Pubdate: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA) Copyright: 2014 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: http://www.newsreview.com/chico/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559 Author: Nancy Roybal DOWN ON MEASURE B Measure B will hurt roads, resources and the rest of us. The ordinance contrived by commercial marijuana growers to line their pockets does not contribute to county revenue. Growers burden roads and trigger soil erosion. They are culprits in water shortages. Winter to summer: D-8 CATS with rippers move into rural Butte County. The bulldozers shove and tear up properties. Roads are carved; clear-cut slopes are terraced for giant grows; eroded soil with an array of chemicals flush into streams. We are at risk along with water, soil, wildlife and fisheries. Winter through summer, dump trucks haul valley-made soil to growers. Seven days a week, dawn to dusk, they swarm into neighborhoods, beating up roads to deliver soil. Residential and recreational traffic are disrupted. Spring through fall: growers barrel back and forth to plant, squat at, guard, trash and water grow sites. Trucks with tanks drain residential wells, dry up streams and steal water. Cannabis flourishes for a black market. In the fall, harvesters and trimmers pour in. Skunk-odor rigs multiply overnight moving the bud out. No tax revenue for the overburden. Vote no on B. Vote yes on Measure A to mitigate abuses. Nancy Roybal Oroville - --- MAP posted-by: Richard