March 26, 1964 (28 pages)

Pa . i Bae ee SMALL EDITORIAL CONSCIENCE DICTATES SCHOOL TAX APPROVAL Sad, but true, the vast majority of California school districts can no longer carry on the minimum educational effort necessary within the statutory maximum base tax rate. Indeed, most school districts in the state are not only operating with approved over-ride taxrates, but are also bonded to capacity and building under state loan programs which will likely never be paid, under lenient state loan terms. The Grass Valley School District now finds itself asking for an increase in the maximum base tax rate to $1.45 per $100 assessed valuation (the state average is $1.43 fora district that size.) It is at the same time a district that can point proudly to the fact that there are no outstanding bond issues. Trustees of the Grass Valley School District are not asking for any structural or educational frills. The district just needs the additional money to Carry on the best education that a reasonable sum of money can obtain. More than half of the additional funds willgotoa necessary expansion of the teaching staff by two members, to additional pay to the school staff, and to the hiring ofa pyschologist-counselor. A program of long-delayed improvements, beginning with partial remodeling at Hennessy School to gain anadditional two rooms, will bite into the balance of the additional income. While notrustee in these days of inflation could honestly promise that the proposed $1.45 base tax rate can be lowered in the future, trustees and the present administration indicate that in the third year after passage of the override the district hopes to be able to reduce the tax levied to a figure below the maximum. It seems obvious that the trustees are giving Grass Valley School District voters the full facts inthe present election. The district's financial position is anything. but stable. It should have a general reserve of $50,000 July . to carry it into December when tax funds are available. Its general reserve at the end of February was $7500. There has been little talk of education in the current request for the over-ride. But this muchis sure. If the issue should fail, the quality of education would of financial necessity suffer in Grass VaHey. It seems obvious that the kindergarten TOWN SMALL WORLD & ot program would be the first cut-back, but there would be other less obvious but just as necessary moves to save moneyIt is nota pleasant choice that faces Grass Valley School voters. If the voter desires to maintain the present educational standard, make necessary improvements to the bu ildings, and hope for future improvement of the educational program---then the voter must vote in favor of the increase d maximum tax base. If a voter doesn't care about education in Grass Valley, he can then oppose the additional tax with a clear conscience. But even the conscience of a conservative might not be clear with the type of educational program that could result. : SIERRA BYWAYS GRASS VALLEY POLICE ARE KEYSTONE COPS? ODE TO PG&E We're only a mountain county, Nobody ever will tell--7‘ When the wind blows out in the boondocks Everything goes to hell. --Anonymous (but contemporary) KEYSTONE KOPS.. Sacramento County Supervisor Fred A. Barbaria wonders about the hospitality of Grass Valley.. At the recent quarterly meeting of the Sacramento-Mother Lode Supervisors’ Association he noted with appreciation the fact that the City of Grass Valley gave the visiting supervisors the keys to the City and a most hearty welcome.. But that evening when Barbaria and a fellow delegate to the meeting alighted froma taxi at the door of the Bret Harte Inn, the two were cornered by two of Grass Valley's finest. Hands on the wall, they were frisked. The police told Barbaria and friend that they (the police) knew all about the plans the two had for holding up a Grass Valley service station.. Well, the Sacramento supervisor figured maybe it was.a joke being played on him by fellow delegatesto the meeting, but he decided not to press his luck after looking at a menacingly waving large, flashlight held by one GV policeman.. Instead, he offered his identification which apparently didn't carry any influence at all---after all, who knows what type of person it takes to plan a service station holdUP. .ee About this time, Barbaria found his dander up and made some remark about Keystone Cops. Asa Sacramento Deputy Sheriff he placed the Grass Valley policeman under arrest.. But all this did was to expand the area of argument as to whether county officials had jurisdiction in the City of Grass Valley---let alone Sacramento county Officials.. After what Barbaria described as a very prolonged discussion the police seemed satisfied---either with the character of the two or with the conviction the couple had dropped théir plans to stick up <a service station.. Other delegates (and wives) at the Bret Harte for the quarterly meeting report that from the hotel's windows it appeared to be a firstclass television thriller.. After hearing Barbaria tell of the event atthe next day's luncheon, William R. Mac Dougall, manager of the County Supervisors’ Association of California and a native of Nevada City, told Barbaria he shouldhave stayed in Nevada City overnight. “Our police there are more discerning in who they round up as undesireables each night, " he said.. Barbaria and friend had a promise from W. W, (Tabe) Bishop, Nevada County supervisor and Grass Valley service station operator, that he would escort them out of town after the.meeting.. Barbaria, who headed the group's dis~ cussion of “Should we have a county-wide school district?” atthe meeting, is understood to have volunteered BURR Rae ree to head a-discussion at the next quarter's meeting on “Should we have a county-wide law enforcement agency?” COMMERCIAL STREET..The warehouse building going up on Alpha’s lot on Commercial St. still has a set-back for some form of beautification, I have been informed. The space has of necessity been cut down, since the structure going up there is built in multiples of ten feet, and since the original estimates didn't take into account wall space.-But it will be two or three years before the Alpha expansion can be considered complete. It allbecomes involved with freeway construction on the ramp roads and Union St., and target-completion date for that seems to be at least two years at this point..Onenote, Alpha has agreed to donate one bit of property at the corner of Commercial and Union Sts, so that the Div of Highways can round the corner for better traffic flow. Seems the Div was “cutting corners” in the budget department of the freeway rather than rounding comers on the planning boards. . Anyway, people like you and columnists like me have been asked to be patient in our desire to see what's to be done to dress up Nevada City’s second street. PUBLICITY..Nevada City’s lead page story this month in Sunset Magazine should gladden the heart of every local resident who pushed to save the assay office and annex. Sunset editors chose the assay office as featured picture on their story, and the resulting flood of tourists over the next few months should convince even the skeptics that the old building is still a gold mine in value toNC.. It is also quite timely for those who seek a state historical park in town, for that seems to be one of the twokey'structures in their presentation to state officials.. Incidentally, the Sunset photo was taken some time ago, when the Nugget's office was still in the "Tower Building” as the magazine calls it. . And speaking of publicity, Nugget cartoonist Dan O'Neill and his Odd Bodkins are getting to be regular guest stars in publications and on the airways. Danny was featured in Newsweek last week as “Odd Man In” in an article telling of his cartoon's success ---it's now syndicated by the S, F. Chron tosome 40 U. S. newspapers.. And in addition, Danny has been interviewed on S, F. radio and television..Just to think, it all began in the Nugget. CALIFORNIA “Dean Thompion CLOUDY SKIES AHEAD FOR SENATE CANDIDATES A week ago it looked as if Alan Cranston, the State Controller, had pretty clear sailing in his Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate against the ailing incumbent, Clair Engle. Friday, however, the Democratic seas got a bit turbulent with the announcement of Presidential press secretary Pierre Salinger thathe is entering the race. Salinger obviously will have the support of Attorney General Mosk and Assembly Speaker Unruh, while Cranston will have the backing of Governor Brown and other prominent Democratic leaders who joined the Cranston bandwagon after his endorse ment by the California Democratic Council and the withdrawal of Mosk and Rep. James Roosevelt from the race. Engle is supported by an old friend, state senate top man Hugh Burns. Cranston supporters seem at this point to be hedging their bets. While affirming undying support for their candidate, they are professing undying love for the colorful Salinger, and affecting amused detachment about the entire turn of events, Thus if Salinger wins thenomination, they will be able to switch their allegiance with a minimum of embarrassment, eitherto themselves or the Democratic party's chances for victory in this contest. One can well imagine the disappointment among Cranston's more ardent suppoyers. They are convinced, with good reason, that Cranston is pre-eminently qualified as a Senatorial candidate, possessing as he does a considerable background in local, state, national, and international politics. What he lacks in color, -he makes up for in his sure understanding of and interest in the overriding question of war and peace which face notg only California, but the nation and the entire world. While granting Salinger's intelligence and political ap“POBL ‘93 YouRpy'* *1033NN oy.’ **SI O8eg ZI osed** xt. Le ee OE.

Pa . i Bae ee SMALL EDITORIAL CONSCIENCE DICTATES SCHOOL TAX APPROVAL Sad, but true, the vast majority of California school districts can no longer carry on the minimum educational effort necessary within the statutory maximum base tax rate. Indeed, most school districts in the state are not only operating with approved over-ride taxrates, but are also bonded to capacity and building under state loan programs which will likely never be paid, under lenient state loan terms. The Grass Valley School District now finds itself asking for an increase in the maximum base tax rate to $1.45 per $100 assessed valuation (the state average is $1.43 fora district that size.) It is at the same time a district that can point proudly to the fact that there are no outstanding bond issues. Trustees of the Grass Valley School District are not asking for any structural or educational frills. The district just needs the additional money to Carry on the best education that a reasonable sum of money can obtain. More than half of the additional funds willgotoa necessary expansion of the teaching staff by two members, to additional pay to the school staff, and to the hiring ofa pyschologist-counselor. A program of long-delayed improvements, beginning with partial remodeling at Hennessy School to gain anadditional two rooms, will bite into the balance of the additional income. While notrustee in these days of inflation could honestly promise that the proposed $1.45 base tax rate can be lowered in the future, trustees and the present administration indicate that in the third year after passage of the override the district hopes to be able to reduce the tax levied to a figure below the maximum. It seems obvious that the trustees are giving Grass Valley School District voters the full facts inthe present election. The district's financial position is anything. but stable. It should have a general reserve of $50,000 July . to carry it into December when tax funds are available. Its general reserve at the end of February was $7500. There has been little talk of education in the current request for the over-ride. But this muchis sure. If the issue should fail, the quality of education would of financial necessity suffer in Grass VaHey. It seems obvious that the kindergarten TOWN SMALL WORLD & ot program would be the first cut-back, but there would be other less obvious but just as necessary moves to save moneyIt is nota pleasant choice that faces Grass Valley School voters. If the voter desires to maintain the present educational standard, make necessary improvements to the bu ildings, and hope for future improvement of the educational program---then the voter must vote in favor of the increase d maximum tax base. If a voter doesn't care about education in Grass Valley, he can then oppose the additional tax with a clear conscience. But even the conscience of a conservative might not be clear with the type of educational program that could result. : SIERRA BYWAYS GRASS VALLEY POLICE ARE KEYSTONE COPS? ODE TO PG&E We're only a mountain county, Nobody ever will tell--7‘ When the wind blows out in the boondocks Everything goes to hell. --Anonymous (but contemporary) KEYSTONE KOPS... Sacramento County Supervisor Fred A. Barbaria wonders about the hospitality of Grass Valley... At the recent quarterly meeting of the Sacramento-Mother Lode Supervisors’ Association he noted with appreciation the fact that the City of Grass Valley gave the visiting supervisors the keys to the City and a most hearty welcome... But that evening when Barbaria and a fellow delegate to the meeting alighted froma taxi at the door of the Bret Harte Inn, the two were cornered by two of Grass Valley's finest. Hands on the wall, they were frisked. The police told Barbaria and friend that they (the police) knew all about the plans the two had for holding up a Grass Valley service station... Well, the Sacramento supervisor figured maybe it was.a joke being played on him by fellow

delegatesto the meeting, but he decided not to press his luck after looking at a menacingly waving large, flashlight held by one GV policeman... Instead, he offered his identification which apparently didn't carry any influence at all---after all, who knows what type of person it takes to plan a service station holdUP. .ee About this time, Barbaria found his dander up and made some remark about Keystone Cops. Asa Sacramento Deputy Sheriff he placed the Grass Valley policeman under arrest... But all this did was to expand the area of argument as to whether county officials had jurisdiction in the City of Grass Valley---let alone Sacramento county Officials... After what Barbaria described as a very prolonged discussion the police seemed satisfied---either with the character of the two or with the conviction the couple had dropped théir plans to stick up <a service station... Other delegates (and wives) at the Bret Harte for the quarterly meeting report that from the hotel's windows it appeared to be a firstclass television thriller... After hearing Barbaria tell of the event atthe next day's luncheon, William R. Mac Dougall, manager of the County Supervisors’ Association of California and a native of Nevada City, told Barbaria he shouldhave stayed in Nevada City overnight. “Our police there are more discerning in who they round up as undesireables each night, " he said... Barbaria and friend had a promise from W. W, (Tabe) Bishop, Nevada County supervisor and Grass Valley service station operator, that he would escort them out of town after the.meeting... Barbaria, who headed the group's dis~ cussion of “Should we have a county-wide school district?” atthe meeting, is understood to have volunteered BURR Rae ree to head a-discussion at the next quarter's meeting on “Should we have a county-wide law enforcement agency?” COMMERCIAL STREET...The warehouse building going up on Alpha’s lot on Commercial St. still has a set-back for some form of beautification, I have been informed. The space has of necessity been cut down, since the structure going up there is built in multiples of ten feet, and since the original estimates didn't take into account wall space..-But it will be two or three years before the Alpha expansion can be considered complete. It allbecomes involved with freeway construction on the ramp roads and Union St., and target-completion date for that seems to be at least two years at this point...Onenote, Alpha has agreed to donate one bit of property at the corner of Commercial and Union Sts, so that the Div of Highways can round the corner for better traffic flow. Seems the Div was “cutting corners” in the budget department of the freeway rather than rounding comers on the planning boards.. . Anyway, people like you and columnists like me have been asked to be patient in our desire to see what's to be done to dress up Nevada City’s second street. PUBLICITY...Nevada City’s lead page story this month in Sunset Magazine should gladden the heart of every local resident who pushed to save the assay office and annex. Sunset editors chose the assay office as featured picture on their story, and the resulting flood of tourists over the next few months should convince even the skeptics that the old building is still a gold mine in value toNC... It is also quite timely for those who seek a state historical park in town, for that seems to be one of the twokey'structures in their presentation to state officials.... Incidentally, the Sunset photo was taken some time ago, when the Nugget's office was still in the "Tower Building” as the magazine calls it.. . And speaking of publicity, Nugget cartoonist Dan O'Neill and his Odd Bodkins are getting to be regular guest stars in publications and on the airways. Danny was featured in Newsweek last week as “Odd Man In” in an article telling of his cartoon's success ---it's now syndicated by the S, F. Chron tosome 40 U. S. newspapers... And in addition, Danny has been interviewed on S, F. radio and television...Just to think, it all began in the Nugget. CALIFORNIA “Dean Thompion CLOUDY SKIES AHEAD FOR SENATE CANDIDATES A week ago it looked as if Alan Cranston, the State Controller, had pretty clear sailing in his Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate against the ailing incumbent, Clair Engle. Friday, however, the Democratic seas got a bit turbulent with the announcement of Presidential press secretary Pierre Salinger thathe is entering the race. Salinger obviously will have the support of Attorney General Mosk and Assembly Speaker Unruh, while Cranston will have the backing of Governor Brown and other prominent Democratic leaders who joined the Cranston bandwagon after his endorse ment by the California Democratic Council and the withdrawal of Mosk and Rep. James Roosevelt from the race. Engle is supported by an old friend, state senate top man Hugh Burns. Cranston supporters seem at this point to be hedging their bets. While affirming undying support for their candidate, they are professing undying love for the colorful Salinger, and affecting amused detachment about the entire turn of events, Thus if Salinger wins thenomination, they will be able to switch their allegiance with a minimum of embarrassment, eitherto themselves or the Democratic party's chances for victory in this contest. One can well imagine the disappointment among Cranston's more ardent suppoyers. They are convinced, with good reason, that Cranston is pre-eminently qualified as a Senatorial candidate, possessing as he does a considerable background in local, state, national, and international politics. What he lacks in color, -he makes up for in his sure understanding of and interest in the overriding question of war and peace which face notg only California, but the nation and the entire world. While granting Salinger's intelligence and political ap“POBL ‘93 YouRpy'* *1033NN oy.’ **SI O8eg ZI osed** xt. Le ee OE.