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Nevada County Superior Court Judge candidate Robert Tice-Raskin took in $53,460 in campaign contributions in 2014 for his successful five-way primary race the most raised by far of any candidate in the June 3 elections. Tice-Raskin, also the top vote-getter in the race, will face off Nov. 4 against the second highest vote-getter, Nevada County Assistant Deputy District Attorney Anna Ferguson. Ferguson raised $17,625 from Jan. 1 through the end of July, according to the Nevada County Elections Office’s final tally on campaign contributions released last week. Tice-Raskin and Ferguson will appear at a public forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 at the county’s Rood Center in Nevada City. The forum is one of a series organized by the League of Women Voters Nevada County chapter. Other forums, all at 7 p.m. at the Rood Center, are: Sept. 18, Grass Valley City Council; Sept. 25, Nevada County Board of Education trustees; Oct. 9, 1st District U.S. House of Representati
Staff Writer
As the Nevada County Board of Supervisors approved a project despite the proposed structure poking above a ridge line, it simultaneously denied another project on an adjacent parcel because it also would protrude above the ridge line.
The couple on the losing end of both decisions complains the county is acting unfairly.
“We’re extremely surprised the supervisors would make that decision,” said Juliet Erickson, who along with her husband Peter Lockyer has been battling the county for about a year over plans to construct a 48-foot cellular tower near their property line.
In November 2011, Lockyer and Erickson first learned of Verizon Wireless’ plans to build the communication tower about 9 feet away from their property line, atop a prominent ridge near Lake Wildwood.
Staff Writer
The Nevada County board of supervisors approved five individuals to serve as mediators in cases where medical marijuana growers want to appeal an order from the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office to abate their grow operation.
The appointment will pave the way for the administrative process necessary to enforce the controversial medical marijuana ordinance, passed by the board of supervisors in May.
Under the ordinance, the NCSO is empowered to serve abatement notices requiring property owners growing medical marijuana to destroy their plants or alter the grow operation enough to be in compliance with the regulations.
If a property owner receives a “Notice to Abate” and feels the notice is in error, he has the right to file an appeal, which is heard by a “hearing officer.”