The Visalia City Council isn’t taking any quick steps towards changing the city’s Municipal Code regarding recreational marijuana sales. At the February 21 council meeting, the council members discussed changes to the Visalia Municipal Code (VMC) that were needed in response to Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act. Currently, the code only regulates […]
At the February 7 Hanford City Council meeting the members voted to go forward with a transient occupancy tax measure and a medical marijuana facility tax measure. If approved neither tax will be paid by the residents of Hanford. The transient tax will be a special election mail-in ballot in August, and the tax on […]
During the February 6th Visalia City Council Work Session the council discussed programs to be funded with Measure N money earmarked for the city’s youth. The half cent sales tax approved by voters will go into effect April 1st. It is projected that the sales tax will bring in over 10 million dollars a year […]
Hey California! Don’t Let the Door Hit You On The Ass On Your Way Out Why are Californians so different from the rest of the country? Is it because we are more likely than the other states to kiss on the first date or go out with someone of a different ethnicity? Is it because […]
Patty Miller and Jim Hewett, her grounds keeper, her dogs and livestock found themselves stranded because of Tulare County culverts that had not been maintained. During the mid-January storms, water that was supposed to run down the culverts instead flowed unimpeded down Miller’s driveway and private road causing significant property damage which caused the road […]
Fireworks flew at the February 6 Visalia City Council meeting as two council members argued over the merits of the Freedom Celebration. The fireworks show was unexpectedly canceled in 2015 when the city could not find a service group to host it. During its December 16 meeting Mayor Warren Gubler outlined 10 goals for his […]
Donald Trump said during his campaign that his presidency “will be like nothing you have ever seen before.” Truer words were never spoken. There have been massive protests, marches here and abroad, scads of executive orders, new phrases coined, nationwide detentions at airports, and the firing of the acting United States Attorney General. Pres. Trump’s […]
The Tulare City Council held a special meeting January 31 at 6:30pm to appoint a new interim city manager. After meeting in closed session for almost an hour, the council reported that it had chosen Joseph Carlini, Public Works Director of the Public Works Department. Tulare’s current interim city manager, Paul Melikian, handed in his […]
Tulare is one step closer to having a new hotel, but some community members aren’t happy about it. At the Jan. 17 Tulare City Council meeting, the council voted 4-0 — with councilman David Macedo absent — to change the city’s general plan concerning a parcel at M Street and the southwest corner of Cartmill […]
December and January was a time to say goodbye to and welcome new board members. Phil Cox said goodbye at the December 20 Tulare County Board of Supervisors (TCBOS) meeting and Allen Ishida said his goodbyes at the January 10 meeting. Cox was recently elected to the Visalia City Council and Ishida plans on kicking […]