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VOL. 32 ■ ISSUE NO. 1 ■ JANUARY 8, 2025
GO WITH THE FLOW IN 2025
EL DORADO HILLS CSD
Directors ready to start anew Noel Stack Editor
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Just as water cascades over the edges at Village Green Park in El Dorado Hills, time moves on. The Village Life team wishes everyone a safe, prosperous and happy new year.
It’s time to move on. That’s the consensus four El Dorado Hills Community Services District directors came to after discussing an investigative report related to the conduct of current Director Noelle Mattock and former Director Ben Paulsen. Though disappointed with the quality of the report and what some called blatant gaps in the investigation, Directors Mike Martinelli, Heidi Hannaman, Steve Ferry and Chuck King opted not to have another investigator tackle the subject. It was decided on a 4-0 vote that the report and its conclusions released to the board and public will be sent to the Fair Political Practices Commission for review and the CSD will take no further action unless the FPPC comes back with a recommendation. Mattock recused herself from the item discussed at the Dec. 19 board meeting and left the room. Village Life reached out to Mattock for comment after the meeting; she did not respond as of press time. “I’m afraid if we just continue this, we’re just dragging this out and we’re just spending more money and we’re getting a poor product for something that ultimately is up to the voters,” Hannaman shared. “And the voters spoke just a few weeks ago, when they ■ See INVESTIGATION, page A6
Village Life, Mountain Democrat Publisher Esposito retires Village Life staff The Mountain Democrat and Village Life/ Cameron Park Life began the year 2025 without Publisher Richard Esposito, who has retired. Esposito assumed the role as publisher in 2009, replacing Jim Webb, and in 2015 was named chief operating officer of McNaughton Media Inc., which owns the Mountain Democrat, Village Life/Cameron Park Life and the Georgetown Gazette, as well as newspapers in Yolo and Solano counties.
RICHARD ESPOSITO
“It’s been a privilege to work with the many dedicated employees of the Mountain Democrat over the years,” Esposito said. “I very much appreciate their support and talents. “Retiring was a difficult decision as I enjoyed the interaction with my staff, our readers and the communities that our newspapers serve,” he added. T. Burt McNaughton, publisher of the Fairfield Daily Republic, has taken over as chief operating officer. “We’ve been fortunate to have Richard lead our newspapers for the last 15 years.
He’s innovative, news focused and passionate about the community; everything you want in a publisher,” McNaughton said. “He was part of our leadership team throughout his tenure at McNaughton and helped navigate us through some of the most challenging times in our economy. He’s developed an incredible team at the Mountain Democrat and Life Newspapers that will help us flourish well into the future.” While serving as publisher, Esposito ■ See ESPOSITO, page A8
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