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You can subscribe to the following WCCUSD e-newsletter by emailing pehara@wccusd.k12.ca.us. WCCUSD e-Weekly March 12, 2004 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS MARCH 12 TO CONSIDER NEW PARCEL TAX Responding to community concern about cuts to the 2004-05 budget approved March 8,...

Sharing the Pain

On January 13, 2004, I placed an item on the City Council agenda to reduce the City Council budget by 10%. There was little support form the City Council, and Mayor Anderson said that the proposal would be discussed at the upcoming City Council retreat. But it...

City Finances in Cardiac Arrest

The long awaited second quarter financial report was quietly distributed to City Council members tonight after the City Council meeting. It showed a whopping cash deficit of $35.2 million, which is more than a third of the entire General Fund budget. Also included was...

Another Architect in the Family

Our older son, Andrew Martin Butt, was notified on February 27 that he had passed his final test, an oral examination before the California Architects Board, to complete his eligibility to become a licensed architect in California. In order to legally use the title...