Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 22, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. Make no mistake about it: President Barack Obama’s two-hour stop in Reno on Thursday was more of a campaign stump speech than a town-hall meeting. Any pretense of the latter went out the window when Jill Derby, the former state regent and Democratic […]
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By Gene Kahane While the well-meaning grown-ups in Sacramento discuss and debate the merits of creating an LGBT curriculum for our state’s schools, it should be noted that on the local level, where I teach, it has been happening for a while. And the way it worked at our school was fairly simple: We gave […]
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By Garry Bowen An earlier column, “Indifference a Threat to Our Existence”, written several years ago, describes the difference between environmentalism and sustainability, both as a refrain and review of our current world situation, and as a beacon to a more contemporary look at the local situation, in light of the global. It is now […]
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By Steve Kubby The City Council rejected a proposed new medical marijuana cultivation ordinance with reduced penalties and improved security for patients from ripoffs and raids. Instead, the fine for noncompliance, which was reduced by the city manager and attorney to $100, was increased back to $1,000 per day. Even more disturbing, the City Council […]
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To the community, In honor of the Month of the Young Child, Choices for Children organized the annual Provider Breakfast honoring our community’s childcare providers for the services they provide to families and children throughout the year. The Early Care & Education field came together on April 16 at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course. This […]
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By Carl Hasty The Tahoe Transportation District is on the brink of becoming an unfortunate casualty of legislation proposed to withdraw Nevada from the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Compact with California. The unintended consequence of Nevada Senate Bill 271 will be a direct threat to over $400 million programmed over the next five years […]
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By Chris Roberts, SF Weekly That familiar odor wafting from San Francisco street corners, storefronts, and the neighborhood growhouse? It’s the smell of legality. Medical cannabis is the law of the land in California, 14 other states, and the District of Columbia. Yet, as many marijuana users will tell you, protection under state law hasn’t […]
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Publisher’s note: South Lake Tahoe’s cultivation ordinance is on the April 19 City Council agenda. The meeting starts at 9am at Lake Tahoe Airport. By Steve Kubby South Lake Tahoe City Manager Tony O’Rourke and City Attorney Patrick Enright have proposed a new medical marijuana cultivation ordinance with reduced penalties and improved security for patients […]
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To the community, Lake Tahoe Crime Free Programs had its Crime Free Multi-Housing Program conference on April 11 at Aston Lakeland Village Beach & Mountain Resort. Thank you to Jerry Bindel and his staff for providing exceptional guest service and to Grandpa Manny of Taqueria Jalisco for a delicious lunch. We now have certified over […]
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By Ty Polastri In 2000, the residents of South Lake Tahoe approved a bond to raise monies for recreational facilities and bicycle path maintenance. In 2009, an effort by the Joint Powers Authority, who administers the bond monies, advanced a Measure B to reallocate the accruing bicycle path maintenance funds for recreational facilities beyond the […]
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