In a letter dated April 4, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors was threatened with legal action if it does not take measures to correct an alleged violation of the Federal Voting Rights Act. The letter, signed by Marguerite Melo of the law firm Melo and Sarsfield, stated the firm represents a “group of voters […]
Attorneys keep quibbling regarding the former Tulare police chief, Wes Hensley’s possible public hearing regarding his firing. Specifically — Hensley’s attorney says he is required to have one, and the City of Tulare’s attorney disagrees. Hensley’s attorney, Michael Lampe, is pulling out all of the stops to make one happen. Heather Phillips, the city’s attorney, […]
Bibliophiles of Tulare County owe Sandy Parmelly a deep debt of gratitude. When the American Association of University Women’s Semi-Annual Book Sale begins April 18 at the Sequoia Mall in Visalia, it will mark the 14th year Parmelly has overseen sorting of the tens of thousands of books collected, boxed, stacked, sorted then sold at […]
There was an unfamiliar sound coming from the Tulare Public Cemetery District Meeting, the sound of laughter. Between the public taking one last opportunity to get old complaints off its chest, and the occasional joke coming from the normally stoic Trustee Alberto Aguilar, Tulare Public Cemetery District got its groove back. Xavier Avila, the newest […]
Some legal woes of the Tulare Local Healthcare District could soon be resolved, after the district’s board of directors voted to settle lawsuits with Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA). HCCA, the management company which formerly oversaw operations of the district’s Tulare Regional Medical Center, was involved in two cases with the district: one legal action […]
The atmosphere was testy during a candidates’ forum put on by the Central Valley Tea Party March 15 for the Tulare County District Attorney (TCDA) race. Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward is being challenged by Kings County Deputy District Attorney Matt Darby. The contest will be decided during the June primary. When Darby was […]
Lindsay City Hall is getting out of the golf and stadium business, putting its money into soccer fields in a major shift in municipal recreation for the Orange Belt town. Citing the need to tighten its financial belt during the city’s ongoing economic crisis, the Lindsay City Council approved a pair of moves designed to […]
Tulare’s mayor has picked another fight–this time with the board of the Tulare Local Health Care District (TLCHD)–and his target isn’t taking it lying down. Fighting Words At some point in early February, Mayor Carlton Jones took to the internet to attack the TLCHD Board of Directors, accusing them of failing to reopen Tulare Regional […]
The battle lines have been drawn, demands have been made and now a date is set for the next skirmish in a war to keep what could become Visalia’s largest gas station out of an upscale neighborhood at the southern end of town. Another ARCO Already operating a pair of ARCO filling stations in the […]
Healthcare Conglomerate Associates’ (HCCA) management of the Southern Inyo Healthcare District’s hospital was ineffective, hindered the hospital’s regulatory compliance, and was fiscally irresponsible, a legal filing by the district claims. The filing also repeats claims that the Tulare-based hospital management company shared money and supplies between the Southern Inyo district, which owns the Southern Inyo […]