by News Staff | Jan 19, 2011 | Past Posts
Last Friday and into Saturday morning the power went down for some 900 customers in Bishop. Edison spokesman Dan Brady said a raccoon got into the power lines off North Sierra Highway and caused a “circuit interruption.” Brady said that the power went down...
by News Staff | Jan 19, 2011 | Past Posts
Another source of revenue? Many cities have voted in taxes on medical marijuana. Some tax gross receipts or use other methods to gain a share for government revenue. In Mammoth Lakes, Mayor Skip Harvey has asked that the Town Council discuss taxation of medical...
by News Staff | Jan 18, 2011 | Past Posts
Officials of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe have called DWP’s hand on its pattern of purchasing large tracts of land that impact potential growth of local communities and can lead to environmental impacts. In a letter to the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power...
by News Staff | Jan 18, 2011 | Past Posts
Mammoth residents fear that the $30 million court judgment against the Town will undermine essential services. Town Manager Rob Clark says that’s not true. Clark said that he and other officials are “re-grouping” on the Hot Creek issue and looking...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2011 | Bureaucrat Beat
We find it odd that people have bothered to defend Sarah Palin’s U.S. map that sports gun cross hairs over congressional districts. But, hey, okay. It was her bad luck and timing that linked her political theater to the horror in Tucson, Arizona. Congresswoman...
