If residents expected a calm, quiet meeting with their Congressman at a town-hall style meeting, that’s not what they got. The Grass Valley City Council Chambers were quite lively and interactive when Nevada County’s representative Doug LaMalfa hosted the gathering yesterday afternoon. In the hour-and-half long meeting, LaMalfa took about 25 minutes to update residents on things going on in Washington, including the pending nuclear deal with Iran. LaMalfa says he hasn’t completely made up his mind yet, but will likely vote no next month, largely because of Iran’s continuing desire to wipe out Israel…
When it came to the question-and-answer session, many people like this man felt the deal might be worth it if it means peace…
What resulted in the largest disagreement with the Congressman, was LaMalfa’s stance that he’s still not accepting of the idea of climate change…
LaMalfa says the polar ice camps aren’t melting, which led to this disagreement…
In other issues, LaMalfa says he’s in favor of the Nevada Irrigation District’s Centennial Project, which would put a dam on the Bear River. He also says the U-S Forest Service is mismanaged, allowing dead trees to exist which become an increasing threat for wildfire. Yesterday’s meeting was the first of 14 town-hall style meetings around LaMalfa’s district. There was also one in Colfax last night.
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