Letters to the editor

The Salinas Californian
Posted on May 1, 2007

Criticism applies on both sides

Margie Kay's unwarranted criticism of Monterey County Planning  Commissioner Nancy Isakson is just another example of the hypocrisy of the folks at "Landwaste."

If she's searching for evidence of conflict-of-interest, she doesn't have to look any farther than the first signature under the Community General Plan Initiative, or Measure A, where she will no doubt find the signature of Supervisor Dave Potter.

She may even find the signatures of Planning Commissioners Martha Diehl and Keith VanDevere if she continued.

Shouldn't Kay apply the same standards she described in her April 22 letter to the activities of these individuals?

The public should remember that Landwaste did not give the voters a choice. Their plan was adopted by a select group outside of any meaningful public process.

Their strategy appears to be to squelch the public comparison of the merits of the two plans on the ballot by attacking the integrity of anyone who criticizes their version of the new general plan.

It saddens me to see that treachery is replacing good faith in the process of democracy.

Margie Mitchell
Salinas