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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11B
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE
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WHERE I STAND There is no security with- led a bipartisan delegation No. 1 priority and that's federal government to estab- that he has the leadership
.................. DANTOG(jE ........................... out economic security, of lawmakers visiting the kind of vision and lead- lish and maintain a regula- and the vision for restoring
ASSEMBLYMAN There can be no military Austin a few weeks ago to ership our nation and econo- tory environment that pro- our nation's economy and
3RD DISTRECT power without economic learn why Texas was erect- my so desperately need. I motes the free market andmaking America great
power and there is littleing jobs while the Golden was impressed with his abil- business development. He again.
The Proverb says, "Wherequestion that the challenges State was struggling, ity to communicate and lead has successfully led the way If we can get Gov. Rick
there is no vision, the people that confront our nation are We found that from Janu-and the clarity that he has m reducing taxes and unnec- Perry in Washington instead
perish." Never before has only escalating. The out-of- cry 2008 to December 2010, for building and growing the essary regulations that pun- of Texas he will no longer
this been more true than to- control growth of govern-Texas added more than economy, ish business growth and recruit businesses from
day. Our great nation de- ment spending, entitle- 165,000 jobs while during the Rick Perry has not just send jobs to other countries. California but he will re-
serves and the world needs ments, unfunded pension li- same time period; California talked about building a Never before has the needcruit jobs back to America
America to be strong andabilities and historic nation- lost 1.2 million jobs. My col- thriving economy, he's actu- for strong, capable leader- from China and India and
stable. We must be a people al debt have compromised leagues and I saw those ally done it. That's whyship been greater. America put America, not just Texas,
who are confident that we our nation's future and have numbers as an indicationCEOs -- people who know a has stood as a beacon of op- back to work.
are secure at home and re- eroded our stature and influ- that, under the leadership of thing or two about job cre- portunity and freedom to I am proud to be joined by
spected abroad. The power ence in the world. Rick Perry, Texas was doing ation rank Texas the best the world. That is why gen- my Republican colleagues
to ensure the security of our That is why I am declaring something very right, place in the nation to do eration after genei'ationAssemblyman Kevin Jef-
homeland and the strength the formation of the Com-I had the opportunity to sit business. We need a presi- has come to our shores fol- fries, Assemblywoman Di-
of our military to secure our mittee to Draft Texas Gov. and meet with Gov. Perrydent who can make "Made in lowing their hopes and ane Harkey, Assemblyman
strategic national interests Rick Perry for President of and he explained that when America" our national slo- dreams for a better future. Mike Morrell and Assembly-
is contingent upon our the United States. As a he was first elected he made gan again. I believe that in his service man Brian Jones in forming
maintaining a robust andmember of the California creating jobs and building Perry understands the as governor of Texas, Rick the Committee to Draft Rick
growing national economy, state Assembly, I recently the economy of Texas hisnecessity for states and the Perry has demonstrated Perry for President.
L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R
Guidelines for Letters
All letters must contain an ad-
dress and a phone number.
We publish only one letter per
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mail@plumasnews.com.
Resulting noise
Tut, tut, Trent Saxton. You
want to live in a country pop-
ulated exclusively by folks
who share your political
views? Sounds pretty dull to
me. More than that, it sounds
downright un-American.
The First Amendment to
the Constitution requires
that "Congress shall make no
law respecting an establish-
ment of religion, or prohibit-
ing the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of
speech or of the press .... "
The language of the amend-
ment is downright sweeping.
And thus, intelligent folks,
sincere folks, crackpots, pub-
licity seekers, conservatives,
liberals, socialists, fascists,
monarchists and all sorts and
conditions of human beings
are free to speak their minds.
Tolerating all the resulting
noise is often a tiresome chal-
lenge, but as a people we've
generally thought that the al-
ternative of banning this or
that speech is worse. So
cheer up, Brother Saxton: the
clash of political views is
nothing more or less than
democracy in action, as
American a thing as apple
pie, cook-outs and the Fourth
of July, and common to all of
US.
Andy Johnston
Clio
Despair
In Dr. Trent Saxton's letter
to liberals in last week's pa-
per, he displays an amazing
departure from civil dis-
course. Juxtapose this with
Sheriff Greg Hagwood's
thoughtful "Where I Stand"
column about how fortunate
we are to live here and you
wonder if we all live in the
same world.
Saxton wants to divorce all
right-thinking conservatives
from "America-hating" liber-
als and he details the most
"clownish" and stereotypical
judgments about those of us
who have the Impertinence
to disagree with him. It ap-
pears that Saxton is the one
who hates America.
I was taught in school in
the 1950s that civil society is
made up of people with many
different points of view who
come together to find com-
mon ground in order to solve
complex and stubborn prob-
lems. To polarize society into
uncompromising extremes
will never solve anything.
I am disheartened by the
media's treatment of political
discourse (both sides) over
recent years. How can we
find solutions to the prob-
lems of crime, the role of gov-
ernment, economic recovery,
energy policy, health care
and the military if we do not
listen and talk realistically to
each other?
Since you can only envi-
sion a world where half of us
do not exist, how can we
solve anything? It is not rea-
sonable to think you can get
rid of us and your faulty as-
sumptions about our motives
guarantee that sitting across
a table from you to find solu-
tions would be pointless.
Whatever happened to rea-
soned argument, honesty and
thoughtful discussion? What-
ever happened to simple re-
spect?
I despair.
I wonder what you mean
by "Judeo-Christian values."
The values I hold dear are
hondsty, respect, humility,
kindness and unselfishness.
With these I have learned
that life results _in fewer
problems. I think this is what
Christ was talking about.
Barbara Palmerton
Quincy
Calm down
When facts are swept away
by fervor it is time to calm
down and look at things with
a dispassionate eye. The peo-
ple who are warning that So-
cial Security won't be there
for the next generation are
not telling us the facts. The
facts are that the money that
is going out today comes
from the surplus that the
fund built up over its 65
years of existence. This sur-
plus is continuing to expand
and by 2022 will reach $3.67
trillion. (I wish I had room to
write it out with all its ze-
roes!) If we do nothing the
fund would begin to decline.
But just removing the cap
from what top executives,
movie stars and baseball
players pay into the fund
would build up the surplus
way into the next century.
In fact Social Security is an
example which other entities
would do well to
follow. Only 0.09 of every dol-
lar goes to administration,
returning a little more than
99 cents of every dollar to its
recipients. So how about
turning our attention to the
trillions of dollars that are
going into wars that have no
end money that could be
going to schools and teach-
ers, policemen and firefight-
ers.
And the panic over what
Medicare is costing us is an-
other case in point. Dr. Sax-
ton in his letter of June 8
writes that health dare is a
luxury not a right. Most of us
think that it comes under the
heading of "life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness." Is
he aware that most Medicare
recipients pay $96 a n~onth
every month whether they go
to the doctor or not? To say
nothing of the cost of"'medi-
gap" insurance every month,
$250 and up. Not a free ride.
So let's just calm down.
This country has room for
varied opinions, beliefs and
ways of life. Going back to economy. Obama owned the
the days of the poor farm for White House, the Senate and
grandma is not one of them! Congress for two years fol-
Nancy Lund lowing President Bush. Oba-
Greenville ma has spent the $700 billion
passed by a joint Congress,
Saddened under Bush, called the "Trou-
Shame on the person that bled Asset Relief Program."
stole the money bag from the President Bush left office af-
Boy Scouts booth at the ter eight years in office, 9/11,
County Picnic. The boys a war in Afghanistan and
were out there to have a bike Iraq and a national debt of
rodeo and to raise money for $10.6 trillion. On June 1, 2011,
their camp and you felt it only three years under the
was OK to take money be- Obama administration, the
longing to the boys that they debt is $14.34 trillion. Obama
earned. It saddens me to takes office, the debt grows.
think there are people like His Congress allows the Fed-
you in this town! Again, eral Reserve to print hun-
shame on you! dreds of billions of dollars,
Nina R. Peay driving the value of the dol-
Quincy lar into the tank. Obama has
done nothing to develop jobs
Fight the cancer or stop spending; he gave us
I'm asking everyone to call, health care that 60 percent of
write or email their local, Americans do not want
state and federal representa- which will add an additional
tires on the Fourth of July trillion dollars in taxes and
about these outrageous gas spending.
prices, the rich not paying My opinion: the only way
taxes, the banks, big business to fix this economy is to in-
and so on. crease the debt limit but do
We, the people, have got to so with substantial, immedi-
stand up and make our voic. ate spending cuts. Each cut
es heard. Write an email,would translate intoless debt
send it but save it for future the federal government must
use and add to it as need be, issue and that much less "net
but send it every day. It just interest" our children will
takes a few clicks of thehave to pay in the future.
mouse. The Obama administration
All of us together can states, "We believe we are
cl6ange this sad situation on
headed in the right direc-
all levels if we all unite and
tion." No, fat chance, and if
this is critical! We must be
heard! the president seriously be-
There are cancers in thisl ieves that, his mental fitness
country and one of them is needs to be questioned. The
the rich. They have to start White House brags that it
paying their share or be cut will cut the deficit in half by
out! Fight the cancer and de- 2013. Do you really believe
mand an answer! Obama? Are you better off to-
Rick Masters day than you were three
Chester years ago; consider gas, food,
home values?
Despair andstasis One good thing to say
"It's the economy stupid." about Obama's plans, he will
So how's that "Hope and be unemployed along with
Change" working for you De- the other 15 million Ameri-
mocrats in the month of June cans by the end of 2012.
2011? You cannot blame Bush Trent Saxton
anymore for our current Portola
This week at plumasnews.com
The most read stori es on our website for the past week were:
"IV Hospital for sal e: directors meet to declare it surplus"
"Fatal accident on Highway 70"
"Dredge miners hear giant sucking sound"
"Reward in arson case increased to $2,100"
The fatal accident story received the most comments. A
sampling follows:
"'Thh was so close to the county line that we didn't know
whose jurisdiction it was at first."
Does it matter?? If your there then you NEED TO HELP//
figure that out later!"
--Me
"So sad the chances we all take behind the wheel. Changing
the radion station, texting, passing a slow vehicle. Life is
precious and gone too soon. Our prayers to the family. Now
they are in God's memory for a life in a perfect world soon
to come."
--Tammy
"Anybody getting into the river with out being prepared
and having a plan would likely need to be rescued them-
selves, sad to say that someone had to witness them fight-
ing for there lives and losing, but it could have been worse
if someone just dove in after them. That river is no game!"
--steven mclaughlin
Safety net?
I hope someone responds to
this letter. This is what I
don't get. I understand
Plumas County is conserva-
tive (for the most part) and
that's fine. I believe in a two-
party system that keeps the
scales in balance. But here
are the facts about Plumas
County, front page, out in the
open, "Demand for aid con-
tinues" (June 1).
Twenty percent unemploy-
ment, MediCal assistance up
to 1,104 people, the communi-
ty mired in a recession, over
600 people in need of food
stamp assistance, and no
help on the immediate hori-
zon. This is what government
is for, protecting the health
and welfare of the citizens.
These people have this "safe-
ty net" to turn to in time of
need. That doesn't happen
Logue's office, and local rep-
resentation from our own
Plumas County Sheriff, one
common thread seems to
have been woven throughout
the messages: the power, im-
portance and intimacy of
knowing, speaking with, see-
ing and being seen by your
local representatives. It is at
a local level where every gov-.
erning body, being bound by
the Brown Act, in addition to
the U.S. Constitution, is
obliged to grant citizens op-
portunity to speak their
views openly. There is some-
times a time limit placed on
those talking points offered
by citizens, in the interest of
keeping the meetings on
schedule.
Your local Board of Super-
visors meets at the court-
house in Quincy the first
three Tuesdays each month
without revenue,
Yet driving do~ Plumas
County's main streets yotv
can see the TEA signs, the
"Don't Tread on Me" flags
proudly being displayed, do
you really have no compas-
sion for these fellow neigh-
bors? Do you understand that
every Republican and tea
party legislator in Washing-
ton has voted to kill these
valuable safety nets for
Americans, your neighbors?
Tax money is being wasted
all right. But it's not being
wasted on social safety nets
like Medicare, Social Securi-
ty, social services or Medic-
aid. These services are help-
ing your neighbors right
now, getting them through
these troubling times. Your
thoughts, please?
Dennis Alderson
Martinez
Weigh in
At a recent Tea Party Patri-
ots social event presenting
guest speakers from national
representatives of that
group, state representation
from Assemblyman Dan
i.e.,taxes. (under normal circum.'
• , ,marmes).at' 10 a:m. The scho01~
board meets usually once a
month in rotating locations.
Schedules, agendas, minutes
are available online. Schedul-
ing dates and times are avail-
able also by phoning the BOS
clerk at 283-6170. School
board meeting dates, times
can be obtained by phoning
263-6500, ext. 217.
It happens that both boards
meet Tuesday, June 21, with
the school board meeting at 4
p.m. at the school district of-
fice in Quincy.
At this crucial point in
American history, it is most
important to become part of
the process and weigh in on
what legislation and school
curriculum and policy is be-
ing implemented which af-
fects you, your pocketbook
and what your kids are
taught.
So, you're again.encour-
aged to show up, stand up
and speak up.
Sherry Halverson
Plumas County
Watchdog Committee
Portola
Contact your elected officials...
PLUMAS COUNTY SUPERVISORS - 520 Main Street, Room 309, Quincy,
CA 95971; (530) 283-6170; FAX.' (530) 283-6288; E-Mail:
pcbs@countyofplumas.com. Individual supervisors can also be
e-mailed from links on the county website, countyofplumas.com
PRESIDENT - Barack Obama, the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW Washington, D.C. 20500. (202} 456-1414. Fax: 202-456-2461.
E-mail: whitehouse.gov / contact /
U.S. SENATOR - Dianne Feinstein (D), 331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.,
Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-3841; FAX: 202-228-3954; TI~'/TDD:. (202)
224-2501. District Office: One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104;
Phone: (415) 393-0707; Fax: (415) 393-0710 Website: feinstein.senate.gov.
U.S. SENATOR - Barbara Boxer (D). District Office: 501 I St., Suite 7-600,
Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 448-2787; FAX (916) 448-2563; OR 112 Hart
Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-3553. FAX (202) 228-0454.
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 4TH DIST. - Tom McClintock. 508 Cannon HOB,
Washington, D.C. 20515. (202) 225-2511; FAX (202) 225-5444.
mcclintock.house.gov. DISTRICT OFFICE: 8700 Auburn Folson Rd., Suite
#100, Granite Bay, CA 95746; (916) 786-5560, FAX: (916) 786-6364.
STATE SENATOR, 1st DIST. - Ted Gaines. State Capitol, Room 3056,
Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 651-4001, FAX: (916) 324-2680. Roseville office:
2140 Professional Dr., #140, Roseville, CA, 95661. (916) 78,3-8232, FAX (916)
783-5487; Jackson office: 33 C Broadway, Jackson, CA 95642, (209) 223-9140.
STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, 3RD DIST. - Dan Logue, State Capitol,
Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 319-2003; FAX (916) 319-2103.
District Office, 1550 Humboldt Rd., Ste. #4, Chico, CA 95928; (530) 895-4217,
FAX (530) 895-4219.
GOVERNOR Jerry Brown, office of the Governor,
Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814. Website: gov.ca.gov/
(916) 445-2841. FAX: (916) 558-3160.
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