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David Siders covers Stockton City Hall for The Record. He is from Duluth, Minn., and has been at The Record since 2004. He lives in Stockton with his wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Alice. Read FullCategories
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Trouble in Reno
There is some financial trouble at the ballpark Mark Lewis built in Reno, according to the Reno Gazette Journal. According to a recent report:
A huge drop in downtown property values was not anticipated when the deal was revised last March. Council members didn’t realize the deal would put such a drain on the second redevelopment [...]
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Morning roundup
Mayor Ann Johnston is to present keys to the city to “Greg & Steve” at 3:30 p.m. at Cesar Chavez Central Library. Steve Millang and Greg Scelsa, a Grammy-nominated performing duo, are doing a series of children’s concerts this week.
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Eggman: Will shave head for $5K
In response to some chatter on the Internet this afternoon about a high school student’s appeal last night for city council members to shave their heads to raise money for cancer research, City Councilwoman Susan Eggman said on Twitter that she will do it if $5,000 is raised.
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Not pot
In the present practice of watching all things herbal:
Green’s Nutrition, which opened recently on the Miracle Mile, does not sell medical marijuana, the store’s Eunice Green said this afternoon. The store moved from Waterloo Road, an expansion.
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Morning roundup
Mayor Ann Johnston distributed to the City Council on Tuesday an executive summary of a seven-question economic development survey mailed to 120 business and community leaders. Eighteen surveys were completed and returned, the summary said, the most reported concerns being:
1. Permitting is too difficult, too costly, and too time consuming
2. Staff needs to be flexible
3. [...]
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More from City Hall: In council comments
6:37 p.m.:
Councilwoman Diana Lowery said she will attend the rally at the Tuxedo Park post office on Saturday.
Mayor Ann Johnston is distributing on the dais paperwork related to the economic development coffees she conducted last year. She said there are about 25 community members who have said they are willing to serve on an economic [...]
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More from City Hall:
6:24 p.m.:
Community Services Director Pam Sloan is up to present the public art plan. It’s all praise from the dais, and the plan is approved 7-0.
It is possible – not to jinx it – that this meeting could be done by 7 p.m.
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More from City Hall: Payment to CSL approved
6:13 p.m.:
The council has voted 6-1 to pay $75,000 more to consultancy Conventions, Sports & Leisure to assist in a bid to buy out the manager of Stockton Arena and the sports teams that play there.
Councilman Dale Fritchen pulled the item from consent and voted against it. He voted against an initial allocation to CSL [...]
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More from City Hall: In public comment …
5:59 p.m.:
Cynthia Gail Boyd is upset, still (”I don’t have a lot of happy songs to sing,” she said).
So are Tocan Nguyen (various complaints) and Lester Patrick (the Johnny Ford matter).
Greg Bahr would like to keep the Tuxedo Park post office from closing. A rally is Saturday.
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City manager search update