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That is how it all began. <br /> With complete fairness to all the supervisors , since 1955 <br /> they have supported the idea that we should have one place <br /> in San Joaquin County, in California, in the United States , <br /> and maybe the world, which is exclusively for agriculture . <br /> Several businesses have been developed in the area which <br /> work exclusively for the best interest of agriculture and <br /> the buying of our crops , processing our crops, and shipping <br /> our crops out of San Joaquin County into the state and the <br /> world markets , to bring in new income. <br /> Over all the years since 1955 , we have had perfect harmony <br /> in our community with the supervisors and the county <br /> planning department, and the regulatory agencies . <br /> As you all know, because of state laws and programs, new <br /> people from all over the United States and the world have <br /> moved into the state of California and San Joaquin County in <br /> large numbers . <br /> They are all in search of better opportunity for a good <br /> life. <br /> San Joaquin County has been very generous to the newcomers , <br /> as well as the developers and the promoters who have pitched <br /> their movement, in a very fast way, for changing the <br /> character of much of San Joaquin County' s lands from pure <br /> agriculture to subdivisions . <br /> I am one of those farmers who thinks there should be a place <br /> for the environment and for wildlife to live, prosper , and <br /> reproduce with adequate protection and guidelines . <br /> Many of you know the writer personally and you know I am not <br /> modest when I think there is injustice being done. <br /> At no time have I attended public meetings and criticized <br /> the movement of orderly real estate development, orderly <br /> planning for agriculture , or orderly planning for wildlife - <br /> whether it is four-legged animals or birds . <br /> In regard to changing the character of our greenbelt and <br /> making an application for the re-zoning or re-classifying of <br /> our present ordinance which would make it permissible to cut <br /> up one man' s land for his specific benefit, irrespective of <br /> whether it is good for the overall picture of agricultural <br /> zoning as we now have in the Roberts Union farm area. <br /> -16- <br />