The Leader has learned that Lemoore City Councilmembers, at a recent special meeting, asked City Manager Jeff Laws to open discussions with Lemoore Municipal Golf Course Manager Rich Rhoads regarding his plan to lease the city’s golf course. Keep reading...
The Leader has learned that the Tachi’s chief financial officer, James Snead, will be on hand Tuesday night at the next Lemoore City Council meeting to discuss the Tachis’ offer to buy the Lemoore Municipal Golf Course. Local residents as well as golf enthusiasts are gearing up for could be a contentious round of public hearings. Keep reading...
VA presumes that specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans were caused by their military service. VA does this because of the unique circumstances of their military service. If Keep reading...
Our Congressman David Valadao is getting some heat, undeservedly so. Recently, the first-term representative, who represents Lemoore and Hanford, announced his support for comprehensive immigration reform and it’s not setting well with local conservatives and Team Partiers. Keep reading...
On June 17, 2013, in a decision that triggered nationwide outcry from civil rights proponents, a sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that suspects during pre-custodial questioning must expressly invoke their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent in order to actually benefit from it. Keep reading...
Financial assistance, in the form of a grant, is available to purchase a new or used automobile to accommodate a veteran with certain disabilities that resulted from an injury or disease incurred or aggravated during active military service. Keep reading...
Anybody who is not familiar with the term Honor Flight, should begin studying up. In the simplest of terms an Honor Flight, in today’s world is an airplane ride to Washington D.C. designed exclusively for World War II veterans to visit the World War II Memorial. Keep reading...
Since its advent, social media has rapidly shaped how we think about such things as campaigns, corruption in politics and the number of “Likes” it takes a Facebook user to make a point. Keep reading...
I was going to play golf this weekend but didn’t want to pay the green fees. I toyed with the idea of having the golf course charge it to the city, based on my own solid reasoning that if the mayor and a pair of city employees, as well as a golf consultant, can play on the city’s dime, why not a typical Lemoore citizen. Keep reading...
A longtime employee left the City of Lemoore after 40 years. His name is Larry Avila and there couldn’t be a nicer guy. I worked at the city for 18 years and whenever I saw Larry he always had a smile on his face and warm hello. Keep reading...