I’ve heard from a lot of you who ask if the Board of Supervisors will be on furlough next week along with the rest of the non-public safety Tuolumne County employees. Unfortunately, the press release about the furloughs did not mention the Board’s participation.

The answer is absolutely yes. The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors and each individual supervisor will be on unpaid furlough the week after Christmas to ease budget conditions.

Have a very Merry Christmas and we’ll see you next year!

Teri

Fortunately, District 3′s Greg Falken of webdancers (www.webdancers.com) has brought Teri’s List back and is creating a new and improved website, as well. Greg and webdancers are now hosting our website and blog and administering Teri’s List and they do a great job. Longtime Teri-team-member Lorraine Schultz of The Alexandra Group (lschultz) also helped with the design of the new website. Please talk to them about your Internet website hosting, graphic design and publishing, marketing, and related needs: their customer service is tops and both are local District 3 businesses!

On the new website, you’ll see:

• Teri’s Blog is now the main page of the new website. You can access past blog postings readily and the information pages (About Teri, Tuolumne County, News Clippings, Office Hours, etc.) are still conveniently accessible.
• Feedback is the place for you to share your concerns and opinions about county policies and decision-making and also where you can ask questions to which Teri will respond online. Do you have heart-burn over the proposed Law & Justice Center? Do you have an idea for improving a county service? This is the place to weigh in.

As the economic times get tougher, it is increasingly more important to stay in close contact. We hope you’ll take advantage of our combined efforts (county, Greg, Lorraine, Teri, etc.) to communicate more effectively on important issues and to hear back from you. It takes a team to get it done and folks have stepped up to help. Together we can! Thank you!