iePolitics: Brad in a haze while hospital lays off 26

I can’t take credit for this.  Someone else saw the humor in Thursday’s front page of the Daily Press.  Click on the link to check it out.

Brad in a Haze while Hospital Lays off 26

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - September 3, 2010 at 12:26 AM

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iePolitics: A pit bull isn’t born vicious

If one investigates a pit bull that attacks, it is usually easy to pinpoint a reason.  Something precipitated it. And the same is true with people.

I’ve got a few people on the Fifth Floor upset with me these days.  I’ve been told that I should not expect help when I keep taking jabs.

County administrators have brought the pit bull out in a few people of late.  I would say the two most prominent are Jim Erwin and me.  Let’s put my situation aside for a moment and look at Jim’s.

We are told regularly  that the Fifth Floor doesn’t like our blogs.  But which came first—the blogs or the torment?  The answer is the torment.

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - September 2, 2010 at 10:00 PM

Categories: Board of Supervisors, Jim Erwin, San Bernardino County   Tags:

iePolitics: Sharks aside . . .

We have spent a lot of time lately writing about the misdeeds of law enforcement officers. We also spend a lot of time writing about hostile work environment, bigotry, and racism.  So, I’m sure it comes as a surprise to some of you that when I read the article on the Barstow police officer being arrested for a “hate crime” because he used racial slurs during a fight, I really have a problem with it.

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 9:27 PM

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iePolitics: Brady issues in the District Attorney’s office

We have been saying all along that there are some “issues” with the District Attorney’s investigation in the corruption scandal.  Now we have proof.

For those not familiar with Brady, here is an excerpt from a previous post:

There is a case entitled Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963).  The Wikipedia entry reads (emphasis added):

. . . in which the prosecution had withheld from the criminal defendant certain evidence. The defendant challenged his conviction, arguing it had been contrary to the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Maryland prosecuted Brady and a companion, Boblit, for murder. Brady admitted being involved in the murder, but claimed Boblit had done the actual killing. The prosecution had withheld a written statement by Boblit confessing that he had performed the act of killing by himself. The Maryland Court of Appeal had affirmed the conviction and remanded the case for a retrial only of the question of punishment. Read more…

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 8:57 PM

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iePolitics: Too much Vicodin for Brad?

We can only hope that is our First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt is high on painkillers from his injured arm, because if he isn’t, then his comments in today’s Daily Press are all the more disturbing.  The title of the story is “Mitzelfelt sees bright future beyond hazy economy.”

“Hazy”?  You are kidding right?

Brad, between your county salary with benefits and your wife’s county salary with benefits, your are earning about $375,000 a year. Your chief of staff has a package worth about $225,000 a year. Your lowest paid regular, full-time employee, your secretary, has a package worth over $100,000 a year.  You do not live in the real world.

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6 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 12:03 AM

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iePolitics: Racism and the Sharks

iePolitics is hearing something may break soon regarding the Barstow police officer arrested for racial slurs and we hear it has something to do with the Sharks, the gang of San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies from Victorville, who terrorized certain members of the community.  These deputy sheriffs went so far as to have sharks tattooed on their ankles.  I don’t remember now which SBSD executive got a bit upset about this but it seems to me Hoops ran interference for the group.

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20 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - September 1, 2010 at 9:05 PM

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iePolitics: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

San Bernardino County never ceases to amaze me.  As I wrote about a couple of days ago, I received notice from my attorney that Uffer’s attorney wants to depo me.  The county REALLY wants my cooperation in this matter whether they know it or not.  So, what do they do?

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iePolitics: Josie strikes again!

So Josie’s new secretary is already gone.  This one lasted two weeks or is it three?  Since we started counting earlier this year I think this the fourth or fifth?  Josie, maybe the problem isn’t them.

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 12:53 PM

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iePolitics: By the way ET

I forgot to mention that the Department of Justice was doing a search for you on my blog. Hopefully, they find you and keep you.

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iePolitics: Another abusive TAD supervisor

This one was stupid too as she posted it all on Facebook on county time.  Here is the file:  TAD02 I’m too tired to write out the story but I think the .pdf file is self-explanatory. I’ve asked for one more document and will post if I get it.  I believe the EEOC is investigating.  The matter was swept under the rug by the county.

26 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - August 31, 2010 at 11:17 PM

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iePolitics: Boycott the Sentinel

From what I have been told, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin has filed suit to block adjudication of The San Bernardino County Sentinel.   For those that do not know, obtaining adjudication allows a newspaper to accept legal advertisements, which are very lucrative.  Adjudication often is what keeps a newspaper afloat.

iePolitics has been very good to The Sentinel in the past, accounting for hundreds if not thousands of new readers.  However, a few months ago Mark Gutglueck stopped sending us copies to post and stopped returning phone calls.  This is likely the reason why (read caption under photo):

Barb, of course, is the narcissistic skank who can’t stand on her own two feet with her show so she has to use lies, deceit and thievery to get listeners.  She will say or do anything, including federal crimes as she committed in the Desert Community Bank story, which got her fired from a local radio station.  During the Vogler campaign when she was publicly stating she was Rita’s campaign manager, ET Snell had to convince Barb that it wasn’t wise to discuss on the air  her (Barb’s) current treatment at the time for syphilis as it could damage Rita’s image.

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28 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 2:16 PM

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iePolitics: Employees run amuck at Workforce Development

Well we see that nothing has changed under County Administrative Officer Greg Devereaux or his new Economic Development Agency chief.  We have written extensively over the years about the problems with lax accounting and falsified statistics with job developers and job placement specialists.

Not long ago the positions were all reclassified, with some employees being given large raises.  That has done little to promote productivity or integrity.  Very high-placed sources tell us that, if anything, things have gotten worse.

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5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 11:22 AM

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iePolitics: A depo notice from Uffer

My morning started out just great!  I received an email from my attorney that former County Administrative Officer Mark Uffer wants to depo me in his lawsuit against the county.  I have to say that made my day. It’s been a long time since I laughed that hard.

Now, the real kicker in all of this is that the county has hired the exact same attorney to fight Uffer’s lawsuit as they have hired to fight one of my suits against the county.  Yet, the county has to provide me with legal representation in the Uffer suit.  This attorney actually had the gall to tell my attorney that he didn’t see a conflict if on one hand he is trying to pound me into the ground and on the other hand he is trying to get my cooperation in protecting the county from Uffer.

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5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 1:49 AM

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iePolitics: Observer – A response

Observer,

Once again, rather than trying to respond in a comment, I thought I would address all the issues you raised at once in a separate post.  Or at least I will try.

You take issue with me over my attacks against Third District Supervisor Neil Derry.  I realize I did not make myself clear in my last response.

Many things happen behind the scenes that never make it to the blog.  Although to the readers, the attack may have seemed sudden, it was not.  It was the culmination of months of emails and discussions, mostly with Neil’s chief of staff with some emails directly to Neil.

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11 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 1:29 AM

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iePolitics: Did Matt Brown receive a bribe today to keep quiet before the election?

I know that I am not the only one that thinks the county of San Bernardino sunk to a new low today.  The decision to pay off former Second District Chief of Staff Matt Brown is a slap in the face to all county employees who must face a real hostile work environment each and every day because they do not have the money for an attorney and the county refuses to conduct a legitimate investigation.  County Administrative Officer Greg Devereaux and our Board of Supervisors should be ashamed of themselves.

Of course, this payoff begs the question of Why?  Well, the answer is easy. A mistake by the District Attorney’s office has alerted corruption defendants to the fact that Brown was involved in attempting to get his boss, Second District Supervisor Paul Biane, on tape in an undercover operation.  It would be highly detrimental to Supervisor Paul Biane’s re-election chances to have his former Chief of Staff tell what he knows before November 2.

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9 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 12:52 AM

Categories: Board of Supervisors, Brad Mitzelfelt, Gary Ovitt, Josie Gonzales, Matt Brown, Neil Derry, Paul Biane, Ruth Stringer, San Bernardino County   Tags: , , , ,

iePolitics: A question for non-law enforcement readers

So we’ve got the cops on here taking us to task for pointing out things such as law enforcement officers committing DUI,  hit-and run, assault under the color of authority, domestic violence, theft, etc. They seem to think we are tarnishing their reputation by publishing such information.

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17 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 12:22 AM

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InlandPolitics: S.B County: Senior Republicans level stinging criticism at Ramos

  • Written by Senor Blogger
  • Posted August 30, 2010 at 9:09 am

Ramos with Attorney General Jerry Brown

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Sunday, August 29, 2010 – 11:50 pm

San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos, the architect of a corruption probe against various current and former San Bernardino County officials, has now become the recipient of criticism from senior republicans.

One elected official is even is asserting that prosecutions brought by Ramos may in fact be politically motivated.

U.S. Representative Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands) and incoming minority leader, State Senator Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga), in recent interviews published in Monday’s Press-Enterprise “Political Notebook” render some ominous criticism of Ramos.

The following is an excerpt from the column related to Ramos.

Inland Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, said last week that the ongoing corruption scandals in San Bernardino County have not affected his work in Washington.

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2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - August 30, 2010 at 7:23 PM

Categories: Bill Postmus, Jerry Brown, Jim Erwin, Mark Uffer, San Bernardino County   Tags: ,

iePolitics: Tips

I did not realize until yesterday that when I changed out my Blackberry a few weeks ago my voicemail was not properly set up.  I started to think about it yesterday because several people called who would normally leave messages and didn’t. Or so I thought.  It was the icon that wasn’t working properly.

So, I found 50 or so voicemails that have been there for weeks.  I went through them all and there were two that I could not make out enough except to know someone was trying to pass along information to me regarding the Public Defender’s office.  If you would try again, I would appreciate it.

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InlandPolitics: Uffer new chief executive at Colorado River Medical Center

  • Written by Administrator
  • Posted August 27, 2010 at 9:59 pm

Uffer

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Yes it’s true.

Sources tell InlandPolitics.com that former San Bernardino County administrative officer Mark H. Uffer is now the incoming CEO of Colorado River Medical Center in Needles.

Terms of Uffer’s new position are cloudy, but sources say Uffer is seeking some type of “Per Diem” compensation until November 1, 2010 when his severance package with San Bernardino County ends.

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5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 5:38 PM

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InlandPolitics: The Insider: Was Jerry Brown lied to?

  • Written by The Insider
  • Posted August 29, 2010 at 2:46 pm

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Sunday, August 29, 2010 – 2:40 pm

It’s finally crunch time in the multi-year corruption probe launched by San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos.

And one has to wonder what Ramos told Attorney General Jerry Brown in regards to his evidence?

There’s a bigger question starting to be asked by some close to the investigation.

Was Brown lied to?

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7 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 3:16 PM

Categories: Adam Aleman, Bill Postmus, Board of Supervisors, District Attorney, Jeff Burum, Jerry Brown, Jim Erwin, Mark Kirk, Mike Ramos, San Bernardino County   Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Targetonmyback: “A City at War with Itself: Chicago—Fast Tracking to Anarchy”

August 23, 2010

Fed-up Chicago cop blogs about ‘hacks’ running PD
The officer posted a 3,000-word critique of the Police Department to his blog

By Neil Steinberg
The Chicago Sun-Times

CHICAGO — To be a police officer is to make hard decisions. Stop this guy or that guy? Go through the front door or around the back? Shoot or don’t shoot?

Later, those decisions get second-guessed, by the brass, by the media, by the officers themselves. Sometimes an action that some view as heroic others find deplorable.

On July 19, Lt. John R. Andrews made a hard decision. He’d had enough. He’d been silent long enough. After careful thought, he pressed a button on his home computer, posting online a 3,000-word critique of the Police Department with the academic-sounding title, “A City at War with Itself: Chicago — Fast Tracking to Anarchy (Understanding the Organizational Paralysis of the CPD and the Mission to Recovery).”

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7 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Targetonmyback - August 26, 2010 at 12:10 PM

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iePolitics: A comment about Supervisor Derry

The comment below was written on the blog today.  I decided to address the comment as a separate entry.

I am sure that you are funnelling these issues to Supv Derry since he has frequented this blog in the past. However, the way you have treated him during these past few months is not condusive to him wanting to return. I would be surprised if he bothers to take the time.

As to the specifics of this issue, why do you believe Supv. Derry is the responsible party when the BOS has placed that duty squarely on the CAO? It would seem prudent to direct these departmental issues to the CAO, and if one or more Supv. still follows this blog and is interested in the case, then they or the new unit in the CAO’s office can follow-up.


Let me respond.  I do not expect Neil to return to the blog ever nor do I care.  As far as I am concerned, Neil has become one of the problems, just like the other four; not the solution.  However, I know anything addressed to anyone on the Fifth Floor will be read by staff up there, so I will continue to address him this way.  He doesn’t respond to emails so there is no point in trying that means.

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14 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 3:30 AM

Categories: Board of Supervisors, Brad Mitzelfelt, Gary Ovitt, Greg Devereaux, Josie Gonzales, Neil Derry, Paul Biane, San Bernardino County   Tags: ,

iePolitics: Where’s Lucy?

We hear that San Bernardino County Transitional Assistance Department (TAD) Deputy Director (?) Lucy Gigena has resigned.  Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t her appointment from ESP district manager to TAD deputy director recent?

I remember we previously discussed her affinity for sharing her sex life with her staff.  It pales in comparison to the other district manager we have featured several times who is known by her staff as the “C—” because she likes to tell her staff which orifice her boyfriend/husband inserted himself into during any given interlude the night before.

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3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 3:12 AM

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Mike Morrell: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Endorses Mike Morrell

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, longtime protector of taxpayers’ rights, has announced their support for businessman Mike Morrell for 63rd State Assembly District.

“We believe Mike will be an excellent representative for taxpayers,” the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association said in a statement regarding their endorsement.

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Senor Blogger: Deputy misbehaving No. 2

This second story is about a deputy that had a problem with sticky fingers.  Things kept coming up missing at the station and it this certain deputy was always there.

A sting operation was set up and he was sent to a call where there was some money that no one claimed. Well that money was placed there by the Sheriff’s department to see what he would do with it.  I guess he did not know how to handle this situation so he took the money home with him and never tagged it as evidence.

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Senor Blogger: Deputy misbehaving No. 1

This story involves a deputy that was assigned to SED/SWAT.  Unlike the supervisor assigned to this division, this guy really was a Navy Seal.  Seems like there are several stories about this guy and his anger problems.
One day he was traveling to Victorville in his county-issued unmarked unit. He felt that he needed to get there in a hurry and was traveling pretty fast in the fast lane.  Another driver would not get out of his way and he got upset.
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23 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Senor Blogger - at 2:52 AM

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Senor Blogger: Another Perez story

Sergeant Gina Perez was working patrol one evening as a watch commander.  There is another sergeant at the Victorville Station that adores his pit bull.  He has a picture of him and his pit bull on his desk . . . embarrassing (only to Senor Blogger). Perez’s deputies respond to a call and were attacked by a pit bull. They ended up shooting the dog because it was biting them and other subjects within the neighborhood.
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4 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Senor Blogger - at 2:45 AM

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iePolitics: SBPEA Board of Directors

Just a reminder that your ballots are due this Friday.  If you are not aware of the way the voting works, it is important that you vote for one and only one Child Support candidate and one and only one TAD candidate.

Incumbent Al Wozniak is one of the people responsible for taking away the Flex Plan from employees with less than 15 years. The cutoff was set at 15 years because that is how many years Al had in and didn’t want to lose it. Everyone with fewer years than he had got screwed.  I strongly suggest you vote for  a TAD employee who is not currently on the Board of Directors.  He is also among those responsible for single employees losing full coverage and having to pay for other employees’ family members’ health insurance.

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iePolitics: So Brad, we thought we would help advertise your appearance

That’s right Supervisor Mitzelfelt.  Since you are going to be on the radio tomorrow, iePolitics thought we would make sure more than Barb’s regular 25 listeners tuned in.  Barb says a lot of things about you, especially on her internet show.  It will be interesting to see if she is brave enough to say those things directly to you.  I thought I would share some of the things she has claimed on her shows with you so that you would have a heads up.  But first, let me share the video she made of you, Bill and Tad with all of our readers.  It hasn’t had a lot of views yet and I want to help y’all change that.  Here it is:

Here is a list of claims she has made about you.  You should have plenty of time to practice your answers.

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3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - August 25, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Categories: Bill Postmus, Board of Supervisors, Brad Mitzelfelt   Tags: , ,

iePolitics: More about stupid TAD supervisors

Linda Haugan

We received confirmation from a fifth TAD office today that the original email that was sent out banning fans and radios stated that it was because they had exceeded their electricity allotment.  There was nothing about fire hazards or electrical strips.  Supervisors have been told that fans and radios will be allowed but not to spread the word.  So, let your employees get sick from the heat and smell and don’t say anything unless they beg.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 9:28 PM

Categories: Andrew Lamberto, Greg Devereaux, Human Services System, San Bernardino County   Tags:

iePolitics: Speaking of stupid supervisors

Supervisor Derry,

No, that title is not in reference to you. I was asked to pass this along in reference to your question a few weeks ago regarding SBPEA and the County of San Bernardino.

It seems Andrew Lamberto/Linda Haugan/Bob Blough are at it again. Remember that email I sent  to you and George that you both ignored regarding PID Chief Virginia Lugo, et al., using C-IV to run all employees to see if they have ever been on a welfare case of any kind?  Well sometimes illegal activities backfire.

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17 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 12:06 AM

Categories: Andrew Lamberto, Board of Supervisors, Bob Blough, Brad Mitzelfelt, Gary Ovitt, Josie Gonzales, Neil Derry, Paul Biane, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino Public Employees Association, Transitional Assistance Department   Tags: , , ,

iePolitics: More on TAD electricity and fans

Linda Haugan

We had one of the Marie wannabees, oops I mean TAD supervisors or above—you know the ones with the brown noses and really high foreheads—get on here and claim that the fan and radio ban was due to Risk Management and power strips being overloaded.   They think they are scoring brownie points with Linda Haugan by calling us stupid and uninformed.  The problem is, to get points, one must identify oneself, but like most uneducated TAD supervisors, they are too stupid to figure that out.   And they are too stupid to realize their explanation is . . . stupid.

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - August 24, 2010 at 10:58 PM

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iePolitics: Would Mark Uffer make a good administrator for Needles Hospital?

Imagine this scenario:  I’m sitting at Starbucks having tea with one of the persons named in Mark Uffer’s lawsuit against the county.  My phone rings and an unfamiliar number is displayed.  Something makes me answer the phone.  I am asked if I believe Mark Uffer would make a good administrator for Needles Hospital.  My companion starts laughing hysterically.

It seems that Uffer has applied for the position.  There is a county employee in Needles who is pushing very hard to hire Mark and he is the only candidate to apply so far.  A background check is being completed.  In the process, someone finds a copy of the lawsuit Uffer has filed against the county and prints it out.  They read the very last page, which was an email from me and my parting shot to him where I called him a liar.

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7 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 4:15 PM

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iePolitics: What would you have done?

Almost two years ago I was approached by what turned out to be a panhandler in a Victorville parking lot one evening.  She was a middle-aged woman, dressed nicely, with a lengthy story to tell of breaking down on the freeway, walking to a nearby motel, and needing $9 and change so that her and her children could stay overnight until someone could get up the hill to rescue her.  She said the CHP had told her if they slept in the vehicle overnight, the Department of Children’s Services would be notified to take the children.  She said that the motel owner is threatening to kick them out if she didn’t come up with the money that evening.

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5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - August 23, 2010 at 1:38 AM

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iePolitics: The power of the internet

This video was posted by a friend on my Facebook page yesterday.  I had to take a look.

Watching the video reminded me of a story I have been going to write for a while.  Here is an average, almost geeky, regional cover band, and in two months this video has topped six million hits.  It’s entertaining, no doubt—awesome and funny at the same time.  But that is not the point.  The point is that 20 years ago, this would still be a regional cover band—one that no one had ever heard about, much less seen.   But the internet has changed the way information is delivered to us.

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 1:13 AM

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iePolitics: Another Fifth Floor arrest . . . or two?

That is the rumor.  To be more exact, the rumor is that Mark Kirk will be arrested for time card fraud before the Rex Gutierrez case gets underway in a few weeks.  We are also hearing Paul Biane’s arrest is imminent.

These rumors can almost always be traced back to our favorite yellow singing Canary, Confidential Informant No. 1, Mr. Max Factor himself, Adam Aleman.  It seems that every time Mikey has to face bad news he deflects with disinformation through Adam.

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - August 22, 2010 at 11:16 PM

Categories: Mark Kirk, Mike Ramos, Paul Biane, San Bernardino County   Tags: , , ,

iePolitics: OMG, Doreen Boxer could be in a heck of a lot of trouble

Not from the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors because we know they don’t have backbone to do anything.  Nope.  This time it could be from the State Bar of California, as in losing a Bar card.

Yes, this is a teazer.  I can’t write much more yet.  I have an excellent source on this one, but if anyone at the Public Defender’s office knows what I’m talking about and would like to send the document to me, I can be reached at PO Box 2722, Apple Valley, California 92307.  I believe the actual document was authored by Lauri Ferguson.

I will post more just as soon as I’m allowed to.

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 11:05 PM

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iePolitics: Can you resend the emails?

I’ve lost two emails on Sheriff’s Department misdeeds.  Can you please resend them?

The first is on the deputy, out of Victorville I believe, who beat the crap out of a relative of a CHP officer.  There is more to the story but I can’t remember it. I believe it happened in the Cajon Pass and I believe this deputy was allowed to stay on patrol.

The second is the deputy who was caught with sticky fingers.  Unlike Captain Gray, he was charged with a felony.  Only difference is this deputy stole only hundreds of dollars, not thousands.  I believe he was fired but I’m not sure.

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iePolitics: So that’s how it works in the Sheriff’s Department

There was a female deputy assigned to Rancho.  After getting off of probation she went to patrol for a short period of time and, when they figured out that she did not know what she was doing, but she was cute, they assigned her to be a School Resource Officer.
After a few years they noticed that she still “cute” so they thought they should get her out of a patrol station because she really does not know what she is doing and send her to the academy as a training officer.  You know to be a training officer you must look good in your uniform etc.
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9 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 10:46 PM

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iePolitics: Sheriff Hoops steps in

Seems like San Bernardino County Sheriff Rod Hoops took matters into his own hands regarding the Narc in Palm Springs who beat up his tweaker girlfriend.   Hoops made a few calls the rumors are and last week the Riverside District Attorney’s Office refused to file charges on the narcotics officer.  The reason that was given:  mutual combat.  So, instead of dropping charges against the dick, why weren’t charges filed against both?  How amazing!
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4 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 10:30 PM

Categories: Neil Derry, Rod Hoops, San Bernardino County, Sheriff's Department   Tags: , ,

Whited: Sergeant Gina Perez: One hot mess after another…

We all know some Sergeant’s were never meant to be a sergeant; however those will probably never promote either. How does one like Gina Perez get to a job like this? 4 years as a “street cop” deputy working Victorville, then sent to the academy teaching “boots” how to “do their job” then thrust into Homicide where she told me it was, “all about my paper,” and now a screwball of a Sergeant conducting “Admins” without knowing what she is doing…least we mention all the policy, POBR, law enforcement code of ethics- violations she has done over the past 14 months.

Gina Perez you are incompetent, you have no integrity, no honor, and I have seen better leadership at a Boy Scout meeting. The county is losing money keeping her in this position.

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Jason Whited - at 10:23 PM

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Senor Blogger: Hypocracy in the Sheriff’s Department too

Recently we have all been reading about problems within the Sheriff’s Department. Although the majority of these issues are not major problems some of them are.

When a person becomes a Peace Officer they take an oath which is known as the “Law Enforcement Code of Ethics”. In that code is a line that states “Honest in thought and deed in both my personnel and official life, I will be exemplary in obeying the laws of the land and the regulations of my Department”.

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Categories: Board of Supervisors, Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, Rod Hoops, San Bernardino County, Sheriff's Department   Tags: ,

iePolitics: Marijuana and Cocaine use by those on the Fifth Floor

Pure Peruvian Cocaine

Hypocrite is defined by Webster as:

1 : a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
2 : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings

In case anyone hasn’t noticed, we have a hypocrite or two or three on the fifth floor of the County Government Center.  We have been reminded of that several times during the past couple of years.

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11 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 9:59 PM

Categories: Board of Supervisors, Brad Mitzelfelt, Gary Ovitt, Josie Gonzales, Mike Ramos, Neil Derry, Paul Biane, San Bernardino County   Tags: , , ,

iePolitics: Consumed by human waste – The good news

It is natural for us to be suspect of new technology and scientific discovery.  We know from experience that there can be unintended negative results when new concepts are rushed through for approval and widespread use without proper vetting.  At the same time there is some awesome work being done to make our planet greener that is based on years of solid scientific study.

We discussed the windmills in Sam’s Club parking lots, which are so darn cute and such an unobtrusive way to generate electricity, not too long ago.  Our local Kohl’s get much of its power from solar panels installed at the store.  More and more yard lighting can now be accomplished also through solar energy.

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2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - August 20, 2010 at 4:11 AM

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iePolitics: More ethics from Larry Walker

This came in a couple of days ago from the Auditor/Controller/Tax Collector’s office:

I.T. department at ACR says lets do some training.
Enrolls one person in a virtual class for Windows training.  Sounds good so far, save money on traveling, etc…
Then tells 4 other people to go to the training and act like the one person enrolled.
So now we have 4 people going to training and only paying for 1 person.  I guess that is great if you are ACR.  Saved money.  Not so great if you are the training company.  Lost money.  Lost several thousand dollars of money.
I don’t know why management would think this is OK to steal from the training company.
This is going on right now…till Friday….

5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 4:10 AM

Categories: Auditor-Controller/Recorder, San Bernardino County   Tags: ,

iePolitics: Any truth to the MDLR rumor?

I do not want to hear that another felon has been promoted into a high level county position because “he paid the money back.”  Tell me it’s not true.  Please.

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 4:06 AM

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iePolitics: Neil, you thought you were off the hook

You have asked me for examples where I feel you are being unethical and here is yet another.  This is a situation you have known about since last November and NOTHING has been done.

The reason you know about the situation is because of me and my incident on Thanksgiving Day. The issue is, of course, Hartford Insurance.

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 3:59 AM

Categories: Board of Supervisors, Brad Mitzelfelt, Gary Ovitt, Josie Gonzales, Neil Derry, Paul Biane   Tags:

iePolitics: Integrity questioned

The concept I am writing about is hardly new to iePolitics.  What is new is that I am going to relate it specifically to the discussions we have been having about morality in the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

I will ask a question I have asked more than once on this blog.  If a man (or woman) is willing to break the most important covenant given to him by God, then why should we expect any higher degree of integrity or morality on lesser issues?  The covenant of which I write is, of course, that of marriage.

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2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 2:52 AM

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iePolitics: Ground Zero mosque – Salt in the Wound

A not-so-politically-correct song about the mosque. We have not discussed the mosque much here at iePolitics. So, is it okay, or as the the song says, “a disgrace to America”?

17 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - at 12:48 AM

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iePolitics: Violating civil rights

Some have told us that it does not matter how San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos goes about getting convictions against the corruption figures, as long as they are convicted.  For some reason there are those who do not have an issue with the district attorney breaking the law to gain a conviction.

As more investigation is being done and discovery trickling in at a snail’s pace, we are learning just how far Ramos will go.  No law is safe from Mikey.

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8 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - August 18, 2010 at 4:30 AM

Categories: Adam Aleman, Bill Postmus, District Attorney, Mike Ramos, San Bernardino County   Tags: , , , , ,

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