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MATHIS Continued from page A1
“You’re never truly going to get rid of home- lessness,” Mathis said. “But you can certainly do things to mitigate it by getting them some place where they have to check in with someone.”
Another subject Mathis spoke of was the availability of ‘Pol- icy Pods’, which allows politicians to get a bet- ter sense of how people see things on the ground level.
“I’ll tell you, five years of doing this, I still don’t know what I don’t know,” he said in reminding people of the importance of reaching out to elected officials.
One question posed to Assemblyman Mathis came from former Dinu- ba Mayor Scott Harness. Addressing perhaps one of the top concerns in Dinuba, Harness asked about the recent veto of an internet tax bill by Gov. Newsom.
“In your experience, will it just keep coming back?” asked Harness.
The bill in question would have changed the distribution of internet tax revenue from point of sale to point of deliv- ery, and poses a potential $5 million loss to the city of Dinuba, who receives a large portion of their general fund (around 10 percent) from sales as- sociated with the city’s Best Buy Distribution Center.
Visalia, Mathis said, was actually in favor of the bill.
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Assemblyman Devon Mathis told attendees at the Dinuba Government Affairs Committee Meeting that they should study the "Freight and Goods Movement" campaign.
from Sanger.
“It doesn’t really mat-
terifyouhavea‘D’or an ‘R’,” said Mathis. “The fights you fight in Sacramento are Rural Valley versus Los Ange- les and San Francisco.”
The Dinuba Govern- ment Affairs Committee meets monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month, and allows city officials and the public to hear from local, state and federal representa- tives, while advocating for small business.
“This is probably the only table in the Valley where you have state and federal represen- tatives to talk to,” said GAC Chair Reda Ben- nani.
CONTEST Continued from page A7
Earlier this year, Orosi High School freshman Victoria Tre- vino was awarded best overall entry and had her artwork on the cov- er of the 2019 calendar.
The 2020 theme is, “Farming through the Ages”.
Creative artwork should display imag- es about agriculture,
and reflect this year’s theme.
Entries will be judged on ag content (50 percent), originality (20 percent), reproduc- ibility (20 percent) and neatness (10 percent).
Entries must be mailed or delivered to the Tulare County Farm Bureau by 5 p.m. on Fri- day, Feb. 14.
For additional infor- mation, contact TCFB at 559-732-8301.
But in addressing Harness’ question, he encouraged the city to continue to push the agenda at the League of Cities meetings and also recommended perhaps having a counter bill au- thored that might look more appealing to the majority.
“But what I have seen is they’ll run it, and then they’ll run it again, and they’ll run it again,” Mathis said. “They’ll keep running it until they get something through.”
He reminded those in attendance that there are growing pains when working with legislators.
“You’re never going to get everything you want out of Sacramen- to,” he added.
Another question he fielded was regarding how he manages to get a n y t h i n g d o n e w h i l e working with the other side.
“I’m sure we’ve all worked with someone you couldn’t stand,” Mathis said. “This is something we all face.”
But in the end, Mathis said it’s all about relationships. He men- tioned working with new California Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Democrat
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