Commentary Public Sees Bullying in Truckee Airport Boardroom By Ted Lipien Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board Directors Mary Hetherington and Tom Van Berkem faced by Board President John Jones and Director James Morrison, Northstar California, February 12, 2015. Public sees bullying in Truckee Tahoe Airport boardroom, a pro-evironment airport board director said. What I saw…
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Commentary By Ted Lipien JetSuite Plane at Truckee Airport. JetSuite is one of several companies offering semi-commercial plane travel to Truckee for affluent travelers who seem unconcerned about the damage private jets do to the quality of life of local residents and the environment. EcoTruckee.org Public Domain Photo by Ted Lipien Call to Scrap 2004…
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Eco Truckee Tahoe Commentary Ted Lipien Neighbors meet and talk. On Tuesday, I met a Truckee woman with a small white dog near Martis Lake in the middle of the day. I was walking there to take some photos to document for EcoTruckee.org the low water levels due to California drought. She was taking herself…
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Eco Truckee Tahoe Commentary Ted Lipien The proposal to build 112 new multimillion-dollar luxury homes in a likely gated community at the top of the ridgeline of Lake Tahoe, one of the most iconic scenic places in North America, was clearly horrifying to dozens of Tahoe basin and other local residents who came to a…
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Eco Truckee Tahoe News The following announcement has been sent out to individuals on the the Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board of Directors email list. Public Workshop on Proposed Multi-Use Hangar Building This Wednesday, November 5th, 6-8pm Please come to the public workshop on November 5th from 6-8pm to share you ideas on ways the…
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Eco Truckee Tahoe News An article in Business Jet Traveller predicts growth in business jet travel in the next ten years. This trend means increase in business jet traffic, jet noise and pollution over Truckee, CA and neighboring pristine mountain communities. There has already been a major increase in jet noise over the past year…
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Eco Truckee Tahoe News TRUCKEE, CA, Oct. 2, 2014 — There has been an alarming increase in business jet traffic, noise and pollution over Truckee and neighboring communities during the past year without any alerts issued to the public by the Truckee Tahoe Airport District which gets approximately $4.3 million in property tax revenue per…
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Truckee Councilman Goodwin defends pro-development vote
Eco Truckee Tahoe News In a comment on Eco Truckee Tahoe Facebook post,Truckee Town Council member Morgan Goodwin defended his March 24 pro-development vote. Councilman Goodwin, Town of Truckee Mayor Alicia Barr, and Council members Carolyn Wallace Dee and Patrick Flora had ignored concerns about overdevelopment, traffic congestion, risk of plane crashes, air pollution and…
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