A Lakesideinfo.com editorial As the election of 2010 nears, the political campaigns are ramping up in terms of harsh rhetoric, intensity, and even nastiness. They are becoming increasingly personal, untruthful, exaggerated, and deceitful. The city council election in Lakeside is representative of this approach by the opponents of the present incumbents up for reelection. Good [...]

Guest Editorial by Michael Armstrong Another smear article has been written by Jessica L. Lloyd-Rogers.  She claims, that since the hiring of Ardith Lewis (Lakeside’s Wastewater Superintendent) the Wastewater plant has been out of compliance with its permit every single month.  This is totally and completely false! I find no enforcement actions listed on DEQ’s [...]

Lakesideinfo.com Editorial We had planned on doing a story of the regular July city council meeting and the Nuisance/Abatement Ordinance that was passed. But, since many in and outside of the community have contacted Lakesideinfo.com with questions concerning the Nuisance/Abatement Ordinance, enforcement and its passage and because of what they are reading in a local [...]

Guest editorial by Doris Bowman, victim of robbery.

Lakeside has just put on the Second Annual Lakeside Crawdad Festival.  And it was tremendously successful!  We ran out of crawdads, AGAIN. The Lakeside Crawdad Festival is the brainchild of Joe Pepper of the 8th Street Grill who thought of it and promoted it last year.  I was the organizer.  Promoting and organizing means NOTHING [...]

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by Calvin Walker, guest editorial…… February 2010 I traveled to Mexico to deliver my daughter and two grandchildren to their home in Acapulco. In route we were held up by a gang of four angry gun toting desperadoes, who escaped with all but the clothes we wore. The day before the holdup I had pulled [...]

An editorial by Lakesideinfo.com Lakeside voters have spoken, again. What can we conclude from the result of not one single person being recalled from the Lakeside city council? We think it pretty safe to assume that voters spoke in November 2008 and again in October 2009, these are the people we chose, let them serve [...]

Guest Editorial by Michael Armstrong Deception – Lies – Falsehoods – Untruths and Scare Tactics Mayor Orville Nelson is utilizing the vilest form of electioneering.  He is purposely lying to his constituents to scare them into voting for the recall.  Mayor Nelson, Councilor Crockett and others went door to door with a handout full of [...]

If one has any doubt about where the chaos in Lakeside emanates and who is behind the five member council portion of the recall, one has to look no further than the mayor, Orville Nelson, and his January pronouncement of the recall.