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My statement was not a blanket statement although I could see how it would be taken as such.

"God help me if I find out he is just another selfish californian"

If I find out he is...That means that I will make that judgement after I talk to him.I take everybody black, white,Iranean,and yea californian for who that person is not any thing else.

You have to understand that kitsap county including bainbridge island is not toledo.We have been inundated with californians that taken there real estate investments,moved over here because there investment goes three four times as far as it would in California.That is smart investment in it self.

Not all people can handle that jump in value and some aquire an arogant,I am better than you attitude.Often they show up in local pollitics and try to change the local comunities over to what they were used to down south.They were just lowly middle calss down south but because the differances in economy up here,are upper middle class.They think this gives rights and more of a say in matters than the third generation family of the erea.A guy gets tired of it.

This property I am refering to has been used by fishermen since the fifties.Bill herzog has logged countless hours on this property.It has untill just this last two years been forest and nothing else.Then the first roads came in to the canyon edge.Now this last year it has been laid out for developement.I have not walked it but I am guessing four or five one acre lots.He has ran the power water etc.now the signs that say no fishing hunting or trespassing.I used to hike out to the main road here.People would ask me how the fishing was.Now there is a big sign that says private road and a fancy steel gate.

Yay it hurts.Yay I get emotional as I learned how to steelhead fish here.The place I had planned on laying my dog to rest is on this property.

Yes I will still take every californian for who he is.99.9% of them I will welcome.Cannot blame somebody for wanting to leave California,even if it means that where I grew up becomes just like that **** hole.