Letters to the editor

Monterey County Herald
Posted on May 8, 2007

Twisted semantics

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

First, the 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, the so-called Community General Plan Initiative, is not the Community General Plan. These are two entirely different documents (check the Internet to confirm).
Measure A backers are deceiving the public by saying Measure A was written by the public.

Second, the League of Women Voters is not impartial.

Janet Brennan, league president-elect, sits on the LandWatch board (major Measure A backer), as do other league members. It is shameful for the league, which should be impartial, to be promoting its director's political agendas.

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 next 25 years. For this reason alone, I am voting "No" on Measure A.


Christine Kemp
Salinas