Letters
After much careful thought and deliberation, I have decided to withdraw my candidacy for the Fourth Assembly District race.
Even though my family, friends, and supporters, in particular my wife, have been supportive of my candidacy, I have decided that the time is not right for me to seek higher office.
I owe this great community a huge debt of gratitude, for the honor and privilege to be able to represent my constituents and the residents of Lake County. I love Lake County, and it is here where I plan to grow old and raise my family.
There are currently many pressing issues confronting our community.
For example, the need to find ongoing revenue to better manage Clear Lake and our watershed; the need to move forward with our Board's current application to secure surface water rights to Clear Lake; my desire to continue to serve on the Marymount University Advisory Committee, and continue to grow this new treasure within our community; the urgency to see that Konocti Resort is reopened; moving forward to upgrade our antiquated infrastructure, in particular the North Lakeport, and Soda Bay water systems; and to complete the $15 million road project in the South Main/Soda Bay corridor which includes the under grounding of utilities, and providing water service, to name a few.
In addition, it is with a great sense of obligation that I finish my current term so that I am able to continue to represent my constituents who have been devastated by the landslide that took place at the Lakeside Heights subdivision in North Lakeport.
While my campaign never began fundraising, we did receive generous donations from individuals and businesses eager to support my candidacy. I thank those individuals, and I will be returning their donations.
I truly hope that in the near future Lake County will have a representative of its own. History has shown that we only see state candidates during an election.
Lake County deserves better – we deserve a candidate who is committed to Lake County at all times, and not just when they are running for office.
Lastly, I want to thank everyone that believed in me, and supported my candidacy. I will forever be grateful for your faith in me.
Anthony Farrington represents District 4 on the Lake County Board of Supervisors. He lives in Lakeport, Calif.
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Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and now the Affordable Care Act constitute our social safety net.
Prior to their enactment, the disabled and elderly, sick and poor, were on their own. They were left to their own devices. Leave them to the churches, say the Tea Party people. Government is not responsible.
Regretfully, neither states, counties nor cities are equal in their application of compassionate programs. There are hard-hearted politicians who think like the Tea Party, that tax money is misused for these programs.
The Republican-dominated House of Representatives has voted more than 40 times attempting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They have no qualms keeping the status quo, millions of Americans without health care.
They have convinced themselves and many Americans that it is a bad investment, but giving health care to people can only reduce serious illness, thus reduce the taxpayer responsibility in the long run. Taxpayers pay for uninsured patients anyway, we might as well catch illness in the bud.
Investment in health care and education, as well as nutrition, is necessary to a healthy future for the whole country.
Think how the present recipients would live without the safety net, and how would it affect our environment and the spirit of our country.
Dave Gebhard lives in Lakeport, Calif.
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