Publisher’s note: This is an open letter to the staff and board of the California Tahoe Conservancy and for all those concerned about access to the Upper Truckee Marsh. By Anthony Cupaiuolo Due to a ban by the California Tahoe Conservancy board, no dogs are allowed (leashed or otherwise) in the Upper Truckee Marsh through […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 8, 2011, Sacramento Bee. As far as the editors of Chief Executive magazine are concerned, California is beyond terrible. It’s dead last among all 50 states for business climate. No one in his or her right mind would want to do business here. The magazine, based in […]
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By Robert Orr We all know it takes a very special person to be a Hospice worker, helping the terminally ill patients every day 24-hours-a-day. Barton Health currently has 18 volunteers and more are needed in weeks to come. Barton’s Hospice would not exist if it were not for our volunteers. Since 1996, Barton Hospice […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 7, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. Democrats and Republicans and the Legislature released their competing redistricting plans over the past week and a half, and the biggest surprise for Northern Nevada residents was that there was no surprises at all. Washoe County is going to lose a seat in […]
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By Steve Kubby South Lake Tahoe Mayor Hal Cole recently described street maintenance as a “300-pound gorilla in the room,” preying on South Lake Tahoe’s streets, and nobody knows how to stop it. It’s a beast that could take more than $300 million to fix, according to city staff estimates on bringing the roadways up […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was first read into the record at the May 17, 2011, South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting. I thank the city manager, Mr. (Tony) O’Rourke, for his criticism of my remarks on the $250,000 that he favors giving to the school district. Clearly, I hit a nerve by saying the act […]
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By Rochelle Nason The League to Save Lake Tahoe has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, asking it to release public documents regarding the expenditure of public funds. The recipient of those funds, South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman/TRPA member Claire Fortier, says the League’s FOIA request is […]
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By Tony O’Rourke In response to Mr. (Bill) Crawford’s May 12, 2011, opinion piece in the Lake Tahoe News I would like to set the record straight. It was grossly misleading of Mr. Crawford to state, “the city manager of South Lake Tahoe will advise the City Council to donate $250,000 of city reserve funds […]
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To the community, Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Holidays and bad-weather days included. These are the times that paramedics and emergency medical technicians of the fire departments are on the job serving the communities we live in. Long shifts, extreme weather conditions and an ever-changing and unstable work environment make pre-hospital Emergency […]
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To the community, As a coach of youth athletics at the elementary and middle school ages, for over 25 years, coaching Little League Baseball, Pop Warner Football, Bobby Sox Softball, Soccer and as a previous head coach of our local ski resort, Heavenly D-Team, I have had the pleasure to witness firsthand how important and […]
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