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From: Yamaguchi, Kim
Sen#: Thursday, Acgust 02, 2012 11:04 AM
To: Moghannam, Kathleen
Subject: FW: Goddess Temple-One last comment-please read
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From: Lotus Guide [mailto:info@lotusguide.coml
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 7:05 PM
To: Connelly, Bill; Wahl, Larry; BOS District 4; Yamaguchi, Kim
Subject: Goddess Temple-One fast comment-please read
Dear County Supervisors,
First off, thanks to the two of you who were going to give Robert Seals a chance to make the Goddess temple
work.
I will make this as brief as possible.
My wife and I have lived here at the Goddess Temple for almost 3 yeazs so what I have to say about the noise is
from direct experience since we actually live on the property:
1. Since we have been here we have never been disturbed by any noise coming from workshops or events;
although I'm sure there was some noise but we honestly didn`t hear any with the exception of the EarthDance 2
and a half years ago.
2. I think we can all agree that the neighbors were well prepared and had a couple of good speakers tell there
side of the story. So since they went to the trouble to take Db readings of the sound level do you really think
they wouldn't have made a recording of the noise if there was any? They would have def cutely recorded any
excessive noise but over all these years they have no recordings...why, because there was nothing to record.
3. As far as Laura Joplin losing a sale on her property because of the Goddess Temple I'm sure we can came up
with testimony that the reason had to do with water, not the Goddess Temple.
4. There's a place up the road (The Birdhouse} that holds events and the people who attend drive down a dirt
road in front of neighbors homes, which is not the case here, the Goddess Temple has a private entrance that
goes directly to the Goddess Temple.
5. And last but not least, as far as the zoning goes, we all know that zoning gets changed ail the time to meet the
needs of the community.
I will end this by saying that I think it was really unfair to group the negative comments together at the end
without giving adequate time to Robert Seals and others to dispute the comments in the carne way that you gave
them the opportunity to dispute what they heard. We all know that what sticks in peoples minds is the last thing
they hear and when it's statements that are untrue and can be shown to be "more than likely" untrue, it was an
unfair hearing as far as I'm concerned.
I think with everything going on in the world we should be doing everything possible to help communities come
together. You c ld have demanded a meeting with an arbitrator between Robert and the neighbors and made
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some clear rules for noise and whatever else was needed. I publish a magazine here in northern California so I
meet and run into a lot of situations but this one is literally close to home. I was the first person to make a
statement about the noise and I bet no one even remembered what I said.
Sa...I know at least 2 of the neighbors have cancer and from what I hear they all have problems, but they
shouldn't be allowed to project their frustration and fear on to others. Is Robert a little arrogant at
times...probably so, but this is one of the most common traits of a person who knows what they want in life,
which is what some of us call being highly focussed and driven which is the backbone of almost every creative
person on the planet who has ever lived. People like that are always suzxounded by complainers and people who
simply don't want change of any kind.
Give this a chance, I really believe if you do that you will not be let down by Robert Seals.
Thank you far your time,
Rahasya Poe, Publisher of Lotus Guide Magazine
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