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
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