Hi- I viewed this videos in full
I appreciated the tone of the candidates. Yes if only our national candidates
Could be so civil right.
Each candidate gave an intro of themselves, unfortunately, Lynda did not actually
Tell us her bio, went right on into something else- but i know her bio.
I heard many good questions put to the candidates. And both answered pretty succinctly
And along the same lines.
I heard questions regarding road maintenance- many roads will actually never be roads again because they’ve been allowed to turn back into gravel (BOS eliminated a lot of road maintenance back during the recession)
I heard them talk of pot revenue to help solve some of our problems up here, and roads being one of them
Questions about signage problems as in “hey where did my sign go”, etc..etc. ok folks, Personally, i really don't care!
A TPP question, though this is out of the hands of BOS (yeah, really) they weighed in on it just the same
Traffic safety, lane safety, etc was important to people. I mean, after all, too many people on bikes alone have been wiped out on our roads- no excuse- fix it dammit.
Question on Septic systems- huge problem which both candidates pretty much agree is Not just the individual homeowner problem but a community problem
Composting toilets and their pilot programs- hardly any programs but would be an answer -so much red-tape
in my opinion County has stonewalled people on this forever-what is ever gonna change that-
Then they asked about runoff from AG, Roundup and Caltrans involvement in solutions as well.
So, as always not one person comes before these candidates and asks about the impact of
The cost of law enforcement on our communities. Or how LE serves, and does not serve
Our communities. How people of color regard LE and what is, specifically the Sherrif Department doing to restore trust in them? Freitas would site a bunch of bull but nothing really translates to boots on the ground! -Jail Beatings are making news, latest being a man's leg amputated because the jail refused him medical care-these are issues that MUST be important to the people of our community- if Both these candidates care anything about the poorest of the poor, they must hold law enforcement accountable!! And, if their answer is, "i'm glad we have oversight now"- i think i'm gonna throw up because that tells me they haven't researched law enforcement whatsoever....
no one seems to realize or care or understand that just like there is no $$ for many of the things they are asking these candidates to help solve or asking them where the $$$ will come from to fund much needed improvements for 5th District needs, no one asks them why Law Enforcement gets such a big chunk out of the budget when so many other areas are in dire need ?
I did not hear any great visionary stuff from Lynda Hopkins, Tom, but I did not hear it from Noreen either.
They are just people and they are just candidates and they have some preferred approaches to how they would like to come into their position as a Board member if they make it. I just don’t see any miracle maker but I do believe, Noreen has a huge edge, she has been a constant in working towards important environmental change. I love pot for potholes and both candidates strongly support TOT $$$'s from our district STAYs in our district-i believe, when the
BOS, basically steals money from some districts and puts it into general fund that sucks- but, i'm a simple person- seems like stealing to me. will either of these candidates change this?
i want to reiterate, however, i believe neither Lynda or Noreen want to take on law enforcement and talk about it much- and from my perspective, this is the elephant in the room- or maybe, ONE, of the (important) elephants in the room huh.