Aug. 19 was a cloudless, sunny California Sunday in the hills nine miles east of Watsonville when members of Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 showed up at 4pm to close the cement and asphalt plant at Graniterock’s A.R. Wilson Quarry. Vice President and Aggregate Division Manager Jack Leemaster looked none too happy when he drove up in a white pickup truck 45 minutes later.
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Letters to the Editor: Aug. 8-14
The answer to our budget woes might be in our cars, according to one reader.
RTC Weighs Ballot Measure for County Roads
Santa Cruz County voters might have to decide this November if local roads are worth $10. The per-vehicle registration fee, which will face a vote at the Regional Transportation Commission next month before going on the ballot, would produce an estimated $2.2 million annually and need a two-thirds majority to pass.
