Where land use and government authority collide, especially if its an infill development that shakes up an existing neighborhood, sparks fly. It's hard to fight city hall on your own, but Diane Gunning is giving it a try.
There is an onslaught of repugnant behavior these days and it is critically threatening the meaning of democracy and community. It is saying "throw out your moral compass.' It is time for an internal reflection of what having a moral compass truly means.
The city's neglect of our water and wastewater systems is resulting in exponentially increasing rate fees. The study doesn't explicitly quantify emergency repair costs, which may be what is precipitating even higher fees. Rates have risen each year but they are about to go supersonic.
There’s still something left to be said about Alex Pretti. Saying it says what we already know, but we need to say it, because words -- misdirected, rhetorical, dishonest, sugar-coated, hiding threats, pretending to be other than what they say – are part of the problem today.
Truth or Consequences City Manager Gary Whitehead has been doing a stellar job. If city commissioners gave him a "satisfactory" on his yearly evaluation, it shows how little they know about government.
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Swiss firm, AP and Nevada lawyers threatened to sue the Sierra County Citizen over its use of a photo plucked from governor's website. Now that we're settling, we can explain and ask for donations again.
"Laws for me but not thee," someone pointed out at the last public hearing on the animal control ordinance. A final public hearing will be held in about a month.
Sometimes the city commission meeting is like watching commissioners fiddle while Rome burns.
In this detailed analysis of a sample of our President’s writing, we can see the thought process that determines national and international policies on our behalf. The transparency is to be applauded.
The resolution to Texas’s suit against New Mexico for failure to deliver Elephant Butte water will depend on New Mexico curtailing its overuse. What we, as a whole, agree to do is laid out in non-technical language in a linked article.
Sharing and coordinating resources between the two flood control districts bodes well for Sierra Countians, especially since tax money won't sufficiently cover permanent-solutions projects. Economies in operations and grant writing will be necessary.