By Joe Mathews When I got the keys to California, I floored the accelerator until I was driving 100 mph. I felt exhilaration—and fear. This speed was totally unfamiliar to someone who has spent his life driving beaten-up Toyotas. In California we like to think we can go as fast as our imaginations can take […]
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By George Runner California’s roads are crumbling. Reports routinely show our state has some of the poorest pavement conditions in the country, with high-tax liberal strongholds of San Francisco and Oakland leading the way. The culprit? Misplaced spending priorities. If you spilled your latte when hitting that huge pothole on the way to work, thank […]
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By Rebecca Bryson At the last Lake Tahoe Unified School District board meeting, board members pondered the question of whether to reopen Al Tahoe Elementary School and if so to what purpose. The proposal on the table was to reopen it as a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) center and theme school. As […]
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To the community, Nikki Verdile, one of the incredible sponsor volunteers from Beach Retreat & Lodge, was really happy to be helping at the Monday meal at Grace Hall on Jan. 30. “This opportunity was educational in so many ways,” commented Verdile. “I met new people, heard wonderful stories, and best of all, everyone was […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 6, 2017, Reno Gazette-Journal. If prosecutors, defense attorneys, the police or any other agent can come into a newsroom and take a reporter’s materials, journalists cannot do their jobs independently. Yet that is what an attorney in a local drug case demands. Theresa Ristenpart represents Braden Riley, […]
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By Jim Wire I’ve lived on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe for over 34 years, which qualifies me as a longtime local. As a local, I’d like to give my humble opinion regarding a controversial subject that continues to fester in our community. All too often we are subject to negative opinions that often […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 6, 2017, Sacramento Bee. President Trump’s chaotic first weeks have generated wide disapproval, and not all the protests have been placid. But Rep. Tom McClintock needs to stop insisting that the seniors, families and middle-aged picketers at his town hall this past weekend were an “anarchist […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter was read to the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Feb. 7, 2017, by city resident Tami Wallace and is republished with permission. Honorable mayor and City Council. I must admit that I’m glad that I get to talk and you can only listen. I wish marriages and children came […]
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By Juan William Chávez The plight of public housing projects conceived with the best of intentions and then failing horribly is by now well-known in communities across America. Less known—and still unfolding—is the story of what happens next, both to the people who lived there and the physical spaces those projects inhabited. As an artist […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Jan. 15, 2017, Las Vegas Sun. Christmas just kept coming last year for the NRA crowd in Nevada. Three days after the holiday, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt gave them another gift when he announced that the November ballot measure on universal background checks had hit a roadblock. […]
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