I support Jessica Pyska in her bid to remain supervisor of District 5, where I have lived and cared for my community as a doctor for over 40 years, coached and volunteered, and where my three daughters have chosen to live, work and raise their families.

Ms. Pyska has proven herself to be an effective and hard-working supervisor. There is absolutely no reason to vote to replace her.

Boone Bridges is a nice person, but he does not have the credentials or the background to serve as supervisor. Being a sixth generation Lake County resident and serving previously as a youth director for his church does not qualify him as the type of “community leader” necessary to do this important work.

Mr. Bridges’ promotional flier lists “real solutions for our future,” all of which have been or are currently being addressed by our current Board of Supervisors and the many hardworking county employees.

The back of his campaign flier was made to appear that he was quoted in two different news publications, neither of which exist.

The outsourcing of local jobs by the current Board of Supervisors that Mr. Bridges states as a concern refers to hiring individuals for positions that require expertise not found locally.

For example, it has been difficult to hire and retain a medical director for the Lake County Health Department, so it has been necessary for the Board of Supervisors to widen its search outside the county.

Likewise, a similar practice would be a school district reaching out of county when recruiting for a superintendent. And like school districts have found, sometimes this works out and sometimes it doesn’t.

There is certainly no policy to outsource local jobs and “enrich outsiders,” and this type of language is divisive and unproductive.

When voting for District 5 supervisor, I believe it is wiser to say no to “nice” and yes to “the
best.”

Please join me in voting to re-elect Jessica Pyska as our District 5 supervisor.

Kirk G. Andrus, MD, lives in Kelseyville, California.