Letters to the Editor 3-3-1`6

The stall game
Editor: I again attended a housing workshop held on Feb. 25 headed by Jim Heid. I said again, as the same workshop was held a year ago. To no one’s surprise, nothing has changed. Last year we used Legos, this year we used M&M candy and Mr. Heid referred this as a “game.” Last year we were given a map of Healdsburg. Each colored Lego represented a different type of housing. We were asked to place our Legos in an area where it represented a particular type of housing, low, middle or high.
I resented Mr. Heid referring to this as a game. To Mr. Heid, this may be a game, however, to the people who are being forced out of our town due to the high cost of housing, this is not a game.
This is not a new issue; if the people running this town do not know what the citizens need by now, it is time to get new leadership on our city council. Remember them when it’s time to vote in our next local election. It’s time for the citizens to make their voices heard, if they’re not listening to us now, let us make them hear our voices by our votes.
Ken Buchignani
Healdsburg
Lyme disease
Editor: The City of Healdsburg has proclaimed the month of March to be West Coast Lyme Disease Awareness Month. The proclamation is available for view in the Feb. 16 City Council meeting agenda packet, online www.ci.healdsburg.ca.us.
Our local group, Target Lyme, will have an information table on the Plaza on Saturday March 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please come find out how you can protect your family from tick bites, which can leave you with any number of the 12 diseases that occur here in Sonoma County. We will be tying green ribbons on doors all around the Plaza to let you know we are there.
California’s tick-borne disease risk is different from other regions of the U.S. One reason is that our season is year-round, and the nymphs (immature ticks) are out in the greatest numbers in April and May. Nymphal ticks are smaller than a poppy seed and are more likely to be infected with Borrelia, the bacteria that cause Lyme Disease.
We will have real (though dead) ticks for you to look at. Please stop by to find out more.
Karen Miller
Healdsburg