Letters to the editor

The Salinas Californian
Posted on April 19, 2007


Vote 'no' on A, B; 'yes' on C

With regard to the letters to the editor, it has been most interesting to us in south Monterey County that the majority of the supporters of Measure A, LandWatch's Community General Plan Initiative, reside in areas not directly affected if the Initiative passes at the polls June 5. We have to wonder if their drivers have ever brought them down from Pebble Beach, Carmel Valley, Carmel, Monterey or Big Sur to visit our homes and land in south county.

Perhaps if the Initiative passes, voters over there will be happy to use their many acres of non-ag land for construction of affordable houses for our workers and processing plants for our industries. I see it
now: "Welcome to Pebble Beach, the new area for entry-level jobs and affordable housing!"

Every reasonable businessperson we know - including the many ranchers, landowners, farmers and vintners who live and work in the Salinas Valley - are voting for the most realistic plan: the Plan for People/General Plan Update 4, or Measure C on the ballot.

As much as many of us would like to reside on the Peninsula, it would most likely not be welcomed by those who will vote in June from their ivory towers on issues in which they should not have a voice. They will be voting from over there to prevent us over here from exercising our landowner rights and ability to present a reasonable welcome to the growing population that continues to live and work in our valley.

Remember your first three dates with your sweetheart?
It went "no," "no" and finally went "yes." That is how you should vote - "no" on Measure A, "no" on Measure B and "yes" on Measure C.

Mike Jensen
Soledad