By Joe Mathews California has an official state flower (poppy), state insect (the Dogface Butterfly), and state theater (the Pasadena Playhouse). But no official state sport. Unless you count the great Californian pastime of overestimating our own population growth. It should be enough that, at 38.7 million, we’re the most populous state in the Union. […]
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By Andrés Martinez Ever since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010, it’s been fashionable to deplore (with full-on How dare they? indignation) the power of big business in our political process. But judging from recent events, maybe we would all benefit if corporations wielded more political power, not less. Seriously. Think about the […]
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To the community, Taking a break from competitive racing and cruising club activities, the members of the Lake Tahoe Windjammers Yacht Club took the opportunity to serve the community by sponsoring a Bread & Broth Adopt a Day of Nourishment on July 13. The Windjammers donated $250 to B&B to provide the evening meal to […]
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By Larry Weitzman Supervisor Ron “Mik” Mikulaco doesn’t always vote with the majority of the Board of Supervisors. His most important vote was a dissenting no vote on the last budget (FY 2014-2015 which had a large structural deficit), which happened to be the last budget submitted by ex-CAO Terri Daly. Someone during this last […]
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By Robyn Martin, High Country News Stones: We’ve built pyramids and castles with them and painstakingly cleared them out of farm fields, using them to build low walls for fencing. We marvel at the rocks in the Grand Canyon, Arches and Grand Teton national parks. Yet a perplexing practice has been gaining ground in our […]
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To the community, Saint Joseph Community Land Trust wants to express its gratitude to Wells Fargo Bank for their recent $3,000 grant to our Affordable Housing Fund. This generous donation kicks-off our latest fund drive effort, which includes a goal of raising $300,000 for our next affordable housing project. This project is ambitious, but we […]
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By Garry Bowen Back around May Day, I wrote an article “A Glass Half-Full”, as a commentary on South Lake Tahoe celebrating a 50th anniversary of its incorporation while at the same time having several workshops on the question of what SLT wants to be when it grows up, highlighted by looking at each of […]
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By Casey Beyer History shows time and time again our greatest accomplishments at Lake Tahoe are achieved when people work together. In the past, Tahoe was known as a place where unproductive interactions between stakeholders led to a stunning decay in our environment and our economic vitality, creating a region that seemed frozen in time. […]
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By Erika Lee Once singled out for exclusion by law from the United States, Chinese immigrants now make up the largest single group of arrivals a year into this country. The Census Bureau says China replaced Mexico as the top country of origin for immigrants to the U.S. in 2013. Given the history, this growth […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to the South Lake Tahoe City Council and is reprinted with permission. To the community, Landscaping and signs are to a community what icing is to a cake. It’s the pretty stuff on top, the colorful thing that makes it inviting. You can have the most delicious chocolate cake, […]
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