Dear friends and neighbors, I write to express to you why I am running for KGID Board of Trustees, why I am the most qualified candidate, and to ask for your support. Many people don’t vote in mid-term elections, and I ask that you come out and vote on Nov. 2. Four out of five […]
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Publisher’s note: This forum is also sponsored by the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce and Tahoe Daily Tribune. To the community, The Boys and Girls Club Teen Enterprise is hosting a City Council Candidates’ Forum on Oct. 13 at 6pm at the club at 1100 Lyons Ave., South Lake Tahoe. They have asked […]
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To the community, For America’s progressive voters there is no room for apathy or “sitting it out” this election year. After the Tea Party takeover of the Republican Party, America is standing on a political precipice. If enough voters are hoodwinked into voting against their own economic interests and the health and well-being of their […]
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Dear publisher, People want to know what can be done about the blighted appearance of our city. As a candidate for City Council, I’ve taken the time to speak to business people and homeowners about their perspective on the problem. What they tell me is that the problem of blight is a direct result of […]
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By Garry Bowen Back in the day, when Harveys was the Wagon Wheel with Food, Fun & Fortune as a slogan, we locals used to kid each other that Tahoe’s business climate was conducted in only one of two ways, depending on the time of year: fast or half-fast. In the time since, we seem […]
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By Janis R. Hirohama Proposition 26 is another attempt by the oil, alcohol and tobacco industries to shift onto taxpayers the burden of paying for the pollution and public health impacts of their businesses. It is so broad and so poorly written that it will negatively affect virtually every area of state and local government […]
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By Juri McCorkle State and local politicians are using a loophole in the law to raise taxes by disguising them as “fees” – circumventing constitutional requirements for passing taxes on goods like food, gas, beverages, cell phones and even emergency services. These hidden taxes add billions of dollars in higher costs that consumers, taxpayers and […]
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Lake Tahoe News on Oct. 1 will begin profiling candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Commission. Ten people are running for three council seats. No incumbents are running. Two of the candidates did not answer the questions. A phone message was left for each to ensure they had received the emailed […]
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By Arthur Bruzzone All Californians want an on-time and balanced budget. We all agree on that. But Proposition 25 is not real reform. The real agenda of the Sacramento politicians backing Prop. 25 is to enable the Legislature to more easily pass wasteful spending through borrowed billions and through budget gimmicks. Prop. 25 will intensify, […]
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Publisher’s note: The author of this letter read part of it into the record at the Sept. 29, 2010, marijuana cultivation committee meeting in South Lake Tahoe. Below is the letter in its entirety. To the publisher, At last week’s committee meeting called to develop an ordinance for the home cultivation of medical marijuana, a […]
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