Letters to the Edtior 10-29-15

Kicking the can down the road
EDITOR: Soon, rains will come again to Sonoma County. How will our roads fare? I can tell you the roads I drive to work are terrible in places like on Frei Road in Graton.
For decades, our previous county supervisors have kicked the can down the road in response to funding needs for our bridges (Laughlin Road) and roads like Old Cazadero Highway and others. I fully understand that we do not get much from the state returned to us from gas taxes. We need to help ourselves.
Spending the money now is going to save us 10 times the amount later should the roads need complete rebuilding. You (supervisors) said in June you were committed to fixing our roads. The voters said they did not want you to fix them with Measure A, but they want you to fix them. So get to work and find more dollars from the increased property taxes we are seeing, additional funds from the many tourists who come here and additional dollars from the reserves and emergency set asides you have. Please fix our roads like you promised us you would.
Eric Levy
Santa Rosa
Progress?
EDITOR: Driving by the new Amy’s Drive Thru Restaurant in Rohnert Park, it is obvious that it is very popular. Just think, if it had not been for our “progressive” city council, the tax revenues generated by Amy’s could have been Sebastopols
Larry Nielsen
Sebastopol