County supervisors approve pot ordinance, skate park, tax
Dec. 18, 2013
LAKEPORT >> The Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) held an all-day session Tuesday to discuss the proposed marijuana cultivation ordinance, the proposed water use tax and other agenda items.
The board unanimously approved the proposed marijuana cultivation ordinance after holding a special meeting for public comment on the issue Dec. 10.
“I know that not every grower is a criminal,” Supervisor Rob Brown said. “But there are lots of criminals that are growers.”
“If you put it in a specific area,” Brown added. “It is easier to enforce.”
New mayor says he doesn”t feel that young
Dec. 17, 2009
LAKEPORT >> The Lakeport City Council elected one of the youngest mayors, James Irwin, 28, Tuesday with a 3-2 vote.
Irwin said, “Thanks guys” before he switched chairs with former mayor Ron Bertsch.
“To be honest, I don”t feel that young,” Irwin said explaining that he”s always had older friends.
Irwin said he will continue to push for Measure I funds to be spent on roads rather than general fund expenses although he doesn”t think the mayor holds much more power than other council members.
Sex offender database unveiled: Attorney General”s office launches Megan”s Law Web site six months early
Dec. 16, 2004
LAKE COUNTY >> On Wednesday, less than four months after it was authorized by the state legislature, an Internet site listing the stat”s registered sex offenders was launched.
The California Attorney General”s Office unveiled its Megan”s Law Internet site yesterday, getting the site up and running more than six months ahead of its statutory deadline.
“This important tool will help Californians better protect their families and help law enforcement keep track of offenders who have violated registration laws,” Lockyer said in a statement.
Additional $37,000 jail construction cost cited
Dec. 14, 1989
LAKEPORT >> The construction of the county”s new $8 million jail is proceeding on schedule, but a snag between the architect and the contractor may cost the county $37,000.
The sheriff”s jail project manager, Lt. Carl Webb, told the county supervisors Tuesday a problem with the bidding specifications has resulted in a change in the construction contract, and the cost of the change could exceed $37,000.
According to Webb, when the architect finished the jail blueprints last spring, the company did not include specific plans for the guard”s control center, an integral part of the jail layout.
Instead, the architect roughly indicated the county”s intentions for the control center, and that fact was not brought to the county”s attention by the contractor until recently.
Crump Holds Drug Store Claim Illegal
Dec. 17, 1964
LAKEPORT >> Legal Counsel Fredric Crump, advisor to the board of supervisors in an opinion rendered to at the board”s request, disagrees with the opinion handed down by the attorney general”s office on the legality of claims submitted by Upper Lake Pharmacy, owned and operated by Supervisor A. D. Shipley.
The attorney general”s opinion concerning a claim presented by the drug store for purchase of film by the Sheriff”s office, held that neither the sheriff”s purchase nor the supervisor”s claim for payment required to be approved or ratified by the board of supervisors.
This portion of the decision was based on erroneous fact, MR. Crump said. The opinion of the attorney general assumes that government code section 29741 is in effect in Lake county and this is not correct, Mr. Crump explained.
Frozen Products Now On Sale Here
Dec. 20, 1939
LOWER LAKE >> A new processing method for fruits and vegetables which puts them on the table as if they came fresh from the garden, has been developed in the polarized products. This method freezes the product and preserves it. Strawberries, after being thawed, are as luscious as if just picked. Vegetables go into the pot as fresh as if directly from one”s own dew-laden garden.
Mrs. Ruth Dalgleish is the only local merchant to stock these products and has them on sale for her customers. These newly processed foods are no more expensive than the fresh product.
PEAR BLIGHT: Action Needed to Keep It Out Of The Lake
Dec. 20, 1905
W.H. Starkey, one of our successful horticulturalists, attended the recent Fruit Growers” Convention at Santa Rosa and feels that he had full value for his money, both in instruction and entertainment. The most absorbing subject discussed, he says, was pear blight, a disease that has not yet entered Lake county but may fall upon us any day. No sure cure or preventive has yet been found for it and its entrance to other orchards would mean the destruction of one of our greatest growing industries. Mr. Starkey thinks the situation is grave enough to warrant the absolute prohibition of pear trees.
