Pubdate: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA) Copyright: 2015 Chico Enterprise-Record Contact: http://www.chicoer.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/861 Note: Letters from newspaper's circulation area receive publishing priority Author: Karl Anderson COUNTY HAS NO MONEY FOR ANYTHING BUT FIGHTING POT At a time when there is a shortage of police officers in our major cities in Butte County, the Board of Supervisors continues to brag about how well Measure A is doing. When Measure A passed it was interesting to see how fast this county got everything up and running and the spending that occurred. This money could have been better used for more police officers and other things this county needs more. Measure A is total waste of taxpayers' money and severely limits the amount of medical pot grown for people that have a medical prescription for it. People really need to educate themselves on the benefits of pot. They far outweigh the bad. Most pot farmers don't get rich from growing pot either and it can be a hard living. What is this county going to do when it is legal in a few years? They are going to be the first in line to reap the benefits and get their greedy little hands on the money generated from taxes. Now they voted to cut the hours of the Chico library. Bill Connelly states he is opposed to spending one-time money for paid positions. He wouldn't make it very long in Silicon Valley with all of the venture capital and funding that goes into companies. I know, I worked there 22 years. Lord help us if Measure A needs any more money, though. We don't live in the '60s anymore. Get with the times. Replace these people. - - Karl Anderson, Oroville - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom