It is truly maddening isn't it?Here is another one.
That *advertiser censored* clown Singlaub is persona non grata throughout the region - what that article fails to mention is that he then walked out of the meeting saying he didn't have to take "abuse" from the crowd - i.e. he does not consider the people his employers but his servants. He was on the radio this morning, saying that he's not paying attention to the criticism because people are "a little upset and aren't thinking" or something similar - I turned him off.The TRPA members are appointed and answer to nobody, and cannot be removed. They are political appointees and carry a supply of red tags (JBean knows what I am talking about) which they can affix at will to anything they THINK should not be going on, and order the workers to cease on the spot. There is no requirement that they be familiar with the project or have access to the plans - if (for instance) it SEEMS TO THEM that the peak of your roofline is higher above the centerline of the road grade than it SHOULD be they can red tag your project. If later proven wrong (i.e. the the project was being built to plan) they are not liable for any costs they caused the property owner to incur.
This is the same outfit that will fine you for removing the highly combustible ground cover around your house. That fellow quoted in the article will get a notice from the TRPA and a fine because he has admitted violating their rules - which, of course, saved his property.
I'm going to stop now. Grrr....
Sometimes I think it all depends on which side of the bed they get up on in the morning. All at their whim.I'm sure you've run into them already. There will be more.
JBean, I read the cause of the fire was "suspicious" and that is all they are saying at this point. They won't confirm if it was intentional or not at this time. Have you heard something different?do we know anything besides the fire was started by unintentional human activity?
Yes I have heard what I posted there. I just heard that a minute ago. but it doesn't mean they have the most up to date news.JBean, I read the cause of the fire was "suspicious" and that is all they are saying at this point. They won't confirm if it was intentional or not at this time. Have you heard something different?
WOW. Those empty homesites are really dramatic. Cripes the whole thing is just so awful.
You did. I saw the Fire Investigator from the Forestry Dept. on TV, and she was explaining how she traced it back to an illegal campfire, near a lake there--can't remember the name of the small lake..Did I hear illegal campfire as cause?
You did. I saw the Fire Investigator from the Forestry Dept. on TV, and she was explaining how she traced it back to an illegal campfire, near a lake there--can't remember the name of the small lake..
Amazing.You sure did! Someone's going to get a spectacular bill in the mail.
oh wow..that is horrible.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/14/BAGJ5R0R9Q3.DTL
Saturday, July 14, 2007
(07-14) 17:02 PDT -- Excerpts of 911 calls to the California Highway Patrol's Truckee office June 24, as the Angora fire began to burn near South Lake Tahoe. The first call was at 2:02 p.m.
2:02 p.m.
Dispatcher: 911.
Male: Yeah -- uh -- I'm on the golf course. It's -- uh -- Lake Tahoe Country Club, and we can see smoke coming off the mountain to the west of us.
Dispatcher: Uh-huh.
Male: Slide Pole Peak?
Dispatcher: Yeah. Yeah, they're doing a control cq burn there.
Male: OK. Dispatcher: OK. Male: Thank you. Sorry to bother you
They are not done in such conditions - hot, dry & windy is no time to try to start a fire you intend to control.