TARP and Your Tax Dollars

      TARP has published the inaugural issue of "Tahoe In Depth"- a newsprint rag dedicated to keep basin residents, homeowners, and visitors informed of the efforts of TARP.  It is funded by TARP, Nevada State Land Division, the US Forest Service, and US Fish and Wildlife Service.  Aren't we lucky.  No doubt the agency feels they can do a better job getting "Their" message out  than all the local newspapers around the lake, including the Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, The Reno Gazette, the Sierra Sun, and others around the counties.  maybe, just maybe, they didn't like the reporting results.  And maybe, just maybe, they don't have to worry about income, profit, or loss(es).  Lucky them, they have YOUR tax dollars to spend as they see fit.

In Depth Funding
       Included in this issue is a request for readers to subscribe to this house organ.  What chutzpah!   They take your taxes, then send you the 'house organ promoting their cause, and in the same breath, ask you to pay for it, again.  Government, gotta love it.   If you subscribe they'll send you a sticker, just like kindergarten.   No doubt some of the staff were duly impressed with the technique when 5 years old.   How many suckers will take them up on the offer?  Who knows?  They have no idea.

Crayfish, Get Yur Fresh Crayfish

       Yup, they're going after the lowly crayfish.  A non-native, the little bug has been targeted for removal.  Yes, all 8 million pounds of them(8,000,000 lbs).  3 firms have been licensed to collect them because, yes because, they poop in the lake.  The nerve of the bugs.   They might be the reason clarity has been less than it was(when we were children).   Sudeep Chandra, a leading lake scientist said removal of the crayfish could help reduce algae around the inshore =areas.
Crayfish @ $11./lb.   I'd buy them and cook 'em up  Louisisana -style(boiled in Old Bay spices).
We'll see, won't we?