Letters to the Editor

Mock trial, real acknowledgements

Dear Editor: 

Mono County Office of Education would like to say “Great Job!” to all the students who participated in the Mock Trial Event held at the Bridgeport Court House on Feb. 27.

From Coleville High School: Evey Bath, Steven Bumbar, Lauren Byers, Matthew Clark, Mary Beth Crim, Ricky Geiser, Shay Hodge, Daniel Howell, Courtney Knight, Jacob Park, Jack Peters, Jerrad VanderBreak and Lance Warner.

From Lee Vining High School: Sydney Beard, Kyler Beck, Triston Blommer, Jose Calderon, Anna Kate Clemons, Ian Clemons, Melina Gonzalez, Julie Harris, MacKenzie Kendall, Emma Lowery, Dakota Montoya, Olivia Nelson, Jaxon Qualls and Nayeli Zamarripa.

Lee Vining School competes in the State Competition this month.

Thanks also to Judge Mark Magit, County Counsel Marshall Rudolph, Deputy District Attorney, Daniel Lengeman and County Counsel Stacey Simon and coaches Sharon Soule from Coleville High School and Jamie Godoy from Lee Vining High School.

Debie Schnadt
Mono County Office of Education

MMSA: prove you’re good stewards

Dear Editor: 

Thank you to The Sheet for writing the story “The Fight That Wasn’t” (March 9, page 1).

It is important to note that the community of June Lake is not fighting for something unreasonable here. We are simply stating that we are opposing any special legislation that would allow OUR government to trade OUR land (at a bad deal of unequal value) to a private entity that has proven to be a poor steward of public lands.

An entity that has the ability to spend hundreds of millions of dollars at one of the two parcels of OUR land, while allowing the other parcel of OUR land to rot, while doing so, jeopardizing the viability of an entire community.

If MMSA were to prove that they are worthy stewards of all public lands that they control, or sell the right to operate the public land that they have negleted and shut down at a fair market price, there would be MAJOR support for the land exchange.

Mike Bogash
June Lake