Why have taxpayers allowed four supervisors to terminate 24-year
veteran planning director Rob Mendiola for no reason?
Supervisors Botelho, De La Cruz, Marcus and Monaco (the good ol’
boys) voted Rob out after 24 years of exemplary county service and
dedication, all because he wouldn’t flush the county down the
developer’s toilet, which is their sole purpose.
Editor,
Why have taxpayers allowed four supervisors to terminate 24-year veteran planning director Rob Mendiola for no reason?
Supervisors Botelho, De La Cruz, Marcus and Monaco (the good ol’ boys) voted Rob out after 24 years of exemplary county service and dedication, all because he wouldn’t flush the county down the developer’s toilet, which is their sole purpose.
The unjustified termination of Rob is because he did his job efficiently and effectively with no ties to builders or developers. Developers who wanted to make a fast buck at the expense of San Benito County had reason to want Rob out, right Mr. Marcus? Your building partner complained the loudest.
If this isn’t a blatant conflict of interest what the hell is?
Over the years, Rob has courageously tried to preserve this county from becoming one enormous slab of concrete with cookie cutter wall-to-wall houses, trophy homes on hillsides and sewage effluent to add more pollution to our already polluted water supply.
Logic asks, why would anyone be trying to build more houses particularly with the infrastructure problems that exist, have existed for years and will continue to exist as current infrastructure ages?
The four good ol’ boys want to eliminate the county’s 1 percent growth cap rather than protect our soil. Does El Rancho San Benito or DMB Associates ring any bells? The fight against this development must start now or you’ll hate yourselves later.
There is a huge difference between building, developing and planning. Do any of you get it or are you as stupid as the good ol’ boys are making you out to be?
Supervisors should have, without question, thanked Rob for his foresight, tenacity and wisdom over the years, for standing his ground that any building flurry is not in the best interest of our county and residents.
Furthermore, it’s the responsibility of all supervisors (not just one) to stand behind the department heads for doing their job, not undermine and terminate.
Noreen Martin, Hollister
