To the community, Another great dinner was served by Bread & Broth on June 30 thanks to the generosity and help of Getaway Reno/Tahoe. Owner and publisher of Getaway Reno/Tahoe, Todd Poth was “quite impressed to see the need in the community and glad that we could help at least a little bit.” Poth and […]
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By Bill Frezza, Forbes Half a billion dollars. That’s how much the California Teachers Association and the powerful Service Employees International Union have spent on California politics since 2000. The unions’ return on that “investment”? A legislature totally beholden to them for political support and campaign contributions. Here’s another mind-boggling number: Half a Trillion Dollars. […]
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Publisher’s note: El Dorado County officials were not able to provide a record of this opinion piece being discussed in open session during a Board of Supervisors meeting. Therefore it was done so in a serial meeting, which is a violation of the Brown Act — California’s open meeting law. To the community, We ask […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is form the June 26, 2014, Los Angeles Times. The U.S. Supreme Court faced the challenging task of weighing one person’s right to free speech against another’s right to be protected from harassment when it reviewed a Massachusetts law requiring 35-foot buffer zones around abortion clinics. Unfortunately, the court got the […]
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By Brian Uhler June marked the beginning of summer, and with it the arrival of visitors and the summer concert series known as Live at Lakeview. As a community and specifically as a police department we recognize the value of helping our visitors have a nice time in our beautiful town. The Live at Lakeview […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the the June 21, 2014, Sacramento Bee. It’s looking like a long, hot summer – and it’s going to be even more parched if Californians don’t get with the program. State officials reported last week that residents and businesses are falling woefully short of the 20 percent water conservation […]
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To the community, On June 23, the Lake Tahoe Windjammers Yacht Club took the opportunity to help people in need at Bread & Broth’s evening dinner served at St. Theresa Church’s Grace Hall. By sponsoring an Adopt A Day, the LT Windjammers Yacht Club funded the hot, full course meal for the 96 guests who […]
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By Larry Weitzman There is a movement in the county that could be called a coup d’county, a takeover of county government under the absolute rule of the county chief administrative officer. And it looks like this movement is lead by the county CAO, Terri Daly, her followers and minions. Maybe EDC executives will become […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee With the state budget behind them, the Capitol’s politicians are turning to water, always California’s most divisive political issue – but particularly so during a very severe drought, as a state Senate debate and vote demonstrated last week. They are trying – some harder than others – to write a […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 27, 2014, Mountain Democrat in Placerville. Neutering the board Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton The El Dorado County 2013-14 Grand Jury’s attack on elected officials contains a multi-page effort to turn the members of the El Dorado County Board of […]
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