Comments for Board focuses on forming GE advisory committee at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:56:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6407/919/#comment-9217 Isn\'t it odd how feel good votes often get usurped by prior feel good laws. I guess that is the irony of so many laws. - bearer Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:35:41 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6407/919/#comment-9195 \"Robey said the issue was a bit of deja vu for him. Five years ago, when the GE issue manifested locally, the board asked a committee to look at it and come up with a solution. “I believe that the committee basically reached a compromise except for one word, basically – they were that close,” he said.\" As my grandfather used to say, \"Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.\" What amazes me is that we are going back to a system that we have proof didn\'t work five years ago. In fact, it worked so horribly unwell that there eventually ended up a ban on Roundup Ready Alfalfa by a California District Court. And, we are expected to have a committee (most likely, made up of many of the same people) work, now? \"Scully\'s letter also had stated, “It\'s insulting that you discredit governmental protection agencies.” Farrington said it\'s the board\'s responsibility to question superior powers; if they don\'t, they\'re not doing their job.\" Insulting to discredit governmental protection agencies? The same agencies which approved Roundup Ready Alfalfa without testing for biological impact? The same agencies whose \"approved\" products are recalled constantly? This country was based on questioning superior powers because sensible people know that no one is immune to bad decision making. - purplegirl Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:46:30 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6407/919/#comment-9193 his insistance that folks from his district be on the Shoreline Are Plan but yet never provided the committee with anyone. One would have to actually talk to people in the district at a time other than Tuesday between 9 and whenever to find such volunteers. - Donna Christopher Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:41:24 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6407/919/#comment-9192 Jeff is available for discussions regarding the Giants bullpen, the weather, or water allocations for farmers on the eastern Oregon section of the kalamath river, where he lives most of the year. No chatting with Jeff about ANYTHING that MAY come before the board, because thet would mean driving ALL the way to lakeport and spending time in his office, which are both non-starters for Mr. involvment. My question is: since jeff only works one day per-week, shouldn\'t he get paid for just 8 hours? And since his brain is only functioning for a short time in that 8 hour period, shouldn\'t we get a discount? Can we deduct $ for the times he dozes-off? How about a refund every time he restates the obvious, or doesn\'t ask the question a five year old would know needed to be? Just wondering! - smurf Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:29:52 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6407/919/#comment-9189 please as I\'ve obviously misinterpreted Jeff Smith\'s comment. It reads like that once the board starts to discuss an issue such as a GMO ordinance, and the discussion is ongoing, he will only talk about the issue to folks that can make it to the Board of Supervisors session? I\'ve got to be reading that incorrectly. Or did we just slip from the sublime to the ridiculous? - Donna Christopher Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:54:39 +0100