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Political stories today are often disheartening. However, this time, we have an opportunity to elect a person who has proven he works for the common good, a person who has consistently been a leader with courage and integrity.
Davis Mayor Joe Krovoza is running for the Fourth Assembly District.
It is hard to imagine a person who has better credentials to face the problems facing our state.
In his teens, Joe became an Eagle Scout. He is a sharp lawyer who studied water law at UC Davis. He used his knowledge of water law to protect our local creek and get 50 percent more water that attracted salmon back to an historical run. Then he worked with groups on amazing riparian restoration of the creek.
He helped build the UC Davis campus Institute of Transportation Studies and its Energy Efficiency Center.
His 17 years of experience in developing clean transportation and energy-efficient projects at UC Davis is essential as California grows and with it, traffic problems.
As mayor of Davis, he took on huge budget challenges and put Davis in a good place by being courageous about ruffling feathers to get the job done.
Compare his breadth of experience side by side with other candidates. There is no comparison. Mr. Dodd has deep pockets and switched parties. We have Mr. Wolk who wishes to leave his city council term before his term ends, with little experience and run on State Senator Wolk's name.
It is critical with our water, fiscal, environmental, transportation and growth issues to have a person with experience who walks the walk.
Joe has proven to be a public servant who puts community first and is extraordinarily civil and articulate, even with people of divergent views. We need him.
Please vote for Joe Krovoza on June 3.
Jean Jackman lives in Davis, Calif.
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In December of 2013 we approached the Board of Supervisors stating that we wanted to help create an medical marijuana cultivation ordinance that would be fair and effective, rather than fight them in the courts or by referendum. We were ignored. This is now Measure N. Measure N is short-sighted, unfair, unfunded and unenforceable.
Measure N is bad policy on so many levels. Due to the fact that the supervisors refused to have a committee or work directly with its constituents to create real solutions, we have taken democracy into our own hands. Because of our referendum, the supervisors have placed Measure N on the June ballot for the people of Lake County to decide, and we are confident that the people will vote no on Measure N.
Since the state of California has failed to pass regulations effectuating Proposition 215, which was passed in 1996, Lake County and other local jurisdictions have been left to pass their own medical marijuana regulations. In Lake County we have been attempting to create a cannabis cultivation ordinance that will be effective and fair.
In 2012, there was a broad-based committee formed by the Board of Supervisors with the goal of creating an ordinance that would preserve the right for patients to cultivate their own medicine, while maintaining a high standard of public health and safety.
But this committee was unwisely disbanded by the supervisors, when its work was nearly complete. Supervisor Farrington decided to quit this committee prior to a lawsuit being filed. Supervisors Rushing and Smith had encouraged Supervisor Farrington to continue on the committee, but to no avail.
In fact, that committee’s interim recommendations were largely adopted in the current ordinance which is still in effect, but were totally ignored in Measure N.
Finally, we recognized that our job would not be complete if we just defeated Measure N. We saw the need to offer a viable, financially sound and forward-thinking solution. We retained counsel to write a sound and fair regulatory ordinance, with a funding mechanism and strict environmental controls. It is known as the Medical Marijuana Control Act and is scheduled to be on the November ballot for the people of Lake County to vote on.
Alternatively, the supervisors can simply adopt the Medical Marijuana Control Act as the permanent ordinance for Lake County once the signatures are verified. There is an alternative to creating criminals out of patients for growing a handful of plants.
Vote no on Measure N on June 3! And then let’s implement regulations that work for everyone!
Daniel McLean of Lower Lake, Calif., is campaign coordinator for the No on Measure N campaign.
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