Measure 18-80 is not about saving dams. It is about either giving away or keeping your elected voice in discussions regarding the future of the dams. A “no” vote keeps our representation at the table.

   The proponents of 18-80 want you to give up your constitutional right to representation by your elected Klamath County commission. Conservative, liberal, or independent, do not let those with patriotic sounding names deceive you into giving up your rights.

   A yes vote on 18-80 will leave the fate of the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement in the hands of those whom we do not elect. The last thing that those of us that are dissatisfied with bureaucratic and unresponsive government should be doing is taking our representation away from controversial discussions. The last thing we need to do is to give representation and control away. The last thing we need to do is follow those that were at the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement table, and gave up representing their constituents when negotiations were hard. Vote no on 18-80. Keep local control.

   Steve Kandra

   Klamath Falls