Ranger Ollie sez: “Be careful!”
Finally some good news for those of us who use and enjoy the American River Parkway!
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has approved the hiring of four additional park rangers this year, on top of the two added last year.
The County now has 20 officers to monitor and patrol the 15,000 acre regional park system.
Read more about it here.
Grassroots Working Group representative Clyde McDonald explains the options to the County Board of Supervisors. (Photo by John Blue)
Tuesday evening, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted to keep their options open for possible funding of the regional parks system.
The Sacramento Bee reports:
The Board of Supervisors directed staff to draft state legislation to allow a November 2012 election for a 0.1 percent sales tax increase.
Tomorrow, July 19th, at 3:15, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will be hearing recommendations from the Grass Roots Working Group regarding funding options for the regional park system.
If the parks are important to you, especially the American River Parkway, then you should attend this meeting or call your Supervisor and let them know what you think.
The meeting materials, including the Grass Roots Working Group recommendations, can be found here. It is Item 65, and scheduled to be heard at 3:15.
Your Supervisor can be found here. Give them a call. They’d love to hear from you!
The Sacramento County Ranger has sent out the following:
A number of Cars were burglarized at William Pond Park this past Sunday. Some of the burglaries were inside the park and some were outside at McClaren Drive and Ivanhoe Way. The suspects are consistently breaking into the cars and using the trunk openers to get inside the trunk. The thieves got away with several thousands of dollars in property and cash along with credit cards, which they immediately went shopping with. Surveillance video from one of the local stores has provided us with a good description of the suspects and their vehicle.
We determined the van is an older Ford Aerostar, Dark in color. The van is very distinctive as it has running boards and a missing hub cap on its right front. If you see this van or persons lurking in the parks please contact us as soon as possible by calling 916-875-PARK (7275). If you have any information on the identity of these persons or the van, you can email me (John Havicon) or call me at 875-6961.
The suspects' van
