It's the biggest threat to our survival, not to mention our quality of life. I seem a tad bit despondent, it is because I have just returned from voting, and Interstate 5 is providing ambient noise for the writing of this month's column. I write this hoping that my efforts to protect mountain lions and their habitat has not been in vain. The fact that Senator Tim Leslie even managed to get Proposition 197 on the ballot disturbs me in a number of ways.
Human overpopulation has that dubious honor.
Now before anyone accuses me of being on an animal rights tirade, I would like to acknowledge that the soapbox I am currently standing on is rooted firmly in human survival. On the March ballot, bond issues were proposed to produce funding to alleviate the overcrowding of schools. Here in Encinitas, school board and city council members were complaining about class size and inadequate facilities, yet neither of these elected boards will speak out against over-development. More families means more children. That, my friends, equals too many kids and not enough crayons.