Monthly Archives: February 2010

Downtown Lodi merchants holding fundraiser for broke Scout troop

By Daniel Thigpen | Published: February 26, 2010 | 0 Comments
Remember the local Boy Scout troop whose treasurer was arrested on suspicion of embezzling up to $25,000 from the group? Downtown merchants are holding a fundraiser for the kids on Sunday. Read more here.You can also check out the event’s Facebook page here.
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Lodi Unified supe answers budget FAQs

By Keith Reid | Published: February 25, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lodi Unified Superintendent Cathy Nichols-Washer e-mailed the following list of questions and answers to district employees today. Certainly union leaders and community members have many more questions about the budget, but this appears to be a pretty good sample of what types of things people want to know. Here’s the unedited FAQs. It’s also posted on [...]
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So much for the interim erosion repairs

By Daniel Thigpen | Published: February 25, 2010 | 0 Comments
Last year, state volunteers installed sandbags and plastics tarps as a temporary remedy to the severe erosion along the Lodi Lake Nature Area’s riverbank. According to these photos from city spokesman Jeff Hood, it doesn’t look like those repairs, which cost about $5,000, held up very well.  Many of the sandbags have disappeared, it seems. Lodi was [...]
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Project Lodi Art mosaics to be unveiled next week

By Daniel Thigpen | Published: February 25, 2010 | 0 Comments
This project has been a long time in the making. There was some recent controversy, but that’s died down. On Friday, March 5, the mosaics that will be installed on East Lodi Avenue will be unveiled. Here’s a sneak peak courtesy of the organizers:
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Hansen wrapping up public power lobbying in D.C.

By Daniel Thigpen | Published: February 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
I caught up with Lodi City Councilman Larry Hansen on his cell phone this afternoon. He was in a Washington airport waiting to come back west. Turns out Hansen, who also is chairman of the board for the Northern California Power Agency (of which Lodi’s Electric Utility is a member) was in D.C. the past three [...]
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Grab bag

By Keith Reid | Published: February 23, 2010 | 0 Comments
A few random notes and news items. On the education beat… The Jim Elliot High School robotics team is inching closer to their March departure for Israel where they will take part in a 10-day tour of the country while also participating in a robotics competition. The school on Monday night was visited by representatives of the [...]
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Man wants city to sell Lodi’s Electric Utility

By Daniel Thigpen | Published: February 23, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lodi resident Dave Christy says it’s time to get rid of Lodi’s Electric Utility. For too many years the city-run power provider has been aiding the city’s taxpayer-supported general fund with millions in rate revenue, Christy said. “Government does not belong in private enterprise, and Lodi has turned this into an enterprise, for profit,” Christy, who [...]
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New fire chief sworn in

By Daniel Thigpen | Published: February 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
New Fire Chief Kevin Donnelly was sworn in this afternoon in the City Council chambers to a crowd of family, friends, city staff and, of course, many firefighters. City Manager Blair Kingpraised Donnelly’s leadership, expertise and team-mindedness as he worked his way up through the ranks since joining the department in 1991. “He had everything I was [...]
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Lodi wants some rail love

By Daniel Thigpen | Published: February 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Lodi City Council (very) late last night asked city staff to write a letter to the California High-Speed Rail Authority stating the city’s preference a rail line from Merced to Sacramento run through Lodi. A current proposal bypasses Lodi, officials said. And that might hurt Lodi’s chances of getting a separate, commuter train stop at [...]
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Will Lodi propose a sales tax increase for public safety?

By Keith Reid | Published: February 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lodi City Council member Bob Johnson was in attendance at Wednesday’s City/County Criminal Justice Task Force meeting in Stockton, where city leaders and law enforcement talked about a potential sales tax measure to help pay the operations cost of a San Joaquin County Jail expansion. Johnson had reservations regarding voter reaction to a countwide half cent [...]
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