The CDC, unlike other major agencies, has never received full Congressional authorization. There is no single enabling statute that defines the agency’s overall mission and structure. The lack of authorization has blurred the lines on the agency’s responsibilities to lead on issues related to communicable disease, resulted in rampant mission creep, and has led many to question whether the CDC is able to execute on its intended and primary mission of detecting and combatting public health threats, as evidenced by the CDC’s botched handling of the COVID-19 response.

Nevada County Health and Human Services still uses the CDC recommendation of COVID vaccines for children despite overwhelming evidence showing children are low-risk. I have asked our county health department and Dr. Sherilyn Cooke to update current data regarding the necessity of boosters on the website. There has been zero response.

In Nevada County we experienced these failed policies in the messaging of our local Health Department, and newly hired Public Health Officer, Dr. Sherilyn Cooke, who unquestionably supported CDC’s faulty science and wouldn’t budge when updated science was presented to them. Instead, there was strict adherence to “science” that turned out to be deeply flawed. The CDC’s failures to update recommendations and guidance, given new information was repeated locally, the messaging being only, “get vaccinated, keep boosting.”

Apparently my grocery store would be better at running elections

Local resident places fence around Democrat campaign signs in Lake Wildwood, California.

I was astonished to learn that our CEO, Alison Lehman, and County Counsel, Kit Elliot, took it upon themselves to transfer $50,000 of public resources to Gina Will’s Campaign Committee, thus circumventing public Board of Supervisor approval and public comment. Since I believe the transfer of funds was potentially illegal, I penned the following letter to our District Attorney’s office.

A policy should be created by which all contracts, no matter how small, are submitted to the Board of Supervisors. Furthermore, post all contracts on the County website in a location where the public has easy access. Lastly, when any contract exceeds the agreed-upon price, the Supervisors are notified immediately so it doesn’t get out of hand. Contract management is essential. 

Local leftists say the quiet part out loud progressively requesting that our local Nevada County supervisors should create a position in the county for when speakers with whom the local organized mob disagree, the community can vote to determine whether such speaker will be permitted to speak. Calling for the creation of not-so-free speech panels in order to regulate who comes to town to speak.

According to public records received from Nevada County and publicly available mandatory campaign FPPC disclosures, Alison Lehman, county chief executive officer, and Kit Elliott, county counsel, authorized the payment of $50,000 from the county general fund to Gina Will’s campaign committee without approval of the board of supervisors.

We have sham elections occurring in Nevada County. Despite losing her election for auditor of Nevada County to Rob Tribble and after he was found by the Nevada County Superior Court to lack the statutory qualifications to serve as the auditor, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors appointed his challenger, Gina Will, despite the fact that she only garnered 45% of the County vote and was not chosen by the people of the County and without even considering an open appointment process.

Besides the wonderful folks in our community without whom the fair would not happen, the Nevada County Fairgrounds are stunningly beautiful with its 90 acres of massive pine trees covering the fairgrounds. The Nevada County Fairgrounds justifiably has been recognized as “California’s Most Beautiful Fairgrounds” by the California Heritage Council with an Award of Achievement and Recognition for historic preservation.

Why did they sign the agreement with the City of Grass Valley and put out the original notice of July 1st to begin with? As a lay person, I knew the operative date for the new tax was October 1st.

Still no independent forensic audit of OES grant contracts and Fire Safe books

“Taxes will soon be collected under false pretense causing irreparable harm if the City does not halt the current process and begin anew.“

Nevada County gardeners are watching their summer gardens being eaten by grasshoppers. The pests are hard to control and hungry. There are some ways to mitigate their damage, but pesticides are not recommended.

In order to reopen a fire station that has been closed for 16 years, the Higgins Fire District Board is pursuing a property tax.

“If the justification for this 4th attempt to raise funds is to cover their funding shortfalls, recruit new firefighters and buy new equipment, it is a sleight of hand to claim that the main purpose of this new tax is to reopen a fire station because of its appeal to property owners.”

Citizens have a right to observe elections, including ballot counting. In years past, observers’ experiences in Nevada County weren’t always positive. This year, observers report improvements, but some questions remain.

“We are in the midst of the second American revolution and the First global revolution.”

Sierra College hosted a community forum on May 24 featuring two local police chiefs, Dan Foss, Chief of Nevada City PD, and Alex Gammelgard, Chief of Grass Valley PD.