Elect candidates who make a difference
I couldn”t disagree more with the letter written by Henry and Barbara Citti (Observer*American, Oct. 22), who advocated to not vote for the incumbents here in the City of Clearlake, and kept referring to good people in our community as “good old boys.”
First of all, these three incumbents (Thein, Giambruno and Overton) are all staunch supporters of the City of Clearlake, unlike some of their competition in this election who advocate disincorporation throwing us back under County of Lake control. Being an elected official is hard work! While I may not always agree with them, we cannot criticize their belief in and support of moving this city forward.
This current city council has started improving our roads. Folks, you have to start somewhere and this current council is making a positive difference. I drive the main roads all the time and instead of patchwork and bandaids, this council actually did improve all our main roads around the city!
Secondly, as a 30-year resident of this city, I am angry and offended that Henry and Barbara Citti called some of our long-time city businesses “local good old boys” who “have the city council in their pockets” insinuating corrupt behavior. What planet have you two been living on? Here in reality-ville, Four Corners, Mendo Mill, Safeway, Ray”s and IGA Foods, Etc. are run by excellent, hard-working people who constantly support our community and all the people who live here. The Cittis” negative remarks were extremely offensive and I for one will stand up for all of these businesses and their owners and employees. This couple owes you an apology.
No one likes potholes, Mr. and Mrs. Citti, but neither do folks who live in Lakeport, Santa Rosa, Napa, Ukiah, Calistoga or any of the other surrounding communities. Take some time to learn about how much money communities actually receive for road improvements (no, it doesn”t grow on trees ?) and how much it costs nowadays to actually do the work. If it was as easy and cheap to fix the roads as it is to be a critic of those who are working on our behalf, all the roads would be paved, but this is reality and it takes more money than we have.
Your votes in this election are important. Please use them wisely and vote for the people who are actually making a difference in our city, not just criticizing it!
Anita Gordon
Clearlake
Why is Robey worried about Comstock?
Why is Ed Robey, a lame duck, really worried about Jim Comstock? After all, he is not a candidate! Perhaps it is his power block with three other Supervisors who are on a roll (pun intended).
Ed Robey led the Board of Supervisors in pulling a fast one regarding Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa, which is in Supervisor Rob Brown”s District (not Robey”s). While Mr. Brown was on jury duty he could not put off, Robey and three Supervisors rescinded a resolution the people of Lake County got enforced ? that there would be no gaming at Konocti Harbor. Robert”s Rules of Order state that there will be “public notice” to rescind such a resolution. It was underhanded dealing (pun intended).
One of the “three” other Supervisors, Denise Rushing, has fully supported putting in another casino in her District. This is another piece of land brought in through the back door to get Las Vegas type gambling into California. We have enough Casinos in Lake County! We have enough drunks driving the highways, running over deer and running into cars. We have school dropouts who have nowhere to go but to a Casino to look for jobs, and enough dope dealers hanging out.
Jim Comstock is the one who wants to bring in good business that will keep teenagers here. And business and shopping that will not all go to Santa Rosa. Mr. Comstock is a lifetime resident who has worked his whole life for the good of Lake County and his District. Jim Comstock”s supporters know he is the best for Lake County!
Penny Lunt
Clearlake Oaks
Let ?Joe the Plumber” keep his money
In the last “debate,” Obama conducted himself like a petulant child and McCain responded as though his hands were still tied behind him in a Viet Namese prison.
The worst, in my opinion, was the exchange about “Joe, the plumber”, a man making money in the range of $40-to $50,000 a year and managing to support his family. A proper question from McCain to Obama would have been, “Just what in the Constitution, and in all your vast experience, better qualifies you or some bureaucrat to decide how this man should manage his health care?”
In a separate encounter, Obama explained to “Joe, the plumber” that he just wanted to take some of Joe”s extra money and give it to those with less. Isn”t that how Lenin and Stalin gave Russia seventy years of poverty and misery? I believe it”s called Socialism.
I thought our country was set up on the notion that Joe, the plumber, was better able than the government to make decisions for his family. I”m not the world”s smartest mathematician but I do know this: the more money the government takes from Joe and gives to bureaucrats, the less Joe has to run his family.
Randy Ridgel
Kelseyville
Newspapers should be combined
What is happening to the paper? It is getting thinner and thinner!
I was happy and surprised when you printed Sudoku puzzles for a few days, then nothing. There are some of us who don”t work Crosswords and the Sudoku was a welcome addition.
I am under the impression the same owner owns the Observer*American and the Record-Bee. Why don”t you combine the Observer*American and the Record-Bee, so we get a decent size newspaper.
We never see any news printed about our area of Clearlake Oaks. For instance, burglaries have happened to homes and parked cars down our streets. A storage area of RVs had vandalism with damages more than $40,000. There were broken out windows and destruction inside many RVs. These all happened just recently just to name a very few. Why wasn”t it in the newspaper?
You can make a better newspaper! Why not listen to a reader and get some more reporting done in our area. Would sure help to keep us informed and give us more to read.
Sandra Moore
Clearlake Oaks
Editor”s Note: You can find a Sudoku puzzle on the vitals page in every edition of the Clear Lake Observer*American. Story leads can be given to reporters Denise Rockenstein, 994-6444, ext. 11; or Tiffany Revelle, 263-5636, ext. 37.
Democrats recommend ?Yes” on Prop. 1
The Lake County Democratic Party recommends a yes vote on Proposition 1, the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century. Prop. 1 is a $9.95 billion State Bond that will be the down payment on a $40 billion world-class High Speed Rail System. It”s a lot of money. It”s a big project. High Speed Rail is bold thinking in a time when we need to have bold thoughts.
High Speed Rail is a project worthy of a California in the 21st Century. The California Aqueduct and Central Valley Project, the University of California and California Sate University systems, the Golden Gate Bridge the Interstate Highway system. Just a few of the big ideas that have paid off for California. High Speed Rail will put Californians to work building and operating a system that our Great State needs.
A project of this magnitude means jobs, engineering jobs, construction jobs, operations jobs. California jobs that can”t be shipped overseas.
As a nation and state we have squandered our money on Wall Street get rich quick schemes and have very little to show for it. California State High Speed Rail Bonds offer a safe reliable investment put to work on a common sense project. The system is designed to benefit a large segment of the population going about their business and pleasure travel in an environmentally compatible way.
California is the seventh largest economy in the world and the nation looks for us to lead, in computers, in energy, in entertainment and with High Speed Rail in transportation. Let us be bold and show the world we are ready to lead in innovation and infrastructure by investing in a future that is as hopeful and bright as California. Vote yes on Proposition 1.
Evan Willig, vice chair
Lake County Democratic Central Committee
Don”t forget to write!
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