By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee California has long prided itself on having an upwardly mobile, egalitarian gestalt, so there’s much irony in its evolution into a two-tiered society. But there’s also much angst as the relative few in the top tier prosper and the many in the lower tier deal with stagnating incomes and very […]
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By Andrés Martinez We may finally be getting the presidential candidates we deserve. Forget all that talk about the wisdom of voters, and the great American people. We are the problem, with our shrill, hyperbolic, extremist, intolerant, and polarized ways of engaging in politics over the past two decades. I can recall in the late […]
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By Kristin Gilger If your son is a priest and your daughter a journalist, “Spotlight” is a jarring movie. There are journalists and lawyers aplenty in this recently released movie about the Boston Globe’s investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, but hardly any priests. I went to see “Spotlight” to cheer for the […]
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By Joe Mathews How many state champions does California need? There’s a new answer to this question: 13. That’s how many state football champions California will crown this weekend during five state bowl games at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium and eight other games around the state. That’s a big increase from the five state champions […]
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Publisher’s note: This originally was published in the TERC newsletter and is reprinted with permission. By Geoff Schladow It seems that every conversation about Lake Tahoe this year made reference initially to the ongoing drought, and more recently to El Niño. What is certain is that we are in a long and historical drought. What […]
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To the community, On Dec. 7, Robert Stiles hosted a Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment dinner. He brought Cindy Richter, Paul Windt and Janessa Howard to serve with him on his sponsor crew. Stiles and his three crewmembers are all local real estate agents serving Northern Nevada and the South Lake Tahoe […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The item in question is not included in the county’s budget and would go to the county’s wealthiest fire district. The letter is in reference to item 40 on the Dec. 15 agenda. The Taxpayer Association requests that this matter be […]
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By Larry Weitzman Sixty-two years ago Ralph M. Brown, a legislator from Modesto and later Fifth District Court of Appeals Judge, wrote the Brown Act and now called the Open Government Act. Brown in the preamble said, “The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good […]
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By Joe Mathews When you cross from Oregon into California on Interstate 5, you will not be greeted by any welcoming party or grand gate. The first sign of California civilization is the giant All Star Liquors store, in tiny Hilt. And if you enter California from Oregon along Highway 101, you’ll get the same […]
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By Brian Uhler As you might expect, once the city was incorporated in 1965, it took some time to create a police department. On July 1, 1967, the police department began providing police services to the city. In 2017, we’ll plan a small public 50th celebration at the police department. Our initial plans include hosting […]
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