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  • The AtPac Suit – More fumes ascending (updated 16jul2011)

    George Rebane Nevada County issued a professional services contract to SC Consulting in Pollock Pines contemplating work that started on 10 June 2011 and was completed on 24 June 2011.  The presumed purpose of the contract was for the consultant, Steven Steinbrecher, to conduct an investigation, comprised of a series of interviews with county management…

  • Unified Field Bank – like a bad penny

    George Rebane … it just keeps coming back to Nevada City.  Last March I did a KVMR commentary on what obviously looks at best like the blind leading the blind, and at worst like a scam.  (‘Community Partnership Banking – Worm Farm 2?’)  Their nearby poster (click to enlarge) announces a “follow-up” to the “enthusiastic response” they…

  • Employment and Income Inequality

    George Rebane [This piece is the last of a four part series on taxes, jobs, and income that includes, in order of posting, 'The Administration Discovers Shortage of Engineers', 'Higher Tax Rates = Lower Revenues',  'More Green Companies Heading for Greener Pastures', 'Employment and Income Inequality'.  It was motivated by two articles, one that appeared in the…

  • Keachie Again Misreads Rebane

    George Rebane Mr Douglas Keachie is a loud voice in the community and on local blogs.  A man of progressive persuasion, he is also a sometime commenter on these pages.  In his latest effort he attempts to reveal “three fatal flaws” in my 11jun11 Union column ‘Entrepreneurship 2011’.  His revelation was published as an Other Voices submission…

  • Ruminations – 18jun2011

    George Rebane – Wynton and the boys come to town– Nevada City Soapbox Derby premiers Last night Jo Ann and I joined friends George and Christine for a delicious and well-served dinner on Holbrook Hotel patio, and then drove to the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Auditorium for a world class event.  We and an SRO audience were delighted…

  • ‘Saving the American Dream’

    George Rebane That is the short title to a landmark plan that Heritage Foundation published about a month ago.  In the popular media, it has received scant attention.  I believe this is so because it presents an utterly reasonable way for us to rescue America from its current financial freefall, and its ideological bedfellows are…

  • Ruminations – 7jun2011

    George Rebane The ‘birther’ pot continues to boil.  In ‘The Birth Certificate from Hell’ I reviewed the response to the White House posting of President Obama’s long form birth certificate.  The pdf image of the certificate, available from the WH website, indicated clearly that it had been ‘photoshopped’.  For more recent developments, please read Russ…

  • Competence vs Criminality in Nevada County (updated 14jun2011)

    George Rebane My email has been running torrid over the last day or so with everyone telling me, and everyone else, about the Sac Bee article on ‘hard money’ lending shenanigans in the state, and especially in Nevada County.  “NC Clerk/Recorder Diaz has company regarding questionable dealings while in office.” is a typical message line…

  • AtPac’s Nuclear Option

    George Rebane Word from the litigation front is that former Nevada County software provider AtPac is filing for summary judgment in its intellectual property suit that names the county, Clerk-Recorder Greg Diaz, and Aptitude Solutions, the county’s new software provider, as defendants.  (Ref Case 2:10-cv-00294-WBS -JFM Document 172 Filed 06/01/11) Filing for summary judgment is an…

  • Elizabeth & Lucas: Grandpa’s Bragging Rights

    George Rebane   Grandkids Lucas and Elizabeth, of our Northern Tribe in Washington, went to Spokane this weekend for the state’s high school track championships.  They attend Bear Creek School in Woodinville, and their track team qualified for the championships in several events.  Both kids and the team did well as you can tell from…

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