Letters
I was pleased to hear the voting public in Lakeport passed Measure M by 75 percent. This timely tax measure supports our local firefighters.
Firefighters, police/sheriffs, teachers and government office workers are the essential people who provide services to the public. They deserve the funding to effectively provide these services on our behalf; and salaries to provide for their families, and by extension, support our local economy.
I do not live in Lakeport. But as we have learned over the past few summers, fires do not stay within geographical or political boundaries.
The October 2017 Tubbs fire, which erupted in Napa County, burned portions of rural and urban Sonoma County.
The Mendocino Complex – which included the River and Ranch fires of July 2018 – roared through four counties before it was contained.
Since the devastating Valley fire tore through Lake County in September 2015, Lake County has become a closer knit community, because we have all undergone a common and stressful experience.
Many thanks to first responders, volunteers and haulers who assisted in evacuating animals. Over the last four years, countless hard-working men and women have come from out of state to fight to put out wildfires.
Anna Rose Ravenwoode lives in Kelseyville, Calif.
Firefighters, police/sheriffs, teachers and government office workers are the essential people who provide services to the public. They deserve the funding to effectively provide these services on our behalf; and salaries to provide for their families, and by extension, support our local economy.
I do not live in Lakeport. But as we have learned over the past few summers, fires do not stay within geographical or political boundaries.
The October 2017 Tubbs fire, which erupted in Napa County, burned portions of rural and urban Sonoma County.
The Mendocino Complex – which included the River and Ranch fires of July 2018 – roared through four counties before it was contained.
Since the devastating Valley fire tore through Lake County in September 2015, Lake County has become a closer knit community, because we have all undergone a common and stressful experience.
Many thanks to first responders, volunteers and haulers who assisted in evacuating animals. Over the last four years, countless hard-working men and women have come from out of state to fight to put out wildfires.
Anna Rose Ravenwoode lives in Kelseyville, Calif.
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The Board of Supervisors is considering a request made by the board of KPFZ, our local radio station, to either eliminate or greatly reduce their rental for broadcasting from the Mount Konocti tower to help them with their tight budget. The supervisors need to know how much this radio station means to us.
KPFZ provides an invaluable service to the community of Lake County. In good times, they provide a forum to educate our people of current issues in a fair and open manner and in times of crisis have always interrupted their regular programming to provide access to local, state and federal fire agencies, county and city law enforcement, as well as other public officials upon request.
They also consistently provide free airtime to local candidates running for office. An informed electorate is essential to the survival of a democracy.
At a time when media is being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, it is important to provide support for independent media, especially one which operates as an all-volunteer, non-commercial, nonprofit organization.
Although they don’t reach Middletown through the airways, they are available by live streaming over the internet and during disasters, when cell towers and land lines go down, they have provided a very valuable service to emergency services and all the people of our county.
We cannot afford to lose such a valuable resource!
Greta Zeit lives in Middletown, Calif.
KPFZ provides an invaluable service to the community of Lake County. In good times, they provide a forum to educate our people of current issues in a fair and open manner and in times of crisis have always interrupted their regular programming to provide access to local, state and federal fire agencies, county and city law enforcement, as well as other public officials upon request.
They also consistently provide free airtime to local candidates running for office. An informed electorate is essential to the survival of a democracy.
At a time when media is being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, it is important to provide support for independent media, especially one which operates as an all-volunteer, non-commercial, nonprofit organization.
Although they don’t reach Middletown through the airways, they are available by live streaming over the internet and during disasters, when cell towers and land lines go down, they have provided a very valuable service to emergency services and all the people of our county.
We cannot afford to lose such a valuable resource!
Greta Zeit lives in Middletown, Calif.
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