May 6, 2022 – As a constituent of Mariposa County’s District I for the last 40 years, I have been recently impressed by the proactive stewardship of Rosemarie Smallcombe as our Supervisor. She is most deserving of reelection. When communicating with Ms. Smallcombe, one is immediately aware that she is an ardent scholar of both Mariposa County and District I and is deeply concerned about the issues that affect both.

Her leadership on the Tree Mortality Task Force, in part, resulted in subsequent legislation and action at the state level to free up funding and services to effectively mitigate the rising costs of tree mortality cleanup. I, and many other county residents, benefited from services such as those provided by Blue Ridge Services that were a result of those efforts. Additionally, Ms. Smallcombe has been successfully involved  in supporting the State Insurance Commission to require insurance companies to consider wildfire mitigation efforts by homeowners when establishing their homeowners insurance rates. Most importantly, these efforts have made us all safer from the unrelenting fire danger that confronts our community.

As a concerned military veteran, I commend her grant application and reception to supply service dogs to local veterans and her efforts to make the Merced River Canyon a cleaner and safer place. We are fortunate to be led by this unrelenting and productive public servant.

Join me in voting to reelect Rosemarie Smallcombe for District 1 Supervisor on July 7.

Rod Fiester
Mariposa, CA