Comments on: EDH groups invited to guide land-use decisions

By: francescaduchamp@att.net

francescaduchamp@att.net — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:29:29 +0000

“The front door opened in December when the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors combined the county planning, transportation and environmental departments into one large Community Development Agency, headed by Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Kim Kerr.” See now I know how she became a leader of so many depts. Not a bad thing–it just is.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:37:29 +0000

THANK YOU, Fran. You may pass “GO” and collect $200!!!

By: francescaduchamp@att.net

francescaduchamp@att.net — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:32:03 +0000

sorry forgot to write my answer was from an eight grade quiz

By: francescaduchamp@att.net

francescaduchamp@att.net — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:28:56 +0000

24. How many times is the word “democracy” mentioned in the Constitution?

24. The word “democracy” does not appear in the Constitution. Our nation is a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy. The Founders feared Democracy (unrestricted rule by majority) and favored a Republic (rule of law where the law limits the government). James Madison wrote: “…. Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:32:34 +0000

QUICK QUIZ: a) How many times does the word “democracy” appear in the United States Constitution? b) How many times does the word “democracy” appear in any/all of the Constitutions of the States in the United States?

By: Sue Taylor

Sue Taylor — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:37:12 +0000

Catherine you need to go back and study our history.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:24:35 +0000

I love the way the meaning of “volunteer” has been reformulated!!!

By: Susie O.

Susie O. — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:19:54 +0000

Jim Brunello and many on EDAC “volunteer” their time because they are developers or are tied to the developer community. They are NOT looking out for your best interest, but theirs. Brunello owns land in the Clarksville area and needs that Silva Valley interchange to build. Councils have already formed? I didn’t see anything about it in the newspaper. Where is the information about this??

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:28:36 +0000

I have to comment on this because it’s just so bizarre: “Our country is based on a Republic, rule of law, not a Democracy or Mob Rule”

When the founders emphasized the word Republic, they used it in contrast to Monarchy, not in contrast to democracy. To call democracy mob rule and press this artificial distinction with a republic is to misunderstand that historic struggle.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:52:30 +0000

Sue Taylor asks: “Will the people get to vote on whether or not a bond will be floated to pay for it or will it be like EID and the Supervisors will just vote to bond for speculation then dump the debt on the existing residents?” ********** Correct answers to the two-part question: (1)NO; (2)YES

By: Sue Taylor

Sue Taylor — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:06:35 +0000

Bill – The people I have met in El Dorado Hills are not crying about shutting the door. They are asking for growth to match the surrounding zoning and that also meets the traffic circulation requirements that the County currently has on the books. Suddenly everything is high density in which the public gets to pick what color the fascades will be on the buildings with no concern for circulation or cost of infrastructure. Also missing from the conversation is how will the County be paying for the Silva Valley Interchange needed to help Brunello build out Clarksville, especially since the TIM fees in zone 8 have already been spent. Will the people get to vote on whether or not a bond will be floated to pay for it or will it be like EID and the Supervisors will just vote to bond for speculation then dump the debt on the existing residents?

By: francescaduchamp@att.net

francescaduchamp@att.net — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:27:23 +0000

I wrote to three different people asking who paid the facilator–no response. Our supervisor lives 50 miles away. I dont think she cares about our community…could be wrong–these meetings are not supporting any other feelings as of yet. She supports a group –the hosting group. We are not Tahoe.

By: francescaduchamp@att.net

francescaduchamp@att.net — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:21:00 +0000

Bill… Community self awareness is the first step to community identity…again Bill–at our meeting most of the “placed” people didnt know our history at all. The hosting groups own mission statement : CEDAPP is an organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of Pollock Pines… Yet many from that group dont know our history. We are a logging town. At the timber line. We love people coming in to share in our celebrations. The mill was closed. Our logging day and wagon train activities were sent down the hill…and our place–was left to die. Come on Bill–people didnt even know that the building held both communities names on it. People who dont live here–were allowed to play. Yet people who live three mins away could not?

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:12:42 +0000

Bill: In your experience, (a) how are “visioning” workshops typically conducted; and (b) who appoints the facilitators?

By: Bill E.

Bill E. — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:01:39 +0000

Mr. Roberts hit the nail on the head with “History doesn’t bode well for such councils in El Dorado Hills”. EDH residents identify more with Folsom and Granite Bay as westward focused bedroom communities in that they want their own brand of suburbia conveniences and trappings as long as it is in someone else’s backyard. Collectively, many want to be the last person to move to their area and then shut the door. Many do not participate at the vision level because they are used to paying someone to do that type of menial work under their direct supervision. No growth types living in the highest growth area of the county. Community self awareness is the first step to community identity…

By: cj

cj — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:41:53 +0000

Mr. Smith is right. James Burnello is the worse person to head such a committee. He and his family have trashed my neighborhood with an ugly Industrial Park that was never finished. The county Board of Supervisors let them slide on a Certificate of Compliance issued in 1988 for all the road improvements to the project. No lot was to be sold until the infrastructure was completed. Guess what?
All lots were sold and no infrastructure, only a dirt road. All the industrial traffic feeds out on a country residential road that is repaired every 2-4 years at taxpayers expense.
EDAC has done well for Agriculture the rest of us will be overwhelmed by mixed-use development and apartments. Your APAC does a fairly good job monitoring the plans headed to EDH. But don’t drink the cool-aid low income housing is on it’s way. EDAC meets at 8 a.m. what a great time for the residents to participate. 300 people have showed up at one time or another out of about 180,000 residents not a very impressive number. It’s time the new Board of Supervisors listen to the residents and not EDAC, which swarms with special interests.

By: Sue Taylor

Sue Taylor — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:24:54 +0000

What are you getting out of this Mr. Ferry? I know what Mr. Brunello has to gain. All this activity by unelected special interest groups, under a centralized CZAR system, to decide our future should give the public great concern for the future of El Dorado County. Our country is based on a Republic, rule of law, not a Democracy or Mob Rule.

By: Steve Ferry

Steve Ferry — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:45:36 +0000

I notice that Mr. Smith wants to attack the folks who will not be serving on the “Better Together Community Council” Whoever leads the effort in EL Dorado Hills will have the chance to decide our future rather than leaving our future to “Random Chance” and the development community. We will have Ad hoc committees and try our best to be available to EDH residents.

I am sorry that Mr. Smith doesn’t know Mr. Brunello, or T. Abraham, Mary Anne Argyres or the rest of the committee members or the 300 local residents who have participated on the Reg Reform Sub committee, and given thousands of hours of their time for the benefit of their communities. I personally have spent 500 plus hours on this project and have been joined by the political Left, the Right, Agriculture Leaders, Wine Leaders, Ranchers, Fire folks, retired Intel folks and so many others.
Mr. Smith, you should join us some Friday morning at 8:00 at the TAC office at the county and then make up your mind.

By: James Smith

James Smith — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:15:08 +0000

Jim Brunello an expert on Planning and Land Use? Really? I thought Jim was a Bankruptcy Attorney and seasoned veteran of Parcel Map four-by-fours. His pushing support for the County’s reorganization into a one-stop CZAR system by an unqualified person under Grand Jury investigation in Amador County defies logic and shows that placing such broad power under one unqualified person is very dangerous for El Dorado County.

Kim Kerr is Unqualified and Inappropriate choice to head the County’s Building, Community Development and Transportation Departments. She lacks the proper qualifications, educational credentials and experience. She also has a record of creating major financial blunders in government agencies.

http://www.voiceinione.com/Documents/GrandJuryReports/2011-2012/2011-2012GJR-Response.pdf