I have been without a phone and could not call Mr. Johnson. So I decided to remove the one sentence that concerned me and post his comments otherwise. My first question, of course, is what happened to Raquel Garcia? Is she out of the picture? I had to deal with Ms. Garcia one day as she is/was the secretary to the Registrar of Voters. She clearly was none too happy to be dealing with me. Oh well. Maybe now she knows some of what I wrote about her boyfriend had basis.
by Administrator with No CommentsWeeks before all of the major candidates declared their intent to run for the newly created Congressional District 8 seat, rumors started to emerge that Assemblyman Tim Donnelly was undermining the campaign of his former chief of staff for that seat. Gregg Imus left Donnelly’s office months earlier and was the first to declare his candidacy for the CD8 seat. In February 2012 I received a phone call from a Phil Liberatore staffer asking for my help. Liberatore had campaigned against Rep. Gary Miller and lost in 2010. Now he had his sights set on CD8. He claimed to be an evangelical Christian and Tea Party favorite but did not want to face another Tea Party favorite and Christian on the ballot, Gregg Imus. The staffer told me that he had spoken with Donnelly. The popular assemblyman said he would not be endorsing Imus for unspecified reasons. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by Administrator with No CommentsWhile Yucca Valley Town Manager Mark Nuaimi looks on, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Captain Richard Boswell arrested Jason Allen Arrona on March 13, 2013. Arrona was already on the ground after crashing his dirt bike. Now a video has surfaced showing the details of the arrest. Some residents who have viewed the video are suggesting Boswell used excessive force and should be subjected to a “use of force” investigation. Boswell is seen in the video grabbing Arrona by the hair and hitting his face into the ground. Arrona’s helmet was to the side and there appears to have been no determination as to whether Arrona had a neck or head injury from the motorcycle crash prior to Boswell’s assault on Arrona’s head and neck. To read the rest of the story, click here.
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by Administrator with No CommentsI have been told that employees from HUSD are given discounts at a certain local auto parts supplier for the parts they purchase for their personal vehicles. The bill is sent to HUSD to pay. I cannot find out how, if any, reimbursement is made to the school district. Any info?
by Administrator with No CommentsSale of the Fontana SBSD station sign. Asking when a four-time amputee is going to retire so his position can be filled. Ordering subordinates to not talk with Sheriff McMahon. And there is more. Any biters?
by Administrator with 2 CommentsA bill authored by Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) to prohibit legislators from serving on the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board immediately after vacating their legislative seat failed passage in the Assembly Insurance Committee today. Assembly Bill 363 would have prohibited former legislators from seeking appointment for two years after leaving their office. Not one Democrat on the committee voted in favor of the bill. The appeals board is one of several boards to which termed-out and defeated state legislators seek appointment in order to maintain their state paycheck. Sometimes an appointment is traded for a crucial vote, such as on the state budget. One of the board’s current members is former Senator Roy Ashburn, who along with former Assemblyman Anthony Adams, voted for the largest tax increase in California history. Adams was appointed to the Parole Board after his vote ended his Assembly career. Three members of the board are appointed by the governor, one by the Senate Rules Committee and one by the speaker of the Assembly. Appeals board members make in excess of $120,000 a year for attending meetings once or twice a month. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by Administrator with No CommentsOne of the questions I have always had about the animal welfare world is why does it seem dog and cat breeders are given a free ride. Unlike other businesses, there is little or no regulation. I was driving down a residential street one day and posted on a telephone pole was a handwritten sign that read “Mastiffs for sale. 4 females, 8 males. $1200 each.” That would be total sales of $14,400. And you know that anyone who advertises their puppies on a cardboard sign on a telephone pole probably hasn’t provided the pups with much in the way of medical care or had their sire and dam properly health tested. It’s a pretty safe bet they are getting little in the way of proper socialization or other care. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by Administrator with No CommentsThe city of Santa Clarita hosted its 20th annual cowboy festival this past weekend with one of the largest crowds in recent memory attending the two-day event. The biggest names in the western music and poetry genre were on hand to entertain festival goers. Riders in the Sky, Don Edwards, the Sons of the San Joaquin and Baxter Black all played to standing-room only crowds while some attendees shopped at the many western-themed boutiques, learned a little history at the Buffalo Soldiers display and blacksmith shop or enjoyed the trick ropers and Native American dancers. But like most years all of the music and fun was upstaged by one thing at Melody Ranch. It was not a celebrity or entertainment of any sort except to the taste buds. It was the peach cobbler, which was cooked in old-fashioned cast-iron buckets over hot coals. It can take an hour or more to get thru the line for a bowl of the confection but there were no complaints. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by Administrator with No CommentsTonight’s guest on “Ask Your Sheriff” will be Renee Buell, owner of High Desert Guns and Ammo in Hesperia. She will be discussing gun and ammo sales in California. “Ask Your Sheriff” is hosted by Paul Schrader, a constitutional sheriff candidate for the office of San Bernardino County Sheriff. The election is June 2014 and Schrader is up against a board of supervisors appointee who is in the process of enacting a gun confiscation program. Since the Sandy Hook massacre last year, a plethora of bills are being introduced at the local, state and federal levels to curtail gun ownership using a variety of means. The result has been a surge in gun and ammo sales. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by Administrator with No CommentsI received the press release today that the High Desert Teleconferencing Center is moving from the welfare department to the High Desert Government Center. Hallelujah! Geez, what took them so long. I mean everyone wants to go try to watch a BOS meeting amid baby mommas having fist fights over baby daddies who all show up in the lobby at the same time or people defecating in the lobby or who haven’t bathes in a month. And, course, the only people the TAD office is convenient for are gang bangers and baby mommas. So this is a good move on the part of the county for a change.
by Administrator with No CommentsOn Friday, April 19, 2013, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s candidate Paul Schrader is the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the Republican Liberty Caucus of San Bernardino. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Schrader is running for the office as a “constitutional sheriff.” A constitutional sheriff is one who swears to uphold the Constitution of the United States above any other laws. Schrader is an advocate of the Second Amendment and has recently expressed concern over information leaked from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department that appointed Sheriff John McMahon is planning a weapon roundup on legally purchased and registered weapons. According to the information leaked, deputies will not be obtaining search warrants to seize the weapons from private property. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by Administrator with No CommentsGary Cruz, a paramedic and former Marine Corp medic, is the featured guest on “Ask Your Sheriff” tonight with San Bernardino County Sheriff candidate Paul Schrader. The show airs on Blog Talk Radio at 6 p.m. and can be heard via podcast any time after that. BTR is the world’s largest online talk radio network. Paul Schrader is an employee of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He is a resident of San Bernardino County. He is running as the “constitutional sheriff” candidate with an emphasis on the Second and Fourth Amendments. This will be Schrader’s fourth “Ask Your Sheriff” show. He is averaging 1000 listeners each week. All of the “Ask Your Sheriff” shows can be found here. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by Administrator with No CommentsTonight I was snapping some photos of the daffodils in front of the Big Bear Lake Civic Center. As I was leaving, a woman drove up and told me that there was a metal thief at the building across the street (it looked like a fire department) and she asked if I could take some photos. I could not get close but I did use my 250 mm lens to snap a few photos. Not sure if I got anything or not. I suspect what happened will never be reported AND there is likely surveillance tape there anyway. But just in case someone wants it, you know how to get ahold of me.
by Administrator with No CommentsI am sure everyone has noticed the issues with both iePolitics.com and PoliticsintheWildWest.com. Part of me is ready to give up but I will NOT allow those bastards to win. So, what I am going to do is run simultaneous blogs so that everyone can access one or the other. They will have the same information but the comments may differ. However, it may be several more weeks before I can make that happen. If there is a mysql expert and/or malware expert out there that would like to volunteer some time to speed up the process, let me know.
by Administrator with 1 CommentWe are hearing that the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is planning a gun confiscation shortly. The guns have already been identified. These are guns that were purchased, or at least registered, legally. They will be doing this without search warrants. I have additional information but I want to see what others have heard first.
by Administrator with 3 CommentsThere are two new stories over at PoliticsInTheWildWest that may interest you. One is about a deputy NOT arrested after driving drunk and getting into an accident. The other is about a local businessman and corporate greed. Finally, I have been asked by many about the databases for iepolitics.com and iepolitics.net. I am going to work on a project of combining the two, removing any malware and loading them to a place where they can be accessed and ranked by Google and the other search engines. In other words, the information will be accessible to anyone searching the internet for anyone who has been mentioned in the blogs.
by Administrator with 1 CommentThis has been a very slow process, but two more sites are up, although they both still need lots of work and lots of content. They are: Animal Welfare Western Heritage Let me know your thoughts, how they look on your computer, etc.
by Administrator with No CommentsI’ve been offered a chance to make a little money off of the “iepolitics” name and have decided to take it. It is not much, but enough to make the change. iePolitics.com and iePolitics.net will be going down in about a week. The data bases are NOT being deleted but will not be available to anyone but me. So, if there is something you cannot live without, print it out now. The new blog, which goes by iePolitics but is actually politicsinthewildwest.com will become the main blog. This will clean up a lot and allow a fresh start. Being hosted in a country that does not recognize US subpoenas and search warrants is also a good thing. I have not set up an email account there yet but will after all of the old iePolitics business is taken care of.
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