This year, Doolittle went so far as to lobby Nevada County supervisors to appoint a Republican activist to replace the retiring clerk-recorder. The board initially appointed the candidate, Fran Freedle, but later reversed itself after controversy arose about Freedle’s lack of experience.
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One GOP political consultant, who did not want to be named, said it’s uncommon how Doolittle “controls people all the way down to school board.”
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One GOP political consultant, who did not want to be named, said it’s uncommon how Doolittle “controls people all the way down to school board.”
Added Nov. 17:
Something seems to be going around.
An intriguing piece on David Parker and his entourage:
A band of carousers has rallied behind its beloved bartender following his alleged firing from a Nevada City saloon, forming a rapidly growing drinking group called "Sparky and the Shifters."
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Just weeks after losing his bar job, Parker also lost his seat ["21-year tenure on the Sierra College board of trustees"] in a bid for re-election Nov. 2.
Parker - founder of the Marching Presidents in the annual Constitution Day Parade - called his dismissal from Cooper's two months ago "a parting of ways" and would not comment on the reason. "It is personal. I don't discuss that," he said.
Neither would his former employer, Rick Mackenzie, who threatened to sue The Union if the paper wrote a story about Parker's exit.
"It is nobody's business," Mackenzie said. "If this is printed, you'd better have good legal counsel."
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Just weeks after losing his bar job, Parker also lost his seat ["21-year tenure on the Sierra College board of trustees"] in a bid for re-election Nov. 2.
Parker - founder of the Marching Presidents in the annual Constitution Day Parade - called his dismissal from Cooper's two months ago "a parting of ways" and would not comment on the reason. "It is personal. I don't discuss that," he said.
Neither would his former employer, Rick Mackenzie, who threatened to sue The Union if the paper wrote a story about Parker's exit.
"It is nobody's business," Mackenzie said. "If this is printed, you'd better have good legal counsel."
More on Doolittle - and background on the man who Parker lost to - in this Feb. 2002 Sac News and Review article.
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