Category: Priorities
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Supporting firefighters
The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors recently decided to use TOT funds to pay for fire dispatch services previously paid from the general fund – effectively cutting $367,000 from firefighter’s budgets very late in the budgeting process. Such a decision needed to be made months earlier – and with proper notice to the firefighter’s impacted.…
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Animal shelter moves forward
At the June 9 meeting, our Calaveras County Board of Supervisors approved the financing for the new Animal Shelter by a unanimous 5-0 vote. With this decision, the decades-old fight to humanely treat the animals in our County has passed a major milestone. All the supporters of this cause should be gratified and proud. I…
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With all due respect Clyde…
Your top three issues need more than your solutions. Here’s why… Clapp’s #1 issueStopping water rate hikes…watchdog the water district (watching isn’t action), demand full transparency (CCWD is transparently increasing rates), chase federal grants through Congressman Tom McClintock (federal grants for CCWD? from this federal government?), and fight every unnecessary hike (CCWD says hikes are…
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Candidate forum May 7 Valley Springs Vet’s Hall
The Candidate forum held May 7 from 6 – 7 pm at the Vet’s Hall in Valley Springs underscored why it is important that we win this election. Sharing the stage with Clyde Clapp and Ben Stopper, I focused on our main issues of fiscal responsibility and ongoing constituent contact. Clapp mentioned his concern for…
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Let’s get together – weekly office hours
Too often, we are surprised by governmental action: a new commercial development breaks ground, a stop light is installed, road repairs are delayed. We as citizens need to know what is being done with our tax dollars, so we can have meaningful input to those decisions. The current supervisor is difficult to contact and when…