County board refuses to see risks
March 13, 2022
In the Feb. 27 issue, The Bee reported that the county Board of supervisors rejected a grant to study health impacts of climate change, with Supervisor Magsig questioning whether such a study would fit with local agriculture, and Supervisor Brandau, unsurprisingly, making vague statements about the “sketchy” people who would do the study — with no clear example of what was sketchy about them.
This is, unfortunately, fairly typical of these two, and of the council as a whole as of late. When granted the opportunity to do their duty and help identify problems for their constituents in order to be prepared, they have chosen instead to bury their heads in the sand.
Every summer we see how climate change causes health problems by burning the Sierra, and we are now seeing how climate change-fueled droughts can impact local agriculture. But apparently the BoS feels that even acknowledging real-world problems, instead of fighting fictional culture wars and pursuing fringe Libertarian economic theories, is somehow not appropriate.
Failing to acknowledge the risks that the Valley faces from climate change is a dereliction of duty. I hope that the voters of Fresno County will hold these people responsible.
Matthew Armstrong, Fresno
https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article259290964.html
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