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Make a Nice Day
Phil Weaver
Terry Bailey
In response to the letter from former Supervisor Terry Bailey, I would like to correct some misinformation for the record. Please encourage your readers to check with the appropriate county entities. These are the facts:1. The Copperopolis Community Plan started on Supervisor Dick Gordon's watch in 1992. It was suspended in 1994. Terry Bailey allowed the plan to remain stagnant the first three years of her term until 1998 when she finally took the reigns. Ms. Bailey had 7 full years to bring the plan to fruition and failed to do so. Supervisor Erickson did it in 3 years with almost no cooperative effort from Russ Thomas the Chairperson.2. The pay raise Ms. Bailey refers refers to was voted into policy by Terry Bailey during HER term as Supervisor. Victoria Erickson has NEVER voted herself a pay raise.3. Terry Bailey approved the general plan amendment that resulted in the zoning changes for Oak Canyon Ranch. The property went from agricultural with minimum parcel sizes of 20 acres to specific plan (Master Planned Community) resulting in the much higher density (6 per acre, 12 per acre, commercial and light industrial) that the voters and Supervisor Erickson object to. Because Oak Canyon agreed to meet all county criteria and because Terry Bailey rezoned the property, Victoria Erickson was forced to approve the project. I would think that Terry Bailey would be embarassed to produce a letter that could so easily backfire on her. Check for yourself!! Remember, just because it is in print does not mean it is true.Betsy Duncan, Copperopolis
Responding to Betsy Duncan
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