I found the SLO Tribune editorial endorsing Measure G (“You’d do anything for your kids right? Then vote yes on Measure G,” Oct. 19) to be insulting and offensive. The Tribune can endorse any position it wants—although I disagreed with the paper’s stance and voted “no” on Measure G. What was truly offensive was The Tribune‘s appalling claim that how someone votes on Measure G is a moral judgment on how much they love their children.
I have a news flash for the SLO Tribune: You can love your children and still be opposed to Measure G. That editorial was cheap pandering that insulted readers’ intelligence, and it ought to be beneath a newspaper editorial page. I have three children, and I was opposed to Measure G because it was a poorly drafted initiative that would negatively impact the county. The language would have made it impossible for existing oil and gas production to continue—and that was bad for the children whose parents could have lost those good-paying jobs. It would have been bad for children whose schools could have lost out on the tax revenues generated by oil and gas production in SLO County.
I have friends who were on both sides of the Measure G question. We were able to respectfully disagree without questioning each others’ love for our kids. Next time, The Tribune’s editorial page should keep the children out of it.
Jim Folkrod
Arroyo Grande
This article appears in Nov 8-18, 2018.
You are one of many who was confused by the oil company claims that Measure G went too far. I hope you have read the measure. It will be mind boggling to have 420 new oil wells in south county. I am in north county, but I sympathize with those adjoining the ever expanding oil fields. Measure G going down opens the way for fracking too. No, we do not have fracking now, but in other parts of the county now open for fracking, they must go deeper and frack for the dirty oil.
Lee
Jim – We need to transition from oil to sustainable energy more quickly. We need to do this for the livability of our planet. And yes, we need to do this for our children and grandchildren. I can understand you not sharing this view as an employee of the oil industry, but I’m sure your grandchildren will look back on your pro-oil view and wish you saw this threat to their future.
Nobody is stopping you from NOT using petroleum products Mr. Lewis. Feel free to start any time. Meanwhile, the rest of us will continue to utilize the cheapest, most reliable energy source currently available (aside from nuclear, which the activists have ensured we can’t use). If you truly wanted a transition from petroleum, then the simplest solution is to attack the demand NOT the supply. If Measure G had been about expanding so called “green” energy and not eliminating existing supply perhaps it could have been more successful.
Jim–Point me to the specific language in measure g where it makes existing oil extraction impossible to continue. Be specific please
If you love your kid , you would be against abortion. I will patiently wait for the Tribs editorial condemning abortion