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TUESDAY MAY 18, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF American Profile Tour of California SPORTS 1B Mostly Cloudy 72/51 Weather forecast 8B By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Attorney Todd Bottke and County Counsel William Mur- phy are facing off for Tehama County Superi- or Court Judge Office 2 in the June 8 pri- mary election. Here are their answers to some ques- tions about experience, qualifications and issues. Tell us about your Bottke DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Bottke and Murphy vie for judge seat experience. Todd Bot- tke: I have worked in a firm with sever- al hundred attorneys in San Francisco, right out of law school and also have worked at a firm with...approxi- mately 20 attor- neys doing civil litigation as well. I've worked in house as an in-house attorney doing legal affairs and com- plaints. I've also been a prosecutor, I've worked in the Orange County DA’s office, and was a prosecutor here in Tehama County. I've prosecuted every type of criminal case there is from misdemeanors to a death penalty case. I've been here at Board of Legal Specialization. William Murphy McGlynn, McGlynn and Bottke for six years. I would say it’s a full service law firm...I'm a Certified Spe- cialist in Criminal Law by the State Bar of California Murphy: I've been a lawyer since 1979, that's 31 years this month. My first 7.5 years were general civil and crimi- nal, which is garden variety, general civil and criminal practice. I did a lot of different stuff...Lots of misdemeanors, lots of felonies, one death penalty case in which I assisted the current DA (in Colusa Pump plant on pace County). I ended my private practice up here, I was in Corning for 3.5 years, that was when I wa s appointed as a city planning commis- sioner. I got to view how ordinary folks view important planning stuff, and I June 8 kind of got hooked on it... I’ve been county counseling Primary for 23 years in rural counties... (I’ve dealt with) taxes, property, con- tracts, tort, civil law, personal injury...I even do some prose- cution, of a kind. As a county counsel you're called on to do code enforce- ment. We interdict illegal See JUDGE, page 7A City to mull further cuts Further adjustment to this year’s budget to make it through the remaining six weeks of the fiscal year will be decided at tonight’s City Council meeting. The adjustments must be made because of unforeseen costs, including an increase in the cost of operating the Ani- mal Care Center. Reductions in operating costs will affect most city See CUTS, page 7A Developers, county dispute fee structure By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Developers are asking Daily News photo by Chip Thompson Work is ongoing at the site of a large pumping plant to serve the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority canal system following the discontinuation of use of the Red Bluff Diversion Dam. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer More than a month after dignitaries held a groundbreak- ing ceremony near the Red Bluff Diversion Dam the dirt has finally been cracked for the Fish Passage Improvement Project. Sheet pile driving on the east side Red Bank Creek start- ed Friday for the construction of a bridge, siphon and water conveyance channel that will connect canal headworks to the fish screen and pumping plant. Bill ups voting system scrutiny SACRAMENTO (AP) — Companies that make the voting systems used throughout Cali- fornia would face fines if they fail to report problems quickly under a bill that has passed the state Senate. The measure, SB1404, would require vendors to notify the secretary of state and local election officials of any product defects within 30 business days of discovering the flaws. News tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR Smog Inspection $ 2995 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 + cert. (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) Pass or FREE retest 195 S. Main St. Red Bluff 530 527-9841 ARTHRITIS, AND POST SURGERY. DR. SWAIM’S PAIN CREAM NOW AVAILABLE IN OUR OFFICE AT 2530 SR MARY COLUMBA DR. RED BLUFF, CA 96080 (530) 527-7584 STOP THE PAIN FROM NEUROPATHY, SHINGLES, A vendor that fails to report known problems could face fines of up to $50,000 per violation. Opponents say the penalty is too stiff and will hurt the industry. The bill’s supporters say it will help ensure the integrity of Califor- nia’s election system. The Senate voted 21- 12 on Monday in favor of the measure. The measure now moves to the Assembly for consideration. Construction will be ongoing until water starts flowing through the pumps in May 2012, said Pete Lucero, public affairs specialist for the Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacif- ic Region. “The project is moving along as planned,” Lucero said. “We are pleased with the progress so far and are looking forward to ongoing major activity on-site.” Though the construction contracts were awarded in phases, all the site work will be done at once. Construction See PUMP, page 7A Local woman to compete for state title By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Bree Blanco, 21, of Red Bluff, won the Miss Cali- fornia Bay Area title at the 2010 pageant in March and will now advance to the Miss California com- petition to be held July 11. “It’s a rainbow of emo- tions,” Blanco said. “I’m excited, nervous and a lit- tle stressed because there’s a lot to do. I kind of know what to expect, but every pageant’s different.” See TITLE, page 7A Tehama County officials to consider a straight across the board frontage fee for all developments, which they say would be an equal fee for equal use of roads. During the Tehama County Public Works Committee meeting Mon- day, talk continued on in- lieu frontage development fees proposed by develop- ers Larry Lalaguna and Joe Dominick. Any and all new devel- opments, no matter where in the county, should con- tribute the same amount of frontage development fee because everyone uses the roads, Lalaguna said. By county standards developers who build on a parcel that touches a road have to pay a frontage fee to fix or keep that road up to standard. Developers whose parcels do not touch roads are not subjected to the same fees, but those developers still benefit from the road improve- ment. “All venues of govern- ment needs to be fair and equitable and how it is now, it’s not,” Lalaguna said. Most people, in their right minds, who develop a parcel would agree that they should pay a fee to develop the parcel, but how much is the devil in the details, Assistant County Counsel Arthur Wylene said. Wylene and Public Works Director Gary Antone said a straight across the board fee for all developments simply would not work because See FEE, page 7A Courtesy photo Former Miss Tehama County Bree Blanco of Red Bluff won the Miss California Bay Area title in March.