San Andreas, CA...The Calaveras County Office of Emergency Services (OES) is pleased to announce construction on Butte Fire roads began today in collaboration with Calaveras County Department of Public Works. Road work will commence on West Murray Road, Cave City Road, Whiskey Slide, Michel Road, Potteroff Road, Baker Riley, Old Gulch Road, Doster Road, Worden, Hawver Road and Ponderosa Way.
U.S. Condemns Rural Herder-Farmer Violence in Nigeria
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/25/2018 05:12 PM
Washington, DC...The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of civilians and destruction of property in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region over the weekend. We are concerned by the recent increase in armed violence against civilians and call on all political and community leaders to lend their voices to peace and to work together to find lasting solutions to these rural conflicts. We join President Buhari and others in sending our deepest condolences to the affected communities, and in the desire to see the perpetrators brought to justice and to prevent further violence.
Jessica Morse Challenges Rep. Tom McClintock to Four Debates
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/25/2018 05:29 PM
Roseville, CA...Today, the Morse for Congress campaign challenged incumbent Rep. Tom McClintock to participate in four debates ahead of the November general election. Morse has specifically proposed holding one debate in each region of the 4th Congressional District – the Roseville area, the Lake Tahoe area, the Sierra Foothills, and the Mother Lode – to ensure that voters across all ten counties can attend and participate.
The Second Murphys Complete Streets Workshop is June 27
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/25/2018 06:46 PM
Murphys, California – On Wednesday, June 27, the public is invited to attend the second workshop for the Murphys Complete Streets Plan. The project is a cooperative effort between Calaveras County, the Calaveras Council of Governments, and Caltrans to develop a plan for the Highway 4 corridor through Murphys. Based on close coordination and input from the community, the plan will identify and prioritize improvements to provide safe connectivity along the corridor by all modes, including walking and biking.
Washington, DC...The United States cannot have an open border to every illegal alien family and minor on the face of the earth. We must have rules, we must have laws, and we must enforce those laws.” Watch President Trump's Weekly Address:
In Win For Privacy Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed For Phone Location Data
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/22/2018 12:26 PM
Washington, DC...Some paragraphs from Roberts's Opinion..."The Fourth Amendment protects “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” The “basic purpose of this Amendment,” our cases have recognized, “is to safeguard the privacy and security of individuals against arbitrary invasions by governmental officials.” Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco, 387 U. S. 523, 528 (1967). The Founding generation crafted the Fourth Amendment as a “response to the reviled ‘general warrants’ and ‘writs of assistance’ of the colonial era, which allowed British officers to rummage through homes in an unrestrained search for evidence of criminal activity.” Riley v. California, 573 U. S. ___, ___ (2014) (slip op., at 27). In fact, as John Adams recalled, the patriot James Otis’s 1761 speech condemning writs of assistance was “the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain” and helped spark the Revolution itself. Id., at ___–___ (slip op., at 27–28) (quoting 10 Works of John Adams 248 (C. Adams ed. 1856)).
Washington, DC...JUSTICE KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court. When a consumer purchases goods or services, the consumer’s State often imposes a sales tax. This case requires the Court to determine when an out-of-state seller can be required to collect and remit that tax. All concede that taxing the sales in question here is lawful. The question is whether the out-of-state seller can be held responsible for its payment, and this turns on a proper interpretation of the Commerce Clause, U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 3.
Congratulations to 5th Assembly District’s Veteran of the Year, Don Cuneo!
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/21/2018 11:54 AM
Sacramento, CA...Assemblyman Frank Bigelow Congratulates the 5th Assembly District’s Veteran of the Year, Don Cuneo! Born near San Andreas and a graduate of Calaveras High School, Cuneo enlisted in the US Navy in 1942. Don served on the USS McCord, a destroyer that patrolled all over the South Pacific. He later went to San Diego and went to fire control school, and then he served on the USS Columbus in Boston getting ready for the invasion of Japan. He was in the Navy from November of 1942 to November 1945, earning the Good Conduct Medal and left the Navy as a Fire Control Man, 3rd Class.
TUD Would Like Your Input for Our Next General Manager
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/21/2018 05:33 PM
Sonora, CA...The Tuolumne Utilities District (TUD) Board of Directors is seeking input and support from the community prior to initiating the executive recruitment for its next General Manager. The District would like you to take this short survey by Thursday, June 28th regarding the characteristics for our next General Manager, Take Survey.
