Publisher’s note: This completes this three-part series on South Lake Tahoe’s budget. More stories will come in the future. By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s budget is convoluted and difficult to understand. After probing by Lake Tahoe News started earlier this year more documents have been placed on the city’s website. This is a good […]
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The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Board unanimously approved the amendment to the Total Daily Maximum Load rules. The state board met Nov. 16 at Lake Tahoe Community College. Board members commended staff, said they are eager to work with partners in the basin, and that the regulations are needed to ensure Lake Tahoe’s clarity. It […]
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By Robert J. Hawkins, San Diego Union Tribune SAN DIEGO — John Tyner won’t be pheasant hunting in South Dakota with his father-in-law any time soon. Tyner was simultaneously thrown out of San Diego International Airport on Saturday morning for refusing to submit to a security check and threatened with a lawsuit and $10,000 fine […]
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By Kathryn Reed “If there had not been the pressure to award the contract, I may have recommended at the August 3 meeting to continue the decision to August 17, to further review the last minute submittal by Clark & Sullivan [and perhaps had their attorney appear at the hearing to make his case].” That […]
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By Kathryn Reed By the time the meeting wrapped up after 8pm, nearly $4 million had been trimmed from the 2011-12 El Dorado County budget. This leaves a $7 million projected deficit before the fiscal year begins July 1. That sum will be dealt with sometime next year, possibly not until June. Getting agreements from […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on South Lake Tahoe’s budget. By Kathryn Reed For most municipalities, people are the biggest expense. South Lake Tahoe is no different. In the 2010-11 fiscal year budget, the city has 205.75 full-time positions; 61 in the police department and 40 in the fire department. […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal A storm expected to form off the coast of British Columbia today could drop several feet of snow in the Sierra and several inches in the valleys of western Nevada, the National Weather Service said. This is good news for more ski resorts scheduled to open this week. There is […]
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By Cathy Scott, Best Friends “It’s a good day for the dogs.” Those were the words Wayne Pacelle used when he announced to an anxious group of animal lovers that Proposition B — the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act — had officially been approved by the citizens of Missouri, sending an unmistakable message to the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Will any city employee be reprimanded for the botched Lakeview Commons project? An answer may come today. The court decision favoring the firm not originally awarded the multi-million contract is on the South Lake Tahoe City Council’s agenda. It will be discussed in closed session at the end of the meeting. (The […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the first in a three-part series about the South Lake Tahoe city budget. By Kathryn Reed Based on review of documents provided by South Lake Tahoe officials, including the current 2010-11 fiscal year budget, the city is deficit spending even though by state law it must have a balanced budget each […]
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