Private governments coming to an area near you” by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are being used as a legal but controversial mechanism for private entities to collect fees—similar to taxes—from small businesses…
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Waldorf Astoria Tahoe Project in Limbo After Second Loan Default
The future of the long-delayed Waldorf Astoria Tahoe project is uncertain after developer EKN Development defaulted on an $82 million loan for the…
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TRPA employs :fire, aim, ready, approach to managing Tahoe, say critics
The article discusses the controversy surrounding the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and its plan to reduce automobile traffic around Lake Tahoe. Despite…
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DON’T VEGAS NORTH TAHOE-Meeting Wednesday 5/15/24
** Massive new Kings Beach 39 Degree North Tahoe Project BE THERE 5:30 WEDNESDAY “or else in case of fire you better have…
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Tahoe Prosperity Center’s False Narrative
Hats off to Brett Tibbits. His August Moonshine Ink article below articulates a lot of the things many of us have wanted to…
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TRPA MOVES TO INCREASE HEIGHT TO 5 STORIES (65′) BY DECEMBER 2023
While Placer County claims not to increase height further, they know what TRPA is up to. Last night’s Placer County webinar on the…
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TRPA and Placer County Have Their Sights Set on Tahoe Money Again
Please come Events Center in Kings Beach on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 from 5:30-7:30 8318 N Lake Blvd. Six knowledgeable speakers on important…
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TRPA trashes Tahoe Area Plan, ignores serious public safety, environmental, wildfire concerns
June 28’s Tahoe Regional Planning Agency meeting had all the makings of satire. It would be laughable and lampoon-worthy if the consequences weren’t…
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Those eager for Greater Tahoe development need a wildfire reality check
———————————————————— This opinion column was submitted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos, a Tahoe resident who volunteers with grassroots Tahoe Basin groups. More buildings and…
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OBJECT TO TRPA’S RELENTLESS DEVELOPMENT OF TAHOE
THIS IS SERIOUS! PLEASE MAKE TIME. On Wednesday, 6/14/23 at 1 PM, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) will hold another meeting with…
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Last Night’s Soiree Recap
Last night’s NTPA meeting was about the Tahoe Basin Area Plan, fire evacuation, TRPA’s failure to protect the Lake Tahoe Basin and reduce…
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Join Our Conservation Mission to Save Lake Tahoe: RSVP for our Zoom Meeting Now
Lake Tahoe has been a popular destination for tourists and locals alike for many years. However, in recent years, we have seen a…
Read More North Tahoe Preservation Alliance invites you. 4/21/23
Friday 4/21/23 5:30-7PM North Tahoe Event Center 8318 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA North Tahoe Preservation Alliance invites you. We’ve heard from…
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Tahoe’s Future Hangs in the Balance….Again
TRPA Governing Board, As a full-time resident of Incline Village, NV, I write to express my deep concern about a number of new…
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Prosperity Center Envision Playbook Is A Dangerous Game
The Tahoe Prosperity Center (TPC) is a non-profit or not for profit? They have claimed both, but it makes a difference which one….
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TRPA Loves Boulder Bay – AKA Waldorf Astoria Tahoe
TRPA project approval is expected in February or March. At the informational hearing in front of Governing Board on 1/25/23, Paul Nielsen, head…
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Steve Teshara and the Agencies Refuse Public Criticism
Steve Teshara’s contention in the January 2023 Moonshine Ink opinion piece is that the TRPA and the Prosperity Center (an unelected organization) are…
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Homewood Mountain Resort Shell Game
Which cup is the Homewood Mountain development under? In 2011, the Placer County Board of Supervisors approved the Homewood Mountain Resort Ski Area…
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