Paul talked to people around the county regarding Carry Conceal Weapon’s permits (CCW). This video #53 contains information regarding issues with CCW’s in San Bernardino County.
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My phone should be turned back on today and I’m headed home to try to put things back together. I won’t have internet access. For the record, I gave a friend my sleeping pills and painkillers to hang on to until I’m sure I’m through this. Thank you everyone for your support.
Before my oldtimers think to themselves, “Here we go again,” I am NOT suicidal. I am extremely depressed but not suicidal.
I am not sure the blog will continue. What you see here may or may not be the end of the blog. My former landlord stole almost all of my computer equipment and the Sheriff’s Office won’t do a thing about it. I will not be able to get to a hotspot to use my laptop so I don’t expect for there to be anything new on the blog for a while after this post.
I always laugh at those who can’t wait to tell me that the blog is “insignificant.” Early Saturday morning I received a text message from First District Chief of Staff David Zook saying he was told I mentioned he was not returning my messages. Then at 12:45 a.m. this morning I receive an email from County Spin Doctor (just kidding David!) David Wert advising me that he was working “late” to be sure he got in his 40 hours this week and was trying to get an answer for me. For those who think no one cares what we write on the blog, I always find these types of communication interesting.
They all dis our blogs, but they sure do read them!
Jim made me laugh this morning and doesn’t even know it. I’ve come to the conclusion that having separate blogs is a good thing. Our overall mission is the same, and we share most of the same targets. But we both have our “special” people or organizations that need our “special” attention.
For me, for example, my newest target is San Manuel. Those who have known me for years know I have a special place in my heart for Native Americans. It goes back to when I was 8 years old and my family moved to Tucson from Eagle Rock. Even at that age I realized the disparate treatment of Native Americans. Tucson at the time was almost in a depression and the poverty on the reservations rivaled any third-world country. Anyway, I’ve spent my share of time on reservations since and love the culture. If I had my choice right now I would be living near the Navajo Reservation in Arizona or the Zuni Reservation in New Mexico.
In the next few days, it’s not a meltdown on my part. Well I may end up having one, but it won’t result in the blog going down. Actually, once again Hartford is causing me all kinds of grief. One of these days I will see another check but who knows when. (more…)
Anyone who wants to write for iePolitics is welcome. Send us your preferred log-in name and we’ll set it up. You can reach us at info@iepolitics.com.
As I stated in a previous post, the blog is no longer moderated. However, if you post a comment with certain words or one or more links, it will be set for moderation. Right now I’m lucky to moderate the blog once a day so be patient.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. A very snotty SCE employee called me today from a message I left over two weeks ago to inform me that after nine weeks of trying, I just might have power by the end of the week. She got a little indignant when I asked for an exact date so that I can have the dogs put away and leave the fence unlocked.
Thank you everyone for your continued support. We’re on-line for about 30,000 hits today so I appreciate all who have stuck it out with me. I’d like a little feedback since I’ve started the blog over from scratch.
Do you want the polls brought back? They were certainly less-than-scientific but they were fun and not much work.
Do you want the newspaper articles back? At this point Jim and I are doing two completely different blogs and I suspect most readers are reading both. The articles are a lot of work, but I’ll do them by popular demand or is Jim’s inclusion enough? (more…)
I’ve started it off slowly, but tomorrow I plan to really get back into blogging. I want to thank everyone again for all the email. One thing I know about our regular readers is that you are a loyal lot. We are already back up to 20,000 hits a day with virtually no content, it being a weekend, and a majority of folks not even knowing the blog is back.
If someone tells you they cannot access the blog, it is likely because they are using an old bookmark. We are using a new host and a new domain so bookmarks have to be updated.
Thanks again for your support.
At the top of my priority list right now is revealing the corruption within San Bernardino County’s Program Integrity Division, better known as the Welfare Fraud Unit, headed by Virginia Lugo. Welfare Fraud is the lowest of priorities in this county even though both internal and external fraud runs rampant.
I was discussing the issue with former San Bernardino County Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Bill Postmus this morning. It seems the two administrations since his have reduced the number of fraud investigators by over 75 percent in the past few years. This is just another example of how out of touch our current Board of Supervisors is with the public they have been elected to serve. (more…)
When I took down the blog and Facebook, I also managed to delete my entire email list and most of my phone list. For those of you who don’t mind taking pity on me one more time, I’d appreciate it if you would email me at Sharon@iePolitics.com with your contact information. It will make getting this blog back up and running quite a bit easier.
Also, now that Facebook has changed, it is much more difficult to find my friends on there. Poor me needs more than four friends on Facebook!
I know my long-time readers are expecting this. I just can’t stay away from blogging. After lots of “shall I or shant I” conversations today, the answer became obvious. The temporary blog that has been posted for the past two days received over 10,000 hits. It will take me a few days to get everything back up and running again, so bear with me. There will be some similarities with the old blog but also some changes. I have some new writers lined up for the blog pen.
Also, my new email address is Sharon@iePolitics.com. Again, thank you for all the well wishes and support.