EDITOR: Hollywood movies continue to deliver powerful pro-tobacco messages to young audiences and pose a critical risk to kids in the U.S. today. Studies show that on-screen tobacco use is responsible for hundreds of thousands of young people beginning to smoke every year, making movies a toxic product to the health of teens. It is [...]
EDITOR: On April 23, 2012, an article was published in Village Life about a drunk driving accident that occurred on Francisco Drive. Though this article was informative, there should have been a follow-up piece on drunk driving prevention or a program that’s mission is to stop these accidents. I think the article was left too [...]
EDITOR: There is a berm at the intersection of El Dorado Hills Boulevard and Serrano Parkway on the way up into Serrano. This berm obstructs the view of vehicles entering Serrano Parkway from either side. I have now taken a different route to avoid that intersection.At night all you are seeing is this berm until [...]
EDITOR: Soon it will be voting time for the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. We legal citizens have the right to vote and can vote for the person he feels is the best qualified to serve. Even though I’m in my 80s, I have attended several of the BOS meetings and have formed my [...]
EDITOR: On behalf of the seniors in El Dorado Hills (and surrounding communities), I would like to thank the El Dorado Hills Firefighters Foundation, the El Dorado Hills Rotary Club, Brian Veerkamp, and Cathy Statham of Heartline for their generous donation of a much-awaited Automated External Defibrillator to the El Dorado Hills Senior Center. It [...]
EDITOR: I would like to respond to some of the responders to a recent People Talk question: “What do you think of road conditions in El Dorado Hills?” I don’t where these people are driving besides the El Dorado Hills Boulevard interchange; because most of the roads and streets are in a really bad condition. [...]
EDITOR: EID’s financial metrics in the past decade show a history of rising revenues and rising costs during the tenure of Ane Deister as general manager, which ended on Dec.31, 2007. Following that the history is of dropping revenues and major cost cutting, first by Interim GM Tom Gallier, then on a more comprehensive scope [...]
