Breaking News Today, the Lake County Capital Facilities Advisory Committee rescinded its support for the Duncan Associates impact fee study by a 6-4 vote. After Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. reported that many of the committee members were not given the total facts, or a copy of the study, the committee decided to review the [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Buying iPads Instead of Air Conditioners
Over the last month, school board members and administrators from the Lake County School District have been lamenting the lack of money for urgently needed repairs and maintenance for schools. The stories of failing air conditioning units and leaking rooftops are being told to warn taxpayers that if something isn’t done immediately the cost to [...]
Capital Facilities Committee Hoodwinked
At the June 9, 2011, meeting of the Lake County Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (just the second meeting of this group), they approved the Duncan Associates Impact Fee Study. The last time this study was presented to a committee was over a year ago on May 20, 2010, when it was shown to the old [...]
We’re Concerned
Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C., is not a group of contrarians, or a group that seeks to be the political puppet masters of Lake County. We are a group that represents working people who are concerned about the economic growth of the county. What readers will find in our Right Side of the Lake newsletters [...]
Sheriff’s Budget Buster
Sheriff’ Budget Should Be Reduced By 10-20 Percent For quite some time, people within Lake County government have been whispering about the huge budget of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, and Sheriff Gary Borders’ unwillingness to make shared sacrifices. According to well-placed sources inside Lake County government, last year Welton Cadwell, then Chairman of the [...]
