When our publisher approached me about writing an opinion piece on who I am voting for the 26th Assembly District – my immediate response was, “No way!” I don’t write many opinion pieces. I guess I don’t like to share what is going on in my head. I am a very private person. In my […]
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is reconsidering the state’s water supply and conservation regulations, while the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is being implemented and Valley cities are updating their pre-drought 2010 Urban Water Management Plans (UWMPs); and the City of Hanford is updating its General Plan. This convergence of state, regional, and […]
A letter to the Valley Voice Editor: In a recent correspondence, James Henderson, the Chairman of the Republican Party of Tulare County bragged, “We currently have all 5 REPUBLICAN Supervisors…”. He was pleading with his Republican base to hold the line. Shouldn’t we be asking, “Who will represent the other 76,618 Tulare County people who […]
Dear Joe– Of course I got your letter of February 18. Anne and the Mongol Horde, as you call them, all say hello. Love to Catherine and the Tribe. Paris is nice this time of year–you all should come visit. Sounds like you poked quite a hornets’ nest with that story of yours about the sitting […]
A lot has been written in this publication lately about Tulare Regional Medical Center, and unfortunately much of it isn’t true. We appreciate the opportunity to relate the facts about the hospital and it is our hope this publication will start to verify facts before publishing stories filled with mistakes, unattributed opinion and rumors. The […]
No fear pertained, but a loathing still is palpable–like the proverbial bad taste left in one’s mouth. More than a week after having attended, feeling the need to be…I don’t know, scraped off, say, remains. This is the take-away from April 27th’s Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) board of directors meeting. TLHCD’s has been […]
Kathleen Johnson states, “In order to complete the tower, we must ask voters for $55 million to finish job. That’s an amount previous administrations and multiple boards (including the one serving in 2005 when the first GO bond was introduced) knew it needed but failed to ask for.” Kathleen Johnson makes no reference as to […]
Over the last few days many people have received mailers and “robo” calls rife with misinformation urging them to vote “no” on Measure H, a very important measure before voters through Tuesday, May 3. Measure H will allow Kaweah Delta Hospital to meet state compliance by making significant seismic renovations to ensure that our hospital […]
There has been healthy community dialogue about Measure H and Kaweah Delta’s need to meet the State’s earthquake safety mandate. I would like to respond to several persistent questions about this matter as follows. How is Kaweah Delta contributing to build the new acute care hospital to achieve seismic compliance? To complete the Acequia Wing, […]
Rich Text Editor, editor1, Press ALT 0 for help The warden now gives me 14 months. That is to say, at roughly this time next year our fifth–and last–child will be readying herself for graduation from high school. Which means that–having been in harness since 1987, accumulating 127 father-years to my 54 years of age–the […]