President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in Honor of Memorial Day
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/26/2019 10:35 PM
Gettysburg, PA...While it was delivered 5 years before our country officially started celebrated Decoration Day which became Memorial Day. The Gettysburg Address remains one of the most eloquent of tributes to those who gave their all that we might be free.
Ihe Images Above Are of The "Bliss Copy" of His Address and Kept in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House
British PM Theresa May Announces Her Upcoming Resignation on June 7th
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/24/2019 07:35 AM
London, UK..Ever since I first stepped through the door behind me as Prime Minister, I have striven to make the United Kingdom a country that works not just for a privileged few, but for everyone. And to honour the result of the EU referendum. Back in 2016, we gave the British people a choice. Against all predictions, the British people voted to leave the European Union. I feel as certain today as I did three years ago that in a democracy, if you give people a choice you have a duty to implement what they decide.
President Trump on Supporting America’s Farmers and Ranchers
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/24/2019 08:41 AM
Washington, DC...Okay, well, thank you very much. Great honor to be here with some of the most incredible people in our country — people that have been with me from the beginning and I’ve been with them from the absolute beginning. The relationship has been very good. So we’re here with the vital action support for the American farmers: people that we love; people that have been going for a long time and they’ve done really well, and they have ups and they have downs. It’s a wild business, but you wouldn’t trade it for anything. I know that, right? I know that, a hundred percent.
Nancy Pelosi's Speech above and the President's Speech is below...
Supervisors to Consider "Dig Once" Street Trenching & Pavement Policy
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/24/2019 11:43 AM
San Andreas, CA....The public right-of-way is a unique public resource held in trust for the benefit of the public. This resource requires proper management to maximize its efficiency and longevity. As stewards of this public facility, Public Works constantly balances meager resources to forestall the deterioration of our roadways and recognize that deteriorated roads lead to increased costs to our taxpayers. In addition to our efforts to maintain our roadways, we minimize the inconvenience to and negative effects on the public from the use of the public right-of-way by contractors and utility companies through our standards and permitting process.
USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Retaliation and Trade Disruption
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/23/2019 10:44 AM
Washington, D.C....U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation and trade disruption. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a relief strategy to support American agricultural producers while the Administration continues to work on free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals to open more markets in the long run to help American farmers compete globally. Specifically, the President has authorized USDA to provide up to $16 billion in programs, which is in line with the estimated impacts of unjustified retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods and other trade disruptions. These programs will assist agricultural producers while President Trump works to address long-standing market access barriers.
Hwy 49 Reopens After Repairs South of Coulterville
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/23/2019 03:57 PM
Coulterville, CA...Caltrans has completed repairs and opened northbound and southbound State Route 49 (SR-49) from Bear Valley Road to SR-132 in Coulterville. The closure began on Monday, April 29, 2019. The shoulders of SR-49 at multiple locations (including the entire roadside embankment) were shifting away from the highway. Crews rebuilt roadside slopes and shoulders, and placed erosion control measures like “geo grid” – a plastic mesh material beneath the surface of the slopes.
Habitat for Humanity Calaveras Chosen as Nonprofit of the Year
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/22/2019 01:13 PM
San Andreas, CA, May 22, 2019 – Habitat for Humanity Calaveras (HfHC) is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2019 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblyperson Frank Bigelow of California’s 5th District. Scott Behiel, Executive Director and Todd Peterson, Board President from HfHC will travel to Sacramento to join with one hundred other nonprofit leaders to be honored by their state senators and assemblymembers during a celebration luncheon as part of California Nonprofits Day on June 5.
President Trump on Meeting with Democratic Leadership
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/22/2019 04:18 PM
Washington, DC...Thank you very much. Good morning. So I came here to do a meeting on infrastructure with Democrats, not really thinking they wanted to do infrastructure or anything else, other than investigate. And I just saw that Nancy Pelosi, just before our meeting, made a statement that “We believe that the President of the United States is engaged in a cover-up.” Well, it turns out I’m the most — and I think most of you would agree to this — I’m the most transparent President, probably in the history of this country. We have given — on a witch hunt, on a hoax — the whole thing with Russia was a hoax, as it relates to the Trump administration and myself. It was a total horrible thing that happened to our country. It hurt us in so many ways.
California Secures Federal Major Disaster Declarations to Support Communities Impacted by Floods
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/22/2019 04:28 PM
Sacramento, CA...Governor Gavin Newsom announced yesterday that FEMAhas approved California’s request for Presidential Major Disaster declarations submitted in April to bolster ongoing state and local recovery efforts following severe winter storms that caused widespread flooding, mudslides and damage to critical infrastructure across California.
U.S. Attorney Announces Indictment Of Michael Avenatti For Aggravated Identity Theft, Engaging In A Scheme To Defraud Stormy Daniels
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/22/2019 04:34 PM
New York, NY...Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the indictment today of MICHAEL AVENATTI on fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. As alleged, AVENATTI used misrepresentations and a fraudulent document purporting to bear his client’s name and signature to convince his client’s literary agent to divert money owed to AVENATTI’s client to an account controlled by AVENATTI. AVENATTI then spent the money principally for his own personal and business purposes. The fraud and aggravated identity theft case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts of the Southern District of New York.