Chairman of Board of Supervisor casts 70+ Sierra County Citizens as "self-centered and misleading".

In a Sierra Booster article published today, Peter Huebner, Chairman of the Sierra County Board of Supervisors says that the 70+ residents of Sierra County who have signed the letter protesting the Dept. Heads' and Supervisors' raises are "a few residents from Loyalton, or Sierra County are not only self-centered, but also somewhat misleading."

He starts his letter by thanking "all of the people who called me with their support". Who are those people, Mr. Huebner, and how many were there? We have our names and numbers documented.

It appears that Mr. Huebner also thinks the spokesperson for the group is "perfect", claiming that he is not having a senior moment. Not sure what that is all about.

His biggest issue seems to be that the "spokesperson has never contacted me by phone, or in person, before or after the many meetings with their concerns." He seems ignorant of the fact that he is not my supervisor. I have contacted and spoken with my supervisor. Despite that, he apparently did not hear our last assertion that as citizens of the United States of America, we can (and intend to) speak for ourselves.

As for Mr. Huebner's plea that the people in Sierra County "trust me to make the right decision", he seems to have forgotten that at the last Supervisor's meeting, he had to admit that he had no idea that he had voted to give the Dept. Heads an 11% raise in 2006.

So, stand by (film at 11!). The "perfect" spokesperson intends to give Mr. Huebner a call and try to get some clarity on all of this. Stay tuned!