Philip Reimers announced his candidacy for Lake County’s District 5 Supervisor post, citing the health of Clear Lake as his motivating factor.
“The citizens, businesses, and government of Lake County can no longer afford to have the lake be the Achilles heel to what should be a vibrant, robust and growing tourism based economy,” he said.
According to Reimers, the county ranks near the bottom of tourist destinations in the state. A program built around a healthy lake, he said, would generate job growth and investment. This, in turn, would provide the funds to repair roads and improve education.
“It all starts with fixing the lake,” Reimers pointed out. “And the time for multi-year plans with incremental improvements was years ago.”
Reimers admitted that a rapid transformation, while possible, might prove expensive. His goal is to avoid the use of taxpayer dollars in the effort.
“I will go nonstop after a very small portion of the $40 billion given away every year by corporations and foundations,” he said. “The case can be made economically, from a health standpoint as well as environmentally. We will get the money.”
Reimers has placed more details at www.itsaboutthelake.com.
“Together we will make Lake County once again relevant as a place people visit, spend their money, and then go home,” he concluded.
