Questions and Answers 1

Questions and Answers
Every so often we accumulate a few questions from readers about some previous articles that certainly need to be answered in a straight forward manner.

Q. We read a lot about the mayor of Julian. Who is he?
A. For the sake of privacy and not unduly influencing jurors in his upcoming trial on his indictment over campaign contributions, we cannot publish his name at this time, but you can easily ask one of your neighbors since he is widely known in Julian. If you hear a loud Harley start up in the morning, you may live next door to him or his girlfriend and didn’t even realize it.

Q. Why did you scare us with the report of the toll road through Cuyamaca State Park?
A. This was not meant to scare you- it was meant to warn you how outlandish things really are (sorry that scared you.) May I remind you that Gov. Schwarzenegger has said that “everything is on the table” including many taxpayer heads, destroying San Onofre State Park and and the ill-advised project of putting giant powerlines through Santa Ysabel Valley and Anza Borrego Desert State Park. If you don’t think that the Cuyamaca road project is being considered, it has been on the highway masterplan for over 100 years. For absolute proof of this you could have gone and seen this year’s Melodrama at the town hall. The only thing stopping it is that the state doesn’t have enough money to advertise for bids in the Julian News.

Q. Why do you write all these demeaning articles about Gov. Schwarzenegger?
A. Because he is Governor. If he wasn’t, I would have to call him Mr. Schwarzenegger in my articles about him.

Q. Can I at least have a Happy New Year?
A. Maybe.

©2008 Eric Stamets