Everyone knows I don’t like Beth Gaines very much. It started with the betrayal of John Allard in 2011 (and several others) by the Gaines so that Beth could go get a government paycheck relying on no qualifications other than her last name. This followed her...
Dear El Dorado County Grand Jury – please read this report from the Placer County Grand Jury and use it as a template for how to professionally write a report. Contrast the politicized El Dorado Grand Jury Report opener with the Placer Grand Jury Report...
Well, well, well… I got sent a copy of a Grand Jury Report attacking (DRUMROLL) Ron “Mik” the supervisor in El Dorado’s First District. It just so happens that “Mik” is all that stands between termed out Beth Gaines and her next...
The original plan was for Dave Titus to run for his boss (Beth Gaines) job and for Gaines to run against Kirk Uhler for Supervisor in Placer D4. Both were reported on this blog as vetted rumors and both of these efforts evaporated shortly thereafter. While the...
Today is a LAFCO meeting and workshop running late this afternoon in to the early summer evening taking public comments on the draft CFA. IOV proponents are trying to convince commissioners to incorporating Olympic Valley makes sense financially. The problem is...
Hmmm. In 2014, Vern Pierson was able to intimidate his opponent in to capitulating. Joe Harn’s opponent hired a crank addict as a campaign manager. So, here we are. As seen on a local El Dorado Blog – Vern Pierson and Joe Harn got blown to pieces. (I...
Why is it that being involved with the CRA involves getting semi-annual letters from Lawyers? In this case – this is a sad epitaph to the CRA. Two legal threat letters were sent to us by CRA Exec VP Craig Alexander – who, incidentally hates George and...
The time honored tradition of termed-out incumbents and other incumbents looking to extend their political lives is upon us! SD29 – Senate Permanent Minority Leader Bob Huff is Termed out and has picked Ling-Ling Chang, currently in AD55 (in her first term)...
SB04 – Medi-Cal for Non-Citizens. Will cost Citizens $740M -$1.2B a year in California. Last time I checked, the state is still in the hole financially? AB775 – would force Crisis Pregnancy Centers to promote abortion. (If you can force Christian Bakers...
Placer County LAFCO released the long-awaited preliminary Comprehensive Financial Analysis (CFA) on the idea of incorporating Olympic Valley. Suffice to say, the idea of incorporating a town of less than 500 people was dumb before the fiscal report was released on...
Placer County LAFCO released the long-awaited preliminary Comprehensive Financial Analysis (CFA) on the idea of incorporating Olympic Valley. Suffice to say, the idea of incorporating a town of less than 500 people was dumb before the fiscal report was released on...
Looks like the fabled draft comprehensive fiscal analysis (or CFA) has been delayed again… initially due out in March and then promised last week… the CFA when it comes out is going to demonstrate that incorporation of Olympic Valley is a complete waste of time....