Would you be surprised if critical information was indeed missing from purported official public LDPCSD records?
If “yes” you are likely a member of a fairly optimistic group of folks who believe government business is generally conducted with the required public transparency (ie, California Brown Act) which greatly increases the probability that activities on “behalf of the people” will be legal and honestly executed if for no other reason than “more eyes = less lies” – lol.
If you are not surprised that critical information regarding the approved functioning of our public agency is indeed missing from “purported official records”, then I imagine a reasonable resulting question from you might be something like “Was this an accident or intentional omission of important information?” Mistakes and accidents happen, but if the missing information appears to be the result of intentional concealment of some basic fact – the BIG QUESTION becomes “WHY”?
Once official records of a public agency have been compromised the age-old questions of “WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY and HOW?” should be pursued with legitimate investigation, appropriate followup enforcement action, and restoration of the official public record of that agency.
“APPROXIMATELY $1,500 GIVE OR TAKE SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS”
Would you accept the above answer from a representative at your financial institution after asking “Exactly how much money do I have in my savings account?”
Obviously I do not know what a viewer of this website might believe regarding any particular subject. I would hope they are interested in this area due to being, or wanting to become, a resident of these beautiful foothills. So I don’t know how you feel about incorrect public information, but for me, when purported important official documents do not display a date, legible name and/or official position near an authorizing signature, I start to doubt authenticity.
Could this be some kind of purposeful deception of sorts? Something inappropriate going on and being supported with fabricated information with “doctored” copies of the original? Why are these records apparently incomplete? When was a particular policy approved? Why wasn’t this contract signed by all authorizing/approving parties involved? These, and other questions, naturally would arise regardless of how the information is stored, reproduced – whether from reams of deteriorating age-yellowed paper copies or gigabytes of digital code on compact disks and thumb drives – format doesn’t matter, the paramount question is: IS THE INFORMATION FACTUALLY ACCURATE AND COMPLETE?
Fabricated records are one thing, but what about an obvious crucial missing document upon which the entire public service agency business was formed and approved by the State of California and respective authorizing County governments? When there is evidence that an agency’s business records have apparently been compromised my first “go to question” is WHY? 
Why would the WHO do this? Who would have a motive extreme enough to fabricate and/or steal a water company’s historical records? When you add the unsolved arson destruction of our business administration office to the mix the probability of some very dangerous people being involved is not difficult to envision.
Ever personally observe or be a participant in any form of typical government processing of paperwork? I have on many occasions read chronological records detailing a particular goal or objective that was accomplished and how that process, from proposal to successful execution, is meticulously documented with records. Detailed specificity with multiple levels of hierarchical processed signed requests, revisions, and ultimate approvals. A process perhaps best exemplified in the cartoon of a paper processing bureaucrat who, when confronted with a blank piece of paper, instinctively dates, signs and forwards it through channels with robotic precision. LOL
ANYWAY, historical records are important because in order to not repeat the failures of the past, you must understand the history of action leading to those failures. The same applies to the positive side of the equation, in learning why some past activities were pleasingly successful.
The information I will be using to substantiate my opinions regarding our past and proposed District operations was obtained while on the Board of Directors and was purported to be copies of “official public records”.
Specifically we will be looking at the above 16 PDF files documenting the 1980 “FORMATION OF DISTRICT”.
I’ll list them in an easier to read/print form:
ACCEPTANCE OF ASSIGNMENT
ADDENDUM NO 2 SALE OF SURPLUS
ADDENDUM TO AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT EXHIBIT B
APPLICATION OF SIERRA HIGHLANDS &
ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT – SALE OF
CONDITIONAL NOVATION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT B –MID POLICY
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES
NOTICE OF ELECTION AUG 5, 1980 EXHIB
OATH OF OFFICE
RES 80-137 MARIPOSA CO.
RES 675-80 TUOLUMNE CO
SEPT 11, 1980 OFFICIAL SEAL
SEWER ZONE NO. 1 – 1M
STATEMENT OF VOTES CAST
Let’s start with the “Application of Sierra Highlands Water Company for an Order Authorizing Sierra to Transfer and Assign its Property to Lake Don Pedro Community Services District” presented to the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California.
NOTE: The copy of this specific document (provided by the LDPCSD in response to my information request) does not have an Application No. assigned on the cover sheet, is not dated or signed by the SIERRA HIGHLANDS president or Sierra’s attorneys. The “Verification” page is also not dated or signed by the president of SIERRA HIGHLANDS. [I imagine this was the copy prepared on the LDPCSD side prior to being sent to Sierra Highlands for their approval. Why the final “all sides signed” PUC approved application is not in official public records is unknown and curious. And it gets worse – or better, depending upon your moral/ethical compass and respect for accurate public records.
The PUC application is a good starting point because it references other documents that can be produced even if apparently incomplete as in this case.
OK, let’s link over to a page entitled DISTRICT FORMATION DOCUMENTS. This is where we will start collecting and organizing the various documents of when our Lake Don Pedro Community Services District was formed.
Please understand this may take a little time to organize, print, scan, insert (and of course add my blah, blah, blah opinions!) lol
My best to you and yours, Lew HERE WE GO! PLEASE USE LINK BELOW:
