Comments on: Political Fix (19 December, 2019)

By: Justin Curti

Justin Curti — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:12:37 +0000

Where do nitrates go? Into the crops that are grown on their farm. Farmers are only allowed to apply so much fertilizer, highly regulated by the state, to prevent nitrates from entering the aquifers beneath the farm ground in which it was applied.

The AG community has no problem with a city drilling wells to provide clean safe drinking water for the citizens that reside within it. We have a problem with a city blaming our industry for a problem that is beyond us. Plus added to the fact that the Corcoran City wells, that are at the root of this problem, are at the end of their useful life and will have to be replaced with new wells. Obviously this will be on the dime of someone else because the city is not in a financial position to do so.

By: BARRY CAPLAN

BARRY CAPLAN — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:24:27 +0000

Didn’t see your response until now. You are so dismissive of the public’s concerns unless you can jump in the corruption and environmental degradation with both feet all the time.

My concern was and is with the hospital, the corruption of the prior board, on which we agree, and the corruption of you and the current board, which we don’t.

Thanks for saying the you don’t think the Brown Act ought apply to the public meetings of agencies you are an official of. That’s a good start on the kind of corruption I am referring to.

You are the ultimate insult to the people of California, whose laws regarding government transparency you don’t think apply to you. You are literally a scofflaw.

Just like you are willing to skirt the laws and call a false election to give away public resides to a faith based organization if it benefits you.

That’s contrary to what’s good for the public.

That’s the difference between you and me, you are high and mighty and don’t think laws apply to you as a public official.

I am plenty busy in plenty of places fighting corruption like yours. There’s plenty to go around. I’ve spoken and written on the past about Tulare’s police, as recently as this week. Tulare pd is no safer for the public than any other agency in the area. They can’t even keep their own k9s alive.

You won’t come to any meeting to insist that the agency follows the laws of California, I get that. I will always stand for the people and their rights and well being. That’s the difference between you and me.

If you want me to stand with the Curtis, then by all means have them contact me with all the info and I’ll see if their cause it’s just for the people or not.

But riddle me this: where do the nitrates from their farm go if not into the aquifer? Maybe, just maybe it’s downstream from these wells, but it goes somewhere, right?

Where do they (and other dairy folks) suggest Corcoran or others drill non-contaminated wells? Or maybe the City and the people there do not have a right to not contaminated water? Is that your argument?

By: Xavier Avila

Xavier Avila — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:02:29 +0000

The difference Barry is that I have a legitimate reason and you just like to stir the pot . As you can see the threat to the Curti’s real . I also represent the Curti’s as they are a member/owner of the coop that I serve as a board member. I’m not busy complaining about a problem that doesn’t exist like you . At one of the first hospital board meetings you attended everyone there was concerned about the state of the hospital. Many stories of health issues and plenty of concern by the state health officials who were thinking of closing it down and you are busy asking about where a agenda was posted and you admonished the board to follow the brown act even though they were following the brown act .Same thing when the Hospital closed . Your focus was not the negative effects on the people, but you had a complaint about how it was wrong to give kids Christmas presents from the Hospital Foundation. Were you there to help Tulare with our issues ? Where were you when our Chief of police was under attack by a corrupt mayor ? We have had many issues where your help would have been welcomed but you seem to focus on things that don’t really matter or get completely wrapped up in a conspiracy theorys like a “ fake election “. You will not see me showing up at another towns city council to ask them where they post their agenda’s . You are invited to go to the next Corcoran City council and speak up on behalf of the Curti’s . It’s never to late to change

By: BARRY CAPLAN

BARRY CAPLAN — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:20:26 +0000

So hilarious that the same Xavier Avila who regularly attacks me for caring about the corruption on the public agency boards he sits on, even though I don’t live in those districts, is now inserting himself squarely into the business of public agencies he alleged are corrupt in a neighboring City to his.

Shows his true two colors, or did he learn what’s right from me?

By: Mary Bryant

Mary Bryant — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 02:19:35 +0000

I attended the Corcoran City Council meeting And the Tulare City Council meeting to remove Jones as Mayer. January 14 everyone please attend in Corcoran.

By: Steve Zakula

Steve Zakula — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 23:46:40 +0000

Thanks for information
Looks like to me Corcoran has convicted Curtis with no facts that you have presented.
I remember Ben and family from years ago at st John Episcopal church in Tulare.
They were great people to know.
This lawsuit is totally is totally bogus.