Tag Archives: Tuolumne County

3 options for strategic plan input in D-3 this wk

District 3 residents can give the Board of Supervisors input 3 different ways this week. Input will be used to help draft the Board’s first ever 5 year strategic plan. Interested residents can:

Attend a Board meeting in Twain Harte, Tues., Feb. 9, at 6:30 pm at the Twain Harte-Long Barn Union School District Office (Telele Lodge – auditorium), 18995 [...]

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Tell the Board: shape County’s 5-yr strategic plan

It’s been said that a failure to plan is a plan for failure. Our children are counting on us. It’s critical that we not only tighten our belts wisely in this economic climate, but that we look ahead and position ourselves to bounce back quickly when things get better. The Board of Supervisors would like your help to do [...]

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2009 Report from the Chair

In short, it was the worst of years, the best of years, and the quickest of years. Being Board Chair is not a bad job. I learned a lot about many things, including myself.
Being Chair does come with challenges though, chief among them: managing distinct and opposing interests like district residents, out of district residents, [...]

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Contingency planning with community critical

I recently received an angry email from someone very concerned about the budget cuts the county is considering in response to the depressed economy and cuts coming from the state. She feels county services like recreation are critical to preventing future law enforcement problems and she asked the county to involve communities in coming up [...]

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Speaker’s Garage: more to the story

In a recent Guest Editorial in the Union Democrat entitled “Historic buildings deserve protection,” a local activist claimed that four of five county supervisors ignored the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in order to allow Tuolumne’s Speaker’s Garage to be demolished.
Not so, according to legal research conducted by Tuolumne County’s Deputy County Counsel Carlyn Drivdahl.

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