Measure C attacks private property rights and reduces property values that
provide the equity farmers rely on to finance planting of crops, buy new
equipment and make improvements to farms. Farmers lose.
Measure C jeopardizes the future expansion of UCMerced and the muchneeded
jobs that our new Universitywill bring to our area. Education and
opportunities for our children suffer. Important programs such as a future school
of medicine may be delayed.
Measure C jeopardizes funding for vital police and fire services,road
improvements and essential public facilities. Fewer cops and firefighters.
Measure C requires expensive elections, more political campaigns and
additional costs to job-creating projects for Merced County. Businesseswill toke
their jobs to other Counties rather than take a chance on an uncertain election.
We lose jobs.
Measure C benefits big developers. Only they will have the money necessary to
conduct expensive political campaigns – the “little guy” loses.
Measure C was developed in secret, by a small group of extremistsled by
activists from outside our county. It did not have the benefit of public review or
public hearings. Hired signature gatherers were paid thousands of dollars to
collect signatures.
Measure C doesn’t save farmland and it doesn’t help farmers.
Vote No on Measure C – it simply goes too far.
Signed,
Pat Palazzo, Farmer
Bob Carpenter, Businessman
Kim Rogina, Farmer
Steve Gomes, School Superindendent
David H. Long, Farmer/Businessman
