The majority of people in Rocklin know we must vote NO ON MEASURE H.

The Measure H campaign is really starting to get ugly.  Last night my “No on Measure H” signed was stolen from my front yard.  All that remains are the metal stakes.  I noticed another signed stolen from another house on my street.  You may have noticed some of the “Yes on Measure H” signs on Sunset Blvd have been spray-painted.  The Yes on Measure H folks is taking a page out of the dirty campaign playbook.  They are going out and vandalizing their own signs and then trying to put the blame on the “No on Measure H” folks.   

Yesterday, I received a call from a very good friend of mine.  He received a call from a person high up in the Republican Party (a former Doolittle staffer who is now working for the Yes on Measure H campaign) to tell him this blog was hurting the Yes on Measure H campaign.  He also asked how I, as a conservative Republican could not support Measure H. 

Many people in Rocklin are reading this blog because they want straight talk when it comes to Rocklin and Placer County politics.  This blog has had over 3,000 hits in just the last couple of months.  That is why the Measure H folks are very concerned.  Rocklin voters are smart and understand the difference between deception and straight talk.        

I am a conservative Republican.  I am a Republican like President Theodore Roosevelt.  TR would not have supported the development of Clover Valley.  If TR were alive today, he would be considered an environmentalist.  

I am also a supporter of Senator John McCain for President.  While I do not agree with everything the Senator says, I like his straight talk.  He will not say what he thinks you want to hear just to get your vote.  He is not afraid to stand up for what he believes in, even if it is not popular or if he is on the opposite side of the Republican Party. 

One reason I am supporting the “No on Measure H” campaign is because we are not getting any straight talk from the Rocklin City Council and the group called “Rocklin Alliance for Open Space.”  The Rocklin City Council and the Rocklin Alliance for Open Space wants you to believe there will be more open space if Measure H is passed.  How about a little straight talk?  There will actually be less open space, 14,000 more cars on Rocklin roads, and the removal, of 7,400 old growth oak trees.  How does this amount to more open space?  We all know how bad the smog and pollution can get during the summer.  What do you think these 14,000 additional cars will do to the smog in Rocklin?  It is bad enough when our kids are out playing soccer during the summer and have to breath all the smog.  Do we want to make it even worse for them? 

Lets not forget the 2-lane highway that will pass through Rocklin straight to the Thunder Valley Casino.  More cars equal more smog.  I wonder how much money the Casino will send to Peter Hill’s, Brett Storey’s, and George Magnuson’s re-election campaign?

The Rocklin City Council and Rocklin Alliance for Open Space is telling us if Measure H fails then over 900 homes will be built.  Hear is some more straight talk.  The proposal to build over 900 homes was never approved, unless there is a secret agreement between the Rocklin City Council and the developer.  Also, the environmental study was never completed to build the over 900 homes.

There are even more lies coming from the Rocklin City Council and the Rocklin Alliance for Open Space.  While there may be a new fire station built, who is going to pay for the infrastructure to make this station operational?  Not the developer.  It will be you and I.  They say there will be more parks.  Who is going to pay for the upkeep on the parks?  Not the developer.  It will be you and I.  The Rocklin City Council is going to raise our taxes.  They are already trying to raise our taxes with Measure J.  Measure J is a tax to support the upkeep on our parks.  Why is the City Council not asking the developers to foot this bill?   Is the City Council not spending within their means?  They are spending more money than they are taking in and that is why they want to tax us on the upkeep of our parks.  What is going to come next, a tax for police support or a tax for firefighter support?  I am very concerned that the Rocklin city Council has a plan to raise our taxes.  The park tax is just the first step.  We are not getting any straight talk from our city council.

We have all received numerous fliers in our mailbox that list some of the supporters for Measure H.  Welcome to the good old boys political network in Rocklin.  You have the members of the Rocklin School Board and the dictator of the school board, Superintendent Kevin Brown supporting Measure H.  Last week this school board eliminated school choice by voting down the Western Sierra Collegiate Academy's charter school request.  Most of the other supports are people that sit on commissions that have been appointed by the Rocklin City Council.  How misleading is that?

Finally, how much money do you think will be dumped into Peter Hill’s, Brett Storey’s, and George Magnuson’s re-election campaign by the developer?  The City Council’s support for Measure H will be rewarded with the developers dumping over $100,000 into the November re-election campaign. 

I am urging all Rocklin voters to vote NO ON MEASURE H.  We must vote no to preserve our quality of life and to start to break up the good old boys network that is the Rocklin City Council.