More Letters: Cannabis tax, firefighters, sound walls

Latest letters from Citrus Heights Sentinel readers include comments defending the firefighter fundraiser at Sunrise/Greenback, and sharing various perspectives on sound walls and a potential cannabis tax.

Firefighters should be commended for burn fundraiser
[RE: Citrus Heights Letters: firefighters, marijuana, alcohol; Feb. 9th]  Mr. Taylor, you’re correct firefighters make a decent living. They work long hours, all day and all night. They work Christmas Day, Easter, and July 4th. And they do have this once-a-year event that brings in extra money to the Sacramento Burn Institute. They’re not paid to do this, this is on their own time! Have you ever volunteered to do anything John? Then you’d know that being a volunteer means you’re doing it at your own free will.

Here’s what I’ll say to you John, take some time out of one of your days off, drive down to the burn ward at UC Davis, walk in there and see one of the burn patients, hopefully it’s not a child, or an infant, or anyone else for that matter, because that may change your outlook to this special “Boot Drive” weekend that happens every February, since firefighters Mike Daw and Forest Raul started sleeping in the basket of Sac Metro Fire’s Truck 21, overlooking the intersection of Greenback and Sunrise in Citrus Heights. This one event brings in tens of thousands of dollars, but along with it teaches kids about fire safety!
-Mark Mitchell, Citrus Heights

Who would oppose a firefighter fundraiser?
I’m appalled that someone would resent the “Fill the Boot” event. Evidently that person has never seen a burn victim. These men and women put their lives on the line every time they enter a burning building trying to save someone else’s life. This event is not held so they can buy a new pool table for the station, its held to help support the burn unit at the hospital.
Lana Jean Crum, Citrus Heights

What about ugly wood fences?
[RE: Citrus Heights eyes improving appearance of sound walls; Feb. 3rd] They want to beautify the sound wall on Sunrise Blvd. What about the ugly wood fences? Why won’t they put in sound walls for them, or beautify them? I even tried to get them to go in halves with me but no, that is my responsibility. So why isn’t it the home owners of the houses with the sound wall’s responsibility to take care of theirs?
-Jackie Umstead, Citrus Heights

City is missing out on cannabis tax
[RE: Citrus Heights Letters: Sound walls, cannabis; Feb. 7th]  The city is missing out on a good amount of money they could be earning from taxes on cannabis. At this point, anybody who wants to purchase any (which is actually quite a lot of people), has to go to a different city or have it delivered. I try to shop local as much as possible. I’ve lived here for almost 50 years now and think Citrus Heights is a great little city.
-Diane McCarty, Citrus Heights

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