East, West County Not Tied Together
The residents of Simi Valley, Moorpark, Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park finally have a chance to vote on our future in the March ballot. Why should we pay for another general hospital in Ventura when we have only one private hospital in Simi Valley and none in Moorpark?
The money they want us to spend on the county hospital could probably be just as well spent in this area as the less-populated area of Ventura--not to mention the 30 to 50 miles required to travel one way to Ventura. I would rather have those jobs at this end of the county.
Also on the ballot is our area’s chance to keep West County’s trash where it belongs, in their end of Ventura County. They want us to believe that it is better for Simi Valley to accept their trash, rather than open a dump in Ventura. What will happen when our dump is full? Will they ask us to use the greenbelt area between Simi Valley, Moorpark and Thousand Oaks, because few people live there and it would have good freeway access from the west end of the county? I think not.
Our end of the county has absolutely no ties to cities of the west end. We have police departments second to none, the property values on comparable homes tend to be higher and we tend to be much more closely aligned with Los Angeles than Ventura.
RALPH N. BURQUIST
Simi Valley
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