Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

Here’s a small-town scooplet: A new inn called the Broad Street Inn is resurfacing at the top of Broad Street and Bennett where the Bella Rosa Inn used to be.

The signs are up out front (permanent ones are coming later) and new furniture is being put in place. The Inn is expected to open next weekend — in time for the Fourth of July weekend.

The Broad Street Inn has a cool sun room upstairs and a backyard garden. It is a great location for walking around town.

The city could use some more lodging, so it’s good to see a new inn. Bella Rosa had closed. The Victorian architecture, 6-bedroom inn at 517 Broad Street had also been a home.

Nevada City is getting ready to host its Fourth of July parade next weekend. On Monday, a street sweeper was making the rounds. The hanging baskets of fresh flowers look beautiful.

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Robert Byrd, the 92-year-old West Virginia Democrat who served in the U.S. Senate for 51 years, died Monday.

A family spokesman said Mr. Byrd died peacefully at about 3 a.m. at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va. At first Mr. Byrd was believed to be suffering from heat exhaustion and severe dehydration, but other medical conditions developed. He had been in failing health for several years.

The Wall Street Journal article is here.

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From the San Antonio Express-News:

“Gov. Rick Perry’s close friend and former chief of staff tried to help Green Party candidates get on the general election ballot this fall as part of a larger effort by outside groups that state District Judge John Dietz declared ‘an unauthorized, illegal contribution’ Thursday.

“The judge granted the Democratic Party a temporary restraining order to block Green Party candidates from being certified for the November ballot.

“Democrats contended that a petition drive to put Green candidates on the ballot was actually an effort to help Perry, a Republican, by diverting votes from his Democratic challenger Bill White.

“The Green Party, represented by former Republican state Supreme Court Justice Stephen Smith, plans to appeal to the high court on Monday.”

The article is here.

More background — “Green Party petition drive means GOP is desperate” — is here.

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