Dear Editor,  Lee Stetsons full page response to factual statements contained in recent Gazette letters to the Editor compels me to respond. Fourteen years attending the weekly Board of Supervisors meetings provides quite a history of Mr. Stetsons activities as a former Supervisor.  Actions taken during his term in office imposed the majority of long term [...]

Concerning the Mariposa Yosemite Airport Tourism is Mariposa’s central industry; it contributes the lion’s share of revenue to the county general budget. The National Park properties generate the greatest percentage of county budget funds, and by a large margin. An opportunity to leverage this relationship is at our door step. Our gateway to the world [...]

April 29, 2010 Supporting her focus on creating jobs, cutting spending and fixing education, the California Farm Bureau Federation announced today it has endorsed Meg Whitman for governor. Whitman seeks the Republican nomination in the June 8 primary. California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger said Whitman’s strong business background and commitment to streamline and reform [...]

By Paul McIntosh, Executive Director pmcintosh@counties.org   As part of a major effort to ask legislators to restore $133 million in ongoing funding for Child Welfare Services (CWS), CSAC joined with a diverse coalition in an event on Wednesday, April 28 that featured a rally on the Capitol steps attended by more than 100 foster [...]

League of California Cities: Measure Aimed for November 2010 Statewide Ballot Would Protect Funding for Local Public Safety, Emergency Response, Transportation, Transit and Other Vital Local Services The coalition of local government, transportation, business, public safety, labor and public transit leaders announced on Thursday, April 29, that they were submitting approximately 1.1 million signatures to [...]

The California Department of Finance estimates that while the State of California grew by 1% from January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2010 the County of Mariposa decreased by .3% as their are now 56 less people calling the county home. The Department estimates that  on January 1, 2009, 18,248 residents were in the county and [...]

 (WASHINGTON, DC) — Secretary Of the Interior Ken Salazar has appointed 12 new members to the National Park System Advisory Board. The Board, first authorized in 1935, advises the Secretary and the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) on matters relating to the Service’s work. “The members of the Board are highly accomplished men [...]