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 [...]
Kristian Thomas Aahl, Chelsea Nicole Abelia, Carly Jean Abney, Ethan David Ackerman, Ryan Cass Adair, Alexander George Adams, Haley Robin Adams, Samia Anne Alaywan, Hailey Alexis Albert, Kathryn Danielle Allen, Amy Alvarez, Brigette Elizabeth Amidon, Maya Chunping Andrus, Roman Merrill Andrus, Dominac Vincent Angelucci, Madison Katlyn Arenchild, Alyssa St. Claire Armstrong, Holli Alexandria Arrieta, Khadija Baharah [...]
El Dorado County’s Board of Supervisors Tuesday put off indefinitely further discussion of the controversial Agenda 21. Board Chairman John Knight had agendized a proposed board resolution to “endorse rejection of its radical policies and rejections of any grant monies attached to it.” Knight, however, exercising the chair’s prerogative, pulled the item from the agenda [...]
EDITOR: I wish that the Mountain Democrat would stop printing letters containing lies and fabrications. In the May 9 issue, your paper ran a letter, “Why I support Taylor,” that stated: “Mr. Veerkamp (candidate for County Supervisor, District 3) supports the controversial $150 habitable structure Fire Protection Fee …” This, and much that followed, is purely [...]
Sept. 19, 1936 — May 7, 2012 William F. Fowlkes, age 75, died May 7, 2012, at a local nursing home after a short illness after sustaining several injuries in a fall at home on Dec. 4, 2011. He is survived by his wife of 49-and-a-half years, Sandra; four children, Douglas (wife Cindy) from Chesapeake, Va., [...]
EDITOR: I attended both of the Candidates’ Forums for El Dorado County Supervisor District 3 recently sponsored by the League of Women Voters. The audiences were largely made up of supporters of each candidate. I heard three things from two of the candidates at the last debate which trouble me a great deal. First, Mr. Veerkamp [...]
El Dorado County Supervisors Tuesday accepted a “forecast” of future traffic circulation in the Diamond Springs-El Dorado area based on known development proposals and on projects that may reasonably be anticipated. Steve Kooyman, engineer and assistant director of the county’s department of transportation introduced the item to the board with the conclusion that “current (traffic) [...]
