By Matthew Yglesias, Slate For a depressed economy, exports function as a magic elixir. Demand—and with it jobs—appears from outside, generating new income that cycles through the economy. This is why President Obama, as part of his recovery strategy, has set a goal of doubling exports over five years. Talk of exports normally conjures up […]
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By Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Scientists are observing with increasing alarm that some very common hormone-mimicking chemicals can have grotesque effects. A widely used herbicide acts as a female hormone and feminizes male animals in the wild. Thus male frogs can have female organs, and some male fish actually produce eggs. In a […]
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To the community, At 3am my muse shook me. She said, “Wake up.” I said, “Why? I’d rather sleep.” Again, she said, “Wake up. Claire’s leaving.” “Claire, who?” I asked, still in semi-sleep. “Look sleepy head, wake up, Claire Fortier, the mayor, is leaving,” my muse said. “Oh,” I said, now awake. So I asked, […]
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To the community, Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the event sponsors, volunteers, vendors and attendees of the Mothers’ Day BAHM for a fabulous evening last week at Valhalla. The weather was perfect and more than 100 people were there to support the two winners of the Mothers’ Day Makeover. […]
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To the community, It’s as if the good Lord hit a switch, but spring has arrived in our corner of the Sierra. The trails below 7,000 feet are mostly snow free and, after a short-lived winter, spring is here. While we are stunned that the bank that holds the note for Royal Gorge rejected our […]
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To the community, After 25 years in South Lake Tahoe, we were able to recently purchase our first home. We wanted to just give a shout out of thanks to two very special people who helped to make this happen for us. First, thank you to Ron Yokotake from Associated Mortgage, who with his magic […]
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By Garry Bowen In our most recent Monthly Message from the Mayor, Her Honor Claire Fortier made a serious point for all of us with regards to TRPA’s hallowed threshold program. As TRPA has relied upon those thresholds as justification for so long they are known as sacred cow’ to some of the very people […]
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To the community, The recent announcement of City Manager Tony O’Rourke’s leaving can only be viewed as a positive direction for the city of South Lake Tahoe. In May 2011, we informed the city of an approximately $500,000 a year loss in transient occupancy tax collections. We spent five to six months working with the […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 27, 2012, Sacramento Bee. Republican attorney Andrew Pugno is challenging Assemblywoman Beth Gaines in the June primary to represent one of the most heavily Republican districts in California – Assembly District 6, which includes parts of Sacramento, El Dorado and Placer counties. Pugno also is the author […]
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By Eileen Wacker I am the mother of four kids, aged 8- to 14-years-old, and trying to launch a business. I live life in 15-minute increments. Our house wakes up at 6am during the week. Getting everyone to eat something is a challenge so I let them eat whatever they want – leftover pasta, soup, […]
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