The “yellowdogs” of Nevada County

George Rebane

An interesting dust-up occurred in the online Union that involved me.  My rapid response is contained in the post ‘Beaten About the Head and Shoulders’, but upon reflection, a more considered response is due since the county is headed into another season of planning for economic development.  The cited piece by Jeff Pelline served as a launch point for someone calling himself ‘General J’ who diverted attention from the Pelline piece.  It is a good thing that this General J doesn’t pretend to be a journalist, for his charged and inaccurate reporting would earn him low marks even in today’s schools of journalism.  Nevertheless below we record his comment in its entirety.

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George Rebane that said at the recent county economic meeting in Nevada City that the County should cater to the whims of rich retirees and write everyone else off?   If I remember correctly his statement was something like;  If you don't do what we(rich retirees)want we'll take our money and move somewhere else and Nevada County can become a backwater foothills community made up of poor and(supposedly) useless people.  That's the kind of "community spirit" that makes me proud.  Now that was a "Chilling" presentation!

by General J on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:49:41 PST

My real intent here is to shine a light on the influence of the county’s “yellowdogs” – see comment from The Union below – on the hesitant planning process now getting under-way to improve or goad economic development in Nevada County.  These yellowdogs (henceforth quotes understood) are ignorant yet passionate folk who mourn a phantom limb more magnificent than the one they once had.

Mr Rebane can hit the road!!

Backwater my a**, this was a great place to grow up , before the wealthy S. Cal., Bay area retirees came!!We had local businessmen supplying the needs of our community , traffic was nothing, and you knew everybody, especially your neighbors. People you could trust!!Leave your home unlocked , keys in the car in downtown N.C. or G.V. anytime. A great place to raise your family, we HAD vol-unteer firemen who gave their all without question and would be there to help anybody, anytime! They are all gone , thanks to people like Mr. Rebane!! I'll take the old Nev. County anytime, but it's long gone, and we have really no one to blame but ourselves for letting them come here to begin with!! If the local blood would have stayed in Nevada County politics , instead of letting people like Re-bane in, well, the rest is history, we didn't see it coming!!Our family had many generations in Nev. Co. , logging , local shops, volunteer firemen ,graduates of Grass Valley high & Nevada City High, Nevada Union, Football on friday nights, we bleed blue & gold, But , they are all leaving because of the attitudes like Re-bane, sad day!!

by yellowdog on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:11:48 PST

We find from the start that the county’s yellowdogs believe they lived in a ferociously insular region wherein they had fascist-like powers to determine who came and went – “no one to blame but ourselves for letting them come here to begin with!!”  I can imagine the distress of having my tires shot out in 2002 as my wife and I crossed the Bear River bridge from the south.

The complete post of The "yellowdogs" of Nevada County can be downloaded from here Download yellowdogs080224.pdf