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One story becomes another
In early December 2009, Senator's McCain and Coburn released their Stimulus Checkup, a document that looked at 100 projects across the nation that received Stimulus Funds. The Senator's called these projects "questionable" and kicked off a media storm. Many of you looked into this controversy and saw that the issue outlined by the Senator's was not necessarily on target.
By and large, the story about the Stimulus funds has run it course. In addition to the floodlight shined by the Senators, however, a new salvo of stories looking into the Napa Flood Control project has appeared.
As is the case with journalism and social media today, one or two sources of information tend to spawn, well, a flood of posts. When the source information is misconstrued, has mistakes, or is not complete, misinformation becomes rampant.
To be frank, we have seen two types of stories come out: those journalists that have looked at both sides of the issues and have corrected some of the inaccuracies and assumptions made by over generalized and somewhat sensational reports; and those journalists that have not looked into the issue and are simply parroting other (not always accurate) sources.
Initially, we at the Wine Train had a very simple message: We did not receive Stimulus money and the Stimulus money being spent in Napa is for a flood control project. Simple, end of story.
But this is not a simple project, and a simple correction of one wrong fact -- regardless how glaring -- is now not sufficient information in light of the current story. We are not experts in the Flood Control project, however we do have some insights on the issues that impact us directly.
We would like you to provide you some straight answers to the tough questions we are seeing being asked in chat rooms, blogs, on twitter and in the user comments to web stories.
2. A list of the Board of Directors of the Flood Control District
3. Excerpts of stories that have inaccurate, or incomplete/misleading information
4. An outline on Wine Train's community contributions
5. Contact information for key players
Flood Control Board of Directors
The Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is governed by a Board of 11 elected officials. The Board consists of the five Napa County Supervisors, the mayors of Napa, St. Helena, American Canyon, Yountville and Calistoga, and one Napa City Council member.
As of January 2010, the Directors are:
- District 4 Supervisor Bill Dodd, Chair
- Napa Mayor Jill Techel, Vice Chair
- District 1 Supervisor Brad Wagenknecht
- District 2 Supervisor Mark Luce
- District 3 Supervisor Diane Dillon
- District 5 Supervisor Keith Caldwell
- Napa City Councilmember James Krider
- American Canyon Mayor Leon Garcia
- Yountville Mayor Cynthia Saucerman
- Calistoga Mayor Jack Gingles
- St. Helena Mayor Del Britton
Key Players Contacts:
The City of Napa
Barry Martin
Community Outreach Coordinator
955 School Street, Napa, CA, 94559
Phone: 707-258-7843
Napa County Flood Control & Water Conservation District
Julie Blue Lucido. P.E.
Flood Project Manager
804 First Street, Napa, CA 94559
Phone: 707-253-4386
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tyler M. Stalker
Public Information Officer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Sacramento District
Phone: 916-557-5107
Suulutaaq
Tracy Crain
Project Manager
1130 McKinstry St. #2
Napa, CA 94559
Phone 707-257-7370
Napa Valley Wine Train
Melodie Hilton
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
707-253-2160 x 210
1275 McKinstry Street
Napa, CA 94559
