[Our friends Nancy and Eddie Garcia have been founders and leaders of several organizations favored by Nevada County conservatives, among them the NC Tea Party and the State of Jefferson movement. This week the local SoJ supporters assembled to celebrate having gathered well over 5,000 signatures to petition the Board of Supervisors to put on the June ballot a resolution that will let the county’s voters express their opinions about the formation of SoJ (or ‘North California’) which has been much discussed in these pages (see also). These signatures are being filed with county clerk as I type.
But true to form, the Union’s coverage of this week’s SoJ activities has drawn the predictably ignorant ire of our fulminating far-left FUE. His off-the-mark comments prompted Nancy Garcia to submit the following response. To RR readers I recommend the following simple exercise – try to follow the FUE’s logic that led to his very unfounded and uncouth epithet. gjr]
Nancy Garcia
Imagine my surprise when I read Jeff Pelline’s statement on the State of Jefferson public comments in Tuesday’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting. He notes “This part chaps me the most: a new state where we would be guaranteed a voice in the decisions that shape our lives and the future of our children. What does Eddie Garcia know about my child? What an ass.” Obviously, he totally misses the point that parents would have more freedom to shape their own children’s future. Mr. Pelline’s child would be his own obligation.
I also find it comical, at best, that Mr. Pelline, who revels in pointing out every little one letter error in The Union, did not even correctly identify the author of the statement. I truly resent his calling my wonderful husband of fifty-four years an “ass.” Eddie Garcia did not make that statement – I did. If you have any journalistic integrity, it is important to get your facts right.
I might also direct Mr. Pelline’s attention to a dictionary where he can check the word “civility.” It was the manner in which we used to conduct respectful discussions even when we did not agree. If we live by the “Pelline Protocol” we will never cure the deep divide that is the curse preventing progress.
[29jan16 update] Thank you all for your enlightening and humorous comments on Mr. Fue. As a relative “newbie” here, I am still learning.
One more comment on the constant refrain that we cannot survive financially without the money that comes from the state. If we are such a drain on the already financially floundering government, they surely will be happy for us to remove the burden from their back by separating from the state. So far, we have not heard a single government official stand up and applaud our resolve. What does that tell us?
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