Letters That Matter Most

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…

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.…

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…

Proposition 4 Wants You to Pay for Politicians’ Campaigns By James Fenkner, CFA (Republished from California Current – californiacurrent.org) That’s the whole pitch, dressed up as “fair elections.” Fair for whom, exactly? For over five decades California has banned using public money to bankroll candidates. Voters put that rule in place for a very good…