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Welcome to the insanity timeline.
Not that long ago, the grocery store bagged your food in paper. Then we were told plastic was the responsible choice. It would save the trees. Now we know plastic doesn’t break down. It sits in landfills for centuries or ends up in the ocean, where it tangles and chokes wildlife. So what did the…
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One Man’s Opinion: The County Must Take Responsibility for Its Special Districts
By Stanley Bissmeyer, Candidate for District 1 Supervisor Between 1969 and 1971, Mariposa County assumed responsibility for water and sewer systems serving Coulterville and Lake Don Pedro. They also accepted responsibility for Mariposa Pines and Yosemite West. The purpose was to protect public health, support community development and provide reliable management of essential infrastructure. In…
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The Crisis in Mariposa County Fire
By Stanley Bissmeyer (Candidate for District 1 Supervisor) Protecting citizens from fire is one of local government’s most fundamental responsibilities. Yet Mariposa County’s rural fire protection has been allowed to deteriorate as stations lose volunteers, engines and staffing. This is not an argument against CAL FIRE, Firewise, defensible space or home hardening. All are valuable.…
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Prop 39: Trust, but Verify
By Lou Segal (Opinion – Republished from California Current) Prop 39 Deserves your YES Vote Santa Barbara Current publisher James Fenkner has been analyzing the California referendum propositions on the ballot this year. Unlike most of these propositions, SBCurrent strongly recommends you vote YES on Proposition 39, the Voter ID law. Will Proposition 39 cure all that ails us in California…
