Opinion: Public deserves better from McClintock
Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 10, 2013, Sacramento Bee.
It’s completely reasonable for rural residents and elected leaders to have concerns and questions about the proposed listing of two yellow-legged frog species and the Yosemite toad under the Endangered Species Act.
But the public forum organized by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, earlier this month wasn’t anything close to an even-handed look at this issue. It was a stacked hearing – part of a coordinated campaign to rile up rural Californians against the federal government and environmental protections in general.