Vote for Scott
What a breath of fresh air Tina Scott is. She is running for Supervisor for District 4.
She serves on the Lakeport Unified School District School Board and was instrumental in passing the $17M Measure T bond, which will bring to our Lake students a new community pool and equip classrooms with 21st century learning capabilities.
Scott and her husband, Douglas, have lived in Lake County for more than 15 years. During that time the Scotts have fostered more than 60 youth. They are now parents of 10 children: five adopted from Child Protective Services, three biological children and two adopted after Doug Scott’s sister died from cancer.
Three of their children have graduated from Clear Lake High School, two are attending California State Universities and one has recently graduated from CSU Maritime Academy with a degree in engineering.
Tina Scott volunteers in many different organizations in the county, including serving as a Juvenile Justice Commissioner, is a court appointed child advocate with CASA and tutoring weekly at Lakeport Elementary School with Schools of Hope. She has served as PTO president at Terrace Middle School and treasurer at Lakeport Elementary.
For the past several years, Tina and her husband have sponsored little league basketball and baseball teams and Tina serves on the board of directors of Westshore Youth Basketball League. She sees sports as a way to promote healthy living, team building and personal growth as well as an outlet to keep youth out of trouble and off the streets.
Tina has received many endorsements from community leaders and members of the general public. They use words like competent, dedicated, professional, hard-working, thorough, committed, respected, energetic.
I add my own voice as one of her supporters. She will bring an honest voice to the Board of Supervisors and the energy needed to solve unresolved issues and move our County proudly into the future, all the time ensuring that the people of Lake County are the number one priority. She has pledged 20% of her gross income to non-profits in District 4 that support youth and seniors.
Let’s be done with all of the mudslinging in this race, let’s vote for Tina Scott, District 4, a Supervisor we can be proud of.
Pierre Cutler, Lakeport
The right choice
I am so very happy Nick Bennett was selected as the new member of the Clearlake City Council. He brings honesty, integrity and general good will to the position.
I’ve known Nick for a few years and can honestly say — they ain’t no one better!
Linda Peralta Conway, Clearlake
Fix Clover Creek
When the Clover Creek Flood Control project was constructed in 1958, the idea was that some water would continue to flow year round in the historic creek though Upper Lake, while high flows would divert to Middle Creek through the flood control channel. My farm property includes portions of both the historic creek, the flood control channel and the diversion structure.
A controlled flowing stream through town adds to property values, recharges wells along its course, provides minor recreation and, because it is largely shaded, is superior habitat for fish.
The project was poorly designed and never worked as intended. The engineering handbook on creek and river flows wasn’t published until a few years after the Clover Creek project was completed. No one seemed to realize that faster water would bring with it tons of silt and gravel which clogged the system.
Water Resources Engineer Tom Smythe has struggled for years with this deficient design and limited resources. He will soon retire. Operation of the system has evolved to shutting off the creek most of the year and opening it in late Spring and Summer. No pattern of normal but controlled flows occurs in the historic creek at all. Controlled year round flows could help flush out the debris and maintain a natural stream course.
No one has more to gain or loose than the people of Upper Lake from the proper operation of the flood control system. A clear plan is needed. The County could save some money and the system would work better if one or more trusted individuals from Upper Lake were allowed to operate the gates. When Clover Creek is rising, close the gates. When it is running moderate and clear, open the gates.
There are also some repairs and improvements that need to be made. The control gates need repair. Four unused culverts need to be removed or permanently sealed. I believe it would be a mistake to remove the weir or sill which maintains the Clover creek bottom at a level which allows water to flow down the historic creek through town when the gates are open. This structure was lowered a few years ago and gravel accumulation has slowed. Since this is a constructed system some periodic maintenance will always be necessary but a normal controlled flow in the historic creek could help in keeping it clean and enjoyable.
John LaBoyteaux, Upper Lake,
