Is it just me or does it somehow seem patently
unfair for Deschutes County to seek approval of ballot measure 9-70
from all voters when it specifically affects only homeowners on septic
systems in South County? This appears to be an effort to stack the deck
against those owners who could potentially have to replace their septic
systems at substantial cost to themselves.
I think this is much more about the cost and having government rammed down your throat, than it is about water quality.
Let the people who are going to have to pay, one way or the other, decide the matter.
Sincerely,
Dave Stalker
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This article appears in Mar 5-11, 2009.
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It appears I was mistaken about who initiated the referendum on the Local Rule. County Clerk Nancy Blankenship, writing in the Bulletin, explained that it was launched apparently by LaLaLanders who are oppossed to the Local Rule, in an attempt to garner a County-wide NO on the measure. My apologies for implicating the BOCC for something they did not do.
Dave,
Are you saying that the residents of south Deschutes County affected by this rule are going to forever assume 100% financial responsibility for any ground water contamination by their septic systems? If that’s the case then I agree with you.
But if the residents of the entire county are going to be on the hook for any future expensive cleanup or mitigation costs related to lack of action by the south county residents then we all deserve a say in the matter.
In short the people with a financial interest are all county residents and rightly we have a say in this matter.
I have to pay 100% of the costs of my sewer hookup when I build a house and then I have to pay for the service monthly – why should (using your great term) LaLaLanders get special treatment?
Gravity, shit flows downhill, man.