27 January 2012
Earlier this month, the Mammoth Community Water District was served with papers by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in the Mono County Superior Court. The action was triggered by the recent finalization and approval of MCWD’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and subsequent project titled “Mammoth Creek Fishery Bypass Flow Requirements.” “The judge [...]
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27 January 2012
At this same time last week, I was sitting in a Santa Barbara courtroom. Seated directly in front of me were Dr. Andrew Bourne and his wife, Gilann. They were holding hands, occasionally sharing a whispered thought back and forth. The following is what I wrote on my legal pad: “Standing by a loved one [...]
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27 January 2012
On Tuesday, Jan. 24 at approximately 4 p.m. Mono County Sheriff’s Department dispatch received a 911 call regarding a deceased male in the Mammoth Lakes area. The Sheriff’s Department confirmed later that evening through a press release that the deceased was Dr. Andrew Bourne, 46, of Mammoth Lakes. Bourne’s wife, Gilann, found his body on [...]
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27 January 2012
Airport Commission reviews ALP, CIP and extra employees The Mammoth Lakes Airport Commission continues to closely follow the Draft Airport Layout Plan (ALP) Update Narrative. The most recent update, which commissioners received at their Tuesday meeting from Town Associate Planner Jen Daugherty, was that consultants Mead and Hunt were contracted to respond to the technical [...]
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27 January 2012
Compressed log warning Dear Editor: Just about everyone in town is aware of the house fire that occurred in town a couple of weeks ago. If it had not been for the awareness of an 8-year-old girl, it is very possible that her mother may not have made it out of the structure alive. An [...]
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27 January 2012
Brown sets aside money to right ERAF Triple Flip wrongs What can Brown, that is Gov. Jerry Brown, do for you? If you’re Mono and Amador counties, Public Education budget cut triggers aside, it seems he’s amenable to helping out with squaring up ERAF (Education Revenue Augmentation Fund) deficiencies. Earlier this year, as part of [...]
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27 January 2012
You’ve probably heard of the term “urban blight,” but you might not be as familiar with another term, “Redevelopment Agencies,” or RDAs, a generation-old system set up to spur local improvements across California and address the issue of “blight.” RDAs were first created after WWII and the way they’re financed through local property tax dollars [...]
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27 January 2012
After months of deliberation, the Mammoth Lakes Recreation Commission finalized its recommendations for the Fall 2011 Measure R award cycle on Jan. 19. The Commission came to a 5-1 consensus to send the following recommendations to the Town Council. Commissioner Pat Agnitch was the dissenting commissioner. The Council will review and take action on the [...]
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27 January 2012
While much of this January turned out to be disappointing in its lack of snowfall, it excelled in other areas … one of those being tourism. Mono County’s Tourism Commission discussed the topic on Tuesday as part of its regular meeting. Many visitors decided that winter in the mountains is preferable to being in the [...]
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27 January 2012
Bishop BLM “Climbers Coffee” Rangers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Bishop Field Office will sponsor a monthly “climbers coffee” on Fridays at 9 a.m. at the Pleasant Valley Pit Campground, off Pleasant Valley Road, to discuss local climbing issues and resource protection. “We want people to come out and enjoy the sport while preserving [...]
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