While Tuolumne County Administrator Craig Pedro, his staff and the county’s fire chiefs are hard at work drafting a comprehensive protection plan and response plan, voters and districts are also shaping the future.
Build it and they will come.
The treasured line from the movie “Field of Dreams” has a double meaning in Calaveras County, where two important construction projects are moving forward.
Yes, the county’s inmates will come to the new, 280-bed jail in San Andreas — although few will be happy there is suddenly room at the new inn.
Tuolumne County Superintendent Joe Silva will in September repeat what has become a familiar pilgrimage: He will fly to Washington, D.C. to lobby for renewal of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, which expires next year.
Behind the act’s euphemistic, bureaucratic name is hard, cold cash.
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