Letters to the editor

The Salinas Californian
Posted on May 10, 2007

No on Measure A

Regardless of how people vote on Measure A, they should know the truth.

First, the Community General Plan Initiative (Measure
A) was not written by the public, had no public input and no environmental review. It was written behind closed doors by two out-of-county lawyers.

Measure A is not the Community General Plan Initiative. These are two entirely different documents. Check the Internet. Measure A backers deceive the public by saying it was written by the public. It was not.

Second, the League of Women Voters is not impartial.
Janet Brennan, League president-elect, sits on the LandWatch board of directors (a major Measure A backer), as do other League members. It shameful for the League, which should be impartial, to be promoting its directors' political agenda.

These two undeniable deceptions by Measure A supporters are reason alone to vote "no" on A. If Measure A passes, it will be out with the truth and in with 30-second political sound bites at the ballot box," governing our land-use decisions for the next 25 years.

The public deserves better. For this reason, I am voting "no" on Measure A.

Christine Kemp
Salinas