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Category: Nevada County

  • George Rebane In this heated election season this little piece of correspondence I received might come across as a bit of administrivia.  But since it involves a local elected official – Clerk-Recorder Gregory Diaz – it may be worth a look in passing given his performance on the recent disastrous AtPac suit (q.v.).  It seems…

  • George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary that was aired on 31 August 2012.] Last Tuesday August 28th the Nevada County Board of Supervisors took up Propositions 30 and 31 that we will vote on in November.  The best I could make out at that well attended meeting was that Supervisor…

  • George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 20 July 2012.] The economy’s downward spiral goes on while the lamestream media continues to paper over the fiscal bombs that explode daily.  The latest report is about the disastrous year that Calpers just finished in June.  You recall that Calpers…

  • George Rebane Well folks, Scranton’s bankruptcy may have been the cognitive tipping point for the nation, but because of the lamestream cover-up we can’t be certain.  Following yesterday’s announcement by San Bernardino, the Pennsylvania city is now the 12th municipality filing Chapter 9, with 27 more jurisdictions standing in line to be next.  And the…

  • George Rebane Reading this morning’s Union I couldn’t help but notice the front page piece (paywalled here) on Sierra Roots and the Common Ground Homeless Garden.  The project is the handiwork of former Nevada City mayor Reinette Senum.  Its objective is to help down and out people in the county to have “a safe place…

  • George Rebane There’s plenty of reason for celebrating the pretty good likelihood that the Higgs boson has finally been observed by CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.  That massive boson fills in a long-empty part of our understanding how the universe is composed and works.  To be sure, there is a lot more work to be done…

  • George Rebane I was surprised to read this in the 20jun12 online paywalled edition of The Union.  H/T to RR reader. Jeff Ackerman, publisher of The Union, announced today that he will be leaving the newspaper after 10 years of serving the western Nevada County community. Ackerman will be taking an expanded scope of responsibilities…

  • George Rebane Nevada County’s considerable (massive?) unfunded pension liabilities have been downplayed by the county electeds and staff for the last several years.  When this matter has been brought up to the Board of Supervisors by citizens, it has been either dismissed with hubristic silence or called a form of “rural myth” (more here).  This…

  • George Rebane In next Tuesday’s primary I am voting for Sue McGuire for Nevada County’s District #1 supervisor, and State Senator Doug LaMalfa to become our new representative in Congress. Sue McGuire has all of the qualifications to become our new supervisor.  I won’t belabor them; you can see them on her website.  She has…

  • George Rebane Last Friday (25may12) the annual ‘Survivors Breakfast’ was again held at Tofanelli’s.  The event has become a tradition to celebrate the young people who took the year’s test and those who received the top scores on the SESF sponsored merit scholarship exam.  TT2012 top three scorers (in no particular order) were Ben Martin,…