HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.17.20 Email from Maxine Lynch - FW_ RE_ BOS Correspondence - Marijuana complaint
From:Snyder, Ashley
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Lambert, Steve;Lucero, Debra;
McCracken, Shari;Pickett, Andy;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney, Kathleen;Teeter, Doug
Subject:FW: RE: BOS Correspondence - Marijuana complaint
Date:Friday, April 17, 2020 2:50:42 PM
Attachments:Marijuana.msg
Importance:High
Please see the below correspondence and attachment.
Supervisor Ritter was not included in the original email, so this will be duplicative for some of you.
Ashley N. Snyder
Assistant Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3307 | F: 530.538.7120
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From: Bennett, Robin <RBennett@buttecounty.net>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 2:04 PM
To: Snyder, Ashley <ansnyder@buttecounty.net>
Cc: Schuman, Amy <ASchuman@buttecounty.net>; Honea, Kory <KHonea@buttecounty.net>;
Johnson, Curtis <CLJohnson@buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug <DTeeter@buttecounty.net>
Subject: RE: BOS Correspondence - Marijuana complaint
Importance: High
Hello,Ashley;
PleaseseetheattachedBOScorrespondence,foryourrecord,fromMaxine
LynchMalta/DanaMaltaregardingMarijuanarelatedcomplaints.
IhaveincludedSheriffHoneaandCodeEnforcementfortheir
review/record.
Thankyou,
Robin
Executive Assistant
Office: 530-762-2186 Cell: 530-990-2678
Email: rbennett@buttecounty.net Email: dteeter@buttecounty.net
Supervisor Doug Teeter, District 5
Butte County Board of Supervisors
6585 Clark Rd, Suite 200
Paradise, CA 95969
From:Maxine Lynch
To:Connelly, Bill;Lucero, Debra;Teeter, Doug;distric4@buttecounty.net
Subject:Marijuana
Date:Thursday, April 16, 2020 3:38:49 PM
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Dear Supervisors:
Every year we complain, and every year it gets worse. My
husband and I moved to Feather Falls in 1994 while we were
still working to have a retirement home. When marijuana was
voted on and approved, we attended many Supervisors
meetings regarding legalities. Over the years the county has
become a free for all in growing pot. None of the rules apply,
and nobody does anything but maybe put a "lien" on bare
property with an illegal well, illegal grading, and illegal
numbers of plants. A lien is a joke! No large fines; no jail
time; nothing? There are people bragging about the money
they are making...and not paying a penny in taxes. Up to a
million dollars! People are coming from all over to Butte
County to grow because all you need is to put up a "GATE",
and not even the police will Dare to even walk around it.
Many have no fences to the gates. And, Code Enforcers have
no power to do anything.
The crime is another story. Last year a guy was growing up
the mountain from us, and so no one would notice all the
trucks delivering soil, he paid another guy to grade an old dirt
trail that was on our property to get down the mountain
without being seen. We put a cable up with red flags on it and
a Keep Out sign. They managed to move the cable and go
through our property anyway, bypassing the irate neighbors
above.And how about that young mans murder on Craigs
Access?
This year growers are brazenly putting up huge Green houses
that are all lit up at night for their "year-round" harvests. I
have one more complaint...When the code enforcers leave a
note on a growers gate that they will be back in 72 hours, (or
whatever it says) the growers have that much time to load the
plants into a truck and take them temporarily to another grow.
They always stay a step ahead because they know exactly what
they can get away with. One year they have 30 plants. The
next year it is 60 and it keeps going up. Trees are cut down,
roads are graded, fences go up and the plants go in the ground.
And when they finish harvesting in the Fall they take it all
back to where they live to sell and spend the money. No tax
benefit for Butte County at all. Just destruction of our
beautiful mountains, and lifestyle.
Sincerely,
Maxine & Dana Malta
Feather Falls