Residents of Lake County (not nonresidents) need to take a stand and not be intimidated by pressure, threats, violence, scare tactics, etcetera.

The truth is that in June of 2014 “We the People” of this county voted and passed Measure N, which was fair and balanced.

The people in this county who don’t like this measure and cannot accept it continue to badger our county board and the good law abiding citizens of this county.

The ones who are against the measure are like children who cannot accept the word “no” and keep throwing a fit until they get what they want. They cannot get what they want.

This inundation and exploitation of our county is destroying our ecosystem, our tourism, county appearance and our reputations.

All residents who are tired of this issue infecting all of our resources need to get out and vote in numbers to put a stop to this decay of our society and way of life in our communities.

The burden is on the legal voters of this county. You have part-time people coming in from all parts of the country to grow in our county. They say, “Look at the revenue it brings or could bring.” I would rather have clean revenue than drug revenue.

It is ironic that they do not want smoking, but they want to legalize marijuana smoking and use, the secondhand smoke from which is found to be bad for you.

Do you also want year around skunk smell? It’s bad enough there is a pungent smell at a certain time of the year.

You can drive around the county and see the areas that have become run down and trashed because of the drug element. There are certain areas that are worse than others. Does this look good to visitors that come here for vacation?

This schedule one drug has no place in our county, except for those few who medically need it. That does not mean you go to the doctor and tell him you have headaches, toe ache, stomach aches, anxiety or some other reason that you may come up with. Then you get a medical excuse to use this drug.

Medical users only need one to two plants for a whole year. According to the law they are exempt from prosecution. They can grow them inconspicuously without a large fence, which you know what is behind it, in most cases. It has no place in residential areas or near schools, parks, playgrounds and churches.

Patients with certain cancers, Agent Orange and some other rare medical conditions may need the medical part of the marijuana plant, which is the cannabidiol. The tetrahydrocannabinol in the plant is not a medical usage, other than getting a buzz or high.

You think having alcohol is bad in the community. What about allowing marijuana and alcohol to run rampant in your neighborhoods and communities.

If the drug groups get this passed our county will become much worse economically. We the people need to vote no on measures O and P, otherwise the drug growers will be able to grow anywhere they want, including next door to you, and anything they want to grow. This is including other schedule one drugs, not just marijuana.

Do you want this in our neighborhoods and communities? I surely don’t! How about you?

Money is the driving force around legalizing it and none of it truly helps our county. The medical part of it is an excuse in about 95 percent of the cases. They use the medical issue to hide behind and justify the real reason they want get it passed and legal.

Residents, use common sense and really think about what it will do to our county. No good will come of it.

As Measure N stands right now it has law enforcement power. If you vote yes on O or P it will negate all we have in Measure N and give free rein to all growers growing.

Take a stand and vote no on measures O and P in November and put a stop to this insanity.

Gary Schurdell lives in Lakeport, Calif.