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Linda
Elverta News articles
prior to December 31, 2004
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2004
December 30 Natomas
floodplain concern: mitigation required (Hayer)
December 23
Water Board debates News reporting (O'Brien)
December 23 Luxury
Apartments on Dry Creek Road? (O'Brien)
December 23 Sex
Offenders database on line (O'Brien)
December 16
Water District "Reform Board" sets agenda (O'Brien)
December
9
NorthCAST Service Area Manager named - Mark Manoff
December
9 Water District seats new Board Members (O'Brien)
December
9 Dry Creek trestle removed - Erwin Hayer (O'Brien)
November 25 Chamber holds
Town Hall Meeting - Issues prioritized (O'Brien)
Novenber 11 Letter to the
News
November 4 Election
advertising shenanigans? (O'Brien)
November 4 Senior Citizen
neighbor next door to you? (Zack)
November 4 Our Elementary
Schools look to the future (Porter)
October
21
Water Board moves meetings to the Depot/Visitors Center (O'Brien)
October
21
Stop Signs Installed per Board Policy? - more speed limit signs
"unrealistic" (O'Brien)
October
14 Flight pattern complaints noted: Helicopter and fixed wing
aircraft flight patterns (Hayer)
October 7
County Apologizes for stop signs at Shady Woods and 2nd
Sts.
(O'Brien)
September 30 County Focus
Group Meeting: Community Council to be formed? (O'Brien)
September 23 Correction:
Water District
Board action (O'Brien)
September 9 Water District
Board votes to reinstate their service pay as Directors (O'Brien)
September 2 Editorial: Sheriff's
activities, town hall meeting
August 19
Cell tower to grow? (O'Brien)
August 19
Take back our streets, parks & bike trail (Norma-Lee)
August
5 Crystal Meth - Everyone should read this
(Tim Fisher)
July
29 City puts off land grab (O'Brien)
July
22 City backs down on land grab (O'Brien)
July
22 RB and Rita Snelson
(Norma-Lee)
July
15 City Land Grab continues (O'Brien)
July
15 Dry Creek weed removal set
to begin this summer (Klasson)
July
15 Hayer Dam Update (Klasson)
July
8 Motorized scooters; a
review of the governing laws
(O'Brien)
July
8 Shopping Center work
underway (O'Brien)
July
1 Off-road vehicles
raise ire (O'Brien)
July
1 Shopping Center
Breaks Ground (O'Brien)
July
1 Hayer Dam project
awarded (O'Brien)
July
1 Depot/Visitor Center
June
24 Sacramento Northern Depot / Visitor Center
Officially open
June
24 McClellan land & property transfer
June
24 Water District adopts budget
(O'Brien)
June
24 Antonelli Anniversary bash
June
17 Hayer Dam accord? SAFCA and Ski Lakes reach agreement
(O'Brien)
June
17 Sacramento Northern Depot / Visitor Center Ribbon
Cutting June 18
June
17 CPAC denies Bait Shop expansion as proposed (O'Brien)
June
10 Supervisors delay Hayer Dam decision (O'Brien
June 10
County Community Center to open in September (O'Brien)
June 10
Capital projects headline Water District budget (O'Brien)
June 10
Señor Presidente Municipal, Hector J. Garcia (Norma-Lee)
June 3
County Community Service Center to locate at "Town
Center" in North Highlands (O'Brien)
May
27 Hayer Dam linked to SAFCA
mitigation retribution (Quackenbush)
May
27 Water District budget discussed
(O'Brien)
May
27 Editorial: RLECWD pizza
May
20 Bait Shop expansion being debated
(O'Brien)
May
20 West Nile virus in Rio Linda?
(O'Brien)
May
20 Safely above the flood waters
(O'Brien)
May
20 Hayer Dam Project final design
(Klasson)
May
13 Hayer Dam diversion project delayed (O'Brien)
May
13 Frank Porter named "Superintendent of
The Year"
May
13 The Hayer Dam and SAFCA (Hayer)
May
6 County Staff reductions due to new
cities (O'Brien)
May 6
Verizon Cellular Customer? Spyware and billing
issues (O'Brien)
May 6
Hayer Dam Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting May 10th
(Klasson)
May 6
County Neighborhood Cleanup to change? (O'Brien)
April
29 Chamber meeting unveils County drainage
plans
(Byrne)
April
29 County doesn't
know a rooster is a
"chicken" (Byrne)
April
22
Elverta Specific Plan proposed parks (O'Brien)
April
22
County kicks off Neighborhood Services (O'Brien)
April
15
Hayer Dam Renovation (Klasson)
April
15
LAFCO Muddies County CSA 11 tax scheme (O'Brien)
April
1
Hayer Dam Renovation
Design nears completion (Klasson)
April 1
Water District cleared; KCRA-3 airs clarification (O'Brien)
March 25 County
backs off on taxing scheme (CSA 11) (O'Brien)
March 18 Water
District asks KCRA-TV for retraction (O'Brien)
March 11
Verizon Spyware on your computer? (O'Brien)
March 11 CSA
11 & Park District - Funding affected? (O'Brien)
March 11
Letters re: "KCRA-TV Channel 3 hatchets Water District
March
4 KCRA-TV Channel 3 hatchets
Water District (O'Brien)
March 4
Watching the
County (Sacramento County Taxpayers League)
March 4
Ready for
Broadband Internet? (O'Brien)
February 12 County Service Area
confusion - What is it? Who Knows? (O'Brien)
February 12 Saving
Gibson Ranch (letter from Keith Weber)
February 12 Water District
Soap Opera part 2 (O'Brien)
February 12
Hayer Dam & Debris Levee
Project News (Klasson)
February 5 County
Supervisors pass new taxing method on 4-1 vote (CSA 11) (O'Brien)
February 5 Letter
from Faye Wilder re water district; response
January 29 Elverta
Specific Plan Development Map accepted (Sassaman)
January 29 Board
of Supervisors contemplate new tax - CSA 11 (Byrne)
January 29
Frequently asked questions: County's Community
Governance Proposal (part 2)
January 29 Hayer Dam and Levee citizen meeting set
(Klasson)
January 29
Illegal
Dumping - You Can Help Stop It (Norma-Lee)
January 29 Letters
to The NEWS: Water District Soap Opera, Illegal Dumping
January 22 CPAC: County
Governance Proposal, McClellan Good Neighbor (O'Brien)
January 22 Water
District Soap Opera; Harris targets employees and retirees (O'Brien)
January 22
Hayer Dam
and Levee citizen meeting set
(Klasson)
January 15 Frequently
asked questions: County's Community Governance Proposal (Part 1)
January 8 County
seeking way to give unincorporated communities more local control
2003
December 18 Water rate increase approved
(O'Brien)
December 18 Hayer Dam Proposal
Update (Klasson)
December 18 Response to Edie Rand re
Water District (O'Brien)
December 18 Diary of an Honorary
Mayor (Norma-Lee)
December 11 Specific Plan Compromise
unveiled (Sassaman)
December 11 Water District to endure audit,
cost to be borne by ratepayers (O'Brien)
December 11 Response to Faye Wilder
letter re Water District (O'Brien)
December 11 Hayer Dam Citizen Advisory
Committee formed (O'Brien)
December 4 Grant School District
violates Education Code (O'Brien)
December 4 RLECWD -
Setting the record straight (O'Brien)
November 27 Planning Commission
questions traffic cost of ESP (Sassaman)
November 20 Water Board acknowledges
employee's complaint (O'Brien); flowers
November 13 Reconvene ESP Advisory
Committee, Planning Comm told (Sassaman)
November 13 Water District lawsuit final; Moores did not appeal (O'Brien)
November 13 Water District plans
four-year rate increase (O'Brien)
November 13 Letter from
Matthew Chadaris; response from Jay O'Brien
November 13 SAFCA,
County Parks to revamp Hayer Dam (Klasson)
November 6 Water District:
Watchdog or Attack dog? (O'Brien)
November
6 Who Disclosed
health information? (O'Brien)
November
6 SAFCA,
County Parks to revamp Hayer Dam (Klasson)
November 6 Planning
Commission considers Elverta Specific Plan (Sassaman)
October 30 Water District
Employees ask Director review (O'Brien)
October 30 Hayer Dam
Citizens Advisory Committee formed (O'Brien)
October 23 Grant Today
(Taxpayers League Letter);
October 23 General
Plan update (O'Brien); Fire Station move(O'Brien);
October 23 RLECWD
employee letter re Director Mary Harris
October 23
Hayer Dam
Citizens Advisory Committee formed (O'Brien)
October 16 RLECWD water
rates to increase (O'Brien)
October 16 RLE
Foundation for the Future (O'Brien)
October 16
Whatever you do, do it well! -- Jeff Culley (Norma-Lee)
October
2 Western Swing Society to host 22nd
Annual Hall of Fame Festival (Norma-Lee)
September 18 CPAC rejects Elverta
Specific Plan (O'Brien)
September 18 RLECWD
Directors forgo payment; 6/00 resolution questioned (O'Brien)
September 11 CPAC reviews Elverta
Specific Plan (O'Brien)
September 4 Sheriff's Dept. issues
new Elverta DEIR statement (O'Brien)
September 4 Editorial - Mary
Harris misleading and out of context - PUC codes
August 28
Sheriff disagrees with Elverta DEIR (O'Brien)
August 21
Concerns about Elverta Specific Plan (O'Brien)
August 14
Water District is investigated by the Grand Jury
August
14 People in the news - School
Superintendent Frank Porter (Norma-Lee)
July
31
Police Protection? (O'Brien)
July
24
Letter from 16th & U residents re Elverta Specific Plan
July
17
4500 Home development in Elverta (O'Brien); ESP and private wells
(Courtney)
June
19 Draft
EIR for Elverta Specific Plan is now available for viewing
June
12 Moores lose
frivolous lawsuit against Water District (O'Brien)
June 5
Editorial - Prolific petitioner Moore - 2 year old signs petition!
June 5
People in the
news - Bert Andrews - Bert the Barber says "Bye-Bye" (Norma-Lee)
April 24
Moore lawsuit against Water District: District costs top
$12,000 (O'Brien)
April 24
People in the news - Mark and Kathy McMurry (Norma-Lee)
April 17
Norma-Lee wins Rio Linda/Elverta Honorary Mayor title
March 27 Water
District pay increase hearing dropped: (Moore lawsuit); and editorial
March 13
Frivolous lawsuit against Water District: Temporary Restraining Order
denied
March 6
People in the news - Doreen Irwin (Norma-Lee)
January 23
People in the news - Ann Jacobs (Norma-Lee)
January 2 Debbie
Courtney - Citizen of the year - 2002
January 2
"Few are chosen" - Will Miller (Norma-Lee)
2002
November 28 He was there... Donald A
Drumheller (Norma-Lee)
November 7 Chuck
Quackenbush redeemed
November 7 The Spirit of the
community - Bobby Joe Forehand (Norma-Lee)
October 3
Western Swing Society celebrates 21 years (Norma-Lee)
August 22 People in
the news - James "Jimbo" Schlarp (Norma-Lee)
August 1
People in the news - Norma-Lee
July 4
People in the news - Bill Pray (Norma-Lee)
2001
September 13 Water Board Recall
goes down the drain
2000
February 17 Thank you SAFCA
1998
January 1, 1998
County to widen Dry Creek Road? Community Plan update
1997
July 17
Final Report of Chamber of Commerce CSD Committee
These articles
from The NEWS are posted on Jay O'Brien's web pages:
June 28, 2001
Editorial - Should have used referendum, not recall
June 21, 2001 Letter of
the week from Robert Blanchard - Water Board recall
June 14, 2001 Recall of
Water Board Members could carry $50,000 price tag
July 5, 2001 Are you being
confused about water rates and recall facts?
June 7, 2001 Letter of the
week from Taxpayers League Executive Director re recall
December 28, 2000 District
faces 100% water rate hike; share the frustration (by Mike Phelan)
September 7, 1989 Merge
Sac County into 'River City'? From Sacramento Union, Testimony to Board
of Sups 8/30/89.
