amazing natural treasure, and ruin our economy and quality of life.
Measure S will be paid by residents and visitors alike, and the cost to individuals will be too small to notice. In return, we will get the resources we need to protect and restore Clear Lake, the heart and soul of Lake County and the greatest asset our community has. No other plausible source of funding exists to develop and implement programs to save the lake.
All Measure S revenues will stay right here in Lake County, and they all MUST be spent on our waterways.
The oversight committee will meet four times a year to review specific projects and make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors. There will be full public participation at every stage to ensure that the best choices are made.
The truth: A vote for Measure S is a vote for Lake County’s future.
Victoria Brandon lives in Lower Lake, Calif.
- Details
- Written by: Richard East, Mitch Markowitz and Paula Mune
We do favor legalization and support the use of medical marijuana, but we don't support Measure O for these reasons:
1. It is naïve to believe that growers will voluntarily pay per-plant fees to provide for a medical enforcement division.
2. Measure O states that “cultivation shall not adversely affect the health or safety” of neighbors. Who is to determine what constitutes excessive noise, traffic, odor and dust? How much do we have to endure until it's considered excessive?
3. The passing of Measure O allows more plants to be grown on smaller lots in more neighborhoods.
Think what is best for our children and neighborhoods and vote no on Measure O.
Richard East lives in Clearlake Oaks, Calif.; Mitch Markowitz in Clearlake, Calif.; and Paula Mune in Lakeport, Calif.