Letters to the editor

Monterey County Herald
Posted on May 13, 2007

No accountability

My blood was boiling after reading The Herald's coverage of the "No on A" campaign's efforts to mask the true identities of the corrupted politicians, real
estate developers, Big Ag, and real estate agents who are paying big money trying to defeat Measure A. As if it weren't enough that they have bought the Board of Supervisors to the point where the only plans our elected officials support look like Gilroy. As if it weren't enough that they are cynically hiding their true interests from voters by calling themselves "Plan for the People." (If they are "Plan for the People," then Wal-Mart is a corner grocery store!) Now the "No on A" con artists are telling us that the recent $150,000 check they accepted from the Los Angeles-based California Association of Realtors
($150,000!) doesn't mean that their plan is just about making money and turning our rich agricultural land into their lucrative housing developments. I'm
beginning to think that "No on A" actually means "No on Accountability."

Tony Peet
Pacific Grove