Placer County questions cost of keeping Tahoe blue
By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal
Is the price to keep Tahoe blue too high?
A $1.2-billion estimate for getting Lake Tahoe closer to its original blue is being met with little enthusiasm by Placer County government.
With no end to tight budgets in sight, County Executive Officer Tom Miller and Granite Bay-area Supervisor Kirk Uhler questioned how the county could come up with its share of funding for work to restore the Sierra lake’s historic clarity.