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Bergeron
will run
Not
satisfied with the county’s decisions in the Klamath agreement,
Bergeron files for supervisor seat
March
12, 2008
Siskiyou Daily News
By Andy Martin
MONTAGUE - When Leo Bergeron learned
Bergeron, of Montague, will face incumbent Jim Cook in the June
election.
’The main issue right now is this
’This should have been
blown out of the water two and half years ago. When the Board of
Supervisors started to participate in these meetings and it became
apparent the sole purpose was to remove the dams, the county should have
done something. The dams have nothing to do with the restoration
agreement. The county should have stepped out of the agreement.’
During the negotiations,
’It appears the two people that were representing the county took (the
confidentiality agreement) so seriously they did not inform the Board of
Supervisors what was happening at the meetings. We didn’t know the
contents of the agreement until we read it Jan. 15. These were direct
appointed representatives of the Board of Supervisors. Other agencies
said they were briefed. Why wasn’t the Board of Supervisors. It was a
gross error in judgment.’
The county says it has been on the record for three years opposing dam
removal. It says it had to agree on the dam removal provision as a
condition of continued negotiations.
A cattle rancher,
insurance broker and officer with the state Grange association, Bergeron
says the Board of Supervisors needs to stand up to state and federal
agencies instead of being passive.
’County government by law has the right and the ability to protect and
enhance the county, its people, its industries, its customs and
culture,’ Bergeron said. ’County government needs to be resourceful
and to have the will and the determination to take the necessary actions
to protect and enhance the people and the resources of
A resident of
’I arranged to have the
national Grange participate in the bucket brigade and to make a direct
appeal to the secretary of the interior, Gale Norton, to employ real
science in the basin,’ Bergeron said. ’The secretary contracted the
Bergeron, who continues to raise cattle and operates an insurance agency
with his wife, points to his track record of success in business and
community service. ’I’ve been a self-employed businessman for over
40 years,’ Bergeron says. ’I started with nothing and built it.
I’ve been very successful in business. It’s awfully easy to spend
someone else’s money. The county is a business and it needs to be run
like one.’
Bergeron said the major issues facing the county include loss of funding
for schools and roads, loss of a property tax credit for agriculture,
erosion of the timber industry, fire hazards because of poor forest
management, fire protection in rural areas, a 12-percent unemployment
rate and the loss of railroad link to Southern Oregon.
’This is just a
sampling of the issues facing the county today,’ he said. ’We can no
longer sit and wait for the problems to come to use. The county
government must be proactive. It needs to find a way to fix it before it
is a problem.’
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Source:
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/articles/2008/03/12/news/100news2.txt