Politics & Government

Letter to the Editor: Quarry Vote Impending, Bill Horn Silent

This letter comes from Jerri Arganda, a member of SOS-Hills, a group opposing a planned gravel quarry.

Editor's note: The head of the Rainbow Community Planning Group sent a letter to San Diego supervisor Bill Horn last month. They have yet to get a response.

The mile-long Liberty Quarry is planned for a site between the San Diego County line and Temecula’s city boundary.

Since the quarry site in Riverside County and Rainbow – despite its proximity to the site – is in San Diego County. So, Rainbow residents have no representative on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, which will cast the final vote on whether the quarry will get the green light.

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Jerri Arganda, a member of SOS-Hills, a group that opposes the quarry, wrote this letter to San Diego Supervisor Bill Horn and submitted it to Temecula Patch as a letter to the editor.

Letter to Supervisor Bill Horn
By Jerri Arganda

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If you want to see a community stand together, look at Rainbow.

Rainbow Community Planning Group sent you a letter over a month ago asking you to stand up for us, to support us; I believe they asked you to take a stand regarding the proposed Liberty Quarry project.

Why didn't you answer this plea? You just ignored us.

In Rainbow and Fallbrook, there are thousands of residents willing to stand up against this project. Their names are on petitions.

We have no voice in the decisions Riverside County Supervisors make. Rainbow will be most affected by this quarry; air pollution, traffic, strain on our emergency response "first alert " volunteer fire department. This community, as we know it, will be history.

You know that. You were elected to represent and protect us. You are not.

Our elementary school is the closest school to the site. Does that bother you? 

We all know this is a San Diego issue. To say otherwise is ludicrous.

There is injustice here, Mr Horn. We need someone with courage to stand up for us. Our future is not with a gravel quarry. Is yours, Bill Horn?

Always remember that Granite Construction is not constrained by the truth. Are you, Mr. Horn?

You may not care about us, but we will never forget you.


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