OUT of ORDER by Page N Monday, January 25, Ary 28, a Case Rate of 88.3 Per the California Govern- 100,000 Residents and a 15% Oment Opted to Cancel Positivity Rate

sheetthe News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra Maddy (Public House) said the bar is typically packed on a Thursday night. Seeing red (tier) would beat seeing red by a mile.

Saturday, January 30, 2021 FREE Vol. 19, No. 5 A GOOD PUSH ALWAYS HELPS OUT OF ORDER By Page n Monday, January 25, ary 28, a case rate of 88.3 per the California govern- 100,000 residents and a 15% Oment opted to cancel positivity rate. regionalized stay at home A refresher on what the orders throughout the state, purple tier means: lodging can returning all counties to the tier open with restrictions on gym system according to Covid-19 and pool facilities, restaurants statistics. can open for outdoor seat- The stay-at-home order, in ing, most retail is open at 25% place since early December, capacity, and some personal had been largely ineffective in services (i.e haircuts, tattoo restricting the movement of shops) can reopen. people throughout the state In addition to rescinding the and a number of jurisdictions stay-at-home order, Newsom chose to lightly (or not at all) also altered the prioritization enforce restrictions on hotels list for Covid-19 vaccinations, and dining. basing it on age as opposed to Governor Gavin Newsom occupation or risk factors. said that he made his decision Locally, Mono County issued based on hospital ICU capacity a press release highlighting projections over the course of the changes from the stay-at- On Wednesday, The Sheet’s Owen Page encountered six stranded vehicles on his walk down Old Mammoth home order to the purple tier. Road to the Grocery Outlet. This driver of this Subaru was lucky enough to get a helpful push from a Cat the next four weeks. The state driver. According to Page, “He filled the bucket with snow and nudged the guy very gently. It was quite skillful.” chose to factor surge capac- The county opted to restrict ity into the ICU availability local lodging to 60% capacity metrics, which pushed the for operators with more than FROM 20 TO 60 IN A FLASH numbers above the necessary 10 properties and 18 nights/ By Page 15% needed for a given region month for operators with less he Eastern Sierra had its 6 inches of snow on Tuesday, Steinwand of the inyo County to reopen in the purple tier. than 10 properties, with a man- first (and hopefully not 40 inches on Wednesday, and Water Department said “as of Two regions were not subject datory 24 hour gap between Tlast) big storm of the year 34 inches on Thursday by 3:30 Monday, we were on track (in to the stay-at-home order at the stays for cleaning. this week, beginning Tuesday p.m. for a total of 80 inches so regard to snowpack) with 2014- time of its lifting: Greater Sacra- The Town of Mammoth night and projected to last far with more expected through 2015,” the driest year on record, mento had the order lifted on Lakes issued a press release through Friday morning. the night. at 22% of average for the season January 12 while Northern Wednesday veering from Mono As of press time Thursday, At the Inyo County Supervi- to date. California was never subject County’s edict, stating it would Mammoth Mountain reported sors meeting Tuesday, Dr. Aaron If the storms materialized to it. allow 70% capacity. (they have), “we might get to Both Mono and Inyo coun- Emergency Operations Com- 60%” he added. ties were placed in the purple mand Public Information Of- The cold temperatures tier, the most restrictive, upon ficer Stu Brown talked through brought the snow to the val- the state’s rescinding of the the new information from the ley floor, with Bishop and the order. Mono’s 7-day positiv- state, citing the change in met- Owens Valley blanketed by ity rate has decreased over the rics as the reason for the state’s Wednesday morning. Overall, past two weeks to the 10-12% actions. Forecasting out, the ex- Lunch guesses not quite a foot. range, down from a peak of panded ICU capacity in South- Weather forecasters warned 26% but still above the state’s ern California is projected to be of high winds through Friday 8% threshold to be reclassified at 33.3% in four weeks. morning, especially along the The state also issued new crest, creating difficult, whiteout into the red tier (which would permit in-person dining). The school guidance: grades K-6 driving conditions. may be in-person with 25 Local authorities were quick county’s per capita positivity rate sits at 487 per 100,000 cases per 100k residents for five to close Highway 395 from the consecutive days while grades Nevada Border down to State residents, down from a peak 7-12 would have to wait until a Route 203 (Mammoth Lakes) of 1,300 per 100,000 little more county reaches the red tier. on Tuesday night. The high- than a week ago. Town Finance Director Rob way was expected to remain Inyo County listed 59 active Patterson, who also leads the closed in both directions into cases as of Thursday, Janu- Courtesy of California’s Department of Water Resources see COVID, page 9 see ORDER, page 8 Looking down range Hokey Pokey Clinic WallStreetBets Big tip Who gives a ‘stan?

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Ted Carleton...... the Jack of all Lunches DON’T CELEBRATE TOO EARLY 760.937.4613 / [email protected] It was one of those weeks. I really don’t remember what I did. I think that when a bunch of letters come in (content!), one has a tendency to take the June Simpkins...Jack of everything else foot off the pedal. Especially when they’re good letters. So thank you to the 760.937.3967 / [email protected] Sheet community for picking up the slack. sheet Owen Page ...... Writer As a counterpoint to much in this paper regarding getting towns and busi- News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra [email protected] nesses open, here are a few notes of dissent. Clouds McCloud ...... Inyo County Public Health Officer James Richardson told Inyo Supervi- Ass-trologer sors Tuesday that if one of these new, more infectious Covid strains takes “Why would we lie to ourselves?” Spike Todd ...... -Bill S. Preston, Esq. Beverage Consultant hold, there is exponential impact. If a strain is 50% more infectioous, he said, you’ll have twice the number of cases in two weeks and a four- to five-fold increase in cases within a JACK LUNCH P.O. Box 8088 PUBLISHER month. This courtesy of Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch, one of the Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 experts Richardson says he relies upon. For a subscription, visit the website, make a 760.924.0048/[email protected] The problem is the viral load in a new, more infectious strain. Places that donation and be added to the e-mail blast An adjudicated paper of general circula- may have been generally safe previously (like the grocery store, if everyone’s list. tion. © 2021 The Sheet, all rights reserved. masked), may not be as safe now, said Richardson. “some of the worst genomic surveillance on the planet.” As it stands, “Transmission risk is 20 times higher in an indoor setting,” he What is genomic surveillance? It’s essentially the detective work scientists said, do to track a virus and its various mutations. And so the issue you have, as Supervisor Jeff Griffiths said, is that the The first two paragraphs of an article which appeared two weeks ago on rescinding of the stay-at-home order sends a confused message. People will Nature.com: thinking the lifting of the order means its time to party - and the Super Bowl 2021 is shaping up to be the year of COVID-19 variants. In the past two is just around the corner. months, scientists have identified several fast-spreading variants that have “Gatherings are a huge issue,” said Richardson. “People are doing what prompted government restrictions in many countries — and new variants they want and ignoring basic guidelines.” are being detected more frequently. From Lipsitch courtesy of a January 8 story which appeared on vox.com: The pandemic has ushered in an era of genomic surveillance in which A 50 percent more transmissible virus, Lipsitch says, means “we need to cut scientists are tracking genomic changes to a virus at a speed and scale never our contacts down by another third compared to the already strong restric- seen before. But surveillance is patchy globally, particularly in the United tions [already in place] in order to get back to the same place where we States, which has the world’s largest COVID-19 outbreak, and in many low- were.” and middle-income countries. Scientists warn that worrying variants are Richardson isn’t the only one. Another public health official, speaking on probably spreading undetected in these regions. condition of anonymity, said, “You can learn a lot by looking around the ... The number of SARS-CoV-2 genomes that the United States has shared globe ... by getting your head up and looking down range once in awhile. on GISAID (a non-profit online database) is less than 0.3% of its total Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Israel, the U.K. ... their numbers are down number of COVID-19 infections. That compares with nearly 5% for the but they’re all extending [strict]public health orders. It looks like the water’s United Kingdom, 12% for Denmark, and almost 60% for Australia ... This is a receding, but don’t be fooled. There’s a big wave coming.” problem because the more a virus circulates, the more opportunities it has A critical issue for the United States, said this official, is that we have to change.” It would be one thing if the pace of vaccination was proceeding like gang- busters. It’s not. Inyo County has 8,000 people classified in its Tier 1B which is getting vaccinated now. Inyo County Health and Human Services Direc- tor Marilyn Mann said the county is receiving 100-300 vaccine doses per week. That’s a lousy equation. Infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said Tuesday in an interview with Anderson Cooper that he fears the United States is about to enter its “darkest weeks” of the coronavirus pandemic yet. Specifically, the next six to fourteen weeks. Richardson’s best advice: Staying away from people is 100% effective.

A few odds and ends. Bishop Chamber of Commerce Executive director Tawni Thomson presented room occupancy numbers to Bishop City Council in her report on Monday. Bishop’s room occupancy rate was 45% in December, as compared to 59% the previous year. In January, the number was trending at 47%, down from 53% in 2020.

Mammoth Hospital held its annual strategic workshop on Friday, January 22. Which is worth a more in-depth future story, but a couple points which I found powerful and unnerving. *That in-patient growth will be driven by chronic disease admission, prin- cipally via advanced liver disease (drinking) and diabetes (obesity). Jeff Moser of SG2 Consultants, which facilitated the workshop, also refer- enced increasing behavioral health impacts, which he said, “You’ll be deal- ing with tangentially with co-morbidities.” Moser said the data indicate “this is not a good story.” Further, he said we’ve been, as a country, dismantling mental health infrastructure and care since the ‘90s. To which Dr. Yuri Parisky piped up, “The dismantling of mental health services began in the ‘80s.” Moser also said the Covid pandemic has led to medical coverage erosion, accelerated utilization decline (people are skipping the doctor) and accelerated “site of care” shift. Meaning, more at-home and virtual care. Between 2018 and 2020, Medicare and MediCal payers rose from 42% to 45% while commercial payers declined from 56$ to 53%. Challenging times in the medical profession. More soon. TOGETHER WE CAN END THE PANDEMIC. JUNTOS PODEMOS PONER FIN A LA PANDEMIA. Vaccinate Vacunar Mono PRE-REGISTER PREINSCRIPCIÓN FOR THE VACCINE PARA LA VACUNA

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If the factual informa- social justice above legal justice feeling March. If the Senate did not pursue the tion I suggest you review gives you men- righteous in attacking groups of people trial to remove from office a person who Ted, your comments in the Jan. 9, tal discomfort that could be because because of their beliefs. The media has is no longer in office then the security 2021 edition of The Sheet need scrutiny. your “facts” do not line up with reality essentially put a target on the backs of threat would disappear. The risk to the “Looking back at Charlottesville in - cognitive dissonance. half the country. country the Left is willing to take in an August 2017, where there were “good I believe the 38% of residents in Mono On 4-25-19 when Biden announced attempt to gain political points in the people on both sides” as the President County and the 50% of residents in Inyo his run for the 2020 Democratic presi- theater is on display. asserted …” It appears Ted was regurgi- County that voted for Trump are eager dential nomination, he used the Char- I left the Democratic Party because tating the corporate media debunked for your response to my questions. lottesville hoax as the foundation of his of its support for endless wars in ‘who narrative that Trump said neo-Nazis The Left/media has perpetuated the campaign stating the following: gives a stan’. Their support of censorship and White nationalists were fine people. false narrative that Trump and by exten- “That’s when we heard the words blocking diverse viewpoints they dis- On 8-15-17 following the Charlottes- sion his supporters are anti-Semite, from the president of the United States agree with and welcoming big money ville riot, Trump did say in an exchange racist, neo-Nazis and White nationalists. that stunned the world and shocked the further corrupting Washington. The with the media that there were ‘fine If Trump was anti-semitic, one would conscience of this nation,” … that there media and Democratic party’s focus on people on both sides’ clearly referring think Israel would have pointed that were “some very fine people on both group identity politics is divisive leading to the issue of taking down confederate out. Trump is likely the most popular sides.” to tribalism. What nation is less racist statues. When asked to clarify his “fine American president in the eyes of Israel. If the election situation was reversed than the USA? people on both sides” language, Trump Trump’s daughter, son-in-law and and Trump had won by thin margins “I have a dream that my four little moments later said “and I’m not talk- grandchildren are Orthodox Jews. There with questionable results in a system children will one day live in a nation ing about the neo-Nazis and the White is no basis in fact that Trump is racist designed to prevent audits do you think where they will not be judged by the nationalists, because they should be though half the country believes it to be there would have been more, less or color of their skin but by the content condemned totally.” true. no violence in a 2nd Trump inaugura- of their character.” Dr. Martin Luther Trump quoted: “You had some very The media has replaced news with tion? The claim that Trump wanted and King 8-28-1963. Ask yourself why are we bad people in that group, but you also narrative, where the media interprets encouraged the riots is nonsensical as moving away from Dr. King’s vision? had people that were very fine people, the news for you, then assigns you your it would only harm him politically with on both sides ... I saw the same pictures views. Most people hearing this would no upside. While Trump failed to ‘prove’ Gary Guenther as you did. You had people in that group disagree believing that they came to the election was stolen, that is not proof Mammoth Lakes that were there to protest the taking their own conclusions without outside that it was not stolen, the current media down of, to them, a very, very important influence. They are low information vot- narrative. Logic indicates absence of Ed. note: “Proud Boys, stand back and statue and the renaming of a park from ers. The media profits by exploiting our proof is not proof of absence. stand by ... Somebody has to do some- Robert E. Lee to another name ... So you divisions, not informing. Their business If the standard being used for the thing about Antifa and the left because know what, it’s fine. You’re changing model is to throw gas on a fire. Trump impeachment is a speech he this is not a right-wing problem, this is a history. You’re changing culture. And After four years of the media telling gave that incited a riot one mile away left-wing. This is a left-wing problem.” you had people — and I’m not talk- us Trump is a racist, their propaganda then what about the impeachment -Pres. Donald Trump, Sept. 30, 2020, ing about the neo-Nazis and the White failed to convince people of color. In trial? Media and elected officials are Presidential Debate #1 nationalists, because they should be 2020, Trump increased his share of the reporting that Trump’s upcoming im- condemned totally — but you had many black vote by 50% from 8% to 12% from peachment trial poses a security threat more LETTERS, page 6 people in that group other than neo-Na- 2016. Trump also increased his vote zis and White nationalists. Okay? And from Latino voters from 28% to 32%. The the press has treated them absolutely Republican Party is becoming a multira- unfairly. Now, in the other group also, cial party of the working class while the you had some fine people. But you also Democratic Party now represents Wall had troublemakers, and you see them Street, Silicon Valley and the profession- come with the black outfits and with al-managerial class. the helmets and with the baseball bats. The critical importance of debunking You had a lot of bad people in the other the Charlottesville “fine people” state- group.” ment is that it is the foundation of the To view the press conference, narrative that Trump and his support- visit https://www.youtube.com/ ers are racist. Falsely branding half the watch?v=QGKbFA7HW-U Ted, do you agree with the factual evidence that I presented that Trump said “and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the White nationalists, because they should be condemned totally” when asked about his ‘fine people’ language? As a journalist, you have a responsi- bility to research complicated issues of fact/science and to distill them down SPREAD FOOD LOVE, DRIVE NOT GERMS JANUARY 22 - FEBRUARY 15 Canned goods | Dry goods | Plastic* peanut butter jars | Boxed meals | Herbs & spices

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It is unfair and just not right. health officials have been aware of this on unique community health factors, It's been 10 months now that busi- fallacy for decades. This is why the FDA It is criminal that our Town Council and expects altitude studies to be con- nesses in Mammoth have been crippled requires randomized controlled tri- leaders are continuing to limit lodging ducted in the future. Bottom line is, most ARBITRARILY by leaders, ordinances, als to prove safety and efficacy of any to 70% when the State is allowing 100% of our COVID-positive community have and letters from the Town's Finance De- therapy. Except masks, oddly enough. occupancy. The power given to Town not been that sick, let alone hospitalized. partment. I think they have forgotten the For which the only post-pandemic RCT government and public health officials Why aren't these numbers published? role of government. You can make the published November 18, 2020 in the during the pandemic seems to have cor- Remember, the goal is to flatten the public health argument all you want, but Annals of Internal Medicine concluded rupted their senses --- they feel that now curve and relieve pressure on the hospi- it's no longer holding up. Please change that high grade surgical masks on the ex- every business can be opened and shut tal, not eradicate the disease. this. perimental group provided no statistical on their whims. What does the Town The past seven weeks of lodging re- difference in protecting the wearer from know that the State and the rest of the strictions have not shown any numerical Steve Williams Covid-19 than the control group, which U.S. doesn't? How can the Town pre- effect of decreasing the positivity rate or Mammoth Lakes wore no masks at all. sume to know better? And how can the hospitalization rate in our county. Lodg- One gets the feeling that it's really not Town claim to be more vulnerable than ing restrictions HAVE NOT changed our More from the land of Dorothy about the science. every municipality in the state, when our COVID numbers. hospital has not had any surge or high How can Town Council stand for this Dear Jack, John Rogitz occupancy of ICU beds? after claiming to empathize with the Redington Shores, Fla. There has been NO hospital surge economic disaster we experienced over I read with interest your observations in our county. Ever. Furthermore, Tom the holidays? At the December 23 joint about Kansas counties "demonstrating" K2: Not just a mountain in Asia Parker, CEO of Mammoth Hospital, meeting with Mono County, the Town the effectiveness of masking based on stated this week (and did so back in of Mammoth blamed the State for these masked counties correlating to lower Dear Editor: December) that he and the team at restrictions and said its hands were tied. disease rates. the hospital support opening lodging But the Town promised to advocate to The relevant text from the January 16 Like many of us in the Eastern Sierra, without restriction except for 24 hours the State to get businesses back open. issue of The Sheet, page two: The current I feel a call to steward this land that between stays. But now their hands are untied, the State issue of the New Yorker features a forty- we call home, much as the indigenous The rest of the State is allowing 100% has given its blessing for us to open up, page story entitled “The Plague Year” people of Payahuunadu, the Eastern occupancy, including Lake Tahoe and and the Town is shutting us down again talking about Covid and the timeline of Sierra, stewarded this land well before Inyo County. When Bishop took advan- by 30%. They are literally robbing us of what happened and profiles some of the us (and still do). tage of our shutdown and hosted all our 30% of our business for no reason. players and what they did right or wrong. The Bureau of Land Management travelers over the holidays, Mammoth Mammoth Town Manager Dan Holler The following was one of the takeaways (BLM) gave approval to K2 Gold, an Town Council acknowledged that Mam- said this week that one reason to limit from the New Yorker story: international mining company head- moth businesses were being unfairly lodging is to keep workers from getting Why basic protocols like masks and quartered in Canada, to explore for gold discriminated against. Now, they are COVID and calling in sick, which would distancing matter: The starkest example in Conglomerate Mesa. Conglomerate literally drafting an order to continue decrease "productivity." Is he serious? occurred in Kansas, when the governor Mesa is a beautiful, roadless wild land that discrimination. Close us down to increase productivity? issued an executive order to wear masks home to our precious desert species Our county has a high positivity rate, May I mention that the solution the in public but allowed counties to opt out. and just two miles from Death Valley Town offered on January 8 to encour- It was as if Kansas were performing a National Park. K2 Gold has already age lodging operators to get their guests clinical trial on itself. Within two months, begun to desecrate this land, scarring Ellen McDonald to lie on an essential traveler form was infections in mask-wearing counties had Conglomerate Mesa with trenches and extremely cowardly? All the Town had to fallen by 6%; elsewhere, infections rose littering the ground with flagging and • Traditional Barber• do was stop enforcement, as every other 100%. spray paint. If not stopped, K2 Gold will town and county was doing. Yet instead, But as scientists understand, correla- soon plow a road into Conglomerate Walk-Ins Only they implicated the lodging operators tion does not equal causation, because Mesa and drill 30 additional explora- and their guests by requiring them to for every Kansas story there's a counter- tion holes, permanently scarring the Wed. - Sat.11-6 lie in order to barely operate at 10 days vailing correlation story. Like in Florida, land and destroying irreplaceable Located inside a month - another arbitrary number in which counties choose whether to cultural and historical resources on the invented by the Town. mandate masks. Where mask mandates mesa. Finally, how can the Town expect were in effect, new cases averaged 23 If the exploration yields promis- business to survive when it creates ad- per 100,000 people per day. Where ing results, K2 plans to mine using an ditional uncertainty? All we have is the mandates were not in effect, the number industrial-scale open-pit cyanide leach SHEARS law--we studied the tiers and the state ticked lower to 22 per day per 100,000 Bu(zlNGSALON process. Yes, this is just as bad as it data very carefully. We knew that we people. sounds! Cyanide, of course, is poison- were close to getting out of the RSAHO, Even more of a difference is seen at ous, and this process creates 20 tons (760) 965-6420 knowing full well that meant we would the state level. Taking data across the of waste just to recover the amount of be back in business. But now the Town U.S., when states had mandates in effect 3325 Main Street gold found in a typical gold ring! This has literally changed the rules again. We the average new case load was 27 per type of mining is notorious for damag- Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 were told that when we get out of RSAHO day per 100,000. With no mandates, ing, desecrating and destroying plants, we would be moved to purple. But now average new case load was only 17. the Town tells us purple means 70% for But my correlation-therefore-cau- see LETTERS, page 14

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Protect yourself and stay healthy. www.mammothhospital.com 760.934.3311 8 I LOCAL NEWS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, January 30, 2021 ORDER continued from page 1 Town’s Covid-19 enforcement efforts, the community forward into the red tier go back to at least 75% [occupancy] in 20,000 people in Mammoth at one said that officials would continue to as soon as possible.” town?” time,” Sauser said. ease local restrictions as the county Mammoth Hospital CEO Tom Parker “We found after six weeks of being The problem would appear to be the moves upward through the tier system. spoke about the lodging restrictions, shutdown that we didn’t have any sub- mechanism for moving between tiers. Patterson did note that the area’s expressing the hospital’s support for the stantial impact on rates going down,” he Doing so requires a very low rate of Covid-19 case numbers are much worse 24-hour gap in stays but pushing back continued, ”All we’re doing is having the infection. than they were when the county first on lodging capacity restrictions. boot on the necks of businesses.” “Whatever we can do to change the entered the purple tier. “We’re concerned Mammoth Lakes state’s metrics for getting back into the “I wanted to get this open as quickly that a limitation on Chamber of Com- other tiers, it just seems crazy that we as possible,” he said, “However, if this occupancy will not merce Exec. Direc- can only have 1 case a day for 2 weeks kind of blows things up, it’s gonna go necessarily reduce “ tor Ken Brengle said just to get from purple to red, when that the wrong direction. ... We’re hoping the number of We’ve not been seeing that he’d spoken rate i think is what they qualify yellow or that it’s enough to get us going and that people coming to with counterparts orange for,” Morris said. we don’t go the wrong direction.” town,” Parker said, the acute manifestations in other coun- Lodging Association President John “We’re going to see ties with similar At a Lodging Association meeting the Morris asked about the likelihood of people crowding of disease we see in tourism-based following day, most operators reported moving out of the purple tier by Presi- into the existing other parts of the state. economic drivers that they had booked out all available dent’s Weekend. The answer from Town available rooms and as Mono, and that rooms by the end of the day on Monday. Manager Dan Holler: it could be tough. we’ll have a repeat -Hospital CEO Tom Parker none of them had Morris encouraged the association to Holler said that the two metrics be- of what many of us instituted any kind tell any unit owners to hold off on book- ing used are positivity and case/100k believe is the basis of lodging guid- ing until the last minute so that rentals residents. If positivity gets down to for the [holiday case ance that was more could be filled. This came after state- under 8% and cases per 100k residents surge]. restrictive than the ments from town officials the day before amounts to about 7-8 per week, the “We’ve not been ” state’s plans. Holler that indicated that properties would not county would be eligible to move into seeing the kinds of explained that the be punished for going over capacity due the red tier after two weeks of decreased acute manifesta- counties in ques- to owners’ usage of their own proper- disease spread. tions of disease we see in other parts of tion are a) larger in population, b) have ties. Old New York Deli and Bagel Co. the state,” said Parker, who maintained industries other than tourism to rely The frustration at the lowered metrics owner Michael Raimondo sent the fol- that the hospital is solidly in the green on, and c) are much less isolated than was palpable. Sierra Nevada’s Resorts lowing email to Holler after Monday’s and fully operational. Mono County. Brent Truax said that he had had to lay meeting: Double Eagle Resort Vice President Mayor Bill Sauser gave his take on the off 138 people since the beginning of “I believe we are at a critical breaking Ralph Lockhart felt that if the hospital lodging restrictions, saying “We don’t the pandemic, some of whom had been point for numerous businesses’ survival was on board, there was no need to want to create a bad guest experience or working for him for more than a decade. in town and it is crucial we get credit for change the lodging guidelines. force them into gathering multiple fami- “It’s not just about today, it’s about last week’s numbers to start our clock “[The hospital] is concerned that if we lies [in one place] because they can’t taking care of what we’ve had the last sooner then later. I would encourage limit the number of hotel rooms, they’re go out to restaurants … I have fought as several months where we didn’t have you all to work aggressively with every- gonna be crammed with a number of hard as I can to get our businesses open. money,” he said. thing you’ve got to focus and lobby on people,” Lockhart said, Why shouldn’t Until we can open retail and restau- changes for rural area criteria to move we allow them to be spread out and rants, I don’t see how we can handle

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How- skier upside down in deep snow near CPR continued untiol the guest was snow since Tuesday. ever, the highway was still closed north- the intersection of Redwing and Hully transferred via ambulance to Mammoth bound from the bottom of the Sherwin Gully. Hospital where he was pronounced grade to the the Nevada state line. Anecdotally, The Sheet spoke to one intrepid soul who accessed Mammoth northbound via Lower Rock Creek. ByTRUMPED Page IN FINAL HOUR Access to June Lake via Highway 158 n its way out the door, the Trump said. was also closed at one point on Wednes- administration released ex- One example: “There’s a conservation day. Otensive rewrites for the Desert and management action that protects A short break is expected over the week- Renewable Energy Conservation Plan certain types of vegetation to ensure end, with storms predicted to pick back (DRECP) that, if accepted, could have that Native American cultural values up on Monday and Tuesday and again broad impacts on public lands in Cali- can be maintained … and that CMA was later in the week. fornia. eliminated entirely.” The action, which took place on Janu- The ongoing fight to preserve Con- ary 13, has left many stakeholders both glomerate Mesa underscores that puzzled and nervous. point; a Canadian mining company The DRECP was originally agreed has exceeded the impacts agreed upon upon in 2016 after nearly a decade in within their permit and is making no the making, drawing together input attempt to hide the indiscretion. Con- from major stakeholders as well as the glomerate Mesa is part of the traditional general public. The plan seeks to bal- homelands of the Paiute-Shoshone and ance conservation, renewable energy, Timbisha Shoshone tribes. and cultural resources across 10.8 “We are incredibly frustrated, but not million desert acres stretching from surprised, to learn that K2 Gold violated Bishop to the Mexican border and from their permit and that the impacts of the Tehachapi to Needles on the Nevada exploratory drilling project went beyond border. what was allowed,” said Kathy Bancroft, Two alternatives have been proposed Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of for the plan by the Bureau of Land the Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe Management: the first calls for reduc- in a press release issued Tuesday. “The ing protected lands, “areas of critical disrespect of our land is unaccept- environmental importance” (ACEC) able. Everything K2 Gold promised has by 1.8 million acres while modifying or proven to be untrue. We will stand in outright eliminating 68 Conservation the way of any future exploration or Management Actions (CMAs), which set mining project.” development rules. The second alterna- There is some optimism to be had, tive would reduce ACECs by 1.5 million however. The Biden administration can acres, with the same number of CMAs immediately retract the amendment; adjusted. that retraction could come before the The Sheet spoke with Frazier Haney, public comment aspect of the drafted a board member with the California Co- amendments concludes. alition of Deserts and executive director And there is support from the state of the Wildlands Conservancy about the as well, as Governor Gavin Newsom’s potential impacts that the DRECP could administration has asked the Bureau of have on the desert. Land Management for reconsideration. Haney explained that areas within the “Our hope is that the Biden admin- DRECP are coded based off of the level istration would retract the amendment of conservation required and that cod- within the next six weeks and that ing dictates what kinds of activities are would be that,” Haney said, “Then we permitted on the land in question. In can focus on the real prize: planned some of these areas, the rollback of the implementation,” a stakeholder driven codes would allow more industrial ac- process that would help to achieve tivities in areas of critical environmental what the original DRECP set out to concerns. do: develop sustainable energy in the “Another way that the plan changes California Desert with an eye towards land use, but is even worse, is that conservation. they’ve proposed to change the designation of more than 400,000 acres to general public lands,” Haney said. For example, the mouth of Surprise Canyon in Panamint Valley would become public land, stripping it of the protections afforded by its previous designation, and opening up the area to industrial development. The proposed amendments would also allow for energy transmission across ACECs, which was previously forbidden. In addition, the alternatives for the DRECP threaten to dismantle the protections placed on cultural and heri- tage sites for indigenous peoples, the protections being an integral part of the original plan. “There’s dozens of these actions that would either be entirely struck or they would be changed dramatically,” Haney 10 I www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, Juanuary 30, 2020 NATIONAL

WALLSTREETBETSBy Zachary Hite AND WALL STREET SQUIRMS avid vs Goliath. The most apt degenerates who subscribe to it, bal- to ride the rocket to Mars.” did a stock that was trading around $4 a comparison available regarding looned to 4.3 million by Wednesday People use the above information and year ago, and has had declining revenue Dretail investors pushing Game- night. And 5.2 million by Thursday. assume that the subreddit is manipu- for the better part of the last five years, Stop (stock ticker GME on the NAS- *Definition: Reddit is a site that hosts lating the stock prices and treating the skyrocket to a $347.51 closing price on DAQ) beyond $300 (as of Wednesday) millions and millions of subreddits. market with a blatant disregard. Wednesday, January 27. (update Thursday morning: GameStop Once you create an account, you have a And it isn’t just people, go online and Bloomberg author Brandon Koch- stock dropped to $193.91 a share before certain number of automatic subscrip- look up GameStop news. You will see kodin published an excellent synopsis slightly rallying after hours) in one of tions that show up on your feed. You can about half of the stories explaining it titled “How WallStreetBets Pushed the most unlikely scenarios to kick off choose to unsubscribe from those and as manipulation by millions of people GameStop Shares to the Moon” on the new year. subscribe to any of the millions of afore- sitting at home spitting in the face of January 25, 2021. GME was up nearly $199.53 (134.84%) mentioned subreddits, and whatever financial markets that should be held to This is the abridged version. As far on the day (Wednesday), Up 788% over trending posts are on those subreddits a higher standard. You will see the other back as 22-months ago, certain users 5 days, 1704% in a month, and 8,314% in will show up on your feed. half look at it like some sort of institu- were posting things such as “GameStop a year (again, as of Wednesday). And they (specifically r/WallStreet- tional pushback. The latter is undoubt- Investment Thesis” which laid out why You read those numbers correctly. Bets) meme just about everything. They edly correct. GameStop could be a valuable buy as But the story is about more than just claim they want tendies, referencing r/WallStreetBets is ultimately a bunch the price had continuously dropped soaring stock price and a few investors chicken fingers which are to be con- of s&#t-posters who meme every stock and future projections were underrating making a nice windfall. sumed by royalty. The idea is that trad- they want to buy with rocket ship emojis the stock. It’s about who lost. And why. ing stocks that go up will get them their and diamond hands. But within the The hero in r/WallStreetBets is known Take CNBCs interview with Chamath tendies. chaos, and mostly terrible investing ad- as u/Deepf******value. The u/ just Palihapitiya, CEO of Social Capital, that They say to hold stocks with diamond vice that is subreddit, you can find some means user and the asterisks cover up occurred January 27 in which Paliha- hands (meaning never sell), and use intelligent analysis of the stock market what you think it does. He was the first pitiya said, “I think that what you are appropriate emojis for said diamond from angles that equal the intelligent to claim that hedge funds were beating seeing is essentially a pushback against hands. quants on the actual Wall Street. down this stock with long short-posi- the establishment in a very important They also have memed “to the moon” Even Palihapitiya thinks so, “That tions. In a January, 2020 GME earnings way. I would encourage anybody who is and constantly say things like “The edge is gone.Now all of a sudden, retail report thread on r/WallStreetBets, a dif- dismissive of this thing to go into Wall- thrusters are loading” or even a mix of [investors] can be on the same footing ferent reddit user told Deepf******value StreetBets and read the forums.” the two, “diamond hands to Mars.” If it and they don’t have to be the ‘bag hold- that his position was dead and he *Spoiler alert. Visiting r/WallStreet- isn’t clear, to the moon/mars is the hy- er’ to Wall Street,” he said on CNBC in a should sell his $8 strike calls. Our val- Bets, a subreddit, means you’ll be wad- pothetical price of the stock, and again, monologue comparing the fundamental iant hero responded, “wait and see” and ing through a lot of ridiculous content. a lot of rocket emojis are used. analysis he saw on the reddit forum to “January, 2021,” and nothing else. 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Reddit users, through a public LISTING The timeline is messy, but from July forum, decided to screw these guys (when that post was made) to Decem- over in a trade that was nearly guaran- ber, GME creeped up from roughly $4 a teed to be successful because of how share to around $18 a share on Decem- ignorant the hedge funds were being. ber 31. Now, brokers are temporarily halting On August 31, Ryan Cohen, co- trading on platforms and the animosity founder of Chewy Inc., disclosed a grows. 5.8 million share stake in GameStop, What happens next? becoming a hero in r/WallStreetBets Who knows. This is an unprecedent- and likely helping to spur some mo- ed time in the world of finance. mentum. It could end with a bunch of retail At some point between then and investors chickening out and plum- now, more than 100% of the stock was meting the price of the stock allowing being shorted. hedge funds to take a loss not nearly as You probably think this makes no significant as it seems right now. 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Nor- We are looking toward move-in for April or May of this year to What this means is that 136% mally this happens when institutional take advantage of the coming summer season, which should (this number is hard to find, but it knowledge is greater than that of the be huge., Pent-up demand will be off the charts as the virus is between 120-140%) of the shares public. were being borrowed but this is not They often utilize after-hours trading recedes! Think a group of small stores generating big customer exclusive to 100% of the shares be- to game the public. Or together, hedge trafficTake the next step and bring your ideas into reality at the ing owned. GameStop now has 69.75 funds will make similar moves within Mammoth Main Street Marketplace. million shares outstanding. If there are minutes of each other, tanking a stock, still 136% of the shares being shorted, while a retail investor is left in the dust. then there are about 95 million open Investing firms utilize their billions ALSO FOR short positions. In order for those to of dollars of assets to move stocks by be closed, they need to buy 95 million themselves. And these firms have artifi- shares. They can do this over the course cial intelligence that can make trades at LEASE of a few days assuming there are sellers a frequency interval faster than any- available. thing available to the American public. At this point most of these short posi- And in this game created by these tions are so far underwater that they billion dollar hedge funds, investing either have to buy back now and accept firms, and Wall Street fat cats, they billion dollar losses or wait for the stock get greedy. They stop doing what they to return to a fairer price/valuation. 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To join the meeting by telephone: Dial (669) 900-6833, then enter Webinar ID 931 6037 telephone lines, customer relations and The California Department of Housing and Community 9895. numerous other tasks. Please fax resume/ Development announced the availability of approximate- job experience to 760-666-3943. ly $77.1 million in funding pursuant to the Coronavirus To provide public comment (at appropriate times) during Temp Snow Experienced real estate agents/brokers Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in a the meeting, press *9 to raise your hand. Notice of Funding Availability on December 18, 2020. to work with a 30-year old Mammoth Lakes This Notice of Funding Availability includes an allocation If special accommodations are required because of a Removal Operator brokerage. Mammoth newcomers shall be of Community Development Block Grant funds for Mono sensory or mobility impairment or disability, or if an considered. 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Attractive compensation Community Development Block Grant Funds must meet sexual preference, marital status or handicap. packages available. Outstanding poten- one of three National Objectives, these are: benefit low- Visit tial and opportunity for the right people. moderate income households or persons, address slum Written comments are also invited and should be ad- and blight, or meet an urgent community development dressed to the County Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 715 Bridge- www.townofmammothlakes. Please send resume/letter of introduction to need resulting from a state or federally declared disaster. port, CA., 93517 or [email protected]. Relevant files, and ca.gov to apply. [email protected]. In addition to meeting the CDBG National Objectives, grant regulations are available for review at the County Immediate opening for a housekeeper. the CARES Act CDBG funds must be used to directly Administrative Office. Additional information may be Condos paid by piece. Please call 760-934- prevent, prepare for, or respond to COVID-19 impacts. obtained by calling Jeff Simpson in the Mono County For more information and to apply: The purpose of this public meeting is to give citizens an Economic Development Department at 760-924-4634 or townofmammothlakes.ca.gov 6891. opportunity to make their comments known regarding [email protected]. these eligible activities and the application to be before (760) 965-3663 TS #2021-0012 THE SHEET I Saturday, January 30, 2021 www.thesheetnews.com I 13 calendar of events TOWN STUFF TOWN STUFF MAMMOTH LIQUOR Friday, January 29/ Mono Basin: 760.647.3044 Sierra Classic Theatre presents an Mammoth: 760.924.5502 original one-act comedy written by White Mountain: 760.873.2500 Beer lovers’ candy store Allison McDonell Page titled, “Kicking Lone Pine: 760.876.6200 Selection of more than 300 beers the Bucket.” Time: 7 p.m. Free. Attend Mono County Libraries currently WHY BIDEN YOUR TIME? via Zoom. www.sierraclassictheatre.org. operating under Call Ahead for Pickup DRINK NOW Service. Monday, February 1/ Mammoth Lakes Lodging Round Table Upcoming 934.6260 Main St. Next to Rick’s meets 10-11 a.m. https://us02web.zoom. The UCCE Inyo and Mono Counties us/j/88670501007. Master Food Preservers are looking Mammoth Restaurant Assn. meets via for people interested in taking our Zoom. 3:30 p.m. https://us02web.zoom. virtual training course w/online classes us/j/85887866342 March-August to become a Master Food Preserver. Apply by Feb. 7. Info: Melissa Tuesday, February 2/ 760.873.7854/[email protected] Volunteer Eastern Sierra will host the Inyo Beyond the Mask. Goodent will next wild ’n crazy Not Your Grandma’s celebrate our love for the weird, wild, Zingo, our first ever Virtual Zoom and wonderful community of Inyo and Bingo Night on February 2! Proceeds beyond by inviting everyone to share will benefit the Mountain View Fire poetry, songs, dance, and more on Victims. Special Warming Hut food and Sunday, February 14. Now that Goodent drinks will be available for pre-purchase has reclaimed The Forum Theater in and pick up. Go to https://givebutter. Lone Pine, we’ll be hosting our first com/p9yDXm to sign up for Zingo and event remotely! The schedule: reserve your online Zingo Cards. Zoom 7-8 pm. Family-friendly programming link opens at 5:30 pm with first game at 8-8:15 pm. Intermission 6. Info: Annemarie @ 949.636.4003 8:15p-9:15 pm—mature programming Inyo County Supervisors meet. 9 a.m. (21+) Attend via https://zoom.us/j/868254781 Suggested donation: $10/person or access via county website. Info: www.goodent.org/760-582-2808 Mono County Supervisors meet. 9 a.m. Performers: The deadline to sign up is Attend via https://monocounty.zoom. midnight on Sunday, February 7. us/j/94564350697 Inyo County Grand Jury is taking applications for the ‘21-’22 cycle. Wednesday, February 3/ Submit an application to the Office of Mammoth Lakes Tourism Board meets the Jury Commissioner at PO Box 1508, via Zoom. 1 p.m. Agenda/link via www. Bishop, CA 93515. To obtain a copy of townofmammothlakes.gov. *Note: MLT the application or for further questions has an immediate board opening. For or comments, please visit the Grand the retail seat, please send your letter of Jury’s website at http://www.inyocourt. interest to MLT Office Manager Emily ca.gov/generalinfo/jury_civilgrandjury. Bryant at [email protected] htm or contact the Grand Jury Assistant by Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. at 760.873.5157. Mammoth Lakes Town Council meets via Zoom. 4 p.m. Agenda/link via www. Covid testing/ townofmammothlakes.gov. Bishop: Tri-County Fairgrounds, Tallman Pavillion on Monday, Ongoing Wednesday, and Thursday - participants Laws Museum, located just outside must be in a vehicle to get tested. mammoth Bishop off Highway 6, is open Friday- Mammoth Lakes testing Mondays Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: and Thursdays at the Mammoth Lakes www.lawsmuseum.org/760.873.5950. Foundation, 100 College Pkwy. 11 a.m. Barber Shop ‘til 2 p.m. No appt. necessary. Barber Ellen McDonald Mono County Libraries Storytime First Two Tuesdays of the every Live! Join Ms. Chelsea for a story and Walker/Coleville testing Fridays GEAR fun activities on the Mammoth Lakes at Walker Community Center 9 month by appt. only am-12:45p.m. Regular Haircuts I Military Cuts I Fades Library Facebook page. Time: 10:30 a.m Local/Active Military Discounts EXCHANGE on Wednesdays. Or start your week off 106 S. Main St., Bishop (760) 873-4300 with a community storytelling. Mondays Covid Vaccination at 10:30 a.m. on the Mono County Pre-register for your Covid-19 Libraries Facebook page. vaccination in Mono County. Go to All Visitor Centers (Mono Basin, coronavirus.monocounty.ca.gov, call Mammoth, White Mountain, Lone 211 or see ad P. 3 for more information. Pine) are closed, but visitor questions Inyo County vaccine registration can are being answered via phone daily, be accessed via the county website @ 8-4:30. www.inyocounty.us. 14 I NOTICES/LETTERS www.thesheetnews.com THE SHEET I Saturday, January 30, 2021 LETTERS continued from page 6 PUBLIC NOTICES animals, water and air, not to mention Water and Sewer – Mammoth Com- the total annihilation of the view-scape. munity Water District currently restricts Notice of Cancellation Notice of Ordinance Experience with this process has led outdoor watering during the summer NOTICE OF CANCELLATION of the regular meeting of TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES many countries (as well as Montana and months, an indication we have limited the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control Notice is hereby given that on January 6, 2021 the Town Wisconsin) to ban cyanidation. amounts of water available. Governing Board Council introduced an Ordinance entitled: Furthermore, there is not enough Do we have adequate Sewer capac- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the regular meeting of AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, water available at Conglomerate Mesa to ity to support the Parcel or will addi- Governing Board scheduled for March 4, 2021 has been AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 6, ANIMALS. cancelled. implement these operations. Wherever tional infrastructure be required? If new A copy of the complete text of the Ordinance is posted they may find to source their water, it infrastructure required, how will it be A special meeting of the Governing Board will be held on and may be read at the Town Offices, Minaret Mall, Old will be trucked in and fed into the Mesa funded? March 11, 2021 at 10:00 am via teleconference (in light of Mammoth Road, Mammoth Lakes, and/or a copy may be COVID-19 concerns and in response to Governor New- obtained from the office of the Town Clerk at a nominal through miles of hose laid across the Schools, Fire, Police and Hospital – som’s Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020), charge. with details to be announced. land. What begins at 9,000 gallons a day Schools – Let’s say 500 more children Dated: January 21, 2021 for exploration will turn into billions of in our schools. We just increased prop- This notice of cancellation was posted at the District JAMIE GRAY, Town Clerk offices of the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control Town of Mammoth Lakes gallons each operating year for an open- erty taxes in support of additional school District, 157 Short Street, Bishop CA 93514 on January 11, 760-934-4583 2021 as well as the District’s website (www.gbuapcd.org). pit heap-leach mine. bonds. Will these new dollars cover the TS #2021-0008 DATE: January 11, 2021 Indigenous people have reminded us projected enrollment increase? I sure Tori DeHaven that water is life. The proposed project is hope that conversation’s been had. Clerk of the Board Notice of Ordinance within the homelands of the Timbisha Police - a 25% increase in police staff- TS #2021-0004 Shoshone and Paiute Shoshone Tribes. ing would equal close to $1 million a TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES Notice is hereby given that on January 20, 2021 the Town Why enable a project that has such a year based upon current budget. Notice of Vacancy Council adopted an Ordinance entitled: clear logistical impossibility as access Fire – Can our current Fire and Para- MAMMOTH LAKES TOURISM BOARD Ordinance No. 21-01 to water? Inyo County residents are medic resources support these num- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mammoth Lakes An Ordinance Of The Town Council Of The Town Of Tourism Board has a vacated Retail representative seat Mammoth Lakes, State Of California, Approving District opposed to this project and have voiced bers? If not, what is required in terms of open. The remainder of the current term will expire on Zoning Code Amendment 20-001 To Adopt The 2021 their opposition loud and clear, includ- equipment, structures, staff? Cost and June 30, 2022. Parcel Master Plan And Zoning Code Amendment 20-005 To Repeal Municipal Code Section 17.32.020, Affordable ing at the Board of Supervisors meeting funding source, please? Candidates must be in the Retail category in the Town of Housing Overlay Zone (Ah), For Properties Located At when the project was discussed. During Hospital – We have a 17-bed hospi- Mammoth Lakes, live in the Mammoth Lakes area, repre- 1699 Tavern And 33 Center Street (Apns: 035-010-020-000 sent a strong presence in the Town’s tourism ecosystem, And 035-100-003-000) And Making Findings Under The the BLM’s public comment period in tal. Is that enough? Who pays for any and be in good standing with all business licenses, taxes, California Environmental Quality Act (Ceqa) Pursuant To and assessments. State Ceqa Guidelines Section 15183.3. Fall of 2019, the public overwhelmingly upgrades? expressed grave concerns about the Transportation - During questioning, The Mammoth Lakes Tourism Board meetings are sched- by the following vote: uled at 1:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month. project. Chandler said, “the Parcel Plan calls for Interested parties should file a letter of interest with the AYES:Councilmembers Stapp and Wentworth and Mayor Mammoth Lakes Tourism Office Manager, Emily Bryant, Pro Tem Salcido K2 Gold has no interest in helping an average of 1.25 parking spaces per via email at [email protected] by Friday, NOES:None our local communities. They will exploit unit” or ~725 spaces (580 x 1.25) by my February 5, 2021. ABSENT:None ABSTAIN: None Conglomerate Mesa for their profits and math. Applicant interviews will be conducted by the MLT DISQUALIFICATION: Councilmember Rea and Mayor nominating committee in February. Recommendations Sauser leave us with severely damaged and des- That doesn’t sound realistic. and Board vote will take place in March and the newly ecrated public lands. Let us join together California census data indicates 9% appointed Board Member will take their seat at the April A certified copy of the complete text of the Ordinance 7th regularly scheduled Board meeting. is posted and may be read at the Town Offices, Minaret to steward this precious desert of ours by of households have no cars, 34% have Dated: January 11, 2021 Mall, Old Mammoth Road, Mammoth Lakes, and /or a standing up for preservation over profit one car, 38% have two cars and 19% have Angela Plaisted, Assistant Clerk copy may be obtained from the office of the Town Clerk at a nominal charge. for foreign companies. three or more. TS #2021-0005 Dated: January 21, 2021 Crunch the math on that and you JAMIE GRAY, Town Clerk Betsy McDonald come up with 1.67 cars per household, Town of Mammoth Lakes Notice of Petition Bishop which would equate to approx. 970 cars NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF TS #2021-0009 on The Parcel. SALLIE KNOWLES JOSEPH, CASE NO.: PR 202018 Time for honesty Where are these 250 extra cars that To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, haven’t been accounted for going to and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will Notice of Public Hearing or estate, or both, of SALLIE KNOWLES JOSEPH. park? NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mono County Dear Editor: A petition has been filed by JAY JOSEPH in the Superior Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Chandler, you hope Parcel residents Court of California, County of Mono, requesting that February 18, 2021. It is time for an honest, common will ride a public bus to their destina- JAY JOSEPH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of SALLIE KNOWLES JOSEPH. As authorized by Gov. Newsom’s Executive Orders, N-25- sense community discussion about The tions in lieu of driving a car. For argu- 20 and N-29-20, the meeting will be accessible remotely The petition requests authority to administer the estate by livecast at: https://zoom.us/join and by telephone Parcel! ment’s sake, let’s say you’re correct under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. at: 669-900-6833 (Meeting ID# is 991 4587 0745) where After reading the Parcel Master Plan about this. An Internet search indicates This will avoid the need to obtain court approval for many members of the public shall have the right to observe and actions taken in connection with the estate However, offer public comment, to consider the following: and listening to Town Planner Chandler a new bus costs between $100,000 to before taking certain actions, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons 9:05 a.m. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 20-006/Schott Van Schaack’s Parcel Development pre- $350,000, plus year round operating unless they have waived notice or have consented to the & Reedy. The proposal is for placement of a 116-square sentation during the January 6th Town expenses. How many additional 40 to 50 proposed action. The petition will be granted unless good foot storage shed prior to construction of the primary cause is shown why it should not be. residence at 3858 Crowley Lake Drive (APN 060-150-004) Council meeting, I realized something passenger buses will 2,000 Parcel resi- in Crowley Lake. The parcel is designated Single-Family dents require? Again, who pays? The petition is set for hearing at the Mono County Supe- Residential (SFR). In accordance with the California was missing … real discussion about rior Court, located at 100 Thompsons Way, on February Environmental Quality Act, a Notice of Exemption will be how the Parcel project will truly impact Please share with us your model for 25, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. filed. Project materials are available for public review online at https://monocounty.ca.gov/planning-commission our community within and outside The how many car and bus trips per day the IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you and hard copies are available for the cost of reproduction Parcel boundaries. Parcel residents will add to our town should appear at the hearing and state your objections or by calling 760-924-1800. file written objections with the court before the hearing. Chandler told us “the proposal per- roads in addition to car trips gener- Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. INTERESTED PERSONS are strongly encouraged to attend the livecast meeting by phone or online, and mits up to 580 affordable housing units ated by the community for use of the IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the to submit comments to the Secretary of the Planning to be built on the Parcel” but never took community center, child care facility, deceased, you must file your claim with the court and Commission, PO Box 347, Mammoth Lakes, CA, 93546, mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by by 8 am on Wednesday, February 17, to ensure timely the time to provide a realistic explana- park spaces and potential commercial the court within the later of either (1) four months from receipt, by email at [email protected], or via business that could be permitted in the the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal the livecast meeting (technology permitting). If you chal- tion of what that might truly mean to representative, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section lenge the proposed action(s) in court, you may be limited our community, not even addressing Parcel. 58 of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at date of mailing or personal delivery of the notice to you the public hearing described in this notice, or in written the most basic question of how many Your traffic models should project under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. correspondence delivered to Secretary to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. people are projected to live there? Made the number of traffic signals required YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are more opaque when Chandler indicates and at what locations … please tell us interested in the estate, you may request special notice of TS #2021-0010 the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or that the definition of a “house unit” is a how many and where these new traffic of any petition or account as provided in Section 1250 of moving target! bottlenecks will be located? the California Probate Code. Fictitious Business Name Statement Per the Parcel Master plan, a hous- Installing new traffic signals, btw, can Attorney for Petitioner: Gian Carlo Simonetti, Esq. (SBN.: cost up to $500,000 per intersection. 279468), Wood Law Group, 126 Old Mammoth Road, The Following Person ing unit in the Parcel can range from a Suite 203, P.O. Box 3837, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546. Is Doing Business As: studio to 4+ bedrooms. It is time to pull back the curtain and TS #2021-0006 La Parrilla Grill & Tacos In the absence of actual Town data have an honest discussion about how development of The Parcel impacts our Daniel Gamon being shared, to illustrate my points, I’m P.O Box 113, going to estimate 580 housing units will community besides stating it is helping June Lake, Ca. 93529 support a population target of 2,000 resi- to solve the shortage of workforce hous- PERSONALS dents. Which represents a 25% overall ing. Because that has a price tag, and the This business is conducted by an Indi- vidual.The registrant has not yet begun to permanent population increase to the residents of Mammoth Lakes want to I saw ... that the stay-at-home order has been transact business under the fictitious busi- Town’s current year-round population of know what we’re on the hook for. rescinded. Does that mean we’re both going to ness name listed herein. see other people now? This statement was filed with the County ~8,200 residents. I noticed you ... delivering my food the other Clerk of Mono County on January 05, 2021 That would suggest a 25% hit to all Tom Morison night. I can’t understand why you didn’t stick File Number 20-215 sorts of resources and infrastructure. Are Mammoth Lakes around for more than just my big tip. 2021-0011 (1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/20) we prepared? LOCAL BRIEFS

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