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BOLO — Be On the Lookout — is usually something one associates with police agencies issuing a bulletin to watch out for a person who just committed a major crime. But at the IRS it means Be On the Lookout for Tea Party groups. Not just Tea Party groups, but “Patriots,” “9/12 Project,” groups concerned [...]
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Team of Active Retirees is putting on two community programs aimed at assisting citizens who will be away from their homes and on vacation this summer. The STARS team will provide training, literature and outlines in Neighborhood Watch so that communities can establish their own programs, wrote Sgt. Edward Falkenstein [...]
Taurus Moon Says… The moon in Taurus brings to mind Taurus native George Carlin, who once said, “If crime fighters fight crime, and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?” He has an excellent point. In a related story, maybe it’s time you align with what you want instead of fighting what you [...]
“He made me do it,” the voice of Richard Kenneth Petroski said over a speaker from taped audio on the first day of his murder trial on Tuesday. “He was pushing my buttons.” Petroski, known as Ricky, wiped tears away as he listened to the audio, taken at Marshall Hospital by El Dorado County Sheriff’s [...]
El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini announced the theme for the 2013 Community Meetings: “We Work For You.” The first scheduled meeting of the year will take place on March 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Oak Meadow School on Silva Valley Parkway in El Dorado Hills, a press release stated. Supervisor Ron Mikulaco [...]
EDITOR: Folks, whatever your political persuasion, we as citizens of this planet must come together and step out of our comfort zone to protest the big government control and manipulation that is going on. Democrats and Republicans are like the crips and the bloods. Their fight is never for the protection or well-being of citizens, [...]
I watched “The Dark Knight” recently, trying to get caught up on all of the plot lines of the first two Batman movies before going to see “The Dark Knight Rises,” and while watching I was hit kind of hard by a revelation. Actor Heath Ledger’s character, the Joker, used a tagline of “Why so [...]
EDITOR: Anyone watch C-SPAN lately? A one-hour televised program on “Reducing Gun Violence” just aired on Jan. 16 from 11 a.m. to noon. Janet Robinson, Newtown public school superintendent, just gave a speech in front of the “House Democrat Steering Committee” at the Rayburn office building. It was a solemn, tearful audience of legislators that heard Ms. Robinson [...]
EDITOR: I would like to tell you know why I love Shingle Springs. Our family moved to Shingle Springs from the Bay Area in 2005. At the time, our children were 7 and 9. We used to live on the outskirts of Fairfield, which is a city of more than 100,000 residents. I have experienced [...]
25 Years ago Jan. 20 1988 Fugitive’s home burglarized COOL — While homicide suspect Jesse James Felcman was hiding out in San Jose last weekend, a Cool resident allegedly burglarized his mobile home on Indian Rock Road. Felcman’s neighbors called sheriff’s officers about 6 p.m. Sunday after they reportedly saw someone walking around inside Felcman’s [...]
John Mansker had the perfect tool when recruiting people for the Ridgeview Village Neighborhood Watch program in El Dorado Hills — his Australian shepherd Lucy. He and his dog-loving neighbors regularly walk their pooches in Ridgeview Park. It’s where the Neighborhood Watch idea was born about two years ago, thanks to friend Ginna Geren, and [...]
Dec. 21 6:03 a.m. A 68-year-old male victim reported unknown suspects entered his unlocked shed in on Forebay Road in Pollock Pines and stole a brand new Honda generator worth approximately $2500. 6:55 a.m. Unknown suspect(s) entered a 61-year-old male victim’s open garage and stole golf clubs and other items on Crown Drive in El [...]
EDITOR: To me gun control consists of proper pre-purchase screening, proper training, a proper stance, proper grip, and holding a proper sight picture when confronted by a bad guy. No one in this great country will ever be able to effectively implement “gun control” by eliminating firearms. It is not going to be possible. In [...]
Journalists generally are somewhat on the shy side. Having a notebook and a pen gives us an excuse to talk to total strangers and ask them to tell their life’s story. I learned to take notes and quotes in Amador County when I was sent to downtown Jackson to accost people on the street and [...]
I came home one day in early August to get one of the single most-dreaded pieces of mail an American citizen can get: a jury summons. My first reaction was something along the lines of, “Please don’t let it be for the Cameron Park courthouse.” Being the Mountain Democrat’s crime and court reporter, my average [...]
25 Years ago Nov. 13, 1987 City Council approves new apartment complex By TIM WILLIS Opponents of a “high quality” apartment complex proposed for Big Cut Road failed to get enough Placerville City Council votes to prevent it. despite their charges that its density was too high. The council voted 3-2 to uphold the Planning Commission’s [...]
There are some very exciting reasons to be at the Folsom Lake College, El Dorado Center campus in October. The first reason is the 2012 Non-Partisan Election Forum on Tuesday evening, Oct. 9. This event is being hosted by political science students and the campus Student Activities Club, and has been designed to provide voters [...]
Sometimes, as the saying goes, the truth really is stranger than fiction. There may have been some wild plotlines on “Walker, Texas Ranger,” but there was nothing that compares to the scandal surrounding “Fast and Furious” — the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation that resulted in the loss of a distinguished Border [...]
A while ago I received an e-mail from Facebook announcing that my husband’s ex-wife would like to be my friend. After the shockwaves subsided, I had two thoughts: “Why?” and “What do I do now?” It felt weird to receive this request — almost creepy. For weeks my finger hovered over “Accept” or “Decline.” Every [...]
What: National Night Out in Greenwood Who: Greenwood Civic Organization, The Greenwood Divide and Drug Free Divide Where: Greenwood Schoolhouse, located Greenwood Road, between Greenwood Road and Highway 193 When: Tuesday, Aug. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. Cost: Admission is free Information: Call Gail McGonigle at 530-885-6790 or e-mail gmcgonigle1@yahoo.com A National Night Out is [...]