This group was founded in February 2009, in order to give residents opposed to the Granite Bay community plan update a place to organize and be heard. For more than a year we were ignored. A show of hands at the community meeting where Supervisor Uhler announced the update, showed that the majority opposed it. The county proceeded to gather requests for changes. 49 requests for zoning changes were submitted. 89 requests, another overwhelming majority, requested that the update be cancelled or make no changes. The county proceeded to gather public comments on the requests for changes. The planning department again reported that the majority of responses opposed the proposed changes. Undaunted, at the August 2010 county budget workshop, Supervisor Uhler proposed spending up to $750,000 to proceed with the community plan update. Our response was serving him with notice of intent to recall. Fortunately, under threat of recall Supervisor Uhler finally listened to his constituents and the Granite Bay community plan remains intact with a few minor policy changes.

This group continues to be concerned about Granite Bay and preserving the rural-residential community. We feel that it is critical that county supervisors represent the people without obvious conflicts of interest. We will support any candidate that

1) Has not accepted the majority of their campaign funding from developers.

2) Does not have family members who are county employees.

3) Is not employed by (or owner/shareholder of) a company that contracts with the county.

4) Commits not to appoint developers or their family members to the planning commission.

5) Commits to preserve this unique rural-residential community.

As the 2012 election season develops, we will email members with information and opportunities to meet or support such candidates.

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