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May 6, 2005
| Seeking a compromise |
Final EVP action deferred to May 17
By Bea Baechle
Editor
Hundreds of Evergreen residents flooded the voice mail and e-mail boxes of City Hall in the past two weeks, signaling their strong disapproval of the recent city council decision to dissolve District 8’s community-based Evergreen Visioning Project Task Force and replace it with a new Specific Plan task force.
This public outcry—coupled with several negotiation attempts to find common ground—resulted in a revised recommendation authored by Mayor Ron Gonzales, Councilmember Nora Campos and Councilmember Ken Yeager on April 29, just Read
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| Keeping the Arts Alive
By Bea Baechle
Editor
It’s been said that the arts are the glue that hold a community together.
Yet with dwindling government and education budgets, the arts often take a back seat to what some view as “necessary” to have versus “nice” to have.
The Evergreen Times is launching a regular series of articles recognizing the efforts of community leaders, residents, teachers and students whose passion for the arts provides an inspiration to keep our community balanced and strong. Inside this issue you’ll find stories about:
- James F. Smith Elementary School’s belief that Music Matters Read
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