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Auditor, CSD fight over fees Sel Richard Staff writer The El Dorado Hills Community Services District is butting heads with a county official over landscape and lighting assessment district fees, which were purposefully omitted from residents’ tax bills sent out this fall. “Based on the information that I have at this time, I am going to require that the CSD general manager and that the CSD board chair certify the accuracy of, and acknowledge responsibility for, the assessments that the CSD board wishes to be placed on the property tax bills,” wrote El Dorado County Auditor“I am sure the CSD Controller Joe Harn in an email dated July 8. can survive one A blame game ensued with Harn harkening year without LLAD back to the previous fisassessment revenue.” cal year’s assessments, citing multiple incon— Auditor-Controller Joe Harn sistencies in fees as well as residents irritated by being asked to pay for a park that hadn’t opened yet. Harn maintained that because his office is not adequately staffed to review each LLAD assessment individually, he requires representations from the CSD to verify assessment accuracy as he had in 2021. “Twice in last 12 months your board has voted to refund LLAD assessments after many legitimate complaints were received about the impropriety of the initial finding to levy the assessments,” Harn states as reasons for his request in a letter addressed to the CSD on Aug. 22. “Further, on June 30, 2022, the civil grand jury issued a report criticizing the CSD’s administration of LLADs.”
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Sheriff-elect Jeff Leikauf talks about building partnerships between law enforcement and the community at the El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce luncheon Oct. 5.
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ee something. Say something.” El Dorado County Sheriff-elect Jeff Leikauf brought that message to the El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday, emphasizing the importance of trust between the community and law enforcement. Leikauf encouraged luncheon guests, many of whom own local businesses, to partner with the sheriff’s department to ensure a safe business
environment and community. He pointed to the department’s security camera registration program (edso.crimegraphics.com) as a way local business and property owners could assist his staff. “We need to get our community to work with us,” Leikauf said. On that note he and detectives also in attendance shared a recent case in which two Sacramento residents were arrested on suspicion of multiple thefts after victimizing Hills Church, where the luncheon n
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Free falling Local third-grader is state’s youngest skydiver Sel Richard Staff writer
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ight-year-old Max Hook jumped out of a perfectly good plane into the big blue sky and in the process earned the title of California’s youngest skydiver. “It felt like I was jumping into a tornado,” exclaimed Max. “When I was parachuting down, it felt like I was in a real-live simulation of Google Earth.” The Jackson Elementary School third-grader is a rollercoaster aficionado, his favorite being the Yukon Striker at Canada’s Wonderland, and several others roll off his tongue. “I’ve loved rollercoasters ever since I was a baby, but I wanted to do something crazier so I went skydiving,” n
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Max Hook enjoys the rush of a tandem jump with Ben Lowe, Ultimate Skydiving Adventures owner/instructor.
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