Letters to the editor

The Salinas Californian
Posted on April 24, 2007


No on Measures A, B

Regarding the measures on the June 5 ballot: What is at stake are our private property rights.

LandWatch and proponents of Measure A forget that our Constitution guarantees that we are free to exercise control over what we own. We all understand and accept standard zoning laws, but some have decided they alone should dictate land use for 97 percent of our county's land mass. That is socialism and an affront to freedom-loving Americans.

Agriculture, business, industry and housing concerns have not been adequately addressed in Measure A, and the citizens who have tried to have their needs addressed have been demonized. Upstanding citizens whose families have supported charities for generations have been called greedy land barons with no consideration for the environment. This is just not
true.

Measure A is unfair and doesn't allow each area to have a say in their surroundings. Measure A will have no effect on acreage in the Coastal Plan area, yet voters on the coast will have a say on what happens in
Salinas Valley.

GPU4 will meet the needs of our diverse population. Improvements will proceed with development in an orderly fashion.

Don't deprive property owners their property rights.

Vote "no" on A, B; "yes" on C, D.

David Muther
Salinas