Manner of Collecting Signatures Opposed
* Once again, the Weldon Canyon Landfill proponents are attempting to stuff it down the throats of the local inhabitants.
Signatures have been collected on a petition that would seek to bypass the Board of Supervisors. Even more disturbing is the manner in which these signatures are being obtained.
Recently at K mart in Ventura, a solicitor asked me to sign a petition aiming to restrict donations to political candidates. Almost all people would endorse this measure. After I’d signed that petition, the clipboard was flipped over and I was asked to “sign this one too.”
The petition on the back was folded so that the text was completely hidden. I asked what it was for and was told, “A recycling center.” Only after I asked to read it was another petition form reluctantly shown to me.
Most people accept the solicitors’ representation at face value, few read the text. In this case, it was not even readily available.
RON PALMER
Ojai
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