Comments on: Super duper development agency OK’d

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:59:41 +0000

It’s not the dam or progress that upsets me Veerkamp, but the crooks trying to get the taxpayers to pay the bill for the water their projects need without paying their fair share, and the elected officials who seem more than willing to help for a campaign donation. There’s a big difference of the value of property with water as opposed to property without water. Talking about crooks a water, I’ll certainly miss Sweeney when he leaves. He will be long remembered for his failure as the county negotiator for the SOFAR, Texas Hill and other water rights projects. How many million did those boondoggles cost the tax payers of El Dorado County, 20-30 million twenty years ago? And the current EID boss, wasn’t Jim involved with Kim Kerr in the Amador County Grand Jury investigation, seems he left shortly after and was hired by EID. And my all-time favorite, John Doolittle and the Auburn dam, seems to me the RFPs were cancelled when it was determined that organized crime had infiltrated the process, and wasn’t it one of the issues brought up during prosecution of Doolittle’s aid before he was sentenced to a little jail time? No, its not progress ……

By: Phil Veerkamp

Phil Veerkamp — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 05:28:01 +0000

Richard, can I simplify your Auburn dam comment thusly? California's future will need more water. Growth HAS to be part of the future. Sorry . . .

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:50:52 +0000

No, not oil Colonel, Auburn Dam. The underwriters of Ray Nutting, McClintock and others need the water to develop 10,000 acres south of US Hywy #50 in Folsom and El Dorado County.

By: James E.

James E. — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:32:04 +0000

Sounds like McClintock might be pro oil (cough, cough). People who are pro oil come out only at night — they hate the sun and its capabilities.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:08:28 +0000

McClintock disses solar power
Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, had harsh words for the solar industry in comments to the county chamber on June 14. “Solar power is not new, not promising and certainly not cheap,” he said. The costs of a heavily subsidized solar industry are buried in taxes, and are an example of free-market meddling that drives outspoken conservative crazy. “Solar power has been sold to us as a great thing; it just needed to be subsidized a little bit… protect it, pour some money into research and development … this new promising technology will lead us into a Valhalla of clean, cheap electricity,” he continued. “That’s s a lie.”

By: resident

resident — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:21:49 +0000

Bill E, what the county’s whiz bang technology will never reveal is the behind-closed-doors pre&post-meeting deal-making.

By: Bill E.

Bill E. — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:15:32 +0000

The county’s wiz bang technology allowing the viewing of the BoS proceedings without being present is a wonderful thing. There are really no excuses for not knowing what is going on if any citizen is willing to make the commitment. Now, the reorganization is really an application of a business model within a government framework. The top management is focused on process and the technical level is the delivery system. Typically in the business world this type of reorganization should have a net SAVINGS aka REDUCTION in the NUMBER of employees even if there is the creation of a couple new positions. I even challenge the need moving forward for the an Asst. CAO role within this new organization. The overall idea is fundamentally sound, but success or failure comes down to execution and whether career bureaucrats can implement a proven business organizational model. My 3 minutes are up….

By: Phil Veerkamp

Phil Veerkamp — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:10:00 +0000

What a shame. I remember when that property was growing stock for the Folsom rodeo. Damn!

By: Phil Veerkamp

Phil Veerkamp — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:03:05 +0000

Sue Taylor more on bloo solar - LINK - El Dorado Hills solar cell company gets $3M more in financing

By: Eldorado

Eldorado — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:48:27 +0000

How many times will the county do this same consolidation? This is the third and every time it has cost the taxpayers millions of dollars and not worked.
And now we are going to have to raise other salaries to keep up with the overpaid positions being created.
How about if we start over again with a clean slate. Fire or recall them all….

By: Sue Taylor

Sue Taylor — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:08:45 +0000

I missed Bill E. at the meeting so I’m not sure what he is talking about. This is nothing more than keeping a foot in the door for the 2 departing Supervisors. There is really not a problem that this action is going to fix except maybe if you are from the favored entourage of the Board, (that pushed our current 2004 General Plan on us in the first place, then realized it wasn’t working for them), this just might be the ticket for you.

From Village Life, “The El Dorado County Chief Administrative Office provided information on the permit process, fees and contacts for permits and facilitated the process with county departments and outside agencies. Bloo Solar submitted a building permit application that the county reviewed on a priority basis. The building permit for tenant improvements was issued within five working days. The building permit fees were waived.”

By the way, where are the Taxpayers? The funding for this will be coming out of our General Fund. Couldn’t the library use that money?

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:03:23 +0000

Big salaries; Deferred maintenance and with $50 Million in crumbling infrastructure, how can the county afford these big salaries? And Nutting, who does he think he’s fooling, can’t wait for that idiot to run for state senate.

By: James Smith

James Smith — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:44:37 +0000

Here’s who your Board of Supes thinks is qualified to lead the agency:

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

By: Bill E.

Bill E. — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:05:42 +0000

The summary of comments from the public is that status quo is unacceptable, but neither is change. Huh? This type of reorganization should have a net savings in the number of employees even if there is the creation of a couple new positions. In fact, a more significant question is where there is a need for an Asst. CAO role within this new organization. Success or failure all comes down to execution and whether career bureaucrats can implement a proven business organizational model.

By: resident

resident — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:22:24 +0000

Kim Kerr to lead this new super duper agency! In September Chris Daley wrote of the Amador County Grand Jury Report: “Kerr is characterized as having ‘misled’ the [Ione] City Council on issues related to the wastewater consultants, and the council is blamed for not adequately questioning her data, thereby approving work and expenditures that were not properly described nor vetted, according to the report. The jury addresses the issue and concludes that Kerr’s and the City Council’s general plan was “unrealistic” given the city’s ‘financial infrastructure’ and the treatment plant was therefore unnecessary, according to the report.” Of the GJ Report Supervisor said: “I haven’t read that report. I’ve heard about it, and I don’t intend to read it.” Who is calling the shots in this county? Why is Kim Kerr, disgraced refugee from the City of Ione, now a rising star? Why indeed did the decision have to be rushed through prior to the January seating of two new board members? And one more: What is Sweeney’s next career move?