To the community, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has a legacy of giving back to the community and annually sponsors a corporate wide National Day of Service with the goal of ending domestic hunger. This year, the South Lake Tahoe Ameriprise Financial Services office chose to join with Bread & Broth in their efforts to feed […]
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To the community: In the Nov. 27 edition of the Lake Tahoe News, it was reported that South Lake Tahoe’s City Attorney Tom Watson has “rejected” a vote initiative presented to him to provide a title and summary of the initiative, as provided by law. I believe this is an outrageous and illegal effort by […]
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We seem to have forgotten how to give thanks. It’s not about what’s on the table or even who is around it. And it’s certainly not about what is on sale today. Thanks and giving are two things we should embrace every day – not just the fourth Thursday in November. We seem to have […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee When Jerry Brown departed from his first governorship in 1983, he left behind what later became known as a “structural deficit” in the state budget. It’s a deficit that results from spending commitments that outstrip revenues even when the underlying economy is doing well, rather than one caused by recession. […]
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To the community, On Saturday, I saw an elderly man with a gas can struggling to inch his way forward, one step at a time. I stopped, offered him a ride and helped him get in. He told me he ran out of gas and needed to get to a gas station, which was about […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 22, 2013, Los Angeles Daily News. When someone says that there are two Californias, the reference these days is usually to the political differences between coastal and inland residents rather than the historical split between north and south. But there is a third and even more telling […]
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By Mike Myatt, Forbes I do quite a bit of work on matters of board composition, selection and succession, and what I can tell you is this; board diversity is simply smart business. You’ll never hear me recommend diversity solely for the sake of checking a box, but when diversity in the boardroom offers so […]
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By Ted Gaines The so-called Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, was a disaster to start with and gets worse every day. It’s such a confusing mess, with ever-changing targets, that even the Obama administration seems to be winging it on the biggest social policy shift since the New Deal. Last week the […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 6, 2013, Sacramento Bee. The shooting at Los Angeles International Airport reveals a harsh truth. In our free, democratic society, we have a lot of open places – airports, train stations, shopping malls, grocery stores, post offices, schools and parks – where large numbers of people gather. […]
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By Joanne Marchetta It’s been almost a year since the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency adopted a new blueprint for the future of Lake Tahoe. That day we came together around a common vision and the adoption of the new Lake Tahoe Regional Plan propelled us past planning and finally to action. Whether your passion for […]
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