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DAVE MACHADO sits in the El Dorado County Courthouse in May. He has been charged with felony perjury, conspiracy to commit a crime, obstructing an officer, destroying evidence and filing false documents and two misdemeanor charges of conflict of interest and providing a substandard dwelling unit.. He submitted his letter of resignation to the city of Placerville on June 19. Democrat file photo by Shelly Thorene
Placerville City Councilman Dave Machado’s term of office has ended sooner than expected. On Tuesday, June 19, City Manager Cleve Morris received a letter of resignation from Machado. Machado’s term of office terminates at the end of this year, but the resignation is effective immediately.
In August, 2011, the former mayor was arrested for his actions regarding rental property owned on Broadway in Placerville. The property in question was partially burned in a structure fire in February in which the tenants narrowly escaped injury. The Placerville City Council voted to terminate his mayorship in August after his arrest and requested him to take a leave of absence from the council until his legal issues could be resolved, but Machado continued to serve as a city councilman until his resignation.
In October, Machado was indicted by the Grand Jury on five felony charges and two misdemeanors. His trial for perjury, conspiracy to commit a crime, obstructing an officer, destroying evidence and filing false documents begins on July 10, ironically a Placerville City Council meeting date.
According to a statement released by Morris, Machado gave his reasons for the resignation as being the challenges with conducting his business as a real estate investor/developer while fulfilling his duties as a councilmember. The letter of resignation specifically cited the remodel of Machado’s properties at 435, 437 and 439 Main Street as his latest project adding to the challenge.
The City Council will discuss the vacancy at its council meeting on July 10 and report on options for the vacant position.
“We express our appreciation to Mr. Machado for his contributions to the city and wish him well in the future,” stated the press release from the city. ” We look forward to putting the issues related to Mr. Machado’s legal problems behind us and continuing our work to make Placerville a great place to live.”
Machado has been a Placerville City Councilmember since his election in 2008 and is a member of the Placerville Downtown Association. He has served on a number of committees and projects for the city and was a member of the El Dorado County Planning Commission.
Morris declined to make further comment about the resignation and Machado was not available for comment.
Contact Wendy Schultz at 530 344-5069 or wschultz@mtdemocrat.net. Follow @wschultzMtDemo on Twitter.
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Get RealJune 20, 2012 - 6:57 pm
IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
davewatchJune 20, 2012 - 7:30 pm
Out of our city government, now let's get him out of our city. He does nothing because it's the right thing to do - only because it benefits him, usually at somebody else's expense, usually the local taxpayers.
Joe MommaJune 20, 2012 - 10:59 pm
Ha Ha GOOD RIDDANCE!
33/3rdJune 21, 2012 - 1:07 am
I hope the rest of the knuckle headed idiots who have been pulling off this crap, and ruining our historic town, are paying attention! Goes to show what arrogance, and money does to the decisions of these small time, and I mean small time ego maniacs who have been running our town! They think they are above the law. He needs to sit in jail for a long time and think about his actions. This town should be renamed "Hangtown" Get my drift?
real citizenJune 21, 2012 - 4:33 am
As you can see by the glowing thank you letter from the city to this crook the only thing our city leaders have learned from this is not to get caught next time. We appreciate all that he has done? Like make our city look like a bunch of soft touch backwoods idiots? We wish him well in the future ? We wish him a long stay in a cell. When you have real estate developers,insurance agents and landlords running your town dont expect things to ever be on the up and up.Wake up Placerville one wolf might have been put down but the pack is still running things.
AmenJune 21, 2012 - 6:19 am
No kidding,he has just been put behind the scenes for his ability to get those deals and don't think for a moment that he is done. He got caught because he and others thought no one was watching, maybe he will plea out and get a slap on the head, we can only hope that by a public presence at the town meetings we will send a message. The others involved with him and his tactics will fall as well, sooner than later and we may restore honesty.
1036-FrankJune 21, 2012 - 8:06 am
Note to Grand Jury and DA: This is an example of laws being enforced and someone held to account. Take the blinders off and stop the poltical considerations and get to work and clean sweep the city and county of these people. It is well past time for a group of citizens to act as a Grand Jury against local Govt. employees and elected public office malfeasance, law breaking, Good ol' Boy retirement/promotion rigging and illegal profiteers.
RebelJune 21, 2012 - 8:14 am
We can only hope that they're watching and listening for then we will have respect for who we elect, rid our government of all the graft and corruption and restore our faith.
Deborah BuchtelJune 22, 2012 - 4:44 pm
Why the HECK did the city write him a letter thanking him for his service to the city? Are you kidding me????? This guy is a crook...plain and simple! Wake up Placerville! Hangtown....too bad we cannot hang him up for all the taxpayers to see true justice! The person we really have to thank is the city attorney that had the guts and glory and old fashion American spirit to hang him up and show his true colors! Thank you! You deserve a raise!
R.J. "Cowboy" CarterJune 22, 2012 - 5:00 pm
I heard today he plead guilty on the 5 felony charges and got off with no jail time, just a $5000 fine and some community service????
BINGOJune 22, 2012 - 6:16 pm
Mr. Carter: "Bingo!"
Vote Them OutJune 22, 2012 - 8:10 pm
The deal Machado got was even worse than you describe. After the period of probation is over, the felony charge can be lifted and this crook will have a clean record. It is time to vote for a new DA,one who will not hand such gifts to politicians like this. Or how about a recall?