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Campaign finances take center stage in election battles By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com As the political races for an Amador County Superior Court judgeship and a new state assembly member heat up in the weeks before the June 5 Primary Election, the Ledger Dispatch has compiled a list of campaign finance records submitted by the candidates [...]
Banner ordinance adopted during “times of economic decline” By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com Amador County supervisors have narrowly approved a new ordinance to regulate the display of advertising “banners” for businesses and non-profit organizations during “times of economic decline,” nearly six months after the issue was first brought before them, and after at least two [...]
By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com A plan to close City Hall to the public on Fridays for the foreseeable future and another to keep the school district-owned swimming pool open for the summer were just two of the items on the agenda at this week’s Ione City Council meeting April 17. A report penned by Interim [...]
By Matthew Hedger Despite recent prognostications that federal and state — and therefore county — economies are beginning to recover, Amador supervisors heard from their CAO this week that some county jobs and services may be on the line as general fund revenues and reserves continue to dwindle. The sobering news was delivered by Chief [...]
Via Press Release special to the ledger dispatch On Tuesday, March 27 in Oakland, the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors held a workshop on proposed changes to the district’s long-term water plan. EBMUD staff recommended the removal of the proposed Pardee Reservoir expansion from the agency’s Water Supply Management Program 2040, following [...]
Judge candidates have the only sign permits By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com Much like the perennial weeds that sprout after a rainfall, political signs have begun to dot the Amador County landscape in advance of the upcoming June 5 Presidential Primary Election — but not everyone seems to have received the memo about the legal rules [...]
Water Quality Control Board hears city’s plea By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com Former city manager Kim Kerr is being held largely to blame, by the City of Ione’s hired attorney, James Maynard, for a series of financial irregularities that plunged Ione into a morass of continuing problems. Maynard’s allegations came to light in a letter prepared [...]
By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com A state water agency has turned down Ione’s request for more time to formulate a plan to solve decade-old problems at the city’s wastewater treatment plant, although Interim City Manager Jeff Butzlaff said he remains optimistic that a potential $11 million fine for failing to meet a critical deadline won’t be [...]
By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com Amador County supervisors have adopted a permanent ordinance to allow the outdoor cultivation of medical marijuana — up to 12 plants per prescripted person, with no more than 24 plants allowed per parcel of land — just in time for the Spring 2012 growing season. The new rules supersede a temporary [...]
By Larry Cenotto special to the ledger dispatch In South Jackson, by Raley’s, is another of those concrete dams that were constructed in our quartz mining era — generally 1851 to 1942 — to allow a gold mine to operate. Others are the Argonaut dam, just off Sutter Street, extended behind Jackson Junior High School, [...]
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