Letters to the editor

The Carmel Pine Cone
Posted on June 1, 2007

Realtors money is local

Dear Editor,

An error needs to be corrected in reference to the California Association of Realtors’ donation to defeat Measure A. This is NOT money from out-of-town
realtors. This is money that I and the approximately 1,800 other realtors who live and work in Monterey County have donated over many years. The California Association of Realtors is the trustee for our donations. When an issue, such as Measure A, affects an area, the local association requests to retrieve our funds from the state association trust. Like the hundreds of other businesses, non-profits, associations and individuals that provide the economic
engine and vital services to this county, local realtors are just trying to do our part to ensure a positive future for everyone in Monterey County.

The opposition can make us out to be the “boogey man.” In truth, the realtors of Monterey County wish and work for the chance for people of ALL levels of income to have the American dream of owning a home in one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Christine Monteith
Pacific Grove