I just read your Aug. 18 story entitled “Supervisors accept Middletown Area Plan, leave vineyard property out of community boundary,” which discussed Supervisor Jim Comstock's unsuccessful attempt to include within Middletown's new community growth boundary a 105-acre parcel of agricultural land owned by Rudy and Faith Smith.

The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 against this with Comstock voting yes.

I did a little research, and discovered that not so coincidentally, Rudy and Faith contributed at least $1,000 to Comstock's 2008 campaign for supervisor from District 1. This appears to be a blatant attempt by Comstock to pay back the Smiths for their support.

I can only conclude that Comstock's for sale.

Jim Comstock's a nice enough guy, but clearly the wrong guy for the job, so let's be sure to make him a one-term supervisor. This sort of Blagojevich-type behavior is exactly what we don't need at the Board of Supervisors.

 

Ron Green is an attorney who lives in Lower Lake, Calif.