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I experienced the Valley fire and I lost my home. My husband and I are rebuilding.
I am writing today to express my frustration with people who seem to think that just because there no longer is a home, they can walk right onto our property and look around.
When my home existed, people did not feel free to walk through or across my property. We did not even have our property posted with “no trespassing” signs. Now we have them on all sides and they are completely ignored.
How would those exhibiting this behavior feel if I were to disregard boundaries and walked through and looked around at their property as if it were public?
No one can stop anyone from observing from the public right of ways, i.e., sidewalks and streets, but please respect all of us who have lost our homes and stay off our property.
Linda Diehl-Darms lives in Middletown, Calif.
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Thank you for the opportunity to help wake a sleeping giant here in Lake County – that giant is the Lake County Republican Party.
Our local party has been idle for the past several years, until now.
My name is Dee Cuney, I'm a former Republican county chair from Napa County and a past member of the Napa County Republican Central Committee for 28 years.
I'm the current Lake County Republican Central Committee chair, ready and willing to make our local party stronger than it has been in the past.
I'm DEEtermined to make our party alive and well again as it should be. I can't do this alone, I need a few dedicated Republicans to step up and help. Together we are better!
It's also time to take out your nomination papers to run to be on the Lake County Republican Central Committee. The election is June 7 and those elected will take Office January 2017.
If you're interested in running for the Lake County Republican Central Committee you will need to go to the Lake County Elections Office as soon as possible and take out your nomination papers (there is no charge).
Candidates for the Republican Central Committee are encouraged to bring nomination papers to the Feb. 9 central committee meeting for a signing party.
We are currently making appointments to fill 2016 openings on the Lake County Republican Central Committee for all supervisorial districts.
I'm hoping you will join us Tuesday, Feb 9, at Round Table Pizza, 821 11th St. in Lakeport at 6:30 p.m. for our social time (no host food and beverage) and our business meeting at 7 p.m.
Republicans are always welcome to attend. Our meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at the same time and same location.
Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Lake-County-CA-Republican-Party-401224996588222/?fref=ts or for more information call 707-235-2902.
Let's get this party started! See you Feb. 9.
Dee Cuney is the chair of the Republican Central Committee serving Lake County, Calif.
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Recent letters in local news sources have praised the abilities of our local politicians.
My judgment is that not one of Lake County's elected representatives – either county, state or national – can claim any significant long-term benefit of their efforts.
Political leaders must be judged by and on their impact not activity. Activity or appearances (visibility) does not equal impact.
Rep. Mike Thompson has the most notable failure as head of the House income tax reform committee.
Locally, our entire county Board of Supervisors has failed in disaster planning.
Local government primary responsibility in planning for major disasters must include forming and training neighborhood resident self-help disaster teams – trained teams of residents that can provide medical first aid, other needed assistance, rescue and evacuation in and for their own neighborhoods with no outside assistance in the initial 72 hours.
Low voter turnout means the same people elect the same incompetent politicians and then they write letters of praise for those elected.
Low voter turnout has resulted to poor local, state and national government. I submit that WE are the problem! The solution is to VOTE!
John Daniels lives in Lakeport, Calif.
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Hello to everyone in Lake County who visited us at the Calistoga Fairgrounds during your evacuation.
If I can be so bold as to speak for many of us who volunteered at the evacuation center, it was our pleasure to host and be with you during those troubling times. Your strength during those difficult days was very encouraging to all of us.
As the Calistoga Fairgrounds Evacuation Center was closing, and the donated and yet-to-be used items were loaded for moving to Lake County, we have some items missing.
Grace Episcopal Church of St. Helena loaned us a dozen of their heavy duty clothing racks so that donated clothing could be sorted and displayed for your selection.
Unfortunately, as the center closed and everything was loaded for restaging in Lake County, those heavy duty galvanized pipe clothing racks disappeared.
If anyone is aware of their destination in Lake County, or elsewhere, could you please give me a call at 707-963-4005 so we can retrieve them? Thank you.
Norm Manzer lives in St. Helena, Calif.
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