On October 21, the Park Advisory Commission (PAC) met for the second time at the Government Plaza building. In attendance were six of the seven commissioners and about 10 members of the public who spoke freely throughout the meeting. In August, Tulare County Supervisors appointed one member from each district to the commission: Chairman Mike […]
The Tulare County Resource Management Agency (RMA) is taking the bull by its horns and preparing for possible major flooding this winter. With the prediction of an El Nino, the RMA is being proactive in preventing the catastrophic damage that could occur in the event of torrential rains in the Central Valley. According to the […]
On February 15 of this year Daniel Garibay was fired from the Woodlake Police Department after almost three years of commendable service. He was fired based on 12 counts of misconduct, the principal counts being insubordination and “committing acts that brought discredit to the Department.” According to Garibay’s lawyers, Sarsfield and Melo, the counts of […]
It’s Like Watching Your Favorite Sports Team “You know, I think Jeb Bush is toast,” said Nate Silver, political pollster, after the Republican debate. Besides his debate performances, Gov. Bush’s Chief Operating Officer just resigned, or quit, and he has had to cut 40% of his staff. Is it just me or is everyone shocked […]
Can You Smell the Reefer Yet? When Californians vote to legalize marijuana in November of 2016, which seems likely happen, pot will be legal up and down the entire West Coast, including Alaska. But California is the biggest prize of 2016. A victory in California could possibly portend the beginning of the end of the […]
At the October 6 Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board voted to declare a local emergency due to widespread and increasing tree mortality in Tulare County. The vote was taken at the request of officials in Fresno, Mariposa, Madera and Tuolumne, who asked Tulare County to join them in their declaration. The combined […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted at their October 6 meeting to join with Fresno, Madera, Merced, and Kings Counties to form a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to apply for water bond money to build Temperance Flat Dam. The JPA will ultimately have 11 members including two from Valley cities, members from two irrigation […]
The Valley Voice would like to apologize for the errors in the article “HEAT Wins First Round Against City of Hanford.”The writer used two sources but still interpreted the judge’s decision incorrectly. Hanford lawyer, Mario Zamora, took the time to outline the needed corrections which are listed below. The bigger issue of the article was […]
Jean Rousseau, Tulare County’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for eight years, has resigned to accept an offer from Fresno County. Fresno County officials announced October 1 that Rousseau had accepted a job to become their CAO. Rousseau will be replacing Fresno County’s current CAO, John Navarrette, who has been on the job for 31 years. […]
Five days after news broke about a suspected DUI, Tulare Police Chief Jerry Breckinridge resigned. His resignation will be in effect on November 13. On Tuesday, October 6, two hours before the regularly scheduled Tulare City Council meeting, the City of Tulare along with Breckinridge released a joint statement announcing his resignation. Both Mayor David […]