Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 11, 2010, Reno Gazette-Journal. The kidnapping of 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard off of a street in South Lake Tahoe in 1991 turned the young girl’s world upside down. It affected the lives of her parents, her friends and family over the next 18 years until she was discovered […]
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By Bruce Maiman, Sacramento Bee The decision last week by the California Legislature to approve a settlement for Jaycee Lee Dugard is costing us way more than $20 million. Kidnapped near her Tahoe-area home in 1991, authorities say that Dugard, then 11 years old, was imprisoned in the Antioch home of Phillip and Nancy Garrido […]
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Dear Publisher, On July 7, Mr. Dave Tirman, senior vice president for JMA Ventures, wrote a rebuttal to an article written by Mr. Tom Rosenberg in the Sacramento Bee on July 4 regarding Homewood Mountain Resort (HMR). It was inappropriate for Dave Tirman to mention Friends of the West Shore in his rebuttal. Friends had […]
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Publisher’s note: This July 9, 2010, letter from South Lake Tahoe City Manager Dave Jinkens to Michael Applegarth, in El Dorado County’s administrative office, is reprinted with permission. It relates this story. Michael: As you requested, I am forwarding a copy of the attached letter from the Board of Supervisors to the City Council today. […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial first ran June 26, 2010, in the Pasadena Star-News. Hey, governor, it’s time you came clean and declared California’s drought to be over. Because it is. To do anything else would be dishonest. See, the numbers don’t lie. From October through April, the state experienced above-average rainfall – 105percent, according to […]
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Publisher’s note: This is an editorial from the July 2, 2010, Las Vegas Sun. Economic development and diversification in Nevada have for decades been largely ineffective. The problem over the past decade is that for every nongaming job created by economic development initiatives, dozens more jobs in the gaming industry were created with the opening […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 8, 2010, Reno Gazette-Journal. The reluctance of Hot August Nights officials to talk about the future of the 25-year-old event in the Truckee Meadows with just weeks until this year’s festivities get under way is understandable. However, the issue no longer is whether the celebration of classic […]
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To the community, Support for the Auburn Dam, concern about record spending by the federal government and a desire for more local control highlight the results of a constituent survey conducted by my staff. This district-wide survey’s results echo what I have heard in 20 town hall meetings and from countless letters, emails and phone […]
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Publisher’s note: The Sacramento Bee article was reprinted in Lake Tahoe News on July 7, 2010. Dear Publisher, On July 4th, the Sac Bee published an opinion piece written by Mr. Tom Rosenberg entitled “Mega‐resort could harm Tahoe”. The viewpoint was unfortunately filled with factual error. Please note that on April 6, 2010, JMA Ventures […]
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By Tom Rosenberg, Sacramento Bee Some 40 years ago, the Perini Corp., a major national builder headquartered in Massachusetts, purchased the Chambers Landing resort on Tahoe’s west shore. “Lake Tahoe is a place of unmatched beauty,” John Perini told neighboring homeowners, “We intend to develop Chambers Landing into a premier resort.” Tahoe’s west shore, located […]
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