Sue McGuire’s great-grandmother moved to Grass Valley from Virginia City, Nevada, back in 1886, according to her campaign website. Sue, her parents and her grandparents are all lifelong residents of Nevada County.
And to their credit, Sue’s grandparents had an organic farm on Banner Mountain and were awarded a State of California medal for agricultural excellence.
But as it turns out, an agent/contractor for Sue’s campaign shopped at Costco in Roseville for her big campaign fundraiser at the Stonehouse in Nevada City, according to campaign documents. Come on people! Think local!
Some $332 in food for the fundraiser came from “Costco Wholesale; 6750 Stanford Ranch Rd., Roseville” and is listed as a payment made by an “agent or independent contractor (on behalf of this committee),” according to the latest 460 campaign documents.
To be sure, Costco has some real bargains — the sign of a frugal politican. But a “Nevada County grown” political campaign should think twice about getting its food “off the hill” for a fundraiser. A link to Nevada County Grown is here.
Other payments made by the agent or independent contractor:
•$1,007 for political lawn signs to Cross & Oberlie of Neenah, Wi.
•$1190 in “amount/fair market value” to The Union newspaper for a full-page political ad. (Sierra Foothills Construction contributed the ad, according to the filing.).
•$490 to 200 Printing in Commerce, Ca., for postcards.
McGuire’s campaign showed expenditures of $17,478.98 for the calendar year and contributions of $15,004.10. It shows an ending cash balance of $2737 and outstanding debt of $3622.
Her campaign contributors this period included Robert Ingram, JoAnn Rebane (the spouse of blogger George Rebane), and Kimberly Janousek (of B&C Hardware), among others.
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She bought food from COSTCO?!?!
OMG! Heinous!
Nate Beason is selling out our entire neighborhood for the sake of a greedy developer, and he gets a pass?
Please, intrepid reporter, reset your priorities and dig a little deeper into the Litchfield , HEW scam.
It stinks to high Heaven, FCS.
Dear Judith,
Did you ever consider the consequences of moving into a neighborhood with an albatross of a building like the HEW building? Even when it was open, its days were numbered. You never know what an albatross like that might be turned into: At least not a COSTCO! After all, the land has value — unless of course somebody wants to put their “money where they mouth is” and tear it down (following all the rigid guidelines for asbestos removal) and turn it into a park. I’d welcome that too, but I can’t afford it. I’ll call George Soros. Or maybe I’ll call George Lucas and ask him if he wants to build a digital studio there.
And BTW, the first article you read about this project was here:
http://sierrafoothillsreport.com/2011/01/06/scoop-county-proposes-selling-hew-building-for-condos-—-for-less-than-a-100k-study-about-it/
Bless your heart Judith….
Back in 1996 when we moved here, the house prices were soaring, and the glee of the real estate agents was so thick you could cut it with a knife. We were directed to many “woodsy” properties ready for new custom homes to be built. We talked to architects. We looked at plans.
Thanks, but no thanks, was what we concluded.
We searched for 6 months, traveling back and forth from Humboldt County. We finally found what we were looking for in a troubled house in a prime neighborhood, that needed a lot of TLC. We have worked on this and other problem properties since we moved here, because we feel like we are on a team and we all need to do our part, large or small, to maintain that elusive hometown quality we can only describe as “Charm”.
So no, in 1996, when the HEW was up and running, I never dreamed that Nevada County was a spoiled little boy who doesn’t like to clean up his room, so he thinks it’s okay to dump his toxic mess in the laps of the citizenry and allow the development of a profiteering monster 200 unit project, in an historic neighborhood whose 19th century infrastructure is already taxed to the max. Eating our own now are we?
As yes, it will take a concerted effort by the neighborhood to make certain the HEW is developed appropriately. It won’t make anyone rich, but it will be the right and moral thing to do, not to mention smart and beautiful.
We have not yet heard Ms. McGuire’s position on this issue.
We just can’t believe that Nate isn’t riding with us on this one.
BTW, nobody makes a better Devil’s Food layer cake than COSTCO, beat that, and you’ll have my business.
Thanks for a more thoughtful post this time.
I’d like to know Sue McGuire’s position on the H.E.W. project as well. She seems to be supported by the Contractor’s Association and it’s members. I would hope that all the laws and regulations are adhered to in the cleanup and redevelopment of the site.
I have to admit…It’s positively entertaining. Here’s Sue’s take on this:
“I have used a local print shop on two occasions for large print jobs, which was quite expensive compared to going elsewhere. I had a local designer (Designs by Dwight) for all my campaign literature and photos and a local bulk mailing company (49er Direct Mailing), both of whom did an excellent job with fair competitive prices. My account is in a local bank. I had a local campaign mgr., for two months, but she had to stop because of medical issues and since then I’ve had no one but local volunteers.
I did everything according to the rules. I don’t have to shop local, though I would prefer it. I had a budget. We had to buy in bulk for up to an anticipated 200 people and there’s no bulk stores locally as far as I know. I actually paid for Costco out-of-pocket.
My volunteer campaign team members obtained quotes at numerous locations and the signs would have cost more than 3 times as much locally and in Roseville they were 3 times as much. Sorry, didn’t have the money to spend. I shopped within the budget I had. And I’m self-employed, so I don’t have a federal pension from the military plus being on the county’s payroll to spend on my campaign either.
As to The Union’s choice of ad space, I don’t know why they make the decisions they make. I did notice they put the interviews of those who paid for big ads right next to their ads on everything. I know on the voter ballots it was done by lottery and I’m at the bottom. Did the County Elections Department cheat me because Nate Beason stood up for that department in the AtPac fiasco?”
It’s always good to go to the source for the truth.
Thanks Bonnie, that was a great response from your daughter. Will she comment here on her own next time?
Is that what Sue McGuire really said or are you paraphrasing?
Sue said what I quoted. If anyone has any questions she prefers you go to her website. http://sueforsupervisor.com/
Thanks Bonnie. Tell Sue to come on over here and speak for herself. Since she is the underdog, that will be the best way for her to gain some ground, IMHO.
IF Sue wishes to be a public official she needs to make herself available to the public and not just when and where it’s convenient for her.
Jon…She is available. I don’t see any comments from Nate here, but you can reach him at his website too.
We already have Mr. Beason’s position on the HEW.
Ms. McGuire’s position remains unknown.
That leaves Al “Bullet Train” Bulf, who has some great ozone reducing ideas.
Let’s give the lad a go, shall we?
Good to know… Bonnie… you speak for Nate, too. FYI, Nate has been here previously. Unknown… just ask Bonnie…