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Letter: Fire Safety and Prevention

April 6, 2021August 29, 2021 slvpost.com3 Comments

Dear Bruce McPherson and fellow county supervisors, I write to you today as a woman who lost her home in the CZU fire. I am a proud San Lorenzo Valley citizen who is active in her community and is committed to rebuilding her home for her family which includes five children. As I wade through the immense costs and bureaucratic… Read More

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Letter: Please Fund FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County to Help Reduce Rural Fire Risks

March 19, 2021April 2, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Dear County Board of Supervisors, I am writing to ask that you direct the County Administrative Officer to allocate substantial revenues in the 2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Budget to provide funding for the FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County. Your Board established the Council in 2016 but has stopped funding it. Two-thirds of Santa Cruz County lies within the Wildland Urban… Read More

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Letter: San Lorenzo Valley Water District

March 3, 2021May 17, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Re: San Lorenzo Valley Water Feb 1 Article Thank you for your careful elucidation of so many issues related to the potential for an SLV-SV Water merger. There is one issue that needs a caveat. In this statement, “Currently, the bulk of the Santa Margarita groundwater basin overdraft is borne by Scotts Valley. The San Lorenzo Valley has abundant surface… Read More

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Letter: Scotts Valley / SLV Water District Proposal

February 23, 2021May 17, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

To the Editor: The proposed consolidation of the Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley Water Districts (SLVWD) has generated a lot of excellent comments and questions from our community, particularly at the SLVWD Board meeting held on Feb. 4th and attended by almost 100 SLVWD residents. As a current SLVWD Director, I’m speaking for myself in this letter—I’m not speaking… Read More

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Commentary: Livelihoods Have Been Destroyed

December 15, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.com0 comment

Commentary from a Santa Cruz County business owner I own a home and co-own and operate two (soon to be 3) businesses across all districts in the County of Santa Cruz, with the exception of one. Under normal circumstances, our three businesses will generate more than $7 million dollars in revenue that is reinvested directly into our local economy. Our… Read More

Letter to Santa Cruz County 5th District Supervisor

November 1, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.com5th District Supervisor1 Comment

Dear Bruce McPherson, I write to you today as a member of the community in which you are supervisor. I lost my home to the CZU August fire on 8/20/2020 in Boulder Creek in the Fallen Leaf neighborhood. It has been an absolutely devastating event to say the least, not only to my family of seven but our entire neighborhood… Read More

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PG&E Tree Removal without Approval

October 29, 2020November 13, 2020 slvpost.comczulightningcomplex, PG&E, propertyrights, redwoods0 comment

October 29, 2020 Dear Members of the Board of Supervisors, County Counsel Heath and County Administrative Officer Palacios, As your constituents and residents of Santa Cruz County and the San Lorenzo Valley and Bonny Doon, we are requesting that the Board more closely examine PG&E’s actions following the CZU fires. We are concerned that PG&E is using the fire aftermath… Read More

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Letters: Majestic Places

October 2, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comBig Basin, czulightningcomplex, Little Basin, majestic places, redwoods0 comment

Big Basin has been my most favorite place since I was 5 years old! It is the oldest CA State Park and home to some of the oldest largest trees on the planet. Grizzly bears used to roam free, and if you go up the mountain, you can still see grizzly bear claw marks, all the way down the side… Read More

Letters: Water isn’t about politics; it’s about people

October 1, 2020May 17, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

As a current and outgoing director for the SLV Water District it has been a privilege to work with this Board and for the people of the San Lorenzo Valley. From an insider’s perspective, it has been very civil, even when directors have differing views, and we have gotten the job done, especially through the many emergency meetings during the… Read More

Letters: Beth Thomas a great choice for SLV water board

October 1, 2020October 20, 2020 slvpost.com0 comment

I have known Beth Thomas for over 40 years as an educational associate, and as a friend. Beth isone of the most insightful and resourceful individuals I’ve had the privilege to know. Herexperience as a labor leader, a consensus maker, and visionary alone makes Beth a qualifiedleader for the SLV Water Board position now facing the voters of the Valley.… Read More