If you have lived in Placer County any length of time, you know Aldo Pineschi. To call him a giant in Placer County is an understatement. If you were involved in any local Chamber of Commerce, Local Government Board, Local Commission or Local Charity you knew this...
FCC can't get their s--t together. Literally. Link to Article here. Since last summer, commissioners have complained about FCC, which is under a county contract through 2024. County Attorney Randy Mink sent the company a letter saying they've defaulted on their...
And why is it so easy for your Intrepid Blogger to find one FCC contract after another with serious issues? Again, we ask where was the staff of the Western Placer Waste Management Agency and where was the board of the WPWMA? It looks like there is another recent...
Dear WPWMA Staff: I will not stop until the whole truth is exposed behind this WPWMA contract. If you want to make it about your intrepid blogger, it is party time. For the benefit of the readers, the WPWMA Board was ready to go with a different provider than FCC....
I have written some blogs about the Western Placer Waste Management Agency. I have heard that the staff went on a rampage and rode the five members of the board to get their way on the contract. The truth may be a little less hyperbolic, but your intrepid blogger...
The Contract is down to Green Waste and FCC. The staff of the WPWMA has inexplicably recommended FCC. There is no way that the staff of the WPWMA did any due diligence. Please note the language in the RFP (Request for Proposal), it is very clear: Proposal Section...
Do you want Northern Roseville - where Million-Dollar Homes are going up by the dozen to smell like sewage? Lost in the shuffle of all this, is a newly approved development North of the Northern City Limit will be sandwiched in between the City Limit, the Right of...
I did not mince words in that title. FCC, the Waste provider recommended by the staff of that district has a lot of explaining to do. I just can't clear the rumors about the junket to Spain that some of the staff are dreaming about after the anticipated adoption of...
Your intrepid blogger has been interested in the upcoming Placer County Waste / Trash / Dump contract. After exposing the attempts of the staff to give the current provider a no-bid 20 year contract for services - despite the mismanagement and substandard services...
Ahem - for those of you in to acronyms, it is called the WPWMA. Western Placer Waste Management Agency. It is a dumpster fire. Let's get in to the dump for a bit as it is a microcosm of government in general. 20 years ago was the last time the WPWMA went out to...
This was printed in the Sierra Sun - the local progressive rag in the Tahoe-Truckee Area. It kind of says it all. Recently I read the Sierra Sun opinion column, “Lake Tahoe is in need of progressive change — and soon,” dated May 30 about the need for progressive...