Letters to the editor

Monterey County Herald
Posted on May 10, 2007

No community plan

General plan documents should be developed with public hearings and open discussions; with discretionary decisions made by governing bodies.

The community participates and voices opinions. When there are differences, one opinion is chosen over the other. That is the process.

With Measure A, we have a document wholly written

from one viewpoint. It has had no participation of the community at large even though they call it the Community Plan. It has not had the public vetting that hearings and environmental review provide.
Don't be mistaken — it is one group's view of what they want the rules to be. These groups couldn't get their opinions accepted by the governing bodies, so they quit participating in the process and wrote their own document. Then they come to us and say that they know best — without ever letting us be part of the process of creating the vision.

Don't be fooled. Measure A is not a community plan. It is the plan of a few groups who couldn't get their opinions accepted.

Why should we trust them? I don't know about you, but I didn't elect them to choose for me. Vote No on Measure A.

Michelle Knight
Pacific Grove