Former Lincoln Councilmember Spencer “Spender” Short.

Many moons ago before your intrepid blogger met #muhhotwife, I lived in Lincoln for a brief period. I delivered pizzas out of the Lincoln Round Table.

What struck me about Lincoln is that it looked like the development was piecemeal. At the time, CA65 was still aligned on the main street in Lincoln. That part was frozen in time when US-99E went up to Washington Blvd in Roseville to Industrial Blvd and into Lincoln.

The south part of Lincoln Crossing was just being started to build. Lincoln got hammered worse than other towns by the 2007-2009 real estate bubble. Based on the dysfunction I saw in 2006 before I got married, it is safe to say that Lincoln, CA didn’t plan to fail, they failed to plan.

All throughout the late 2000s and into the mid-2010s Lincoln was rumored to be headed to municipal bankruptcy. For many years, Spender Short, the Late Tom Cosgrove, and Paul Joiner formed the ruling majority in Lincoln. This is going to be a story we are going to talk about as it relates to the Placer County Sup D2 race.

Spender Short was someone, similar to Gary Miller, Rene Aggielairuh, Camille Maben, David Larson, and others that I proudly have hanging on my wall of scalps. He epitomized the word RINO – but it appears that Paul Joiner who called himself the most conservative elected in Placer County voted along with him in spades.

The following are images of Lincoln that are burned into my conscience. Fire Station 3 sat idle for years and a $1.4 Million Ladder truck sat inside it. This happened on Paul Joiner’s watch.

Dial 911 they said – but who the hell was going to respond?

Fasten your seat belts… the maladies of the City of Lincoln should be thoroughly vetted as we march down to election day.