Remember the LAFCO saga with liberal millionaire Fred Ilfeld and his attempt to incorporate a small unviable town in Olympic Valley? In a turn of events that is a poster child for why development in California is prohibitively expensive, if a developer wins the...
According to the Sierra Sun, Fred Ilfeld is getting slammed with a $2500 fine from the FPPC. It is also clear that they negotiated the fine with the FPPC as well. As of the typing of this blog, Fred Ilfeld still owes the County of Placer $18,000 that he is refusing...
Fred Ilfeld has cleared the way for the enviros to sue to stop the development of the Ski Resort. In true narcissist rich-guy fashion, despite getting pounded repeatedly - he stubbornly asserts that the proposed town of 600 would be fiscally viable and doubles-down...
Ok - here is the summary: the NIMBY's think the State Controller's Office validated their proposal even though at least 25 of their 30+ questions were hammered. The NIMBY's went to the LAFCO meeting to try to see if they could continue on in the process. The LAFCO...
Fred Ilfeld is the man attempting to Incorporate Olympic Valley at the expense of the Placer County Taxpayers. The Controller's Office and the independent auditor agree - it does not pencil out. Ilfeld is in to this effort $300k+ that we know of. I do believe that...
Fred Ilfeld is out of options. He strung the LAFCO Board out for months in every attempt to forestall the inevitable failure of Incorporate Olympic Valley. He spent $80k of his own money on financial analyses. His latest and last gambit was to go to the California...
This week LAFCO imposed deadlines on IOV backers! (blogger's Note - CFA = Financial Analysis, EIR = State Mandated Waste of Money on Environmental Impacts, IOV = NIMBY's) Placer County LAFCO delivered the message to Olympic Valley incorporation supporters loud and...
Second opinions can be a good thing. Whether it’s for a medical condition or incorporating a small town like Olympic Valley, a second pair of eyes helps! Trouble is, people often get a second opinion to validate the first. They really only hear what they want to...
The Sierra Sun had a story today about an evil development proposed in the Lake Tahoe Area. A ski developer wants to build a bunch of stuff so their business is not one-dimensional and dependent upon Sierra Snow and winter business. Let's dive in to the story with...
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...
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...