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6A Daily News – Thursday, October 4, 2012 Opinion DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Greg Stevens, Publisher gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Chip Thompson, Editor editor@redbluffdailynews.com Editorial policy The Daily News opinion is expressed in the editorial. The opinions expressed in columns, letters and cartoons are those of the authors and artists. Letter policy The Daily News welcomes let- ters from its readers on timely topics of public interest. All let- ters must be signed and pro- vide the writer's home street address and home phone num- ber. Anonymous letters, open letters to others, pen names and petition-style letters will not be allowed. Letters should be typed and cannot exceed two double-spaced pages or 500 words. When several letters address the same issue, a cross section of those submit- ted will be considered for publi- cation. Letters will be edited. Letters are published at the discretion of the editor. 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Perhaps Doug LaMalfa, Republican candidate for the 1st Congressional District, might want to reconsider his decision to avoid an upcoming League of Women Voters candidate forum. In recent campaign literature, Unless, dare I say, he doesn't see the point, just like Feinstein. Pete Stiglich, Cottonwood What voters need with fairly. Editor: The voters need to be dealt When you have a candidate that is running for two offices at the same time, due to a loophole in the law, how do you choose? How is that fair? What sort of ethical thought processes led to that decision? Can we expect him to make the right decisions on behalf of his constituency? Which group does he really want to repre- sent? Does his decision cost the taxpayers any extra money? Party, I have been a strong advocate for the need for can- didates that are principled, forthright and centered on what is best for his or her con- stituency and not necessarily what is good for the candidate or the party. In this particular case, I am having a real problem getting my head around how this best serves the constituency of either district he wants to represent. How do I as a voter in good conscience vote for Dan Logue for either office or both offices on elec- tion day? If I have to pick, why These questions and many more will have to be answered by the constituents voting in the run for Assembly District 3 and in Senate District 4. Dan Logue's decision to run for both the Assembly and the Senate has many folks in both districts asking these same questions. As a member of the Tea shouldn't he? How do we expect Mr. Logue to hold the line on the budget and other important issues in the North State, if he uses a loophole in the law to run for two offices at the same time as a form of political expediency? I wonder if the father of Mr. Logue's prom date had to go pick her up because he left her at the dance? Michael Holtsclaw, Gerber Your Turn Editor: It is unfair to taxpayers to force them to subsidize solar or wind power on tax reduced Williamson land. The 30 percent Federal subsidy and 10 per- cent California sub- sidy for the construc- tion of solar or wind power generation Subsidies systems, plus the 2.2 cents per kW-hr taxpayer paid subsidy for power generated, is not free. All Federal and State sub- sidies come from burdening taxpayers. Every taxpayer sub- sidy for wind or solar power increases your cost of PG& E power delivered to your home. Williamson land owners are already receiving a taxpayer provided subsidy in lower property taxes. The Tehama County Board of Supervisors, should stop burdening taxpay- ers with uneconomic wind and solar projects that benefit only that person receiving the sub- sidy. Joseph Neff, Corning Your officials STATE ASSEMBLYMAN — Jim Nielsen (R) State Capitol Bldg., Room 6031 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 319-2002; Fax (916) 319-2102 STATE SENATOR — Doug LaMalfa (R) State Capitol Bldg., Room 3070 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-4004; Fax (916) 445-7750 GOVERNOR — Jerry Brown, State Capitol Bldg., Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 445-2841; Fax (916) 558-3160; E-mail: gover- nor@governor.ca.gov. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE — Wally Herger (R), 2595 Cean- othus Ave., Ste. 182, Chico, CA 95973; 893-8363. U.S.SENATORS — Dianne Feinstein (D), One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104; (415) 393-0707. Fax (415) 393-0710. Barbara Boxer (D), 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94111; (510) 286-8537. Fax (202) 224- 0454. Three dogs in the fight means pretty good odds Commentary Usually baseball content on this page is covered by colum- nist R. Minch, but I'm rather excited by the start of the play- offs so I'm going to take a crack at some reminiscing this week even if my memories don't go as far back. The old adage in baseball is you only need to be successful a third of the time to become a legend. That is, a .333 career batting average will likely land you in the Hall of Fame. If those odds hold true, 35-5 start to the season. Lance Parrish redefined the catcher position by belting 33 home runs and 98 RBIs and the dou- ble-play duo of Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker were etched in my brain forever with the likes of Kirk Gibson, Chet Lemon, Jack Morris and Dan Petry. there's a good chance I'm going to be one happy baseball fan come the end of the month and the World Series. but I still have a 3-out-of-10 chance of rooting on the eventu- al world champion. My odds are slightly smaller, My original hometown Detroit Tigers are American League Central Division cham- pions. And my adopted home- town area teams San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics are also in the playoffs. One of the nice parts of not being born in this area is you can like both clubs. Although I've learned that still doesn't qualify you to root for the Dodgers. Before you call me a band- wagon fan, let me explain each of those three teams will forever hold a place in my heart. I was just a tiny little dude in 1984, but I wore my Olde Eng- lish D hat with pride and always had a ball and glove with me as the Tigers led their division from the first day of the season to the last. Oh, did I forgot to mention relief pitcher Willie Hernandez won the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards. But the memory left on my young impressionable mind that October was how happy all the adults I was surrounded by were. Even my grandmother was ecstatic despite not actually being married to Sparky. To think, a game I liked to play in my backyard with imag- inary friends and made-up sce- narios could bring such joy. From then on I was a sports junkie, waiting for my next fix of a world championship. A few years later all my bud- dies at school and I became hooked on the power duo of Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco. For one birthday party all my friends bought me Athletics merchandise. I even got an A's trash can. Sparky Anderson, who my sister and I thought was our grandfather, led the Tigers to a It went well in my bedroom with my Bash Brothers poster as rooting on Dave Stewart, Dennis Eckersley and the Athletics became the hip thing to do. Walt Weiss would eventually go on to win Rookie of the Year and become my new favorite player. faltering for a few years in the World Series, would finally get Then in 1989 the A's, after it done by sweeping the Giants. Of course that World Series will forever be marked by the earthquake that struck just as Game 3 was about to start. As I watched it unfold on my television it sent a stark reminder that as great as sports can be, there are more important aspects of life. Fast forward a cou- ple of decades later. The Tigers got so bad that one year they set a record for most losses in a season. I grew out of the stage of rooting for teams just because my friends did. I didn't think I would ever find myself rooting for someone other than the Tigers — then I moved to Red Bluff. an offense of ragtag castoffs to go together with their young, formidable pitching staff. No one expected much from The Giants had put together kid reminded me of Lance Par- rish. Rich Greene Tigers, Athletics and Giants have all been impressive. As you grow older, being a Not only that, but my fanta- sy team, led by Matt Cain, was having its best season ever. The Giants would go on to win the World Series and my fantasy team would go on to become champions as well, forever linking the two in my head. I bragged to all my friends back in Detroit that Northern California was the home of champions. This season the the team, but as the summer wore on the Giants kept win- ning. People around town kept talking about them and, as a newbie in town, it became easy to relate and fit in. This was especially true as I was the sports editor. I was asked "how about those Giants" just as much as I was about the Spartans or Cardi- nals. sports fan turns as much into reminiscing about the great seasons of yesteryear as the one you're in. I wouldn't be able to com- plain if any of those three memories come rushing back to my head if Detroit, Oakland or San Francisco gets it done and lifts the trophy. And in the process I've cre- ated a new one — 2012, the year I couldn't lose. Well, except for my fantasy league, which I lost ending my bid to become a three-peat champion. Before I knew it I found myself checking the Giants' score before the Detroit score. I had Panda fever. I couldn't wait for the next start from the Freak. And this Buster Posey my Tigers, A's and Giants ones. I tip my hats to you Bryon, Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, Ext. 109 or by email at rgreene@redbluffdailynews.co m.