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Denny Jackman

Asphalt Empire: Ramped Up and Ready to Roll

July 18, 2013 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

The surest signs of another growth boom binge are recent maneuvers by the Asphalt Empire. All the evidence suggests we’re in for another round of runaway growth followed by all the ugly consequences. First, there was the announcement that Bill Zoslocki was running for the Modesto City Council. Zoslocki, a prime mover in the Village I debacle, is also a former president of the Building Industry Association. As a candidate […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Bill Zoslocki, Denny Jackman, Modesto Chamber of Commerce, Residential Urban Limits Modesto

Denny Jackman Blindsided at Committee Meeting

July 12, 2013 By Eric Caine 3 Comments

Central Valley Farmland Trust President Denny Jackman was mugged, mauled, and kicked in the teeth at Wednesday night’s Economic Development Committee meeting in Modesto. The issue was Jackman’s Residential Urban Limit (RUL) proposal. Word was even the Chamber of Commerce was going to endorse it. Those who thought such a notion too good to be true were soon confirmed in their skepticism. When Committee Chair Dave Cogdill called for comment […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Craig Lewis, Denny Jackman, Modesto Chamber of Commerce, Modesto City Council Economic Development Committee, Modesto Residential Urban Limits

Modesto City Council: Economic Development or Disaster?

June 11, 2013 By Eric Caine 2 Comments

Last Wednesday’s meeting of the Modesto Economic Development Committee highlighted a twenty-five year schism among Modesto leaders that is as much an effect of separate realities as it is of anything else. On the one hand we have those who think we are losing prime farmland at far too great a rate. They believe we must establish firm urban boundaries now or too soon suffer the fates of Los Angeles […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Denny Jackman, George Petrulakis, Modesto City Council, Modesto Economic Development Committe, Modesto Residential Urban Limits

City Council: Joe Muratore’s Revealing Moment

April 28, 2013 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

Bruce Frohman’s insider’s view of the Modesto City Council (below) offers a sobering look at local politics. Last Tuesday’s Council meeting confirmed Frohman’s claims—developers rule—but there were at least two episodes that shed even more light on the City’s current and future political realities. The first revealing moment came just after Councilmember John Gunderson moved to put Denny Jackman’s Residential Urban Limit proposal on the November ballot. During the comment […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Bill Zoslocki, Denny Jackman, Joe Muratore, Modesto City Council, Modesto Residential Urban Limits, Modesto Village I

Denny Jackman Named President of Central Valley Farmland Trust

August 28, 2012 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

  Former Modesto City Councilman and longtime farmland preservation activist Denny Jackman was just named President of the Central Valley Farmland Trust (CVFT). Jackman’s long history of activism includes successful implementation of the Stamp Out Sprawl initiative  (with Modesto Mayor Garrad Marsh), a long involvement with the Farmland Working Group, and decades of effort to educate and inform local citizens about the value of San Joaquin farmland. Denny was generous […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: Central Valley Farmland Trust, Denny Jackman, Stanislaus County farmland, Supervisor Jim DeMartini

LAFCo: Your Tax Dollars at Work—For the Asphalt Empire

August 11, 2012 By Eric Caine 6 Comments

At every LAFCO meeting they put out a stack of pamphlets entitled “What is LAFCO?” Yeah, it’s a good question. LAFCO has three objectives: “To Encourage the Orderly Formation of Local Government Agencies,” “To PreserveAgricultural Land Resources,” and To Discourage Urban Sprawl.” And so, by their own measure, the Stanislaus LAFCO has been a failure. Our county, one of the top farm producing counties in the nation, has one of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Ceres annexation, Denny Jackman, LAFCo Stanislaus County

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Roger Stone and Michael Flynn under fire over rallies ‘distorting Christianity’
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Trump Scammed Supporters Out of $250 Million for Nonexistent Fraud Fund
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