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taxpayers.com/2020/04/07/barbara-gore-imagine-the-level-of-hysteria-that-would-ensue-if-people-spoke-of-the-flu-in-the-same-manner-they-speak-of-the-coronavirus/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-11T12:08:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2020/04/05/brown-act-suspended-public-cut-out-of-meetings-chico-is-not-engaged/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-05T19:26:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2020/04/04/ed-ring-post-coronavirus-pension-reform-checklist/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-05T02:16:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2020/04/02/city-taff-putting-me-off-about-that-unanticipated-revenue-ill-just-keep-asking/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-04T12:37:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2020/04/03/the-cvbs-will-likely-be-over-by-november-but-none-of-us-should-forget-how-we-were-treated-by-the-government/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-03T20:17:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2020/03/31/pension-deficit-unfunded-accrued-liability-whatever-you-want-to-call-it-by-any-other-name-a-turd-will-still-stink/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-02T12:27:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2020/03/31/will-states-use-covid-19-funds-to-bail-out-pensions/</loc><lastmod>2020-03-31T12:39:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2019/01/25/book-in-common-plunder-how-public-employees-are-raiding-treasuries-controlling-our-lives-and-bankrupting-the-nation-by-steven-greenhut/</loc><lastmod>2020-03-31T12:33:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2019/01/26/plunder-greenhut-describes-the-kind-of-society-were-creating-government-elite-special-pay-benefits-privileges-and-exemptions-the-rest-of-us-pay-for-these-excesses/</loc><lastmod>2020-03-31T12:29:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2020/03/28/as-city-leaders-posture-over-the-coronavirus-the-real-epidemic-in-chico-is-crime/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-02T12:25:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2020/03/27/time-to-tell-council-you-will-not-support-a-tax-measure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/top-ramen-horde.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>top ramen horde</image:title><image:caption>Okay folks, the ramen shelves are fully stocked, please limit yourself to one case per 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on bridge and road safety? I  feel like the taxpayers are the ones under attack here, and they're out for blood!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/thumbnail_20181008_095651.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20181008_095651</image:title><image:caption>This a city owned property at the corner of Mulberry and 20th Streets.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-12T13:58:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/10/07/heres-another-reason-to-vote-yes-on-prop-6-requires-certain-fuel-taxes-and-vehicle-fees-be-approved-by-the-electorate/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-07T20:24:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/10/02/dont-be-fooled-by-citys-campaign-to-raise-taxes/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-07T13:14:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/10/02/get-your-pension-debt-off-my-back-governor-brown-yes-on-prop-6/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-02T13:23:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/09/27/mark-sorensen-is-a-bully-and-i-hope-he-doesnt-let-the-screen-door-hit-his-ass-on-his-way-out-of-the-council-chambers/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-19T20:55:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/09/18/a-pretty-lackluster-bunch-of-council-candidates-at-least-i-know-who-im-not-voting-for/</loc><lastmod>2018-09-18T14:18:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/09/11/a-lot-of-our-problems-in-chico-and-butte-county-could-be-solved-with-term-limits-on-elected-officers/</loc><lastmod>2018-09-11T15:07:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/09/08/yes-on-6-signs-and-stickers-available-at-gop-hq-1540-esplanade-chico/</loc><lastmod>2018-09-10T16:27:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/09/06/follow-the-money-ab-109-funds-not-being-spent-on-programs-to-keep-criminals-off-our-streets-its-going-to-the-general-fund-for-salaries-and-benefits/</loc><lastmod>2018-09-06T13:04:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/08/29/yes-on-prop-6-write-your-letters-now/</loc><lastmod>2018-09-05T13:14:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/09/01/the-rise-of-bum-town/</loc><lastmod>2018-09-01T13:41:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/08/31/reform-california-caltrans-work-crew-caught-stopping-traffic-to-distribute-campaign-fliers-opposed-to-prop-6-gas-tax-repeal-initiative-city-of-chico-caught-red-handed-too/</loc><lastmod>2018-12-11T20:08:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/08/25/butte-county-budget-shows-county-is-bringing-in-more-transients-every-year/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-26T13:28:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/08/23/write-to-your-county-supervisor-and-tell-them-to-stop-funding-butte-county-behavioral-health/</loc><lastmod>2021-07-13T12:58:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/08/20/look-at-your-checkbook-credit-card-how-much-has-sb-1-the-gas-tax-increase-cost-you-since-january-what-have-you-got-to-show-for-it/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-20T22:26:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/08/16/yes-on-prop-6-californians-pay-the-second-highest-gas-tax-in-the-us-while-driving-on-the-fifth-worst-roads/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-20T13:56:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/08/12/dan-walters-despite-law-politicians-use-taxpayer-funds-for-campaigns/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-12T14:12:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/08/11/chico-needs-better-management/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-12T00:35:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/07/31/how-long-do-you-think-the-city-will-hold-upper-park-hostage-for-a-revenue-measure/</loc><lastmod>2018-07-31T23:16:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/07/28/is-city-of-chico-using-taxpayer-funds-to-promote-gas-tax/</loc><lastmod>2018-07-28T17:38:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/07/17/recent-upper-bidwell-park-fire-shows-the-city-is-not-doing-enough-to-stop-illegal-camping-in-the-park/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/thumbnail_0716180800a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_0716180800a</image:title><image:caption>The fire destroyed a lot of the fixtures that have been installed by the Outsiders over the years.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/0925171119.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0925171119</image:title><image:caption>Here we are just above Humboldt Road.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/0925171114a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0925171114a</image:title><image:caption>Here's a picture we snapped as we drove up Bruce Road one afternoon last September. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-18T13:06:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/07/13/dan-walters-state-budget-full-of-transportation-boondoggles-heres-a-local-example/</loc><lastmod>2018-07-17T02:21:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/07/11/gas-tax-repeal-has-a-number-yes-on-prop-6/</loc><lastmod>2018-07-11T20:17:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/29/road-bond-money-could-be-allocated-to-other-funds/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-30T13:17:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/28/city-chambers-still-being-remodeled-what-happened-to-those-hooker-oak-benches/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/thumbnail_20180627_090038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20180627_090038</image:title><image:caption>The first thing my son said when I showed him this picture was "What happened to the old Hooker Oak benches?"

Good question Boy O!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/thumbnail_20180627_090030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20180627_090030</image:title><image:caption>Fancy Schmanzee!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/thumbnail_20180627_090049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20180627_090049</image:title><image:caption>Here you can see the new paneling alongside the old paneling. There is nothing wrong with the old paneling. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/thumbnail_20180627_082240.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20180627_082240</image:title><image:caption>New sheet glass doors installed in city chambers - as part of a technology upgrade?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-29T02:22:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/27/council-refers-revenue-bond-measure-to-finance-committee-finance-committee-cancels-all-upcoming-meetings-until-september-what-do-you-think-that-means/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-28T15:08:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/26/has-tax-repeal-will-be-on-november-ballot/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-27T18:33:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/22/while-other-counties-send-out-mail-in-ballots-to-raise-voter-turnout-butte-county-clerk-sits-on-32-percent-turnout-twiddling-her-thumbs/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-24T18:43:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/24/we-have-to-watch-the-city-of-chico-for-the-illegal-use-of-taxpayer-money-to-promote-their-revenue-measure/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-29T13:17:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/21/city-mounts-its-tax-increase-campaign/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-23T02:26:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/16/get-out-of-calpers-dump-the-pensions-clean-house-on-management-downtown-and-hire-people-who-will-pay-their-own-freight/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-17T23:18:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/17/join-the-california-taxpayer-revolution-dump-the-gas-tax-rip-off/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-22T01:10:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/12/notes-and-observations-ever-wonder-where-all-your-money-goes/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-16T20:23:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/10/dan-walters-the-p-word/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-10T21:11:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/06/chico-recreation-board-says-its-better-off-regarding-pensions-huh/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-06T19:46:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/05/get-your-utility-tax-rebate-applications-due-by-june-30/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-05T21:20:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/06/01/diane-brown-for-butte-county-assessor/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-01T17:56:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/31/phils-truck-got-rummaged/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-31T21:50:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/30/its-all-about-the-pensions-just-say-no-to-tax-increases/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-31T21:07:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/29/well-heres-how-i-voted-lets-see-if-you-can-do-better/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-29T18:25:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/24/chico-chamber-ramps-up-sales-tax-increase-campaign-and-when-you-ask-them-how-much-should-we-give-ooh-they-only-answer-more-more-more/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-25T13:20:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/24/chamber-special-report-3-million-for-more-cops-90-million-to-fix-roads-130-million-for-the-pension-deficit/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-25T17:32:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/23/no-on-68/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-24T00:42:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/20/want-the-bums-out-of-your-recycling-cans-sheds-garages-cars-stop-putting-crv-in-your-bins-donate-it-to-the-work-training-center/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/thumbnail_20180517_100617.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20180517_100617</image:title><image:caption>Here he's got his car headed straight for me, on my own property.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/thumbnail_20180517_100524.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20180517_100524</image:title><image:caption>Busted, he tries the friendly approach. That didn't last long.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-22T17:03:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/16/city-exploring-pre-funding-of-pensions-do-they-ever-do-anything-downtown-besides-figure-out-ways-to-pay-themselves/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-16T22:01:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/12/esplanade-house-background-the-letter-webb-and-incaudo-sent-to-the-caa-board-back-in-october-2017/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-12T21:53:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/11/heres-why-theres-no-accountability-people-like-greg-einhorn/</loc><lastmod>2021-08-02T12:57:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/05/02/gas-tax-repeal-makes-the-ballot-now-the-real-work-begins/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-09T17:35:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/26/8236/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-29T01:03:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/24/chico-gets-new-rug-and-chairs-for-half-a-million-shasta-county-houses-60-more-criminals-for-a-million/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-26T00:09:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/19/as-usual-there-are-motives-that-are-not-being-discussed-in-the-replacement-of-the-jesus-center/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-19T22:35:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/17/cancel-to-add-3-to-employee-pension-contribution-i-say-bfd/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-18T14:16:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/15/lwv-to-host-district-1-forum-april-30th-at-harlan-adams-theater/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-16T01:55:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/13/league-of-women-voters-to-host-county-supervisor-forum/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-14T03:19:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/13/the-battle-for-chico-looks-like-the-bums-are-winning-contact-your-supervisor-and-dont-forget-your-supervisor-candidates/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-13T14:54:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/06/for-every-boom-theres-a-bust/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-07T15:37:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/05/8210/</loc><lastmod>2023-08-24T15:55:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/04/03/1-7-million-for-a-scrape-and-patch-of-less-than-one-mile-of-esplanade/</loc><lastmod>2018-04-07T13:58:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/30/election-time-ask-your-supervisor-candidates-what-they-will-do-about-chicos-growing-transient-problem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/thumbnail_0329180743.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_0329180743</image:title><image:caption>Bum cache</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-02T21:52:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/25/is-it-regionalism-or-life-style-choices-that-have-the-california-gop-fighting-within/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-27T12:57:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/23/theres-still-time-to-sign-the-gas-tax-repeal-petition-tell-your-friends/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-23T13:40:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/22/i-may-have-to-apologize-to-local-gop-but-probably-not/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-22T13:29:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/21/our-local-gop-are-not-working-hard-enough-to-overturn-the-gas-tax-just-posturing-for-re-election/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-22T13:06:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/19/actuarial-vs-market-liability/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-21T16:17:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/16/advisory-cars-being-predated-at-peregrine-point-disc-golf-course-on-hwy-32/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/thumbnail_0316181049a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_0316181049a</image:title><image:caption>There were piles of broken car window safety glass all over the ground. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-16T20:42:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/14/gas-tax-petitioners-asking-for-more-signatures-to-counter-governor-browns-demand-for-full-count-delay/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-14T14:05:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/14/water-rates-showdown-hearing-in-sacramento-socal-water-group-to-take-on-four-corporate-monopoly-providers-stay-tuned/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2802049_2_20180311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2802049_2_20180311</image:title><image:caption>James Marvin Bouler</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-14T13:52:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/12/council-approves-another-25000-toward-chambers-remodel-as-coolidge-chuckles-at-complaints-about-street-conditions/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-14T12:54:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/08/is-too-much-of-your-money-is-being-spent-at-the-discretion-of-others-half-the-new-gas-tax-to-be-spent-at-the-discretion-of-local-municipalities/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-12T13:04:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/02/will-the-gas-tax-repeal-make-the-ballot-stay-tuned/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-03T14:06:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/01/city-consultant-more-people-more-payroll-more-allocations-this-is-how-city-of-chico-management-siphons-money-from-the-road-fund-into-their-own-wallets/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-03T14:10:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/03/01/under-card-director-tom-landos-watch-feather-river-rec-and-park-district-audit-finds-possible-instances-of-fraud-within-its-gymnastics-program/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-03T14:07:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/27/calpers-nears-insolvency-meanwhile-city-of-chico-uses-cost-allocation-to-rationalize-fund-pilfering-to-pay-pension-costs/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-27T22:18:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/27/janus-vs-afscme-the-worker-bees-are-rising-against-their-oppressors-go-bees/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-27T14:09:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/17/city-franchise-fees-amount-to-a-shake-down-of-the-ratepayers-now-they-want-a-sales-tax-increase-tell-them-no-with-a-utility-tax-rebate-form/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-24T16:33:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/16/city-financial-officer-gives-a-much-different-figure-for-utility-franchise-fees/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-17T15:10:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/11/city-of-chico-gets-over-a-million-a-year-in-franchise-fees-from-pge-oh-excuse-me-i-mean-from-pge-ratepayers/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-14T14:05:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/11/the-buck-stops-here-sign-the-gas-tax-petition/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-12T01:19:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/08/gas-tax-opponents-hold-special-petition-signings-around-state/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-08T15:27:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/05/will-2018-finally-be-the-year-the-public-rises-up-and-throws-off-the-tax-pigs/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-07T22:19:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/02/02/did-that-chamber-remodel-really-cost-345000-or-is-the-city-of-chico-secretly-siphoning-funding-to-pay-down-the-pension-debt/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-04T18:27:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/31/thats-343287-67-for-the-chamber-remodel-and-it-came-from-comcast-ratepayers/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-02T03:33:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/30/city-cries-poor-mouth-while-spending-a-couple-hundred-thousand-remodeling-council-chambers/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-13T00:13:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/30/league-of-women-voters-to-hold-disaster-preparedness-forum-tonight-first-baptist-church-on-palmetto-bring-a-dish/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-30T14:06:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/28/chico-chamber-says-if-we-want-usable-roads-and-responsible-cops-we-need-to-shake-down-with-a-revenue-measure/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-30T15:02:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/24/gas-tax-petition-gaining-momentum-time-to-defund-the-special-interest-programs-that-are-ruining-our-state/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-30T15:06:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/23/bcag-proposes-spending-millions-for-bus-lines-that-are-predicted-to-have-a-40-percent-return-on-fares-how-about-fixing-our-streets/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/thumbnail_20180123_101439.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20180123_101439</image:title><image:ca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left to right, Haley Skeen of Ch 12 news, Greg Fisher of the Chico Airport Commission, Laura Urseny from Chico Enterprise Record, and BT Chapman, another airport commissioner.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/thumbnail_20180123_091734.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20180123_091734</image:title><image:caption>Look at all that new paneling - $$$$$$!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-26T13:41:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/17/reanette-you-know-what-your-problem-is-you-have-no-game/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-23T21:32:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/14/yes-there-is-injustice-in-chico-lets-make-some-positive-changes-in-2018/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-14T15:38:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/12/the-last-thing-we-want-is-for-pension-reform-to-turn-into-leave-the-taxpayers-holding-the-bag/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-14T13:59:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/15/your-toilet-just-got-a-lot-more-expensive/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-10T20:43:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/09/heres-what-were-not-hearing-about-trumps-budget-plan-150-million-worth-of-cuts-to-federal-retirement-plans-over-10-years/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-11T14:21:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/05/why-do-people-ignore-a-problem-until-its-too-late-to-do-much-about-it-then-expect-to-complain-trash-deal-has-been-in-the-works-since-2012-now-people-want-to-bitch-about-it/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-11T14:27:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/04/oroville-cops-and-fire-take-another-pay-cut-while-chico-employees-take-another-raise/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-04T23:41:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2018/01/02/8061/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-03T16:06:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/30/8058/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-31T14:32:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/27/chico-housing-action-team-needs-to-follow-same-permitting-process-as-any-other-shelter/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-27T15:42:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/22/hey-while-you-are-gathering-around-the-tree-with-a-cup-of-cider-in-your-face-the-city-of-chico-is-getting-ready-to-stick-it-to-you-in-2018/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-24T13:41:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/21/no-kidding-our-city-is-headed-for-deep-doo-doo-2/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-21T16:51:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/20/heres-why-the-price-of-housing-will-never-go-down-in-chico-houses-will-get-smaller-but-the-price-per-square-foot-is-going-to-keep-climbing/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-20T16:36:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/17/go-ahead-and-laugh-youre-paying-for-it/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-17T15:19:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/16/dave-dave-dave-when-you-gonna-learn/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-22T13:37:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/11/why-do-we-keep-paying-consultants-to-tell-us-the-same-thing-we-will-have-to-bribe-airlines-to-come-here/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-11T14:40:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/09/calpers-is-corrupt-and-nobody-is-doing-anything-about-it-including-the-voters/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-09T14:28:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/05/a-new-federal-study-finds-when-it-comes-to-binge-drinking-chico-is-the-worst-city-in-the-entire-state/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-10T13:59:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/05/post-script-developers-probably-never-paid-fees-toward-99-or-32-widenings/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-05T14:36:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/04/downtown-chico-jack-in-the-box-installs-bars-to-protect-employees-is-jack-in-the-box-the-problem-with-downtown-crime-or-chico-pd/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-04T16:43:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/03/pensions-before-streets-business-as-usual-in-chico-california/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thumbnail_20171129_100003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171129_100003</image:title><image:caption>The asphalt they plopped in this old pothole left on somebody's tire.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thumbnail_20171129_100026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171129_100026</image:title><image:caption>Every now and then a crew comes through and fills potholes with "slobbers" - asphalt left over from jobs in newer neighborhoods. We got that from the guy who was running the crew one day.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thumbnail_20171129_095932.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171129_095932</image:title><image:caption>The asphalt is almost completely separated from the base here.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thumbnail_20171129_095604.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171129_095604</image:title><image:caption>I took this picture of my street on the way home from the meeting.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thumbnail_20171129_095754.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171129_095754</image:title><image:caption>This is the "pedestrian right-of-way" down my street. Every now and then I look in that pothole, make sure there isn't an old lady or a jogger with a stroller stuck down in there...</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-05T15:35:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/02/city-of-lancaster-issues-a-resolution-in-support-of-the-statewide-coalition-to-end-water-rate-abuse/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-02T14:27:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/12/01/city-should-stop-messing-around-in-private-enterprise/</loc><lastmod>2017-12-03T13:27:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/28/portland-behavior/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1128171107-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1128171107-1</image:title><image:caption>I felt sorry for this man, he was obviously mentally ill. But I also feel sorry for the people who are trying to run a family oriented business on the other side of that doorway he's pacing in front of.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-29T04:19:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/28/why-would-we-want-to-do-anything-the-way-portland-a-planning-nightmare-does-it/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-28T16:35:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/26/the-bigger-the-lie-the-more-often-you-repeat-it-the-more-people-will-believe-you-repeat-after-me-high-density-residential-produces-less-impacts-than-low-density-residential/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-28T15:27:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/21/homeless-agencies-fighting-like-dogs-over-scraps/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-21T14:44:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/18/sorensen-suggests-a-ballot-amendment-that-limits-council-members-to-three-terms-what-is-he-up-to/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-20T13:22:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/15/mutineer-sherry-miller-says-i-have-to-make-an-appointment-and-drive-out-to-the-airport-if-i-want-to-see-the-video-she-promised-to-have-on-the-website/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-15T20:41:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/14/mutiny-city-taff-decides-they-dont-have-to-answer-questions/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-14T23:21:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/12/team-chico-police-meeting/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-15T20:40:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/11/california-hepatitis-a-outbreak-makes-it-way-to-utah-by-way-of-metallica-fans-when-will-it-hit-chico/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-11T23:27:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/07/chico-pd-make-contract-demands-tonight-heres-a-sampling/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-08T19:49:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/02/again-the-city-fiddles-while-chico-burns/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thumbnail_20171102_110647.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171102_110647</image:title><image:caption>Right down the street from the post office annex, which recently shortened hours.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thumbnail_20171102_110628.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171102_110628</image:title><image:caption>Windows covered with plywood...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thumbnail_20171102_1020511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171102_102051</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thumbnail_20171102_102051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171102_102051</image:title><image:caption>This room, although very nicely restored, was not adequate for public participation in this meeting.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-04T18:05:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/11/04/card-city-taff-agree-on-one-thing-its-time-to-run-a-revenue-measure/</loc><lastmod>2017-11-06T13:31:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/31/geeshy-sakes-kids-jerrys-ripping-us-off-again/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thumbnail_20171030_141443.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20171030_141443</image:title><image:caption>Jim Nielsen is a good speaker, natural, and he made it clear - Californians are being ripped off, the gas tax hasn't been used to fix the roads. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-06T13:28:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/30/still-think-agenda-21-is-a-big-joke/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-31T14:01:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/29/post-office-annex-again-shortens-hours-to-deal-with-bum-problems/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thumbnail_1028171109.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_1028171109</image:title><image:caption>The old sign said 7 am to 10 pm.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-29T19:45:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/28/pge-seeks-to-charge-ratepayers-for-fire-fees/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-30T14:09:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/23/well-this-is-confusing-are-we-paying-to-send-them-out-or-taking-money-to-keep-them-here/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-23T20:49:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/23/board-of-supervisors-offering-more-support-for-the-homeless-again/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-23T16:40:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/18/colossal-waste-of-time-trying-to-engage-a-chico-city-council-member-about-why-they-perpetuate-the-calpers-disaster/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-20T12:29:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/18/blast-from-the-past-2013-article-shows-city-is-not-really-serious-about-dealing-with-our-crime-problem-just-giving-more-money-to-the-cops/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-18T13:30:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/17/no-the-city-is-not-really-doing-anything-about-the-pension-problem/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-18T12:38:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/15/same-old-same-old-is-the-city-really-doing-anything-about-the-pension-problem/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-16T13:04:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/13/time-to-mau-mau-the-flakcatchers-trash-deal-isnt-rolling-out-the-way-they-promised/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-15T12:40:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/08/please-stop-feeding-our-bums/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/anti-homeless-sticker-br-03.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anti-homeless-sticker-br-03</image:title><image:caption>In Ocean Beach they see the problem as it really is.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dont-feed-our-bears.png</image:loc><image:title>dont-feed-our-bears</image:title><image:caption>My son received a sticker like this from the college he attended at Mammoth Lakes California, they gave them to all the students.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thumbnail_1005171359.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_1005171359</image:title><image:caption>Donut party? Somebody call a cop!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-08T13:37:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/10/06/oroville-council-cops-take-10-percent-salary-cuts-in-face-of-bankruptcy-meanwhile-raises-all-around-for-chico-management/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-06T17:12:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/30/o-ville-talking-bankruptcy-time-for-public-employees-to-take-a-walk-in-the-real-world/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-30T17:02:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/18/business-hostile-chico-has-different-standards-for-different-parts-of-town/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0416170918cr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0416170918cr</image:title><image:caption>It looks like somebody has been living out of this cardboard box for at least a few days. There's another "shelter" behind this one. Neither were occupied at the time, but note the knife on the ground. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0416170917a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0416170917a</image:title><image:caption>This building sits vacant for months now between Home Depot and TJ Maxx.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-30T13:04:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/28/council-to-confirm-taff-appointments-get-a-load-of-these-salaries-how-will-we-pay-for-the-pensions/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-03T12:36:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/28/mark-yudof-on-his-360000-university-of-california-pension-this-is-the-way-it-works-in-the-real-world/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-29T18:09:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/25/city-has-no-financial-emergency-policy-taff-suggests-a-policy-for-revenue-measures/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-26T22:34:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/24/card-makes-new-agreement-with-employees-nothing-really-new-willmann-gets-a-raise-but-still-only-pays-2-5/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-25T12:06:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/21/city-taff-will-be-as-good-as-we-demand/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-23T13:00:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/18/more-agencies-scrambling-out-of-calpers/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-18T18:59:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/17/trinity-county-waterworks-district-near-redding-cuts-ties-with-calpers-pensions-are-slashed/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-17T15:35:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/15/i-made-a-simple-request-of-my-new-garbage-hauler-only-i-was-smart-enough-to-cc-wm-rep-and-my-city-mangler/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-15T15:36:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/15/city-to-form-ad-hoc-committee-with-card-to-pursue-cooperative-development-of-facilities-such-as-sports-and-aquatic-complexes/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-15T12:54:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/14/whos-the-criminals-here/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-15T15:35:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/12/portland-watersewer-ratepayers-win-lawsuit-regarding-improper-spending-of-ratepayer-money-on-portland-loo/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-15T13:54:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/11/time-to-ring-their-phones-off-the-hook-about-the-trash-deal-city-managers-office-530-896-7200/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-11T12:42:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/09/not-sure-what-happened-with-the-trash-tax-but-it-looks-like-the-money-will-be-going-to-the-roads-or-something/</loc><lastmod>2022-05-02T13:32:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/06/league-of-women-voters-to-host-forum-regarding-economic-impacts-of-oroville-dam-open-to-the-public/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-06T19:08:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/05/robert-marbut-fails-to-address-a-public-sector-that-looks-at-the-homeless-as-cash-cows/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-05T20:11:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/09/02/what-do-the-ponderosa-fire-and-yesterdays-midday-downtown-robbery-have-in-common-you-got-it-the-homeless/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-02T13:10:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/08/30/trash-tax-taff-divvies-up-trash-tax-among-themselves-no-scraps-left-to-fix-streets/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-30T20:20:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/08/27/loyalton-calif-cuts-pensions-why-cant-chico-do-same/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-29T21:25:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/08/18/city-facing-178075000-in-unfunded-street-projects-less-than-2-million-in-the-street-improvements-fund/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-18T22:00:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/08/18/so-much-for-the-idea-of-a-citizens-advisory-committee/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-18T12:10:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/08/16/who-wants-to-go-to-the-card-meeting-with-me-tomorrow-night/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-16T13:49:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/08/14/the-new-trash-deal-is-going-to-stink/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-14T18:54:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/08/13/6989/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-17T02:55:51+0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hard - right behind this guy there is a picnic table. And it's taken him a few days unmolested there to gather all that crap. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/0717170630.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0717170630</image:title><image:caption>Yes that is a very well established campsite along Chico Creek there. I presume the man is just asleep but if you'd been watching the news lately you might want to poke him with a stick to make sure.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-17T19:19:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/07/14/lou-binninger-the-pension-heist/</loc><lastmod>2017-07-16T13:09:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/07/08/6769/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc00054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC00054</image:title><image:caption>My patio, Friday, July 7, 2017, about 4 pm.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-10T12:50:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/07/06/butte-county-supervisors-need-their-heads-examined/</loc><lastmod>2017-07-06T20:02:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/06/30/downtown-chico-on-a-bender/</loc><lastmod>2017-07-01T22:43:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/06/23/city-manager-mark-orme-assistant-city-manager-chris-constantin-behind-the-chatter-for-a-sales-tax-increase/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-28T21:18:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/06/18/card-gives-director-raise-to-cover-her-benefits-share-while-programs-are-failing-and-non-management-hours-are-being-cut/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-18T20:22:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/06/13/what-does-cal-water-have-planned-for-the-properties-the-tanks-are-sitting-on/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-14T12:38:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/06/08/fillmer-needs-to-go-in-2018/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-09T22:07:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/06/03/told-ya-so-told-ya-so-told-ya-so/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-10T12:21:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/06/02/lou-binninger-is-the-voting-system-trustworthy/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-18T20:20:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/26/sorry-to-lose-mark-wolfe/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-26T21:36:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/23/garbage-franchise-deal-just-another-ploy-to-get-more-money-for-salaries-benefits-pension-time-bomb/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-26T21:39:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/16/is-chico-a-corrupt-town/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-17T18:33:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/12/state-legislature-again-trying-to-lower-the-voter-threshold-for-tax-measures/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-12T12:33:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/11/fillmer-wants-to-discuss-the-pension-deficit-morgan-wants-campaign-limits-public-safety-assessment-for-downtown-businesses-dont-miss-the-next-council-meeting-its-chock-fulla-nuts/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-12T11:49:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/09/6458/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-01T13:36:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/07/lets-stop-calling-them-homeless-lets-call-them-what-they-are-transient-criminals/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thumbnail_20170506_0735061-e1494187748471.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20170506_073506</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thumbnail_20170506_073506.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_20170506_073506</image:title><image:caption>My husband found this abandoned (?) campsite in MIddle Bidwell Park.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-09T15:55:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/06/wake-up-with-lou/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-06T18:19:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/05/05/card-fiddles-our-money-why-would-we-support-more-money-for-this-agency/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/0505170647.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0505170647</image:title><image:caption>Our shoes got wet, but again, the ground within the planters was dry.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/0505170633.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0505170633</image:title><image:caption>These sprinklers run off into the parking lot at 5 Mile every morning at about 6:30 am.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-05T18:06:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/26/your-public-servants-will-give-you-the-service-you-deserve/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-05T17:21:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/27/local-government-committee-offering-free-city-sewer-lines-to-county-dwellers-talking-about-hiring-a-homeless-coordinator-to-bring-in-federal-funding-and-how-to-cover-station-42-may-3-city-hall-3/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-04T18:49:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/22/what-ya-gonna-do/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0421170904.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0421170904</image:title><image:caption>Anybody recognize this car?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-25T13:02:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/19/cost-of-pumping-your-septic-tank-will-roughly-double-under-new-county-deal-city-of-chico-refuses-our-septage-while-laying-plans-to-run-a-sewer-pipe-from-paradise/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-26T12:24:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/19/card-to-discuss-pr-campaign-for-revenue-measure-at-tomorrows-board-meeting/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-20T13:14:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/18/liberty-tour-vi-learn-about-oroville-dam-california-voter-fraud-cal-exit-vs-state-of-jefferson-and-the-declaration-of-independence/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-21T19:57:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/16/stop-the-presses-card-finally-posting-board-meeting-minutes-on-their-website/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-18T18:49:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2013/08/12/whats-the-real-story-on-trash-zones-first-nakamura-says-its-to-get-trucks-off-the-streets-then-admits-city-needs-revenues-county-manager-says-the-dump-needs-the-revenues-solution-pick-the-tax/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-15T13:43:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/15/response-from-my-county-supervisor/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-15T12:46:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/14/trying-to-pry-public-information-out-of-the-public-servants/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-14T13:00:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/08/but-a-26-year-old-resident-with-no-criminal-record-is-executed-in-his-living-room-for-waving-a-piece-of-the-door-the-cops-busted-down/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-10T21:59:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/07/why-are-serial-criminals-released-again-and-again-only-to-commit-more-violent-crimes-ask-your-county-supervisors-ask-mike-ramsey/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-07T13:20:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/04/06/bums-putting-the-pressure-on-long-time-local-businesses-meanwhile-215000year-city-manager-demands-63000year-park-rangers-carry-guns-make-arrests/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-08T12:39:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/29/bum-friendly-business-hostile/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/0329170839b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0329170839b</image:title><image:caption>I can't remember what was in this building originally, but now it's empty and becoming a total eyesore. What's with all the trash?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/03291708392.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0329170839</image:title><image:caption>Welcome to Chico!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-29T21:30:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/24/randall-stone-takes-responsibility-for-phony-election-mailer-says-it-was-legal/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-25T23:21:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/20/caper-acres-four-years-later-nothing-new/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-21T13:18:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/21/card-cut-employee-hours-in-2013-to-avoid-paying-for-their-healthcare/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-21T13:16:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/21/time-to-stand-up-contact-card-and-ask-for-a-copy-of-the-survey/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-21T12:46:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/17/card-survey-heavily-led-questions-close-ended-when-did-28-percent-become-overwhelming-support/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc00215.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC00215</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-20T12:30:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2014/08/26/name-names-joe/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-17T13:54:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/13/portland-loo/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-14T16:20:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/12/card-meeting-next-week-chock-full-o-nuts/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-15T12:32:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/05/28-million-plus-in-salaries-and-another-12-million-plus-in-pensions-and-benefits-why-does-our-town-look-like-shit/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-07T16:09:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2013/05/13/jan-sneed-attacked-me-at-todays-card-finance-meeting-this-woman-is-out-of-control-and-isnt-suitable-for-public-office/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-03T15:46:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/03/02/heres-one-of-the-main-problems-with-chico-unified-school-district-board-member-eileen-robinson-lives-in-la-la-land/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-03T13:42:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/23/call-card-and-ask-if-you-can-participate-in-their-survey/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-23T14:10:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/16/5983/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-16T17:04:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/14/fueled-by-a-dated-system-that-does-not-always-respond-to-market-incentives-or-pressure-costs-and-surpluses-of-energy-have-both-grown-in-california/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-14T23:53:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/13/our-local-government-just-a-cesspool-with-a-revolving-door/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-13T14:21:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/11/cal-watchdog-californias-utility-companies-have-been-involved-in-a-power-plant-building-spree-even-though-californians-have-significantly-cut-their-electricity-usage-over-the-same-time-per/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-12T20:56:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/08/chico-unified-we-want-more-money-or-we-hurt-the-kids/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-08T22:11:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/06/the-bums-arent-the-only-problem-with-bidwell-park/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-06T14:08:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/04/card-makes-some-changes-in-their-plans-for-a-phone-survey-now-schedule-for-late-february/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-07T22:23:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/02/5875/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-02T14:24:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/01/card-staff-to-appropriate-an-additional-75000-to-fix-rotten-cal-park-lakeside-pavilion-roof/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-01T15:01:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/02/01/no-measure-k-was-not-about-the-kids/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-01T12:32:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/30/thank-a-teacher-california-taxpayers-will-pay-153-million-more-a-year-for-school-district-pensions/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-30T13:49:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/25/bidwell-park-and-playground-commission-aware-of-transients-dismantling-bicycles-and-other-unsavory-activities-but-what-have-they-done-about-it/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-25T14:12:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/24/new-twist-on-robin-hood/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/thumbnail_0124170817a_resized.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbnail_0124170817a_resized</image:title><image:caption>These paths lead into the tangled mess of non-native overgrowth, frequented by transients. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-25T22:41:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/24/5633/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-24T14:44:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/22/as-of-friday-12017-card-has-poured-1700-worth-of-labor-into-rose-garden-mess/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-27T15:07:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/21/card-to-run-phone-survey-in-late-january-early-february-trying-to-convince-us-to-tax-ourselves-for-their-pension-deficit/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-22T14:04:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/18/city-of-chico-fiddles-while-rome-burns/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0121170849b_resized.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0121170849b_resized</image:title><image:caption>This tent was concealed in brush, but with a well-worn path leading right to it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0117170736-1r.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0117170736-1r</image:title><image:caption>Some people just get too comfortable in the park. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-22T13:57:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/20/questions-for-our-county-supervisor-butte-county-behavioral-health-gets-61-million-a-year-in-revenue-transfers-is-that-the-money-they-get-for-taking-crazy-people-from-other-counties/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-22T13:24:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/12/card-rose-garden-under-water/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0111171103b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0111171103b</image:title><image:caption>The newly installed rose garden suffered severe flooding last January because it was placed within the flood zone. This picture was taken January 12, 2017 - the CARD office will be closed through January 18 this year.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0111171104a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0111171104a</image:title><image:caption>This sand is supposed to be on the inside of the fence.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0111171103a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0111171103a</image:title><image:caption>I posted this picture</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-13T13:49:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/11/the-problem-with-bidwell-park-theyve-deferred-maintenance-but-kept-on-paying-their-salaries-and-benefits/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T13:47:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/10/5486/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-10T21:54:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/08/you-cant-always-count-on-the-cops-know-your-neighborhood-and-keep-an-eye-on-it/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0107171554b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0107171554b</image:title><image:caption>You THE MAN! Badges.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0107171554.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0107171554</image:title><image:caption>What a fashion maven.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0107170840.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0107170840</image:title><image:caption>She was not thrilled about the raincoat.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-08T17:34:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/08/20/card-board-and-staff-show-a-pattern-of-thumbing-their-nose-at-the-public-and-the-rules/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-08T15:47:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/02/card-needs-to-do-a-cost-allocation-study-on-their-programs-find-out-the-real-costs-of-running-private-businesses-under-the-bus/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-08T15:45:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/18/card-consultant-ready-to-convince-chico-voters-they-want-to-pay-another-bond-parcel-tax-or-assessment/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-08T15:44:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/20/card-plans-phone-survey-for-late-january-to-promote-new-funding-measure/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-08T15:42:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/22/card-pac-distributing-new-video-about-sports-complex-gee-what-happened-to-the-aquatic-center/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-08T15:41:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/05/move-the-recycling-center-city-has-permitted-too-much-housing-in-that-spot-so-should-help-chico-scrap-metal-move-to-a-new-location/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-07T15:02:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2017/01/03/cut-the-pensions/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-03T15:16:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/31/5365/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1230160856r.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1230160856r</image:title><image:caption>I wonder if they steal from each other, and here's somebody's stuff that has been rifled and left.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1230160853.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1230160853</image:title><image:caption>Here's the pile we encountered Thursday December 29, still there - notice the dismantled bikes.  Somebody had added - a real estate sign? - to the pile. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-02T00:17:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/26/enterprise-record-a-conservative-paper-really/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-30T15:57:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/28/why-should-the-public-be-saddled-with-the-burden-of-public-worker-pension-debt/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-30T15:55:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/30/5315/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1229160809r.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1229160809r</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-31T19:35:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/23/this-year-state-employee-pensions-will-cost-taxpayers-5-4-billion-according-to-the-california-department-of-finance/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-26T01:48:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/19/we-need-a-dog-with-some-teeth/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-19T15:02:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/13/chico-unified-lost-the-lawsuit-and-was-ordered-to-make-the-e-mails-public-but-now-the-link-doesnt-work-what-is-chico-unified-trying-to-hide/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-13T14:17:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2015/12/16/chico-pd-hires-5-new-officers-promotes-4-is-this-going-to-solve-our-crime-problem/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-08T13:53:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/12/06/5256-daugherty-still-refuses-to-print-my-letter/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-10T13:33:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/30/and-then-theres-our-local-media/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-05T13:25:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/27/even-if-voters-try-to-be-informed-getting-information-out-of-local-agencies-is-pretty-sketchy/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-28T13:08:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/23/school-district-hiding-about-a-million-dollar-lawsuit-from-the-public-who-knows-what-else-they-got-rattling-around-in-their-closets/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-24T13:20:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/12/grubbs-claims-20000-uncounted-ballots-will-not-affect-election-results/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-12T23:12:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/07/yes-virginia-a-bond-is-a-tax-a-turd-by-any-other-name-will-still-stink/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-11T18:52:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/07/turn-those-ballots-in-according-to-butte-county-clerk-less-than-a-third-of-mail-in-ballots-had-been-received-by-october-29-with-1789-of-them-undeliverable/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-07T15:01:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/03/looks-like-neither-karl-ory-ann-schwab-randall-stone-nor-tami-ritter-have-any-respect-for-the-voters-or-the-rules/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1027161440a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1027161440a</image:title><image:caption>I don't know if this mailer is illegal, but it's certainly misleading. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-03T14:14:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/11/02/grubbs-resents-my-asking-questions-about-missing-ballots-thrown-out-ballots-undeliverable-ballots/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-02T13:01:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/28/county-clerk-still-having-problems-getting-ballots-mailed-to-voters/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-28T21:53:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/27/no-on-measure-k-this-bond-will-leave-our-kids-over-a-quarter-of-a-billion-in-debt/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-27T13:31:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/25/wow-what-a-bitch-fillmer-seems-to-be-campaigning-two-years-early-goes-after-schwabs-seat-isnt-her-own-seat-big-enough/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-26T20:22:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/25/butte-county-clerks-unconcerned-about-1400-returned-ballots-most-of-em-have-moved-then-how-did-they-get-their-sample-ballots/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-25T14:37:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/22/no-on-measure-k-a-look-at-the-campaign-contribution-reports-shows-financial-support-is-coming-from-those-who-stand-to-profit-from-the-bond/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-22T19:30:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/18/school-districts-licking-their-chops-over-four-revenue-measures-its-a-lose-lose-lose-lose-situation-for-the-taxpayers-and-win-win-win-win-for-the-unions/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-21T12:54:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/16/claims-of-overcrowding-in-chico-schools-blown-out-of-the-water-by-calwatchdog-report/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-16T13:13:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/12/why-are-we-allowing-chico-unified-employees-to-feather-their-own-nests-while-facilities-are-sub-par/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-12T13:20:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/11/butte-county-league-of-women-voters-candidates-forum-worth-a-listen/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-11T22:54:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/10/follow-the-money-on-measure-k-86-percent-of-the-budget-goes-to-salaries-and-benefits-no-wonder-roofs-are-rotten-and-paint-is-peeling/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-10T13:46:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/07/yes-there-is-opposition-to-the-school-bond/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-07T17:44:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/06/malls-are-turning-into-crime-zones/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1004161058-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1004161058-1</image:title><image:caption>Mangrove Plaza</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-10T13:42:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/10/04/randy-you-have-got-to-be-kidding/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-04T14:55:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2014/04/11/dogpile-on-mary/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-29T12:40:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/09/25/theres-no-more-time-for-civility-in-the-homeless-conversation-lets-just-say-it-like-it-is-too-many-of-us-are-enabling-the-bums/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-25T13:31:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/09/20/oroville-puts-sales-tax-increase-on-the-ballot/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-20T22:45:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/09/14/enterprise-record-running-interference-for-chico-area-rec-district/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-14T12:47:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/09/13/oroville-seeks-to-increase-sales-tax-by-a-full-cent-letter-writer-does-the-math/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-13T12:49:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/09/12/card-practices-predatory-pricing-this-is-a-risky-ploy-in-the-real-world-but-not-when-you-have-guaranteed-taxpayer-funding/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-12T21:32:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/09/08/time-to-write-letters/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-08T13:24:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/08/31/school-district-expects-us-to-bail-them-out-of-deficit-again/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-12T12:48:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/08/17/card-plans-to-add-nance-canyon-to-their-assessment-district-meeting-tomorrow-thursday-night-7pm-card-center-on-vallombrosa/</loc><lastmod>2016-08-17T12:42:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/08/16/chico-unified-card-getting-ready-to-dive-into-your-purse/</loc><lastmod>2016-08-16T21:06:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/08/12/why-hasnt-card-posted-minutes-of-their-board-meetings-since-december-2015/</loc><lastmod>2016-08-12T22:39:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/08/04/hey-bob-i-need-a-proof-reader/</loc><lastmod>2016-08-04T18:05:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com/2016/07/30/you-have-to-read-the-agendas/</loc><lastmod>2016-07-30T13:31:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://chicotaxpayers.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-04-03T05:31:17+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
