April 1, 2022 - I recently attended a Republican meeting where Greg Royse spoke to promote his candidacy for Supervisor of District 1.

Greg smiled a lot, and moved his arms and hands around a lot, but he didn’t say much. When asked why he was running for office he said it was because he liked it here. When asked about the issues that were important to the local Republicans, he didn’t really seem to be aware of their interests. They had to explain things to him.

I just read his candidacy statement in the Wawona paper. He says he serves on the Grand Jury. Maybe he meant he served on the Grand Jury several years ago. He also says he serves on the Tree Mortality Board. Wasn’t that the board created by Rosemarie Smallcombe – that she invited him to attend – and didn’t that conclude a few years ago?

And why doesn’t he respond to emails to his campaign?? If he doesn’t respond to campaign emails, imagine trying to get in touch with him if he’s a county supe.

He is running against the incumbent Rosemarie Smallcombe. She has worked hard at representing her district and all of Mariposa County. Her leadership on the Tree Mortality Board helped our county get much needed money to deal with the dead trees. She doesn’t just slide into her seat for a few hours on Tuesday to be at a supervisors meeting. She prepares by reading the hundreds of pages in the board packet each week, and asking questions so she is prepared. She always asks good questions in the meetings. She listens to constituent concerns and goes above and beyond to find solutions to their problems. She is connected in all the right places to get us where we need to be going.

Vote for Rosemarie.

Sincerely,

Fran Shell
Mariposa, CA