July 30, 1964 (24 pages)

ws NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET PDITORIAL . Say 30, 1964 REGULATION OF TRAILERS — AND EXAMINATION OF TAXING SETUP SHOULD BE SUPPORTED : The Nugget last week published the y last ofa three part series by County i Monitor columnist Tilly Hoagland which examined the problems being created by ‘the growing number of trailers in Nevada ‘County. We endorse the recommendations made in those articles for greater control over the parking of trailers on private land, a more equitable licensing procedure, a reevaluation of the taxing structure, and more uniform laws to eliminate the confusion among agencies dealing with the:regulation of trailer use in the county. Since the series was published the author has been accused of discriminating against trailer park owners and ‘treating trailer residents as second class citizens. This is not true. Acareful reading of the series would show that she feels that closer regulation of trailer parking in the county: would assure the trailer park owners more business and would therefore put them in a better economic position to build bigger and better trailer parks for their clients. We do not feel that people residing in trailers are second class citizens, but do feel that trailerresidents as citizens, should pay their fair share for the services theyrequire. This is not up to the local government, but the state. The legislature is already considering ways to make the trailer owner's share in payment for local services more equitable. There must be more control of parking of trail ipoints of health and. beauty. Trailers which have inadequate sewage facilities are a danger to their owners and the residents around them. Parking of new, used, unoccupied or an aok abandoned trailers in trailer sales yards: CALIFORNIA or private property mars the landscape. ‘Since our landscape is our big calling card for the important tourist dollar, marring that landscape is a disservice to all county residents. We therefore endorse the recommendations for restrictions forbidding all parking of trailers on private land to protect the surrounding landowners and ‘promote construction of better trailer parks. We also favor a more equitable licensing procedure for more even distribution of tax monies and favor a general reappraisal of the taxing of trailers. ‘Finally, the laws regulating trailers as mobile homes or stationary.units should be revisedtoeliminate conflicts in jurisdiction by local agencies. The problems are real and will be intensifiedas the trailers continue to roll into the county. Regulations to make life better for the trailer dweller and more attractive for allresidents are needed now. IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN COUNTY WILL LOSE A GOOD MAN BY TRANSFER OF VARGAS It made us very sad to hear that County luvestigator Frank Vargas has indicated that he will shortly submit his resignation to District Attorney Harold A. Berliner. This news.should make a lot of other people sad too for the county will go a long time before they find another county employee as conscientious and efficient as he. Vargas stood before the supervisors recently and explained why he would not be able to work as an investigator for the welfare department. The supervisors heard him and indicated their desire to transfer him to the welfare department. The transfer of Vargas was part of the move by the supervisors to create the post of county counsel. The economic breakdown on the three posts presented to the supervisors showed that the offices of district attorney and county counsel could be staffed and operated and the transfer of Vargas would allow all three to operate and come out in the black at the end of the year. Saving the taxpayers' money is one of the many jobs of the supervisors, but the savings, if any, brought about by this move are ridiculous in the light of financial losses on the other side and in the loss of a good enforcement officer. In 1956 Nevada County received a total of $3,500 in payments from absent fathers. In 1957 the district attorney's office hired an additional secretary and the total payments was raised to about $15,000. Frank Vargas went to work for the DA's office in November of 1959 and atthe end of the fiscal year the payments had increased to $24,722. The following record shows the amiazing growth of this money retumed to the county through the efforts of Vargas: 1960 --$35, 250; 1961--$55, 185; 1962--$69,399; 1963--$82, 995 and 1964-+$85,007. Not all of this is county money. Part of it would be split for state and federal programs, but a large share of itis, and must be considered money the county, if it did not receive this support return from absent fathers, would have to spend on local welfare. In many cases, the money from these payments of fathers, kept people off the welfare rolls. at W reason for the transfer of Vargas? Economy seemed to be one reason, This has already been shown to be-a-poor reason. The other reason for the transfer seems to be that it . was part of the general shakeup in the formation of the post of county counsel, We are still waiting to hear of a good reason for that. ---Don Hoagland That man, today, may yet behold 10 11 < THE GOLDEN COUNTRY ‘eo 2 ° = Land where glowing tales are told PS 8 Of men who came in search of gold é 3 And found the answer to their dreams ra s Not only in the wayward streams 3 Z But more within the golden bounty . E < Of an awesome lovely county: 2 & = o More than mortal man may wish 8 “4 In quiet brooks alive with fish, a In mighty oaks and redwood trees And sugar pines;--and_ more to please, In golden soil of dales and hills With bumper crops for each who tills; Golden sunset---Golden dawn--~ Warmth of friendships, on and on, And golden opportunities For healthful work and joyful ease, For peace of mind and peace of soul And greater progress in each goal; Treasures of staunch pioneers Preserved, untainted, through the years Nevada County, as of old, : And know the beauty, gracé and. ri charms In comfort of her loving arms. ROUGH AND READY They could have named it Smooth and Steady, Everready, or some fancy name, But they once named it Rough and Ready, And its name remains the same. Rough were all the miners Who had camped upon its land, Who dug for gold within its hills And panned for it in sand. Rough was all the living © Of its sturdy pioneers, And rough it stays in many ways In these more modern years. Ready for the rich and poor, The adventurous and bold, For-all who love its rugged land And trees of green and gold, For all who seek its beauty With both willing hearts and hands, For all who see its promise As the human race expands. Gold is in its harvest, In its ore, and in its sun For all those rough and ready Por the golden days begun. ---James W. McLaughlin

ws NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET PDITORIAL . Say 30, 1964 REGULATION OF TRAILERS — AND EXAMINATION OF TAXING SETUP SHOULD BE SUPPORTED : The Nugget last week published the y last ofa three part series by County i Monitor columnist Tilly Hoagland which examined the problems being created by ‘the growing number of trailers in Nevada ‘County. We endorse the recommendations made in those articles for greater control over the parking of trailers on private land, a more equitable licensing procedure, a reevaluation of the taxing structure, and more uniform laws to eliminate the confusion among agencies dealing with the:regulation of trailer use in the county. Since the series was published the author has been accused of discriminating against trailer park owners and ‘treating trailer residents as second class citizens. This is not true. Acareful reading of the series would show that she feels that closer regulation of trailer parking in the county: would assure the trailer park owners more business and would therefore put them in a better economic position to build bigger and better trailer parks for their clients. We do not feel that people residing in trailers are second class citizens, but do feel that trailerresidents as citizens, should pay their fair share for the services theyrequire. This is not up to the local government, but the state. The legislature is already considering ways to make the trailer owner's share in payment for local services more equitable. There must be more control of parking of trail ipoints of health and. beauty. Trailers which have inadequate sewage facilities are a danger to their owners and the residents around them. Parking of new, used, unoccupied or an aok abandoned trailers in trailer sales yards: CALIFORNIA or private property mars the landscape. ‘Since our landscape is our big calling card for the important tourist dollar, marring that landscape is a disservice to all county residents. We therefore endorse the recommendations for restrictions forbidding all parking of trailers on private land to protect the surrounding landowners and ‘promote construction of better trailer parks. We also favor a more equitable licensing procedure for more even distribution of tax monies and favor a general reappraisal of the taxing of trailers. ‘Finally, the laws regulating trailers as mobile homes or stationary.units should be revisedtoeliminate conflicts in jurisdiction by local agencies. The problems are real and will be intensifiedas the trailers continue to roll into the county. Regulations to make life better for the trailer dweller and more attractive for allresidents are needed now. IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN COUNTY WILL LOSE A GOOD MAN BY TRANSFER OF VARGAS It made us very sad to hear that County luvestigator Frank Vargas has indicated that he will shortly submit his resignation to District Attorney Harold A. Berliner. This news.should make a lot of other people sad too for the county will go a long time before they find another county employee as conscientious and efficient as he. Vargas stood before the supervisors recently and explained why he would not be able to work as an investigator for the welfare department. The supervisors heard him and indicated their desire to transfer him to the welfare department. The transfer of Vargas was part of the move by the supervisors to create the post of county counsel. The economic breakdown on the three posts presented to the supervisors showed that the offices of district attorney and county counsel could be staffed and operated and the transfer of Vargas would allow all three to operate and come out in the black at the end of the year. Saving the taxpayers' money is one of the many jobs of the supervisors, but the savings, if any, brought about by this move are ridiculous in the light of financial losses on the other side and in the loss of a good enforcement officer.

In 1956 Nevada County received a total of $3,500 in payments from absent fathers. In 1957 the district attorney's office hired an additional secretary and the total payments was raised to about $15,000. Frank Vargas went to work for the DA's office in November of 1959 and atthe end of the fiscal year the payments had increased to $24,722. The following record shows the amiazing growth of this money retumed to the county through the efforts of Vargas: 1960 --$35, 250; 1961--$55, 185; 1962--$69,399; 1963--$82, 995 and 1964-+$85,007. Not all of this is county money. Part of it would be split for state and federal programs, but a large share of itis, and must be considered money the county, if it did not receive this support return from absent fathers, would have to spend on local welfare. In many cases, the money from these payments of fathers, kept people off the welfare rolls. at W reason for the transfer of Vargas? Economy seemed to be one reason, This has already been shown to be-a-poor reason. The other reason for the transfer seems to be that it . was part of the general shakeup in the formation of the post of county counsel, We are still waiting to hear of a good reason for that. ---Don Hoagland That man, today, may yet behold 10 11 < THE GOLDEN COUNTRY ‘eo 2 ° = Land where glowing tales are told PS 8 Of men who came in search of gold é 3 And found the answer to their dreams ra s Not only in the wayward streams 3 Z But more within the golden bounty . E < Of an awesome lovely county: 2 & = o More than mortal man may wish 8 “4 In quiet brooks alive with fish, a In mighty oaks and redwood trees And sugar pines;--and_ more to please, In golden soil of dales and hills With bumper crops for each who tills; Golden sunset---Golden dawn--~ Warmth of friendships, on and on, And golden opportunities For healthful work and joyful ease, For peace of mind and peace of soul And greater progress in each goal; Treasures of staunch pioneers Preserved, untainted, through the years Nevada County, as of old, : And know the beauty, gracé and. ri charms In comfort of her loving arms. ROUGH AND READY They could have named it Smooth and Steady, Everready, or some fancy name, But they once named it Rough and Ready, And its name remains the same. Rough were all the miners Who had camped upon its land, Who dug for gold within its hills And panned for it in sand. Rough was all the living © Of its sturdy pioneers, And rough it stays in many ways In these more modern years. Ready for the rich and poor, The adventurous and bold, For-all who love its rugged land And trees of green and gold, For all who seek its beauty With both willing hearts and hands, For all who see its promise As the human race expands. Gold is in its harvest, In its ore, and in its sun For all those rough and ready Por the golden days begun. ---James W. McLaughlin