Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

Ed Scofield is considered our most conservative supervisor now that John Spencer is gone. Barry Pruett goes out of his way to embrace Ed while dissing the rest of the Rood Center. But The Union’s editor, with his persistent anti-government diatribes, makes even Ed look like a mushy moderate. In this editorial Ed does a [...]

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“Congressional leaders of both parties and President Obama said they have agreed to a framework for a fiscal deal that they will present to their caucuses Monday morning, moving Congress closer to taking up a measure that could pass both the House and Senate with bipartisan support and be signed by President Obama, averting a [...]

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“Fragging: To intentionally kill or wound (one’s superior officer, etc.), esp. with a hand grenade,” Kathleen Parker writes in the Washington Post. “Take names. Remember them. The behavior of certain Republicans who call themselves Tea Party conservatives makes them the most destructive posse of misguided ‘patriots’ we’ve seen in recent memory. “If the nation defaults [...]

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“Rep. Wally Herger’s spokesman said Thursday that the congressman supports House Speaker John Boehner’s latest plan to modestly raise the debt limit,” according to the Redding Record Searchlight. “Many conservatives denounce that plan as not going far enough, fast enough, and its passage through the Republican-controlled House was going down to the wire Thursday — [...]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-two Republicans broke with their party leadership on Friday and voted against legislation sponsored by House Speaker John Boehner to extend the nation’s debt limit in exchange for deep spending cuts. (The article is here). Below is a snapshot of the Republicans who voted against the bill because it did not go [...]

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The “powers that be” in small towns are struggling with change, often out of self interest. But the forward-looking groups are embracing it – and, lo and behold, it’s creating jobs. Imagine that! Here’s an example: Sierra Business Council is looking for a way to tap into our incredible online community throughout the Sierra Nevada. [...]

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UPDATE: I found the document that the FDIC sent to Citizens Bank. It is 2011-06-029. Why isn’t The Union reporting this? “A struggling Nevada City bank has been hit with a warning notice by federal regulators over its weakened financial state,” according to the Sacramento Bee. “Citizens Bank of Northern California was given a “prompt [...]

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“The California Citizens Redistricting Commission approved new district lines Friday, setting off what is expected to be more competitive Congressional races than the state has seen in decades,” according to Roll Call. “The final draft of the new Congressional map shuffles the delegation’s lineup by moving incumbents into new districts and, in at least three [...]

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Editor’s note: This, also from the Friday memo, is likely to stir debate. Proposed rezoning of the HEW parcels to 20 units per acre to accommodate a high-density housing project that was written about here previously. The background, including the Litchfield Construction proposal for the condos, is here. The Nevada County Facilities Management Department has [...]

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