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Publisher accuses county of withholding details on State Route 4 median; county supporters dispute claim
Summary
A local publisher accused county officials of failing to disclose internal notifications about a State Route 4 concrete median in Murphy's; a county or senator's staffer on the record disputed the accusation at the meeting and defended county staff and Caltrans communication.
During general public comment Christopher Butner, publisher of calaveras2026election.com, told the board he delivered a "fact‑checked, evidence‑backed" statement alleging the county failed to disclose internal communications about a State Route 4 concrete median in Murphy's and that county officials had mischaracterized Caltrans' role. He urged supervisors to commit to transparency and said multiple supervisors and a former supervisor had been notified in 2024 about the Caltrans project.
A representative associated with State Senator Marie Alvarado Gill (speaking after Butner) disagreed with the contention that the board had acted dishonestly and said the town hall revealed that Caltrans left the community "in the dark"; that speaker noted the senator was working with Caltrans district staff and the district 10 director and that the senator had expressed support for removing the median.
The exchange on Nov. 4 consisted of a substantive public accusation followed by a rebuttal claim from a representative present; the board did not take immediate formal action on the dispute at the meeting.
