Letters to the editor

The Salinas Californian
Posted on May 24, 2007

No on Measure A

Planning for the future growth of our county is not an easy job. The Board of Supervisors have tried to the best of their ability to draw up a general plan that will meet the needs of all our county's residents.

Their plan was adopted after many hours of public hearings and input from everyone who will be affected by the regulations.

Measure A, on the other hand, was written by out-of-town attorneys who have no real interest about land use in Monterey County, and it was never subjected to a complete EIR. Its provisions are poorly written and it limits affordable housing, hurts working farms and doesn't provide funding for road improvements necessary to correct the traffic issues facing our county.

Measure A proponents claim to be presenting a slow-growth plan, when in fact our county is already one of the slowest growing counties in the state.
Growth that is described as slower than slow, means little or no growth at all. We have a housing crisis and Measure A will not permit us to address that crisis. We need more homes and we need them now.

Vote "no" on A, B; "yes" on C, D.

Sue Young
Salinas