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Title: March 25, 1970 Collection Type: Newspapers Collection Name: Nevada County Nugget Published: March 25, 1970 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Physical Format: Newspaper # of Pages: 12 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, March 25, 1970 a Nevada county could ‘lose its eastern end Nevada county might lose its new lineup. eastern end some day if the First, state law requires that proposal being bandied about to when a new county is being form a Tahoe county ever hapcarvedout, a determination be pens. ‘made whether this would reduce Because the Lake Tahoe area the population of any existing and its environs have so many county to less than 20,000 peocommon problems, the possiple. That probably wouldn't bility of forming a separate quite eliminate Truckée from county there has been discussed. consideration, as Nevada counIn fact, legislation to make ty's western end has about formation of a new county a 20,000 people now. ' whole lot easier has been inHowever, the law also retroduced in the California Legquires consideration of whether islature by Gene Chappie, Asany county's territory would be semblyman from this Sierra trimmed to less than 1,200 area. square miles, Nevada county alHis bill, AB 316, would feready has less land than that, duce the number of signatures about 968 square miles, needed to force a vote by the More significant is the attipeople in the involved area, It tude of the people in Nevada . 22 also would reduce to a simple county's up country. How they : majority the percentage neceswould vote is of course not THE JOHN Sutter Mill at Coloma is where gold was discovered. The site was rebuilt as it sary to pass the formation. known, but their supervisor, was and is kept in good condition. It is located close to the banks of the south fork of the California law now requires Willie Curran, feels the idea American River. signatures from 65 per cent of of divorcing themselves from the electorate in the territory their brethren at Grass Valley that would encompass. the new and Nevada City would not be county. The vote itself requires too popular. _ a 65 per cent majority intheenCurran told The Union that tire area and 50 per cent within his constituents appear tobe opThe new legislation would reed up by the large Tahoe area." quire signatures from 15 per Up country citizens are a mi, cent of the people to bring the nority in Nevada county now, proposal to a vote. At the elecwith about 5,000 residents comz tion a simple majority would pared to over 20,000 in the westhave. to vote in favor throughout ern end. Still Curran says the the area and in the part of each’ general feeling is that "they can county that isinvolved, wield 1d more influence ina smallNevada couity's territory ¢r county,” “over the hill" from the Goden Empire--Truckee, Donner Sum74 mit and Soda Springs--probably would be included in any plans to form a Tahoe county. I is geographically, part of the gen} eral Tahoe region, and there 2 are many business, civic and social contracts between the . Truckee and North Lake Tahoe area. In fact, many public services, such as schools, are A * Ps q: Sl oti at, i operated jointly by those two THE. PIPER Playhouse located in Drytown is kept in A-1 condition, Plays are still produced reas, and tourists are attracted to this historic theater. However, two factors might detract from an attempt to put . eastern Nevada county in this BUSINESS BILLBOARD SP Sey Paw ws CALL 273-4493 PUMPS — FILTERS PIPE — FITTINGS >. A. King & Son Lon Gilbert ‘ VALLEY, CALIF. 95045* « Pe CRS ev nag raee a aR THS BRICK lldlg as ence 4 goer sore i Coloma, Mi till wed during he . ** A " . ett Mt ’ ‘ A Bestia em bBey