The plan for spending Measure A tax dollars faced a crossfire of public comment and skepticism from county supervisors on Tuesday. A parks survey last summer showed low support for farmland preservation, and the department proposed reducing it by half, to 10 percent. Yet overall, the dozens of commenters at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors hearing voiced greater support for farmland. Rancher Sally Gale, chair of the Marin Resource Conservation District board, was one of several who asked for increased R.C.D. spending. “Unfortunately, the public recently has the perception that the money that we get on private lands benefits us personally as elite ranchers,” she said. “…Clean water, clean air, healthy soil and good food benefits everybody.” MALT supporters reiterated the trust’s points that half Marin’s farmland remains unprotected, that the community benefits from local sustainable food, and that rangeland management is a valuable wildfire prevention strategy. Supervisor Dennis Rodoni stressed that any reduction in farmland funding would not represent a change in Marin’s perspective on ranching. “We’re not questioning our commitment to agriculture in Marin,” he said. He and Supervisor Katie Rice will pursue a revision to the spending plan before it returns to the board in January.