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God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it * 1834 Daniel Webster

"hacking Democracy"

Aired, on HBO, October 30, 2008

This documentary demonstrated how easy it was for election officials to alter the Diebold AccuVote memory cards without any trace of tampering.

Random Sample Ballots

Most states have a law that 3% of "random" ballots are recounted before an election can be certified. However, this process is done in secrecy and somehow always confirms that the recount matches the election results.

This HBO film goes into Cleveland, Ohio during the 2004 recount. Private citizens raised serious concerns that the recount was not "random" because the Republican ballots were separated from the Democratic ballots and the selection of ballots was done in secrecy. The Recount did not match the audit tapes for certain precincts which automatically triggers a recount of all ballots. The election officer refused to follow the law and recount ALL THE BALLOTS.

Pre-determined Elections

Diebold's Software Engineer, Pat Green, made a public statement in Cleveland, Ohio that the memory cards have no "executable code" on them to be able to do this, yet it was done with ease by Mr. Hurst from Finland. Mr. Hurst purchased the memory card on the internet and demonstrated how easy it was to control the outcome of any election using the AccuVote voting machines.

The Lassen County Clerk programs these memory cards "in house". Lassen County uses the exact same system used in the documentary.

In 2002, Kan We Help raised serious concerns that the election had been tampered with. It was documented that the memory card serial numbers did not match the serial numbers that were registered to the voting machines. The memory cards had been changed.

Nicole Bustamante, in 2002, refused to place the election audit tape in the sealed bag with the ballots. She walked around the Westwood precinct for 21 minutes trying to put the election audit tape in her purse, equipment bags and finally was forced to put the election audit tape in the sealed bag. Also, the Accuvote machine was never programmed with a telephone number to transmit the votes to the County Court House (The Secretary of State has since dis-allowed this process). There were so many questionable actions by the Lassen County Clerk that this HBO Documentary now explains.

In 2004, the County Clerk, Teresa Nagel, refused to allow Poll Monitors to view the "Absentee Ballots" being verified, counted and entered into the AccuVote machines. Election Codes allow Poll Monitors to view this process.

All election complaints, in California,  go directly  to the fraud division inspector, Paul Rutledge, and are quickly suppressed.

Why?

Our government needs us to feel that our elections are honest and  legitimate. Americans need to, at least, feel that their vote counts........................

PUBLIC BEWARE

"SPECIAL" LMUD MEETINGS

Or.....the "Sleaze" meetings or the "Slip things through" meetings

When the LMUD Board starts having only "Special" meetings, the public gets screwed every single time. The veterans of sleaze, Nagel and Langston, know that the public cannot speak about any other issues at these type of public meetings except the agenda items.

The public cannot even use "PUBLIC COMMENT" to speak about other concerns at "Special Meetings".

These "Special", "Sleaze" or "Slip things through" meetings normally are held on days or times that the general public cannot attend. 

November meeting cancelled, December meeting cancelled

Lassen County Times, 11/26/08

Small, little, tiny, insignifiant details

left out of this article.

But public hearings restored

and the Academy Award for BEST ACTOR goes to.........Fred Nagel

BEST "SUPPORTING" ACTOR:

RAY LUHRING

Honorable mention: Langston

UAMPS.............OR OOPS

The true story is forthcoming !

Hint: Which LMUD Board Members own property in Wendel?

LMUD rate increases continue to pay for LMUD's BAD MANAGEMENT and SELF SERVING PROFITEERING

Chris Gallagher, previous Susanville Police Chief, has a sweet job in Los Banos 

Los Banos taxpayers are paying for him to stay away?

Sweeeeet Deal............

LMUD Responds to Grand Jury Complaints 

White Wash or Indictments?

There is a very good reason why LMUD Boards spend $300,000 a year for their General Counsel.

It keeps them out of jail.

Kan We Help complained, at the LMUD meeting (in writing),  that Jay Dow and Matt Lavacot could not participate in any discussion of "special" reduced rates or "deals"  for the Ag community. General Counsel Jaimee Jones told the Board that they could but the Grand Jury said they can't.

Kan We Help complained, at the LMUD meeting, that the three newly appointed Board members, Bowden, Dow and Lavacot, could not approve six months of LMUD minutes (that Frank Cady & Jaimee Jones withheld) because they did not attend any of those meetings. General Counsel Jaimee Jones told the Board that they could approve the minutes.

Jones allowed hazardous waste to be moved with phony papers.

Jones allowed the illegal purchase of contaminated property.

Jones allowed Frank Cady to hide his expenses and the Board expenses.

Jones allows private use of public funds.

Jones allows the private use of LMUD employees.

Jones continues to allow Brown Act violations

Jones allowed Cady's "abusive  behavior" towards the employees for five years and did nothing

Jones refused to correct the LMUD Ward Map to exclude the PSREC district. Fred Nagel lives and votes within the PSREC District which disqualifies him to sit on the LMUD Board.

Jones padded her Arrowrock invoices with literally thousands of dollars of phony charges. ($800 for a one page document, non-existent Board meetings, overcharges for work that was never used.......)

Jones allowed "phony" projects to proceed, costing LMUD ratepayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

..........so why do the ratepayers need to retain the $300,000 Jaimee Jones? 

Simple: TO KEEP THE LMUD  BOARD MEMBERS OUT OF JAIL.

LMUD Board approves new PDCA policies or did they?

Apparently the only change to this "rate increase" policy is that they can raise rates three times a month if they want to. This Board WILL now HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS AGAIN, PRIOR TO ANY INCREASES. WHOOOOPI..........

There is no reason or indication to believe that this LMUD Board will be any less corrupt that all previous LMUD Boards.

LMUD "terminally" corrupt

Republican philosophy dominates Lassen County politics

Lassen County Times places Historic Election on page 4

*It is impossible to comprehend why anyone  would vote for  someone that does not live in the Ward or District that they will represent. 

*Fred Nagel has never resided or voted in LMUD's Ward 1(as required by law) and McClintock will make decisions for the Fourth Congressional District that will not effect him.

Correction: Doolittle did not run again because of the scandal attached to he and his wife.

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Marriage is a "Civil" Necessity

"Couples" marry because of love and to legally protect their mutual property. A religious ceremony is an option, of course, but the act of marriage is a legal one. 

It is tragic that a "few" religious fanatics can determine "who" can marry. Not so long ago Blacks could not marry because they were considered property. Not so long ago Blacks and Whites could not marry.

What is next? You can't marry unless you are Catholic. You can't marry unless you earn over $100,000 a year. You can't marry unless you own a home. You can't marry a red badge person because you are a blue badge person.

Where exactly does this sick mentality stop?

Where is the shame?

Lassen County Elections

...the best money can buy

Don't worry about Caribou Sara.

She will continue shooting animals from helicopters

She will continue ruining Alaska's wilderness

She will continue abusing her authority

But will she and her husband "First Dude" now secede from the United States of America?

NO CHANGES AT LMUD

MORE OF THE SAME CORRUPT POLICIES

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PSREC Fred Nagel had no signs, no political ads but won again with the help of his

computer programmer

Bud Bowden, Jay Dow and Richard Vial won seats on the lawless LMUD Board

No changes, but just more of the same corrupt policies

Fred Nagel supported the LMUD scams

Nagel supported the Arrowrock Scam for three years after he knew that it was bogus.

Nagel also was put on the LMUD Board to ensure that his utility, PSREC, got LMUD customers......for nothing.

This "joint" Arrowrock Feasibility Study was, in fact, completed in October of 2001. LMUD Ratepayers paid at least $150,000 for the completion of this report and Frank Cady went in to court and lied.

Worse:  Kan We Help collected evidence that indicated that the
Arrowrock Feasibility Study was completed and filed a Writ of Mandate, in December of 2002, to get a copy of the Arrowrock Feasibility Study. Nagel and Cady claimed it was  a "Draft" . Judge Lazard (since kicked off the bench) refused to even look at the Feasibility Study. KWH lost their attempt to obtain a copy of this study. This kept Cady and the LMUD Board out-of-jail.

LMUD and the Arrowrock Irrigators issued a Request For Proposal and used the "COMPLETED" Arrowrock feasibility study. Aqua Terra s told KWH  that they invested over $200,000 in their bid for this project. Their bid relied upon a copy of the "completed" Arrowrock Feasibility Study dated October 2001.

FRED NAGEL went on to vote YES ON MANY OTHER BOGUS ENERGY STUDIES

Fred Nagel supported Frank Cady right to...............the end ????????

LMUD RATEPAYERS DESERVE BETTER

TRICK OR TREAT 

Anyone wondering where Frank Cady has been hanging out with his friends?

Unprecedented action:

LMUD EMPLOYEES Pay for FULL PAGE ENDORSEMENT AD FOR

BUD BOWDEN

LORIN GALASSI

MATT LAVACOT

EARLY ELECTION FRAUD

Julie Bustamante places PSREC Fred Nagel on LMUD Ballot knowing that he has never resided or voted in any LMUD Ward

District Attorney does nothing

Ward 1 candidates can challenge Nagel's candidacy

LMUD's Current Agenda ????

LMUD Board schedules Noon meeting to guarantee that no one attends

INVENERGY....*just another Arrowrock? 

*Kan We Help will monitor this project VERY CLOSELY !!!!!

HAS JUDGE BRADBURY EVER CONVENED A "CRIMINAL" GRAND JURY AGAINST A LASSEN COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIAL, HIS BUSINESS PARTNERS OR ANY OF HIS FRIENDS?

LMUD NEEDS GENERAL HOUSECLEANING

Terminally corrupt, still

This small public utility needs to clean out the "Cadyites" before it can even begin to be a "non-corrupt" business.

They have Cady's legal partner, Jaimee Jones, who is asleep at the switch 99% of the time. She has allowed Brown Act Violations, Mis-use of public funds and worse.

They have two Board Members, Fred Nagel (who has never resided or voted within any LMUD Ward and continues to vote money for "his" utility company PSREC) and Wayne Langston who has engaged in the sleaziest of sleaze and is Frank Cady's biggest ally on the Board.

They have an accountant, Bill Stewart,  that has been free to cook the books and looked the other way when the spending was close to illegal, if not illegal. He approved and hid Board and Frank Cady's spending.

Jay Dow is just wrong for this Board. He aligned himself with the "Cadyite" Langston. Kan We Help told Jay Dow and Matt Lavacot they could not participate in any discussion nor vote on the Ag kickbacks. Jaimee Jones sat quietly and let that happen.

Paul Glau is in Frank Cady's back pocket and covered up the hazardous waste  on the Biterbide Scam (property LMUD purchased illegally) and falsified a federal document to move hazmat.

YOU WANT SOME REAL HONEST CHANGES IN LMUD, JUST GET RID OF THESE PEOPLE....................

LMUD GENERAL COUNSEL ALLOWED TO HIDE "NEW" ATTORNEY FEES

LMUD Controller Stewart can't "white out" this expense.

What are they up to?

WAYNE LANGSTON COMPLAINS ABOUT A BROWN ACT VIOLATION?

Wayne Langstoon of LMUD? Are you absolutely positive.

This is a man that hid his LMUD expenses in Frank Cady's legal invoice to LMUD.

This is a man that tried to hold a Sunday LMUD meeting with TWO MEMBERS.

This is a man that held a meeting and intentionally did not notify two LMUD Board members.

This is the same man that has never attended a Brown Act Seminar.

This is the same man that voted for "Ag" Kick Backs.

This is a man that was directly involved with and responsible for the ARROWROCK SCAM.

This is a man that did not live or vote in any LMUD Ward when he was appointed to LMUD in 2000.

This is a man that voted twice to keep a sex predator as LMUD's General Manager

This is the same man that wanted to give this predator BENEFITS FOR LIFE.

This is the same Wayne Langston that voted for the scams and bogus projects over and over.

This is a man that has never, never received one single vote to sit on the LMUD Board.

This is the same man that threatened to have the public arrested for speaking the truth.

This is a man that has set the bar, for Brown Act violations, in the past 8 years.

ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE IT WAS wayne langstoon  ON THE RADIO YESTERDAY COMPLAINING ABOUT A.......BROWN ACT VIOLATION? 

Repeat of the $1.4 trillion Bush Sr. 1989 Savings and Loan Scam  Can Americans be fooled twice? Apparently, yes.

Jeb & Neil Bush were spared jail time for their involvement.

GW Bush's Secretary of Treasury, Henry Paulson, made $500 million dollars in that Bush Sr. Bailout

Susanville Social Security Office wrought with abuses against the disabled

The Susanville Social Security office, at 2603 Riverside, continues its attack on the disabled. This office has had a 100% turnover in the last 8 years. Leslie Rule is now the District Manager (five managers in the last 8 years) and continues to harass the disabled with threats to stop their entitlements.

 Now, she is actually doing it.

These may sound like harsh statements but the fact is that they are picking on the very people that cannot defend themselves.

The disabled are being sent letters that say "your disability has ended". This includes the physically and mentally disabled. This is occurring to American citizens that have qualified for social security benefits for 20 years or longer. Now, they are being thrown out in the street because these "trained monkeys" have made the determination that suddenly your poverty level earnings are "significant gainful activity".

Historic Uptown Susanville Association dissolved by Susanville City Council

HUSA was wrought with complaints of mismanagement and finally was dissolved by the Susanville City Council yesterday. Jack Helsel, the first President of the association, stated that HUSA no longer was serving the merchants. This 18 year old association was dissolved.

Uptown merchants were required to pay into this association. Earlier this year Supervisor Jim Chapman (who owns a business within HUSA jurisdiction) fought to be taken out of the HUSA district and was successful in his effort to withdraw from HUSA.

Dyer Mountain Associates LLC sold on steps of Lassen County Court house in foreclosure to Dyer Mountain Holding LLC.....(?) an offshore company.

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Lassen County Times  Avoids Any Story on LMUD Grand Jury Charges.....Suppression, suppression.......

When Frank Cady was LMUD General Counsel he would get indignant and "nasty" when anyone would ask for copies of his LMUD legal invoices.

Cady would refuse 90% of the time to disclose his LMUD invoices and claimed his bills were exempt from the Public Records Act.

Frank Cady was allowed to bill $30,000 to $50.000 a month

WHAT WAS HE LOOKING FOR?

 WAS THIS PERSONAL NOT LMUD BUSINESS.

PEZZULLO / CADY

CADY / PEZZULLO

Steve Pezzullo put his name in the hat when three LMUD Directors resigned in 2007, but the Lassen County Supervisors did not appoint him to the Board. Pezzullo is now running for one of the empty seats on the LMUD Board's election in November.

Steve Pezzullo has always had a connection (?) with Frank Cady. Steve Pezzullo recently loaned Frank Cady $51,000. Cady used an empty lot next to his property in Susanville as collateral.

LMUD ATTORNEY HIRES OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS....CADY?

OR IS THIS A HIDDEN BOARD EXPENSE?

no more hidden legal costs..............

What is it about Lassen County that attracts Crooks

...............no, it is not the three prisons in lassen county

It's the utility companies that attract them !!!!!

Why haven't Fred Nagel, Wayne Langston, Frank Cady and Jaimee Jones been indicted?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Mis-use of public funds, conflict of interest, embezzlement

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Traditionally Judge Bradbury has appointed LMUD counsel and LMUD management to the Grand Jury, so LMUD complaints, in the past, have not been acted on but suppressed. Judge Bradbury was a partner with Frank Cady and Craig Kellison in a real estate company that was known as BKC.

PART II: LMUD Directors, General Manager and legal counsel have allowed PSREC resident, Fred Nagel,  to be on the LMUD Board in order to do PSREC's business.

 PSREC/LMUD transfer-scam iii-psrec NEVER PAID

What would you think if you found out a local business was spending $300,000 a year on legal fees?

Would you raise your eyebrows?

Would you think that the company is poorly managed?

The Lassen Municipal Utility District has spent over $2.5 million dollars on legal fees in the past 5 years

LMUD WASTE:

33 PAGE CONTRACT CREATED BY JAIMEE JONES FOR TREE TRIMMING?

This $300,000 a year attorney has always been a joke. But if the LMUD Board does not see the absolute stupidity and total waste of ratepayer money on this marginal at best attorney, then kick them all out.

Remember when:

LMUD=just bad management

LMUD President Bud Bowden gets OKAY, from District Attorney, to replace Jay Dow from the LMUD Invenergy Ad Hoc Committee.

LMUD President Bud Bowden appointed Jay Dow to the Invenergy Ad Hoc Committee and the Lassen County District Attorney says he has the authority to remove him and he did.

Jay Dow has demonstrated that he cannot be impartial and has voted, in the recent past, to give the Agriculture community kick backs on their electricity bills. Dow is also in the Cadyite group that wants to sign the agreement for wind mills in Lassen County. This will benefit the Darrell Woods' and Frank Cadys' of the community.

LMUD General Council, Jaimee Jones (Frank Cady's legal partner), objected to Bowden removing Jay Dow and replacing him with Matt Lavacot. Jones will most likely work now, towards President Bowdens removal.

Jones tenure under Frank Cady has always been tainted with cronyism and questionable actions. She has shown little competence in the last six years. She is owned lock stock and barrel by Frank Cady, Fred Nagel, Wayne Langston and Darrell Wood.

LMUD ATTORNEY JONES CLAIMS THAT LMUD BOUNDARIES ARE COUNTY WIDE and anyone living within Lassen County can run for the LMUD Board.....not true.

These five beautiful dogs will be destroyed if not adopted by August 21.

Call Lassen County Animal Control if you can give these guys a home. They will be euthanized due to overcrowding.

257-9200

Former Susanville Police Chief Gallagher removed from his new Chief of Police position in Los Banos

Chris Gallagher sat at every LMUD meeting ready to throw the public out that dared to exercise their First Amendment rights.

Los Banos's official position (209-827-7070) is that Chief Gallagher will be gone an "indefinite time".

It appears that former Susanville Police Chief Chris Gallagher took his baggage steamer trunk with him to Los Banos. Gallagher was physically removed, 8/5/08, from a public meeting and has not been to work since that incident. Commander Dan Fitchie has been named Acting Police Chief.

Gallagher was physically removing citizens from public meetings while they were attempting to address issues during public comment. Sound familiar, Susanville. 

Chris Gallagher resigned on September 17, 2006 as Chief of Police in Susanville.

    Susanville Police Chief Gallagher

LMUD attorney refuses to correct LMUD boundary map

Lassen County has four separate utility companies, PGE, PSREC, Surprise Valley and Lassen Municipal Utility District. Each of these utilities have their own "service" boundaries and each have their own Boards.

LMUD refuses to identify the PSREC territory in Lassen County on their Boundary Map.

LMUD annexed the Dyer Mountain Area and they will provide electrical service to this area. There has been no PSREC territory annexed by LMUD.

PSREC does not allow LMUD customers to serve on their Board.

However, when the PSREC Board approached LMUD to purchase the Herlong customers  the LMUD Board resisted and said NO. These customers were considered to be LMUD's most profitable income base.   PSREC then put two PSREC customers on the LMUD Board. Wayne Langston and Fred Nagel. The purchase was then approved but PSREC reneged on the payments to LMUD. When KWH inquired about the payments, LMUD refused to respond to requests for payment verification. PSREC was to pay LMUD $150,000 annually until 2010. ($1.2 million dollars ????)

Nagel and Langston approved thousands of dollars for bogus PSREC energy projects. LMUD money down the toilet.

Nagel and Langston approved every single rate increase to LMUD customers.

Langston finally moved into his LMUD Ward after the 2002 election. Nagel has always lived in the PSREC district.

Lassen County Clerk turns "Nagel" issue over to District Attorney

The District Attorney can't change the law but he can certainly ignore the law for his friends

The Lassen County Clerk, Julie Bustamante, has never approved Fred Nagel to be a candidate for the LMUD Board. Former Lassen County Clerk, Teresa Nagel, approved her husband to run for the two previous LMUD elections knowing that he did not live "within" any LMUD Ward.

Teresa Nagel then conspired with her husband to omit their PSREC district from the LMUD Ward Map.

The PSREC service area, where Fred and Teresa Nagel live, is exclusively a PSREC electric service area. The Nagels have never lived "within" any LMUD Ward.

Lorin Galassi lives in Presinct 117

Fred Nagel lives in Presinct 117

The difference is that Galassi lives "within" a LMUD Ward

Nagel does not

Just like the Susanville Sanitation District.....you can live in Susanville and be "within" the Susanville Sanitation District and your neighbor across the street is not. Your neighbor cannot run for the Susanville Sanitation District Board but you can.

You can live in Susanville and NOT LIVE WITHIN LMUD WARD 2

The "special districts" boundary maps are based solely on a District's legal service territory.

LMUD cannot have customers in the PGE service area.

PSREC cannot have customers in the LMUD service area

Surprise Valley Electric District cannot have customers in the LMUD service area.

Lassen Municipal Utility District has deliberately submitted a boundary map to the Lassen County Clerk and the Public that omits the PSREC service area in Lassen County.

LMUD Ward Map on LMUD website

Electric Service Map of California (this map can be found on the LMUD website)

LMUD Candidate Update:

Ward 1

                                Fred Nagel disqualified, PSREC customer

                                Delva Huss- LMUD customer

                                Lorin Galassi -LMUD customer

Ward 2

Bud Bowden-LMUD customer

Steve Pezzullo-LMUD customer

Ward 4

Matt Lavacot-LMUD customer

Ward 5

Phil Bertanzoni-LMUD customer

THE LAW:

IF YOU DO NOT "LIVE AND VOTE" IN A SPECIAL DISTRICT  YOU CANNOT RUN FOR ITS' BOARD

If you live outside the "colored lines" of this map, you cannot run for this Board, even if you live in Susanville. The colored lines indicate service areas.

If you are not a Susanville Sanitation District customer, you can't run for the Board.

However, the "Nagel" family changed the rules for themselves....................

THESE TWO PSREC AREAS, IN LASSEN COUNTY, NOT ON THE LMUD MAP.

This was done so that Wayne Langston and Fred Nagel could run for the LMUD Board. Both men did not live "within" any LMUD Ward when they were approved by Teresa Nagel to run for the LMUD Board

KWH demands accurate LMUD Ward Map

Public deceived, Voters deceived

Lassen County Clerk Assists LMUD

and provides a second map that also excludes the PSREC District

The Lassen County Clerk claims that she can "only" go by the map that LMUD provides her to determine which LMUD Ward a candidate resides in.

Yet, Julie Bustamante has provided "this precinct map" that excludes some  of the PSREC boundaries. PGE has been defined (left) and Surprise Valley Electric (top) has been defined. Sierra Army Depot (right) has been defined but certain PSREC boundaries have not been defined...........Fred Nagels 

Was this a deliberate deception ?

 This issue has certainly been pointed out to Bustamante, but she continues to claim that this map is accurate. Bustamante's map and LMUD's map conveniently omit the PSREC  territory where Fred and Teresa Nagel live.

LMUD KINDA  SORTA   LEFT OUT DEFINING THE PSREC BOUNDARIES IN LASSEN COUNTY

This "omission" was deliberate.

The County Clerk was given a map, by LMUD,  that does not show the PSREC boundaries and so it makes it appear that Fred Nagel is within a LMUD Ward. Well, he simply is not and never has been.

Theresa Nagel (FORMER COUNTY CLERK), Fred Nagel, Wayne Langston (the Nagels son-in-law) KNEW THAT THEY DID NOT LIVE "WITHIN" ANY LMUD WARD.

Theresa Nagel (FORMER COUNTY CLERK), also allowed the PSREC customers to vote, at LMUD elections, which violates the law.(CPUC, Div.6, 11649)

NOW, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE NEW LASSEN COUNTY CLERK, BUSTAMANTE, WILL ALLOW NAGEL TO RUN FOR THE LMUD BOARD

A complaint has been filed with the California State Election Fraud Unit

LMUD LIES TO THE LASSEN COUNTY TIMES

What makes a public utility lie about everything they do?  GREED & CORRUPTION

LMUD knew that the Beterbide property, that was purchased secretly, was contaminated.

Has the LMUD Board given up any right to sue Beterbide for the contaminated property. Was a deal made. This scam stinks to high heaven.

The statement, by LMUD, that this property was purchased for a new LMUD building is nothing short of a  HUGE INCREDIBLE LIE.

There is no reference in any LMUD minutes to build a new office for LMUD.

All of these rate increases are for a new building for LMUD?

There can be no public trust when this LMUD Board, LMUD Management and the LMUD General Counsel just cannot tell THE TRUTH.

"Paul Glau" was instrumental in the Beterbide purchase, on Chestnut,  and was responsible for the PCB's that were moved from the Chestnut property next to a CHURCH, on Richmond Road. LMUD was fined by the EPA after Glau falsified federal documents

Maybe Glau could better serve the LMUD ratepayers in JAIL

LMUD "PDCA Rate Schedule"

out of control

LMUD June 19, 2008 minutes indicate that LMUD is attempting to raise electric rates every quarter.

Rates were "consecutively" increased under the UNFAIR PDCA Rate Schedule for three quarters. Electric rates at Lassen Municipal Utility District were raised on 12/31/05,  3/31/06  and  6/30/06.

 In fact power costs had stabilized.

12/31/05 :  $  .05200   3/31/06:  $  .05379   06/30/06: $ .050 

you have to love it. The LMUD Board was given a PDCA worksheet that clearly indicated "back to back" rate increases and then............and then.............asks their General Counsel to look into the legality of "back to back" rate increases

LMUD overcharges RATEPAYERS

LMUD increased its rates 1/2 a cent per kwh (13.5 to .14) effective July 1, 2008 but charges ratepayers the new increase for June's service. The overcharge ranges from $5.00 to $30.00 for residential customers.

Kan We Help files Challenge with Lassen County Clerk on Nagel's Qualification to be a Candidate for the LMUD Board

Matt Lavacot and Jay Dow have not submitted applications for LMUD Directors

Deadline to submit applications for LMUD Wards (not PSREC) is August 8, 2008

Fred Nagel pays $ .114 per kwh for his electricity at PSREC and he wants LMUD customers to pay $ .145

LMUD BOARD PACKS AWAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

The LMUD Board has socked away over $6,000,000 dollars in various LAIF funds. These funds can be moved to the General Fund in a New York second. So why are the rates going up up up up ?

LMUD BOARD TO SPEND THOUSANDS $$$$$$$ ON OFFICE REMODEL

LMUD BOARD'S POOR MANAGEMENT LEADS TO YET ANOTHER RATE INCREASE

On July 1, LMUD arbitrarily raised electric rates from $ .135 per KWH to $ .14.

NO PUBLIC HEARING

The LMUD Board, on July 22, 2008,  will vote to raise the rates again effective October 1 to $ .145 per KWH.

NO PUBLIC HEARING

LMUD has not cut back any operational costs because they simply DO NOT HAVE TO.

The Lassen Municipal Utility District has been plagued with poor and abusive management from the beginning.

The ratepayers will vote in November to support this policy or kick the bums out.

HATS OFF, TO THE LASSEN COUNTY FAIR MANAGER, Jay WOLCOTT

Unlike previous years, the Fair parking lot was full on the first day of the Fair. The new Pavilion is complete  and it was looking really great all the way around.

The gates open at 11:00 AM and close at 11:00 PM. Daily admission prices are $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children 6 to 12, $3.00 for seniors  and children 5 and under are free. Sunday, July 20th, is free admissions day and the last day of the Fair.

LMUD General Manager claims LMUD costs have remained flat, NOT TRUE.

On July 24, 2007, Frank Cady secretly gave the LMUD Management staff a 12% pay increase and promised not to raise rates......he lied and so did the LMUD Board

Lassen Municipal Utility Districts Poor Management Continues to Cause Huge Legal Fees The LMUD Board (Fred Nagel, Wayne Langston, Nancy Cardenas, Darrell Wood and George Sargent) allowed Frank Cady (fired LMUD General Manager), to abuse employees. (Cardenas, Wood and Sargent resigned over this issue)

Cady fired  Steve Trevino (LMUD's former electric superintendent) on Cady's golf course and Trevino sued LMUD. The costs are approaching $100,000 in legal fees.

The LMUD Board has again started hiring outside law firms for ?????? .....what?

Poor management, poor management, poor management, poor management. poor management, poor management

LMUD attorney, Jaimee Jones, sends more than questionable invoices in response to a Public Records Request

Jones made up invoices for the Public Records Request. The invoices sent do not have LMUD's receiving stamp nor do they have any Bate stamps (pages numbered).

The biggest hint was that they do not match the amounts actually paid to her.

Bill Stewart fails, Ray Luhring fails, the LMUD Board fails

Jones invoicing is nothing short of screwy. This is supposed to confuse the Board members who are supposed to be approving this mess.

The Public Records Request was for Jones Nov/07-May/08 Retainer invoices and Extraordinary invoices. As you can see  she fell short of complying.

Just poor management allows this attorney to charge these amounts. If this little utility has to pay $20,000 a month for legal work, somebody is DOING SOMETHING VERY WRONG !!!!!!!

 These invoices that were provided by Jones appear to have been "created" for the PRA request. They are not stamped by LMUD nor do they have any numbers on the pages.

NOTE: The redacted portion, on this invoice, is Jones 457K retirement payment. LMUD takes $1,250 for her LMUD retirement each month.

Bill Stewart knew that LMUD could not make a one cent increase on July 1, but he recommended it because he thought he could get away with it. WELL, HE DIDN'T

Lassen County Times, June 25, 2008

The next quarter ends on June 30 and LMUD plans on hitting the ratepayers up for another half cent increase on September 1.

The PDCA should have been legally challanged. The California Public Utility Commission requires a HEARING BEFORE ANY RATE INCREASES.  Frank Cady, Wayne Langston, Fred Nagel (the only remaining LMUD Board members that didn't have enough integrity to resign) pulled off the infamous PDCA that eliminates a public hearing on rate increases and allows the General Manager to raise rates at will.

The LMUD Board will continue to lie to the ratepayers.........because they can.

FIREWORKS SALES IN LASSEN COUNTY

Common sense screams BAN FIREWORKS sales, but the service organizations depend on these sales to continue their work in the community. This is a hard one to call.

Firefighters from 42 states are fighting over 1400 fires in the State of California. You will see North Carolina and Montana fire trucks on Highway 32.

................and the Fourth of July holiday is a few days away.

The public (that will purchase these private incendiary's) has a huge responsibility to be SAFE WITH THESE PRIVATE FIREWORKS.

The Firefighters have enough to do just trying to save our homes and communities.

BE SAFE

LMUD MISLEADS PUBLIC ON CUT BACKS

no cutbacks were made

General Manager, Ray Luhring and LMUD Controller, Bill Stewart have intentionally misled the public on the alleged $800,000 cutbacks.

LMUD has never considered any Capital Improvement to be a priority. LMUD has historically rolled over the capital projects BUDGET from year to year. This $800,000 is budgeted but never spent on Capital Projects. This claim by LMUD management was an intentional deception. LMUD'S Capital Improvement Budget HAS BEEN nothing more than a SLUSH FUND.

There has been no accountability on the NET incomes reported each year and this amount is in the millions of dollars..............

To the average ratepayer this would mean that there was "left over" money. But with LMUD's voodoo budget, that money is spent, spent and spent. You only have to look at where the budget keeps increasing.......COST OF OPERATIONS.

There is no justifi