By Robert Reich The worst economy since the Great Depression and you might think at least one of the candidates would come up with a few big ideas for how to get us out of it. But you’d be wrong. Neither candidate wants to take any chances by offering any large, serious proposals. Both are […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 5, 2012, Sacramento Bee. We ought to be able to agree that no citizen has any need for 100-round magazines of the type that police say James E. Holmes used on the night of the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo. But we can’t. Holmes’ arsenal included […]
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By John Redman When Californians passed the “Compassionate Use Act” – otherwise known as Proposition 215 – in 1996, most voters thought that it was reasonable to allow chronically ill patients to use marijuana without fear of arrest. And if those patients could not grow marijuana on their own, the initiative stipulated that patient caregivers […]
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By Ted Gaines Despite my efforts to stop it by referendum and legislation, the illegal fire tax is being assessed on more than 825,000 people starting this month. This so-called fee was passed in 2011 to extract up to $150 per habitable structure from rural property owners. The tax will not provide any more fire […]
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To the community, Nullification by ignorance cancels a better world. For example, some business minds are pushing what’s called “creative destruction”. It’s a proposition that preaches greed is good. In other words, business is war. Well, we’ve been there and done that. The idea would create another age of social Darwinism. The first round of […]
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To the community, According to the African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” We are fortunate to live in our South Lake Tahoe “village” that is filled with community support for our kids. This summer Edgewood Tahoe exemplified how our community steps up when our club needs them. According to Natalie Cazares, […]
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By Kathryn Reed What is wrong with Lake Tahoe? Plenty. What is right with Lake Tahoe? A few things. What can be done so the answers are reversed? Every time I leave town I contemplate the above questions because the negatives of Tahoe become crystal clear when other locations seem to have their stuff together. […]
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To the community, A Brush with Kindness is a program of El Dorado County Habitat for Humanity that helps low income homeowners by offering exterior home improvements. We completed three project sites this summer and would like to thank the following folks for their help with financial contributions, services provided and physical labor: Ed Cook […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 29, 2012, Modesto Bee. While it’s crucial to repair the plumbing in the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California has many water needs that are being overlooked. Largely missing from the debate is the management of California’s groundwater resources, which in dry years provide nearly 40 percent of […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 15, 2012, Los Angeles Times. So much for the Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012. Earlier this month, lawmakers pulled the $11-billion bond measure off the Nov. 6 ballot because the time wasn’t right, which is another way of saying there was no […]
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