Opinion: Why I oppose Mayor Levesque’s efforts to develop in the Lake Auburn watershed

SUN JOURNAL • June 25, 2022

Mayor Levesque’s efforts, and those who support them on the city council, planning board and water district to open Lake Auburn’s Watershed to commercial and residential development are wrongheaded and reckless and have potentially disastrous consequences. What expert qualifications does Mayor Jason Levesque bring to this issue? He has no engineering or legal expertise, is not a scientist and knows nothing about operating public drinking water supplies. Why are his opinions entitled to any greater weight than ours? ~ Ronald Lebel, Auburn, co-founder, Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission