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So what else is new? The Ashland Parks and Recreation Department got itself inserted into the agenda for next Tuesday’s Council meeting.  And if we don’t all speak up LOUD and CLEAR, it’s liable to... Read More

An Inquiry Into Open Government and a Demonstration of OpenGov Many taxpayers in Ashland have been complaining that the city’s finances are not transparent.  What does that mean?  Simply, it means that the details of... Read More

APRC just doesn’t get it– the budget is deep in crisis.  Plenty of revealing, sometimes melodramatic, sometimes inaccurate testimony from the Commissioners and Director of the APRC The joint meeting of the City Council and... Read More

There will be a City Council and Parks and Recreation Commission Joint Study Session via zoom on RVTV Monday, August 23, 2021 at 5:30pm. APRC has had several public meetings recently that have aroused my... Read More

That’s right, taxpayers.  The City is facing a $2,000,000 structural deficiency in the current budget, and it’s forecast to increase to $3,500,000 by July 2023.  That simply means that the budget has approved two million... Read More

The Ashland Chronicle asked me to respond to Jim Falkenstein’s op-ed in last week’s Chronicle in which he threw his wholehearted support behind the Grand Terrace annexation and associated apartment complex development. The annexation proposal,... Read More