New Tax Payer Alert videos

uest Sheriff Gary Kuntz discusses the new jail, a need for new radio communications towers, AB 109, Veterans Court, crime reporting issues and developing a burglary response unit. The Veterans Court proposal was promoted by Charity Maness who was a previous guest on this program. She also has the Copper Gazette and writes for the Calaveras Enterprise. Gary has just been reelected to serve our county for another four years. In July we will be taping an interview with Candice Keesey, Executive Director, Friends of the Sheriff's Office which raised $50,000 for a new canine unit.    Click for link

Guest Joel Barnett talks about the new Bear Valley Mountain Cooperative, including who is currently involved, what are the goals and objectives and how Bear Valley affects our economy in Calaveras County. Also provided is information about the benefits of becoming a member and how to become one. Joel is also owner of Bear Valley Real Estate Brokerage. Click for link

 

 

Taxpayers Luncheon

Taxpayers to Meet

The Calaveras County Taxpayers Association will host its quarterly luncheon on Wednesday, January 30 at the Murphys Historic Hotel with keynote speaker Congressman Tom McClintock, who will also be presenting the Association’s award for Excellence in Public Service to County Assessor, Leslie Davis.

January Taxpayers Luncheon Scheduled

Taxpayers to Meet

The Calaveras County Taxpayers Association will host its quarterly luncheon on Wednesday, January 30 at the Murphys Historic Hotel with keynote speaker Congressman Tom McClintock, who will also be presenting the Association’s award for Excellence in Public Service to County Assessor, Leslie Davis.

Candidate Forum Re-cap State Assembly Candidates

Candidate Forum Re-cap State Assembly District 5 Candidates

CalaverasCounty Taxpayers Association (CCTA) and the Copperopolis Community Center (CCC) hosted a Candidates Forum at the Historic Armory on April 23, 2012.

Rico Oller, Tim Fitzgerald and Marc Boyd attended the CCTA & CCC candidate forum.

 Rico Oller

 

Tim Fitzgerald

Marc Boyd

Five candidates are running for the State Assembly 5^th District.  Republican candidates Frank Bigelow, a Madera County supervisor, and Rico Oller; Democrat candidates Marc Boyd and Tim Fitzgerald; and Independent Mark Beldon.  After redistricting in 2011 by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, the new district now includes all of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne counties and parts of El Dorado and Placer counties..

Each candidate was asked a question from questions submitted by residents in attendance. Questions were vetted by Copperopolis Community Center board members and Calaveras County Taxpayers Association members. Candidates were each given a limited amount of time to answer from two minutes to three minutes. Candidates were rotated for each question. The answers posted here are condensed.

Opening statements:

Boyd – Endorsed by the California Democratic Party…family in the foothills for 100 years… High school teacher… platform education; economic development, environmental protection and public safety…every job lost is a broken dream…need common economic goals this district has been neglected too long….cuts to education we are turning our backs on the future of California.

Fitzgerald – Holds 5 degrees 2 in history, 2 in Economics and 1 in Philosophy…grass roots organizer in San Jose and Bay Area…globalization overcrowded planet under… reform education system.

Oller – the greatest competition to growing a business is government, the only thing wrong with California is its government, thankfully legislature has no power over the weather or they would screw that up too…government needs to get out of our lives we’ll do just fine on our own thank you.