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  • AtPac Lawsuit – still seeking closure

    George Rebane Last week’s release of Clerk-Recorder Greg Diaz’s deposition in the AtPac lawsuit case (please see ‘AtPac Lawsuit – the Greg Diaz Deposition’ and its comment stream) was at the same time corroborating and revealing.  But in reading the deposition, I did find several surprises.  Let me say right away that I found Mr…

  • Agenda 21 and the “Pod People”

    George Rebane Jo Ann and I have attended many local workgroups and meetings where the pod people were in obvious attendance.  These meetings presented ideas and plans for environmental harmony, smart growth, green jobs, local sustainability, and so on.  A recent one we attended involved sincere people who promoted the establishment of many small farms…

  • AtPac Lawsuit – the Greg Diaz Deposition (updated 5sep2011)

    George Rebane Regular RR readers are familiar with the lawsuit filed by local software company AtPac naming as defendants Nevada County, NC Clerk-Recorder Greg Diaz, and Aptitude Solutions, a Florida software company.  For months the community has been asking the county’s Board of Supervisors to reveal the whys and wherefores of what led to the…

  • ‘The Next Grand Minimum’ Launches

    George Rebane Russ Steele, Nevada County blogger extraordinaire, closed down his long running NC Media Watch blog.  He has moved his blogging enterprise to a new blog – 'The Next Grand Minimum' – that was launched today.  In this research and publishing effort he will focus on real climate change backed by science that is…

  • Do Our Schools Really Suck? (Working Title)

    George Rebane I don’t know whether that overstates the case, but in any event it’s not that far off.  Reading this morning’s lead piece ‘STAR tests’  in the 18aug11 Union, I was a little put off by the reporter’s opening attempt at logic. Despite efforts across western Nevada County to improve student test scores, money still matters in…

  • An Evening with the Tea Party Patriots

    George Rebane Mr Paul Emery – KVMR news director, musical personage extraordinaire, bringer of arts, and erudite RR discussant – and I have been invited by the Nevada County TPP to engage in a moderated ‘civil discourse’ on issues of current interest as their featured special program for September.  The event will be held on the…

  • Listen up you idiots, … (updated 23jul2011)

    George Rebane [For a translation of the following transcript that’s more suited for polite company, please see the article in the 20jul11 Union.] …, er, I mean all you good citizens and taxpayers of Nevada County.  Since the case is now settled, I’m gonna explain to you how this lawsuit went down, and I’m not…

  • County Dodges AtPac Bullet, but … (updated 20jul2011)

    George Rebane After many months of legal wrangling, internal investigations, external investigation, lawsuit, and God knows what else went on behind closed doors, it appears the AtPac lawsuit (background here) has been settled in favor of AtPac.  This was reported to the Board of Supervisors by County CEO Rick Haffey (here). The bottom line of the…

  • Large Scale Emergencies to Prepare for

    George Rebane [This is the submitted form of my July column in the 9jul11 Union.  Its online version is available here.] Have you thought about what you and your family will do in the face of a large scale emergency that directly impacts Nevada County?  Most people hereabouts think of the Forty-Niner Fire of 1988…

  • KVMR and Nevada Theater Partnership: 2 + 2 = 5

    George Rebane KVMR-FM and Nevada Theater have come up with a match made in heaven.  This is indeed good news that is a win-win for both organizations and another feather in our community's cultural cap.  (RR readers are aware that I do a bi-weekly radio commentary on this station.)  The press release below tells it…

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