There is a good article this morning in the Woodland Daily Democrat on the problems that the Yolo County Counsel's Office had with responding to public records requests.

Earlier this year, I had made a request for information from the County Counsel's office, it took several months and every so often I would send Assistant County Counsel Dan Cederborg an email asking for an update on the status.  He stopped responding, did not return my calls, etc.  After awhile, I finally asked Supervisor Matt Rexroad to intercede, he made some calls and within a few days I got exactly what I was asking for.

It began as a very simply comment that Matt Rexroad has likely done thousands of times, he updated his Facebook status as he would sometimes update his blog, rexroad.com, with a comment about the political world.  And for those that believe that Matt Rexroad is nothing more than a cut and dried Conservative Republican, the Matt Rexroad I have gotten to know over the last four years has a considerable amount of gray.

So when I saw his Facebook status, as he is indeed a "Facebook friend," I laughed and thought nothing of it, it was Matt Rexroad being Matt Rexroad.  He wrote, "Matt Rexroad understands that it works with Republican voters... but if Sarah Palin endorsed me I would be too embarrassed to tell anyone."

On Tuesday May 5, at 10 AM the Yolo County Board of supervisors will discuss whether to reduce public health services provided by the County to people who have no medical insurance at all.  The Yolo County Board of Supervisors will also be voting on whether to eliminate all  medical services for people who do not have proof of documentation.

The cuts will be broader than just services to undocumented workers, it will be roughly 1.5 million dollars in savings by reducing and modifying eligibility for patients.  YCHIP (Yolo County Healthcare for Indigents Program) currently servces about 2,500 Yolo County residents, they estimate about half of those are undocumented.