So the BOS has set a second special meeting for tomorrow to discuss last week’s dismissal of the county’s case in the Colonies settlement. Our BOS members have been so jacked around by county attorneys and the CAO/CEO and they are too stupid to see it. Or are they? After all, it is not their tens of millions of dollars they are wasting for political advantage.
by AdministratorJanuary 9, 2013 By mmunson Our San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors needs to become more responsive to the constituents of our county.The inherent contempt of the constituents makes it more insulting to be represented by them. The way our board members navigate through rules and procedure to say they are following the rules makes me wonder if we are in Cook County, Illinois such as how they added responsibilities to County Operating Officer Greg Devereaux that were questionable according to our county charter. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by AdministratorMembers of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors today elected Janice Rutherford as chairman and Gary Ovitt as vice chairman. They will serve in their respective positions for two years. The entire orchestrated process took only a couple of minutes and there was no discussion. The outcome had clearly been determined prior to the public meeting, a likely violation of the Brown Act. The supervisors did not make any attempt to conceal that they had pre-determined who would be elected to the two positions or who would make the nominations. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by AdministratorIt’s always interesting to watch the BOS pretend no Brown Act violations take place. In a well scripted and orchestrated two-minute action, Janice Rutherford was nominated by Gary Ovitt as the next chair. Next up was James Ramos who hasn’t had as much acting coaching as Ovitt. He nominated Gary Ovitt as vice chair. Both were elected with zero discussion, totally scripted and arranged before the public meeting.
by AdministratorAdmin: For those who don’t know, Kieran Brennan is the original proponent of Measure R. Kieran Brennan Posted: 10/29/2012 06:34:47 PM PDT On Nov. 6 voters have a choice between two local initiatives to cap the pay of the members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. Only one of those measures provides real reform that will save taxpayers millions of dollars. That initiative is Measure R. Measure R is the only local ballot measure that was initiated and supported by a grassroots coalition of average citizens: Democrats and Republicans; tea party patriots and employee union members; animal welfare volunteers and hunting enthusiasts; and community activists and citizens seeking elected office for the first time. It is also the only local measure that more than 73,000 county residents signed to qualify for the ballot. As the original proponent of the “Elected Officials Pay Reduction Act,” now known as Measure R, I can tell you we have put forth a proposal that scares entrenched and unethical elected officials. Measure R not only reduces the pay and benefit packages of board members from a high of $308,000 to $60,000 a year, it requires that the board meet at least twice a month and it reduces staffing across the districts from $6 million to $1.5 million a year. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by AdministratorExaminer today started giving us our stats in comparison to other Examiners. They are based on page views. There are something like 85,000 Examiners. I was happy to learn that at the local level — Palm Springs — my animal welfare column and my government column are ranked No. 2 and No. 4 respectively. Bill has already made it to No. 5 for San Bernardino and Riverside.
by AdministratorWell the Orduno case did not go today. Why did it get continued? Because the arbitrator decided to go to the World Series instead. In the meantime, while he’s enjoying the game, the deputy is trying to figure out how to put food on his table. Remember, he was found not guilty in a court of law.
by AdministratorToday there have been 16 hits on Examiner articles. That equals .08. The blog will not survive on this.
by AdministratorSo Gary and his chief of staff and his former field rep turned legislative analyst all belong to the same church and are all now ordained ministers. Between the three of them they are far exceeding $500,000 a year on the taxpayers. Wonder how much they are getting on top of that from parishioners?
by Administrator(San Bernardino) – When the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors voted to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former County Administrative Officer Mark Uffer for $650,000 this past week, three county supervisors maintained their original position in relation to their votes for Uffer’s termination for no cause. Supervisors Josie Gonzales, Neil Derry, and Brad Mitzelfelt did not waiver from their original vote. When Uffer was terminated on November 17, 2009, on a 3-2 vote, Supervisors Josie Gonzales and then-Supervisor Paul Biane adamantly opposed terminating the county’s top administrator. Uffer’s firing was orchestrated by the three county supervisors: Derry, Mitzelfelt, and Gary Ovitt. To read the rest of the story, click here.
by AdministratorI had a bit of an odd occurence yesterday. On Wednesday I went to the library to get some work done on the blogs and websites and, lo and behold, all of my blogs and websites had been completely blocked on library computers. I called GoDaddy, which verified that everything was okay and checked all of my sites from two different servers to be sure. I called several friends who check from Blackberrys, iPhones, and regular PCs. Everything was fine. I refreshed numerous times on the library computer and then several hours later switched to a different computer. I still kept getting messages that my sites could not be accessed on library computers.
by AdministratorCalifornia Penal Code section 182 reads: 182. (a) If two or more persons conspire: (1) To commit any crime. (2) Falsely and maliciously to indict another for any crime, or to procure another to be charged or arrested for any crime. (3) Falsely to move or maintain any suit, action, or proceeding. (4) To cheat and defraud any person of any property, by any means which are in themselves criminal, or to obtain money or property by false pretenses or by false promises with fraudulent intent not to perform those promises. (5) To commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals, or to pervert or obstruct justice, or the due administration of the laws. As I was writing the story on ARMC last night—a story in which I could not begin to include all that has been done and covered up at ARMC—I could not help but think to myself about the concept of conspiracy as currently being applied to the Colonies Four and others versus what has taken place at ARMC and with the CAO/CEO’s contract. Here are two examples of real conspiracies in this county where laws have been broken and yet they are being almost ignored by District Attorney Mike Ramos.
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