Measure J is Fair Finance
BY ROGER J. RINTALA
This is our opportunity to build and live with two facilities that will benefit every segment of our community — a performing arts center and an aquatics center. Our community has...
Vote No on Measure J: Setting the Record Straight
BY PATTY LAMONTO
The proponents of Measure J urge the taxpayers to vote on a bond measure based upon good faith and economic timing. Board member Kevin Murphy and some proponents have said that the...
Measure J: No More Tax Burdens for Truckee
LYNNE LARSON | Truckee
Citizen, thespian, athlete
After much discussion and after spending an obscene amount of our tax dollars (nearly $400,000) for studies, renderings, designs, more designs, surveys, and more surveys, the Truckee Donner Recreation...
Are You Going Where You Want To Be Going?
BY JONATHAN LAINE
Friday the 13th of July I was riding with a good friend. We were doing the “bread and butter” Truckee ride over Donner Summit to Cisco and back. Fantastic day, and both...
State’s Attempt to Close Parks Was a Disservice to the Public
Editor’s Note: In recent news, private donors and nonprofits have stepped up to stop the closure of nearly all 70 state parks that were expected to be shuttered. An additional $10 million in state...
What Money Can’t Buy
BY ANN NICHOLS
We need to have a fundamental debate about the role of the market and the environment at Lake Tahoe. I’ve been reading about “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets”...
Tahoe’s in Trouble
BY ROGER PATCHING
There’s a serious problem at Lake Tahoe. It is so serious that it has prompted all eight of Tahoe’s leading environmental nonprofit organizations to jointly write a “sign-on” letter of warning (the...