by News Staff | May 16, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Talk about bad choices. News reports say that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger now toys with the idea of giving voters a choice between borrowing against the state lottery and paying more sales tax to make up the $17.2 billion budget shortfall. Double ouch!! Can you...
by News Staff | May 13, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
We hear the same citizen complaints from Lee Vining to Mammoth to Bishop and Lone Pine. Officials speak in their own language which excludes the public. Whether its computer modeling that dominates the discussion or some arcane process that only the bureaucracy gets....
by News Staff | May 9, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
One gets the feeling that in Mammoth Lakes they’re turning on one another. Right after the Hot Creek lawsuit guilty verdict and the $30 million damages award against Mammoth, officials said it was the Judge’s fault. Now, the Mayor and another councilman...
by News Staff | May 6, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
We are reminded today of the famous quote from Shakespeare: “First, kill all the lawyers.” He spoke of the best way to approach just about any situation. The killing was, of course, metaphorical. Inyo County’s judge race could benefit from...
by News Staff | May 2, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Media goof-ups can create a whole new hilarity. Take the Weather Channel’s recent gaffe. During high winds they reported on some areas of the Sierra and in particular, the graphics pointed to 58 mph winds over Indecency, CA. They meant Independence. We kind of...
by News Staff | Apr 29, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Wow. How did the Town of Mammoth Lakes find itself in such a pinch? 12 local jurors found the Town guilty of breach of contract with Hot Creek Development. Things got so confusing that hand writing experts had to decipher notations on a copy of the development...
