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Protecting Ag Land and Angwin's Rural Character
"Delay is preferable to error."
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From Our Mailbag
August 2, 2012 - St. Helena Star: "Howell Mountain is a special place". Article Link
October 14, 2012 - Napa Register: "Measure U in Angwin is necessary." This topic has been discussed every way imaginable from both sides. As a resident of Angwin and supporter of Save Rural Angwin (SRA), I have focused my attention on the issues of water, electrical power and roads - all of which are critical in Angwin and the surrounding area. View
October 9, 2012 - Napa Register: "'No on U' leaves a big mess". Silly season is here. Campaign signs are popping up everywhere, just like mushrooms. It also looks like the season of disrespect, trespass, vandalism and littering is, sadly, also here. View
October 9, 2012 - Napa Register: "Napa County can benefit from PUC land development". Owning property in California can be a hassle. There are property taxes, upkeep and insurance costs, just to name a few. View
October 8, 2012 - Napa Register: "Measure U demands sustainable growth". Measure U allows for reasonable and sustainable growth in accordance with the wishes of the voters of Napa County. It is in concert with the Agricultural Preserve established in 1968 and the voter-supported Measures J (1990) and P (2008). View
October 5, 2012 - Napa Register: "Don't devalue PUC property". Re-designating land near the current small Angwin shopping plaza to prevent any commercial or housing development now, or in the future, lowers the value of the private property owned by Pacific Union College. View
October 4, 2012 - St. Helena Star: "Teach Developers some manners - Vote 'YES' on U". Pacific Union College, like many developers, would like to pretend that its property rights are absolute. View
October 4, 2012 - American Eagle: "Power lineup at business breakfast". The 8th District assembly-member praised the breakfast session and the debate between John Tully of Save Rural Angwin and John Collins of Pacific Union College over Measure U as an example of democracy in action. View
October 3, 2012 - Napa Register: "Measure U is un-American". hmmmmm View
October 25, 2012 - St. Helena Star: "We're not paying for infrastructure". Angwin does not have the basic infrastructure to accommodate some developer's dreams. Read Here
October 25, 2012 - Napa Register: "Candidates support fire station for Browns Valley". "A plan outlining options for building and staffing a fire station serving the Browns Valley area...The problem has become how to come up with $1.5 million annually to staff the station." NOTE: A scenario very like Angwin's future if 100's of home are allowed to be developed on Howell Mountain.
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October 23, 2012 - Napa Register: "Measure U restricts PUC's rights".Read Here
October 14, 2012 - Napa Register: Peter Jensen on "Land war erupts in Angwin". Read Here
October 19, 2012 - Napa Register: "PUC risks Angwin's tranquility". "When I received my flyer sent by Pacific Union College on 'Measure U', I was extremely sad to see what they have resorted to in their appeal." Download
October 16, 2012 - Napa Register: "The importance of PUC farmland". "My name is Carysa Greene; I am a junior in high school now, and I have grown up in Angwin all of my life. This is where I was born, and this is where I was raised. I love Angwin." Download
October 16, 2012 - Napa Register: "Measure U is a property rights issue". "Property rights are the centerpiece of our national culture. Measure U takes those rights from PUC. The current zoning should remain and the Measure U initiative should be defeated." Download (COUNTERPOINT NOTE: Zoning is not a "property right". The jurisdiction - in this instance, the County - has the power to change zoning and land use designations. Courts have upheld this tenet for well over 50 years. Every land use issue of this nature in Napa County has been tested in the courts and found legitimate. Measure U is targeting an inappropriate land use designation. The County assigns designations for the good of the whole community, not one property owner. Further, the Napa County General Plan states, "The college's Planned Development zoning was created in order for the college to provide necessary services to its students and ensure that the college would be able to grow should the student body increase in size".
November 1, 2012 - St. Helena Star: "Editorial - Compromise needed in Angwin." "...our editorial board is divided between those who will vote 'yes' on Measure U in Tuesday's election and those who will vote 'no'. We have, however, been discussing the pros and cons of this issue quite reasonably, without the shades of rancor and hyperbole that have clouded productive discussion of the measure." Read Now
November 1, 2012 - Napa Register: "Measure U is a win-win for Napa, PUC". Read Now
November 1, 2012 - St. Helena Star: "Please join me (Robert Redford) in YES vote on Measure U". As a member of the Save Rural Angwin Advisory Council the past 6 years, I believe that Measure U is one of the most important measures on the ballot. Read Now Read Now
November 1, 2012 - American Canyon Eagle: "It's all about them". Property rights advocates who say they should be able to do whatever they wish with their land are the first to complain when neighbors do something out of the ordinary on their land. For property rights advocates, its all about them. Read Now
October 31, 2012 - St. Helena Star: "Yes vote on U crucial". The YES vote on Measure U is vitally important to all the people of Napa County. For over 40 years, our citizens have supported preservation of our open space and farm land.
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FACTS and the FALLACIES
October 31, 2012 - North Bay Bohemian: "Development dismay".Read Now
Read Now October 27, 2012 - Napa Register: "Measure U wrong way to prevent development". NOTE: another divided editorial board.Read Now
October 30, 2012 - Napa Register: "PUC gives $450,000.00 to kill Measure U". "Pacific Union College has poured $450,000.00 of its own money into the campaign to defeat Measure U...It's unclear which funds the college is drawing on to bankroll the No on Measure U campaign. Neither PUC President Heather Knight nor Vice President John Collins returned phone calls seeking comment on the matter Monday." Read Now
October 25, 2012 - St. Helena Star: "Issue of Public Safety Looms". "There has been much comment recently about the disposition of Measure U." Read Now
October 24, 2012 - American Canyon Eagle: "Thanks to Save Rural Angwin". "Save Rural Angwin, in partnership with Adventists for the Preservation of Pacific Union College's Heritage, defeated the 'ecovillage' project, which would initially have put 591 housing units in the center of Angwin and ultimately 1153." Read More
November 4, 2012 - Napa Register: "Angwin residents prefer ag lands". "We are among the hundreds of people who support Measure U, and we would like to share our reasons why." Read Here
November 3, 2012 - Napa Register: "Hypocrisy abounds in Measure U". NOTE: Erroneous assumptions made. Read For Yourself
November 1, 2012 - Napa Register: "Measure U won't keep PUC from being a college". "Pacific Union College, located in the rural hills above St. Helena, was built around 1909. My relatives attended this college, and my great-great-uncles walked (yes, really walked) back and forth between Healdsburg and Angwin as they fulfilled their duty to help build the college...We need all of your 'yes' on Measure U votes - from American Canyon to Calistoga - to help us win this David and Goliath battle between a community of volunteers and a college that is acting more like a large corporation than a small religious institution." Read More
November 6, 2012- Napa Register: "Angwin land use measure losing badly...."Pacific Union College appeared to be winning its fight Tuesday night to defeat Measure U, the hotly contested ballot measure that pitted Napa's only four-year college against foes fearful the school could trigger urban sprawl in the Upvalley village of Angwin." Read More
Residents of Napa County, let's together make sure PUC's "promises" for "NO large-scale development in Angwin" and "good land stewardship" are kept.
November 4, 2012 - Napa Register: "Election results may hinge on first tally at 8:01 p.m. Tuesday". "The first tally draws the initial gasps or sighs, cheers or moans, handshakes and hugs. In races within a few dozen votes at 8:02 p.m., the tension grows and the attention turns to the next count, released hours later." "Mike Hackett, chairman of Save rural Angwin, a conservation group backing Measure U, spent Friday afternoon driving around the county with a large 'Yes on Measure U' sign in the back of his pickup truck. 'We didn't have deep enough pockets for an airplane,' he joked". Read More On Voting Comments