To Whom It May Concern, Am writing because I was solicited by a neighbor to beseech you to not cut 80% of the "Climate Budget." On the contrary, would like to say: it is about time. Now, I love the environment, but am not evangelical to the point of disproportionately controlling citizens' capital over it. I do not believe that is "progressive" in the sense that I saw myself decades ago when I went through the Los Lomitas school district. As has been eloquently put elsewhere, "I am not a climate-change denier. I am a hysteria skeptic." Before anyone blanches, take note that I have made the requisite investments to the house I grew up in (bought in '79)-- ~$20K into solar panels, and replaced a full-size pool with an artificial no-water lawn (also a five-digit number). That, plus not having children, puts our household's carbon footprint on a microscopic level, relative to many. We are dealing with far more important problems right now, real economic/livelihood problems. Problems that require us to make difficult choices, and (hopefully) back-burner the hyper-progressive climate-change activists who can afford to spend other people's money. In other words, it is time for some fiscal sanity. To save local businesses like The Dutch Goose or Dan Bajada's Menlo-Atherton Auto Repair. To help the people that truly need it. Remember the $80-Billion high-speed rail system that was to be done by 2033? For the environment, right? Wouldn't some of that money come in handy right about now? What local businesses and livelihoods could have been saved by these funds? Fire season is almost here. Are we ready to control-burn the forests and save houses, or are we more concerned about "sharrows?" Closing, am one of the last "natives" here, but for years have had an eye to leave the state. A small dose of aforementioned fiscal sanity might entice me to stay. With respect, DZ Don Zulaica, Jacquie Steiner, Marlowe (pictured) Sharon Road Santa Clara University '91 Menlo-Atherton '87 La Entrada '83 (image/jpeg attachment: 0_marlowe_flower_walk.jpg )
