I N E L D O R A D O H I L L S n JANUARY 22, 2020
‘OPEN TO ... ALTERNATIVES’
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A packed house greeted the El Dorado County Planning Commission, which met last week at District Church in El Dorado Hills to hear public comment on the Central El Dorado Hills proposal.
District 2 supervisor candidate Ray Nutting is seen on home surveillance video removing a fellow candidate’s literature from a Cameron Park home and replacing it with his own.
CENTRAL EDH PROJECT
DISTRICT 2 RACE
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Developer open to selling as Nutting busted public opposition gets loud on video taking rival’s pamphlet Sel Richard Staff writer
Dylan Svoboda Staff writer
Faced with opposition regarding the proposed development of the old El Dorado Hills executive golf course, Parker Development Company’s Director of Government Relations Kirk Bone surprised the standing-room only crowd at District Church Jan. 13. “We are open to evaluating alternatives to what’s in front of you this evening, including acquisition of the land,” Bone offered at the El Dorado County Planning Commission meeting. “If you can set up meetn
See CENTRAL EDH, page A4
An El Dorado County supervisor candidate has been caught on camera apparently sabotaging one of his opponents. Ray Nutting, a former District 2 El Dorado County supervisor once again running for that seat, admitted Wednesday to taking a fellow candidate’s political literature from a Cameron Park home’s front door and replacing it with his own. (Video available on VillageLife.com) The campaign brochure belongs to Ken Pimlott, a former Cal Fire chief who’s also running for the District 2 seat. Nutting was caught by home security footage and when contacted by Village Life Wednesday morning he confessed to making “a silly mistake.” “I’ve been walking hundreds and hundreds of homes,” he said. “It was the first campaign literature I saw and I was curious. I had not seen any before. It was very wrong Residents unhappy with Parker Development’s proposal to build homes on the old golf course painted the rocks to voice their dissent.
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See NUTTING, page A4
RUN, GIULIANA, RUN n Fourth-grader on the move taking cross-country by storm Jana Rossi Staff writer
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Giuliana Martino runs to a first-place finish/national champ for 9-year-olds at the Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championships in Shelbyville, Ind.
t was a trip to the Boston Marathon that inspired Silva Valley Elementary School fourth-grader Giuliana Martino. “I said ‘Mom, I want to be a runner.’” Now this 9-year-old is taking cross-country to an all new level. Described by mom Jodie as a “barefoot hippie who loves animals, who then turns into a tiger with a goal,” Giuliana’s competitive spirit was realized after she won the El Dorado County cross-country finals two years in a row for her school. “This year she wanted to continue running competitively past what our public program school offers so we joined Buffalo Chips Youth Running Club, coached by Linda Frazier,” Jodie told Village Life. “I kind of like competing. It feels good to get a workout,” said Giuliana, who also plays
competitive soccer for the USA Stars and is the only sibling out of four who enjoys running. In 2019 Giuliana set records both locally and across the country. She placed first in her age group and 12th overall at the Sacramento’s BE THE GIFT 5K, finishing with a personal record of 21:40. She then went on to set an age group course record and finished first in two meets at the Sacramento Running Association’s Youth XC Meets after completing a challenging 1.2 mile course that included four hay bale jumps, beating her first meet time by 15 seconds with a personal record of 7:49.9. “Running makes me happy,” Giuliana told Village Life, adding that one of her favorite competitions was in Indiana, where she placed first for her age and seventh overall. “It was n
See RUNNER, page A3
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