EDIOTR: There are many candidates running for Supervisor District 3. None of them comes close to having the wide range of experience that Sue Taylor has. I met Sue Taylor two years ago. Her energy is amazing. I have not figured out when she sleeps. Some days she starts with the taxpayers meeting at 7 [...]
Judge Nelson Brooks sent the Friends of Historical Hangtown a Valentine when he issued a writ of mandate to stop the Clay Street/Cedar Ravine Realignment and Clay Street at Hangtown Creek Replacement Project. Approvals for the city of Placerville project, often referred to as the “Roundabout Project” because of a proposed roundabout at the four-legged [...]
EDITOR: I support and urge everyone in District 3 to elect Sue Taylor supervisor. We have a choice come this June to elect a supervisor to represent District 3 who has the knowledge and fortitude to stand against the special interests, governmental regulations and out-of-town developers. Sue is someone you can trust, will work for [...]
EDITOR: This past Saturday my wife and I were shopping on Main Street, and we were pleased to see the number of people who were also bringing their business to downtown. We were stunned to see the parking control officer with his computer working at 4:55 p.m.. Are you kidding? Parking tickets at 5 o’clock [...]
The hotly contested roundabout proposed for the intersection of Upper Main Street, Cedar Ravine and a realigned Clay Street was a topic of discussion during all of 2011 and the resolution is still pending. The four-legged roundabout was adopted as part of the Placerville Streetscape Design Development Plan in 2006 and is the chosen alternative [...]
Tuesday night saw the Placerville City Council closing out a year that included a lawsuit over the roundabout, a referendum that shut down redevelopment, the removal of a mayor indicted by the Grand Jury and Neighborhood Chats. Tuesday’s meeting was a “goodwill to all, peace on earth” type of City Council meeting as 22 city [...]
What do you like about Placerville? What don’t you like about it? Those were two of the six questions designed to spark discussion at two community gatherings sponsored by the city of Placerville. At Tuesday’s gathering at Town Hall in Placerville, about 50 people showed up to talk with City Council members and city staff [...]
