In case you did not see the Chico EnterpriseRecord,
here is how the Board of Supervisors voted -- which will
help you see who to thank for supporting your position:

Supervisor Curt Josiassen
Board Chairman
(mine project in his district)

Voted for the mine -

Had reservations, but argued that mining, like farming,
is a "messy" enterprise and therefore should not be
singled out or required to meet higher standards -- and
that a mine needs to be somewhere.


Supervisor Kim Yamauchi
Paradise

Voted for the mine -

Argued that the Planning Commission's approval was based
on the county's General Plan in which mineral resources
mining is encouraged and that the project would provide
a valuable economic resource for the county itself
rendering any subjective emotional opposition a mood fact.


Suprervisor Maureen Kirk
Chico

Voted against the mine -

Questioned if the project's traffic study accurately
could reflect and predict the conditions in 2014, the
mine's earliest opening date -- in regards to cyclists
and other traffic.

Questioned the adequacy of the amount of funds set aside
to cover road repairs -- pointed out the the funds were
only for county roads and not for Chico roads.

Supervisor Jane Dolan
Chico

Voted against the mine -

Argued that the traffic and air quality issues posed a
problem that could not be mitigated away and saw no
"overriding considerations" in support of the project in
light of there problems.

Argued that the project's mitigation measures were overly
broad and somewhat unspecified and therefore difficult if
not impossible to enforce once the project was in operation.


Supervisor Bill Connelly
Oroville

Voted against the mine -

Argued that big truck were not a problem and that he saw no
particular threat posed to cyclists.