As a native son, I love this county, and it hurts me to see what
it has come to. Both my parents were born here, dad in 1886 near
the Pinnacles and mother in Hollister where her parents lent their
home for county business while the first, permanent court house was
being built.
Dear Editor,
As a native son, I love this county, and it hurts me to see what it has come to. Both my parents were born here, dad in 1886 near the Pinnacles and mother in Hollister where her parents lent their home for county business while the first, permanent court house was being built.
From this background I feel compelled to comment on a few issue:
I was interested in attorney, John O’Brien’s letter indicating that our D.A. failed to prosecute his own deputized brother despite the lawman’s signing a political letter that purported to excuse the D.A. for his childish behavior and legal ineptitudes. O’Brien quotes the law that clearly supports his conclusion.
Such a man as O’Brien whose reputation is that of fairness and dignity could, if he ran for office, return respectability to the county and revert the embarrassments that have made a laughing stock of local government.
Why are your taxes and mine going up each year? I believe it is because of failed leaders who do not have the guts to hold the line on spending. I call your attention to the multi-million bridge, I’ll call it the “County Supervisors’ Boondoggle Bridge” over the Tres Pinos River at Bolado Park. This bridge leads to a notoriously un-visited historical park and a road that goes no where.
Where is the protest of our supervisors about the rate hike in dumping at the John Smith Road landfill? I haven’t heard any, and they will keep going up unless our supervisors start looking out for those of us who have to use that facility from time to time.
Why do taxpayers have to pay for all the busses of 30 and 40 passenger-capacity we see scurrying around, stark empty and consuming huge quantities of gasoline all the while? These unoccupied buses are also wearing out $500 tires and being driven by people whose aloof demeanor belies urgency.
So, fellow taxpayers, when you open your current tax bill, keep in mind how a politician answered me when I told him to stop spending our tax money foolishly. His casual response as, “Oh we don’t pay much for public services, the state and federal do.” My angry retort was “who in the hell do you think the state and federal are? They are you and me!”
Peter Frusetta, Tres Pinos
