The Kings County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a former Navy man on suspicion of sexually abusing his two children while on active duty at Naval Air Station Lemoore in 2010. Keep reading...
The Lemoore City Council will get an update on its May 7 decision to eliminate the city’s planning department. A staff report, based on the first two months after eliminating the planning department, cites expected savings, but some critics aren’t impressed. Keep reading...
Lemoore, Lemoore Council Members at their July 2 meeting instructed city staff to determine if a 5 percent of 3 percent preference would have helped local bidders gain an advantage in local projects where state or local funding is not used. Some council members might not like what is reported to them at their next meeting on Tuesday, July 16 (staff report). Keep reading...
A local group, dissatisfied with the actions of at least two members of the Lemoore City Council, has organized in an effort to recall Lemoore Mayor Billy Siegel and Council member John Gordon. To mount a successful recall is not an easy undertaking, but according to local organizer Lisa Elgin, it would be worth it. Keep reading...
A widely expected amendment that would have created a council liaison failed to get the necessary three votes on the second reading of the ordinance during the July 2 council meeting. Just two weeks ago, at least three council members waived the initial reading of the ordinance and its passage seemed assured Tuesday night but for the reluctance of Edward Neal, who indicated he may no longer favor the idea. Keep reading...
A second reading of an amendment to an ordinance to create a city council liaison and a discussion about giving preference to local bidders is on Tuesday night’s city council agenda. Keep reading...
Is someone trying to buy Lemoore’s Municipal Golf Course? Council members, after Tuesday night’s (June 18) regular session, were scheduled to meet in closed session for property negotiations with the Tachi Yokut Tribe, which owns The Palace, adjacent to the Santa Rosa Rancheria. The topic of discussion? The golf course. Keep reading...
Lemoore council members, at their Tuesday night meeting, voted 3-2 with members Willard Rodarmel and Lois Wynn dissenting, to create a “Council Liaison,” an idea put forth by Mayor Billy Siegel and Council Member John Gordon to keep council members and the public better informed of important daily business proceedings. Keep reading...
Lemoore’s former city manager didn’t waste any time in finding a new job. The Templeton Community Services District, which effectively governs the picturesque Central Coast community near Paso Robles, announced Friday that it had selected longtime Lemoore City Manager Jeff Briltz as its new General Manager. Keep reading...
The Lemoore City Council, in the wake of its decision to eliminate the city’s planning department, on Tuesday, voted 4-0 to hire Visalia engineering firm Quad Knopf to oversee the city’s planning needs for the foreseeable future, or until planning demands reach a point that Lemoore needs to reinstate its planning department. Keep reading...