Today’s Tahoe Daily Tribune runs a story about a former California state legislator, Tim Leslie, being appointed to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, of which he has been very critical in the past.

Tahoe Daily Tribune – News
In his time representing Tahoe, however, Leslie became one of the TRPA’s most vocal critics. In 2006, the then-assemblyman hosted a survey that gauged public sentiment of the TRPA. Results showed that 85 percent of respondents felt the agency needed to be held more accountable to the public.

In letters to the editor published in the Sierra Sun in 2005, Leslie asserted that TRPA is a “prime example of this type of abusive government,” referring to what he called the agency’s unchecked operations.

“TRPA is a bi-state agency with a massive blanket of unaccountable bureaucracy layered over the top of otherwise elected and accountable units of government, with the objective of ‘protecting’ Lake Tahoe,” Leslie wrote.

The story goes on to quote a number of players expressing their approval of Leslie’s appointment, owing to his thorough knowledge of relevant issues and his engagement in public service.

This is a story I will check back in on from time to time.  It certainly has the makings of possibly winding up in the Strategies and Solutions Library someday.

Peace.

Deborah Alicen