by katlarue on Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:59 am
My husband and I have lived in Pacific Grove since 1970 and started our insurance business there in 1971.
I have lung damage from Valley Fever and I have asthma, but had not had an attack for more than three years. I became very ill after the spraying, suffering repeated asthma attacks along with flu like symptoms. I left for two months, two weeks at a time, but always becoming ill again upon returning. Amazingly, I had no asthma problems while I was away, even the two weeks I spent in FRESNO with my sister. After two months my symptoms were better but not completely gone.
If they spray for 9 months a year I cannot live here at all. Leaving for two months won't work. If they spray, we will have to leave. We will have to close our business. Our employees will not have jobs and our community will lose an honest, reputable, service-award winning insurance agency. The thought of leaving our community, that we love, where we planed to retire, and selling our home that we have just remodeled makes me heart sick. We also purchased a home for my 80 year old parents and moved them here 3 years ago. My mother had problems with the spray as well. They have already decided to leave. If this continues, we will be forced to sell both Pacific Grove homes in this depressed market. We are fortunate to have inherited a second home in the Sierras, we can go there for now but if the spraying continues for years, as CDFA has planned, we are unsure how we will proceed. Our grandparents came to CA to farm. We've been here ever since, we have been loyal Californian's and proud Americans. We are considering not only leaving the area but the state and in light of the fact that USDA is funding this attack on on health and our constitutional rights, we have even talked about leaving the country.
My husband and I have lived in Pacific Grove since 1970 and started our insurance business there in 1971.
I have lung damage from Valley Fever and I have asthma, but had not had an attack for more than three years. I became very ill after the spraying, suffering repeated asthma attacks along with flu like symptoms. I left for two months, two weeks at a time, but always becoming ill again upon returning. Amazingly, I had no asthma problems while I was away, even the two weeks I spent in FRESNO with my sister. After two months my symptoms were better but not completely gone.
If they spray for 9 months a year I cannot live here at all. Leaving for two months won't work. If they spray, we will have to leave. We will have to close our business. Our employees will not have jobs and our community will lose an honest, reputable, service-award winning insurance agency. The thought of leaving our community, that we love, where we planed to retire, and selling our home that we have just remodeled makes me heart sick. We also purchased a home for my 80 year old parents and moved them here 3 years ago. My mother had problems with the spray as well. They have already decided to leave. If this continues, we will be forced to sell both Pacific Grove homes in this depressed market. We are fortunate to have inherited a second home in the Sierras, we can go there for now but if the spraying continues for years, as CDFA has planned, we are unsure how we will proceed. Our grandparents came to CA to farm. We've been here ever since, we have been loyal Californian's and proud Americans. We are considering not only leaving the area but the state and in light of the fact that USDA is funding this attack on on health and our constitutional rights, we have even talked about leaving the country.