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Napablogger by Michael Haley
Michael Haley, president of the Napa Valley Taxpayers Association, writes on local, state and national issues. He can be reached at napaeagle@hughes.net
October 28th, 2009
One final thought before signing offWith my recent announcement that I am forming an exploratory committee to run for County Supervisor, my ability to write a blog column for NapaValleyRegister.com has come to an end.
September 23rd, 2009
Time for local economic stimulusOne form of economic stimulus that should not be controversial is for our county to change the winery definition ordinance to allow for more types of marketing events at wineries. Napa County can certainly use the business, and it is rather mystifying that we are not already doing this anyway.
August 31st, 2009
Community in a world of chaosThe world appears to be swirling with chaos right now. Nothing appears to be working, and all kinds of choices are presenting themselves that are non starters from the get go.
August 20th, 2009
Schwarzenegger finally proposes pension reformThis week our Governor finally came out and proposed a state wide plan to reform pensions which have become economically unsustainable. This is the first real effort in over a year of a budget crisis that anyone in Sacramento has actually proposed something that will address the real problems.
June 29th, 2009
Road budgets explainedThere was one big pothole on Highway 29 that I had driven over for years, I learned to look out for it every time I drove home, and there it would be. I could count on having to swerve around it. After a while I grew to like looking out for it, swerving on cue every time I went by.
June 15th, 2009
Making history in IranNo matter how things turn out in Iran in the immediate future, a huge statement has been made by the Iranian people that they want more freedom, and my belief is that in the future we will see the manifestation of their courageous actions.
June 5th, 2009
There's more to land use than grape growingThe vote against the Lake Luciana project today flies in the face of County rules for acceptable uses in the open space area of the agricultural watershed, and was a mistake.
Lake Luciana vote was a mistakeThe vote against the Lake Luciana project today flies in the face of County rules for acceptable uses in the open space area of the agricultural watershed, and was a mistake.
May 26th, 2009
What is the Ag Preserve and how do you preserve it ?Over the last several weeks a number of land use issues have surfaced into the local press and it all starts to seem like deja vu all over again listening to the protests.
May 20th, 2009
Voters said no, but keep working on state budget fixIn what was rather anti-climactic the five state propositions devoted to the state budget mess went down tonight. Most voters simply checked out in what looks like it will be the lowest voter turn out for a state election in decades. That alone tells you that something was seriously wrong, and it will be up to the legislature and the media to try to sort out what the message is here.
May 13th, 2009
Yountville and lot line angerTuesday the Supervisors are going to take up an ordinance, seventeen pages in length that we have had only the weekend to try to digest, further restricting property rights in Napa. This is the spawn of a woman who lives in Yountville "most weekends" and got upset because a neighbor nearby wanted to adjust lot lines on a large parcel in order to potentially build six houses on it.
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