by News Staff | May 24, 2010 | Past Posts
Imagine the scene at Starbucks in Bishop as coffee drinkers waited for a wake-up drink and saw a donkey at the drive-thru! You never know what you will see when Mule Days comes to town. Sioux Munyon and friend drove up to the drive thru in a cart pulled by Willie the...
by News Staff | May 24, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
Your Bureaucrat Beat report on Friday reported, “Law enforcement acencies in the Eastern Sierra have 24 hour patrol, but not the Mono County Sheriff’s Dept. Some citizens in Bridgeport are wondering, what about us. The finger points clearly at Sheriff...
by News Staff | May 22, 2010 | Past Posts
Police officers and town management interviewed four candidates for Mammoth’s Interim Police Chief earlier this week. Now, it’s time for background checks. Town Manager Rob Clark confirmed that he, Mike Grossblatt, Bishop Police Chief Kathleen Sheehan and...
by News Staff | May 22, 2010 | Bureaucrat Beat
We in the Bureaucrat Beat Newsroom do not pretend we understand the back story of international politics. Hey, we just know what we see, read and hear. What we wonder about is the private conversation that President Obama had with Mexican President Felipe Calderon...
by News Staff | May 21, 2010 | Past Posts
Staff with Yosemite National Park say they want public comments on visitor use on the popular Half Dome hike. This summer, Yosemite National Park officials are trying out a new system of day use permits for people who want to hike up to the top of the world famous...