When the Board of Supervisors decided on firing Mark Uffer most observers thought he would just move on. Most people felt that the public humiliation generated as retaliation by certain members of the Board and their staff members was enough
Not so quick. Most educated and experienced managers would heed the advice of lawyers and human resource staff and keep their comments to themselves.
There was a meeting yesterday in Narcotics where some of the IRNET issues were discussed. It seems that the upper management does not feel that any of the people involved with the IRNET issue did any type of policy violation nor did they do anything wrong. The only one that does feel as if they had to save face is Deputy Chief Paul Cook. In an attempt to save face with another outside agency that assists funding with IRNET Chief Cook had the Captain, Lt, Sgt, Detective and deputy assigned to a team transferred out of the division. Keep in mind that from the top man on down they feel that none of these people did anything whatsoever wrong but Chief Cook went ahead and transferred these people to other assignments.
It seems as through when the Good Lord was handing out “brains” Cook misheard him and thought that he was handing out “rain” and declined his offer.
The city of Hesperia allows property owners to have up to 150 male foul on their properties. Other than in the case of someone who raises turkeys for food (i.e., some prefer tom turkeys rather than hen turkeys because there is more dark meat), why would anyone want more than one rooster, peacock, gander, etc., and no females? And, I might add, those cocks sell for $1000 a piece.
I am still trying to figure out both the logic of the law in Hesperia and the reasoning behind someone wanting so many roosters. Can anyone shed some light?
This is sad news from the standpoint that it is due to her health. She once again is in need of a lung transplant. Our prayers are with the Runner family.
This announcement has opened the door to musical chairs. It seems Assemblyman Steve Knight is running for her seat.
And the Hesperia Star is reporting that former mayor and 8th Congressional District Candidate is now running for the Assembly. I am not clear where he lives so I don’t know if he is running for Knight’s seat or against Tim Donnelly. Either way, he doesn’t stand a chance as long as there is a legitimate candidate also running.
I have been told by a most outstanding source that paybacks are gonna be hell. Seems the SEBA boys aren’t playing by the rules set forth for them by the Fifth Floor. They are actually standing up for themselves these days.
Here is a question for SEBA: Have you stopped ALL donations to ALL county elected officials including the BOS and Sheriff Hoops and District Attorney Ramos? If not, why not? Seriously. Why is your hard-earned money going to any of them to wine and dine and get re-elected to screw you over some more?
I reported a while back that Hoops placed all of the captains at top step to make up for what they lost being Exempt Employees when Exempt benefits were cut. It must be nice to have a department head that will do that for you.
It seems everyone is making assumptions about Lt. Emmons. Something didn’t seem right to me so I asked a source to look into it further. It seems Emmons has not been promoted to Lieutenant but is underfilling the position with the intent of being promoted to it. This is not being arranged by Deputy Chief Big Momma (sorry but her name totally escapes me right now) but rather by Deputy Chief Paul Cook (not to be confused with Assemblyman Paul Cook). Continue reading
Brad Mitzelfelt sits at his desk in the Government Center and worries about keeping his name out of the limelight when there are issues that make the County accountable. Anyone who believes Brad knew nothing of Bill’s struggles is smoking the same substance that Brad allegedly partakes in. Brad not only knew , but covered it up. Brad was aware where Bill was during the Yucca Valley fire when no one could reach Bill. Brad was aware that Bob Smith and Adam were driving Bill to get help and were out of State. Brad lied to his peers, lied to Uffer, and lied to his constituents. It was Brad that panicked when the press came calling and forced Bill to re appear.
Erwin the Cat
Meet Erwin the cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat.
Erwin has a story. You see Erwin used to be called “Samantha.” And Samantha was Bill’s roommate’s cat.
Now anyone who knows Bill knows he is not exactly an animal lover, especially pussy cats. But Samantha would get lonely when Bill’s roommate was gone.
This is so not cool. Why do we have trophy hunters on the Fish and Game Commission. That seems like a conflict of interest. He needs to go from an “uncharged co-conspirator” to a “charged co-conspirator.” From SFGate:
Fish and Game Commission President Dan Richards with mountain lion he shot after grueling hunt in IdahoThe divide between those who live in rural areas and those from cities ruptured wide this past weekend across America in a debate over a provocative photo of California Fish and Game Commission President Dan Richards and a huge mountain lion he shot legally after an 8-hour hunt in Idaho.
Some comments on Facebook suggest that Richards should be the one hunted and shot, that he should be jailed, that is unethical to shoot anything you do not eat, and hunting of any kind is barbaric.
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