Monthly Archives: July 2010

Senator Barbara Boxer: Supporting Tribal Law Enforcement

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July 29, 2010

Dear Friend:

Today President Obama signed the Tribal Law and Order Act, a bill that I was proud to co-sponsor in the Senate because it helps give tribal justice officials the tools they need to protect their communities.

We know that our American Indian and Alaskan Native communities face daunting crime and public safety challenges.  Violent crime in Indian country is nearly twice the national average, and more than 20 times the national average on some reservations.
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Scott Folkens: Arizona 1070 and tax increases

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www.Folkens4Congress.com

1)  Today I joined dozens of American Patriots outside of Joe Baca’s office showing our support for Arizona’s law 1070.  The fact that 1 activist judge can overthrow the will of the people shows the need for major judicial reform!!  Our Founding Father’s never wanted the Judicial Branch to legislate from the Bench.  And for Judge Bolton to even pretend that Arizona’s law is unconstitutional gives evidence as to why the Founders believed that Congress should have the power of impeachment over judges who obviously are trampling on the will of the people.

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Roman Nava: Chino Hills resident Roman Nava officially files to run for Chino Hills City Council

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www.RomanNava.com

CHINO HILLS – Roman Nava, a resident of Chino Hills and former Parks and Recreation Commissioner, officially filed his paperwork to run for Chino Hills City Council this November.

“I am honored by the outpouring of support for my candidacy,” said Roman. “It truly is humbling to know that long-time Chino Hills residents and local business owners have come out to sign my paperwork and support my ideas of New Leadership for our Future.”

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iePolitics: Canary caught in a conspiracy?

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It seems our favorite yellow singing Canary, Confidential Informant No. 1, “persona au gratin,” none other than Adam Aleman, has been caught in yet another lie.  Imagine that—not our little Adam!  Tell us it ain’t so.

Discovery has been trickling into defense counsel at a snail’s pace, if at all.  Imagine defense counsel Jim Reiss’ surprise when, while being questioned under oath in the Rex Gutierrez corruption trial, Aleman claimed he had interviewed over a hundred times with district attorney investigators.

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Shireen Qudosi: Tea Party Protest Against Temecula Mosque Points to Rising Tensions Between Islam and Right Wing Groups

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Reposted with authorization from author in an effort to bring forth different perspectives to the blog.

Summary:  The sinking ship known as the Southwest Riverside County Tea Party Citizens in Action Group spurs ignorance and causes further damage to Tea Party and GOP image.  July 30th plans to protest the existing Temecula mosque shows SWRC Tea Party is spurred by hatred of Islam.  By bringing dogs to mosque grounds, singing in protest of belief that Muslim women are forbidden to sing, and with local pastor claiming that the mosque will increase presence of Muslim extremists, group proves to be out of touch with reality.

Source._Irfan_Khan_LA_TIMES

Heightened tension between Islam and self-proclaimed American Patriots are on the rise. With the Ground Zero mosque protests inciting nation-wide Islamophobia paired with accusations of Tea Party racism, it’s no wonder that one of the biggest battle grounds that brings these two heavyweight issues face to face is in our own backyard – Temecula, California.

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iePolitics: Changes in the blog

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Change is in the air again for iePolitics.  I have the opportunity to write for several national on-line news sources.  I am not going to go into detail yet because I still have to pass the background check with one and firm up the details with the others.  They are freelance positions and I will maintain the property rights to my work.

What this means for all of you is that my work will be cross-posted here.  There are several reasons for that.

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Bruce McMahon: Doreen Boxer and union busting: How it will end up hurting the client

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Since Doreen Boxer and Lauri Ferguson have come to power, we as deputy public defenders have been told that everything that their administration has done has been for the benefit of our clients.  However, upon a closer look of the actions of Ms. Boxer and Ms. Ferguson, their actions have had the sole purpose of benefiting one entity: their own administration.  Their statements about the sole concern being the public defender client is a mere distraction to a much more serious conspiracy:  the breaking of our union and the destruction of our office as we have known it.

You may be asking yourselves how this may be so, but the evidence is there.  When Ms. Boxer made a statement to the California State Bar during a public hearing regarding Proposed New and Amended Changes To Rules Of Professional Conduct on October 7, 2006, she stated that she had “…walked into an office equally decimated…”  (Reporter’s Transcript, Page 37, lines 22-23).  Let’s be perfectly honest, Interim Public Defender Jerry Farber left our office in MUCH BETTER shape than we find it now, more than 4 years after Doreen Boxer took it over.  Under Mr. Farber, morale was in good shape, camaraderie was high, and people were generally happy.  Now in 2010, morale is in the toilet, units are broken up for too much camaraderie and people are extremely unhappy.

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InlandPolitics: Oops! LA County District Attorney investigating Bell since March

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  • Posted July 28, 2010 at 2:10 am

www.inlandpolitics.com

Yes, Attorney General Jerry Brown repeatedly claims he’s all over the City of Bell salary scandal.

Brown’s office has subpoenaed thousands of city records. He’s giving city officials twenty-four hours to turn them over.

Otherwise one can infer search warrants will be the order of the day.

But, maybe Brown should have checked with Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley before embarking on his politically charged grand standing.

Yesterday Cooley revealed his office has a wide ranging investigation into Bell to include election fraud in addition to the salary issue. An investigation that started last March.

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iePolitics: SBPEA update

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As I mentioned in a previous post, there was a meeting on Saturday regarding the most recent stunt pulled off against San Bernardino County employees by our union, the San Bernardino Public Employees Association and our employer, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.  A game plan was discussed.

There will be a website up and running in the next week or so.  I will text those on my text list with the hyperlink as soon as it is ready.

The next meeting will be held in about three weeks.  It will be on a week night in the San Bernardino area.  The specifics will be on the website.

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iePolitics: US Department of Justice

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I don’t share these types of hits much any more because they have become so routine, but I know our Public Defender friends are always in need of a morale booster.  Here is something that may or may not have significance.  At least we know they are looking.



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Tic . . . tic . . . tic . . . Mikey, Doreen, Paul, Josie, get yourselves ready!

iePolitics: So who is fornicating now?

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San Bernardino County’s law firm, Boxer, Ramos & Stringer (remember Mikey likes to be in the middle), is at it again.  We learned of their speciality months ago when chief legal Beagle Ruth Stringer determined that fornication is part of the “deliberative process” and taxpayer monies spent for said fornication is not the business of the taxpayers.  We are supposed to take it in the shorts, literally.

Well our favorite ménage à trois has defied logic and sound legal reasoning yet once more.  Until recently the county reluctantly released information regarding the costs of civil litigation against former Assessor Bill Postmus, et al.  The investigation was originally capped at $250,000 but former Enron prosecutor and special investigator John Hueston went through that amount quickly.

From all appearances, the cost of the investigation/persecution has already exceeded $1 million or is quickly approaching that mark with nothing to show for it and likely no hope of ever showing anything for it except for a conviction and judgment against Adam Aleman.  Aleman is the only one to plead guilty and not file an answer.

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ACT: What is an anti-corruption team?

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In addition to what you read in the mainstream media, at just about every local agency in the Inland Empire, including Riverside County inland cities, fraud, corruption, political favoritism and abuse are present within the system.  The hardest thing, many times, is not detecting and attempting to fight corruption, but getting somebody with any authority to listen to and expose it for what it is, the misuse of public monies.  It is so important right now that we do something about this ever-growing problem of fraud, waste and abuse of authority and public resources, as our society seems to be at a “crossroads” involving our views about government and its place within the lives of its citizens and residents.

The catalyst for this political misbehavior may at the same time lead to its timely demise.  With our current economic downturn, it is becoming more difficult to distinguish between “scam artists” out in the general public and those that we have elected or have been appointed to represent our collective public interests.  This situation has come to a head, in large part, due to the limited public funding levels that have arisen in this economic downturn, resulting in dwindling personal incomes and the associated losses in available revenues used to fuel our governmental “machine.”

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Senor Blogger: You met Basil, you met Alvin . . . Now meet San Bernardino County’s Rodney Josephson

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Making his debut before the “beautiful people of Central Massachusetts,” here’s San Bernardino County’s Rodney Josephson:

Tennessee has Basil, South Carolina has Alvin . . . and Massachusetts has a former San Bernardino County resident named Rodney Josephson running for a seat in the Massachussetts. State Assembly. Republican Rodney Josephson, who is making his first bid for elective office, delivered a speech to a local Massachusetts Tea Party organization, struggled from the onset of his address.

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iePolitics: To the blogpen

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Before some of you are done reading this, I am sure there will be those who will want to see a scarlet “B” permanently tattooed on my forehead.  There are plenty of other blogs to read so have at it.  Or better yet, start your own.

I should have taken the time to write this a couple of days ago, but haven’t been feeling well and let the blog slide a bit.  I first  attempted to do this nicely by sending private emails, but those emails were ignored.  Now I am notifying the entire blog pen publicly.

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Matt Munson: Yard Sales Limited in City of Ontario

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I just received a notice that the city is going to restrict yard sales. Four weekends per year is sort of inflexible when you have people moving or having estate sales. With the economy still not as exceptional, people are still foreclosing from their homes.

I know the city wants to make sure people are not regularly doing garage sales day in and day out or regularly featuring new merchandise or items acquired for the purchase of resale. However there should be a procedure for emergency permits for garage sales for like $30.00. If you are moving to a new residence or you have a family member died where you need to do an estate sale it is not going to offer flexibility with the new policies. I think 1 emergency permit should be allowed per year to prevent the flexibility from being exploited. Continue reading →

iePolitics: $500,000 Welfare Fraud Case in High Desert

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iePolitics reported last year on multiple cases being referred to the San Bernardino County District Attorney for high dollar welfare fraud committed by county employees. One case alone totaled $400,000. And like the POST case, here we are more than seven months later and no criminal charges. There are other similarities to the POST case.

As with the Sheriff’s Department, HSS Administrators have attempted to cover the cases up but employees have leaked the information.  It seems the perpetrators could be county employees of note.  When I worked at the Victorville office, I had a number of high ranking county officials’ and political figures’ children on my caseload as well as many county employees.  We do have to wonder why Ramos hasn’t made this prosecution a priority.

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iePolitics: “Even ‘they’ can’t be that stupid”

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Every time we here at iePolitics have declared that San Bernardino County officials have reached the pinnacle of stupidity and arrogance, we are proven wrong.  Although the events of the past 24 hours are not surprising, they are appalling.

For weeks now there has been behind-the-scenes chatter about what exactly was going to be done to pull off the transfer of San Bernardino County Second District Chief of Staff Matt Brown to the Auditor-Controller/Recorder/Tax Collector office.  Many of us figured there would be wrangling to send Brown to the Assessor’s Office next year when the Recorder’s function is transferred to that department.  The question was how.

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VVDP: Ringing Bell’s taxpayers

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July 20, 2010 10:39 AM

Victor Valley residents who’ve been in the area for a couple of decades or so might remember the name Robert Rizzo. Rizzo resigned as Hesperia’s city manager back in 1993 to accept a similar position in Bell, a community of 37,000 located about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Rizzo was being paid about $78,000 a year when he left for Bell, where he’s now the city’s chief administrative officer. His pay? Hold your breath. He now is paid $787,637 a year. Bell also pays its police chief a startling $457,000 a year, and according to a story last week in the Los Angeles Times, several of the city’s council members are paid at least $100,000 a year.

Rizzo, who achieved nothing notable when he managed the City of Hesperia, apparently sees nothing wrong with his pay, which is more than four times what any city manager in the High Desert is paid, more than double what the President of the United States is paid, and twice as much as Los Angeles’s police chief.

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Bruce McMahon: Doreen Boxer And Morale Boosting: Don’t Believe The Hype!

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It appears that Doreen Boxer and Lauri Ferguson have been making various trips to public defender offices around the county in order to “spend time with the troops” and boost morale.  Doreen and Lauri attended a potluck in the central office and then Boxer went to the Fontana office solo to see how everyone was doing.  All of this from the two people who are responsible for the lowest morale in recent office history.  Remember, this administration has been transferring individuals from certain units for there being TOO MUCH camaraderie (camaraderie = morale).  It’s almost like having someone shoot you in the gut and then ask you how you’re feeling as you’re laying there bleeding.

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Supervisor Neil Derry: Supervisor Derry Calls for Banning of all Rave Parties at County Owned Facilities

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Urges state legislature to ban dangerous events at state owned venues

SAN BERNARDINO, CA – At the behest of San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry, County Administrative Officer Greg Devereaux has issued a directive that would prohibit all county owned facilities from hosting rave parties.

“Parents have a reasonable expectation to believe that their children will be safe while attending events held at county owned venues,” Supervisor Derry said.  “And it has become crystal clear that there is a reasonable expectation that our youth are at significant risk for exposure to drugs and sexual assault at these events.”

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iePolitics: Matt Brown Appointed Assistant Recorder – Updated

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From San Bernardino County Auditor-Controller/Recorder/Tax Collector Larry Walker:  Matt Brown Appointment

Matt Brown previously worked as Second District Supervisor Paul Biane’s chief of staff but has been out on administrative leave for a couple of months while a hostile work environment investigation was conducted.  Brown alleged he started being harassed once it was discovered he cooperated with the corruption investigation by San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos against Biane.  Brown is said to have attempted to get Biane on tape through secret recordings.  It is not known if those recordings produced evidence against Biane.

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Sam Berdoo: Senor Blogger Way Off Base With Sam Berdoo

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Let us be very clear.  Sam Berdoo attacked no one, is not angry, and holds no grudge.  All Sam did was post the articles and comments of other people.  This is a common practice on ie.politics and one I hope will continue.  No where can it be pointed out, that Sam Berdoo wrote any thing disparaging about Derry or the others.  All Sam has done is remind the populous about the relationships that exist within the all pervasive culture of corruption.

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Senor Blogger: “Sam Berdoo” Way Off Sides With Criticism Of Supervisor Neil Derry, Others

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Over the past few days, commentaries authored by “Sam Berdoo”—an anonymous nom-de-blog-type pseudonym that often appears on area political blogs – have appeared on IePolitics. The anonymous writings by “Sam Berdoo” attack several prominent elected officials and staff from the city of San Bernardino.

Be it San Bernardino City Attorney Jim Penman or Councilmembers Wendy McCammack, Chas Kelley and Jason DesJardins, few seem to have escaped Mr. “Berdoo’s” wrath.

The anonymous author has even resorted to blasting professional consultants and aides, such as Jim Erwin and Chris Jones.

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iePolitics: Gosh, I Take a Few Days Away from the Blog and . . .

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I have to admit I cringed when I saw the story on Joe Tuner.  I think very highly of Joe.  He’s been accused over the years of some things that haven’t necessarily been accurate, but accurate or not, he has tried very hard to clean up his reputation.  And he has done a good job.   Mostly, it is gonna just take time.

I think the story tonight illustrates perfectly one of the points in Jason Whited’s piece last week.  Because of technology, especially the Internet, past mistakes are not nearly as easily forgotten.  Mistakes in the last five years and on into eternity could come back to haunt us for a lifetime.

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Sam Berdoo: Meet Joe Turner, Derry’s Invaluable Political Writer

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Derry’s Controversy Continues – Turner


Joseph Turner mingles with a crowd of flag-waving skinheads at an anti-day laborer center rally that took place in Laguna Beach in July 2005. (photo courtesy of laindymedia.org)

S. E. Williams Staff Writer

“I consider accusations of bigotry and racism to be complimentary. And while I don’t thirst for confrontation, I dont [sic] fear it.” “Our enemies are bloodied and beaten. We cannot relent. Our boot is on their throat and we must have the willingness to crush their “throat” so that we can put our enemy down for good.” -Samples of previous postings by Joseph Turner from his Save Our State website.

Over the previous two weeks, The Alpenhorn News has reported in detail on Neil Derry’s questionable choices related to some individuals selected to fill key positions on his staff. The series began with an exclusive report on the criminal ebackground history of his Administrative Analyst Wanda Nowicki. Next, the paper examined the polarizing and controversial history of his ex Chief of Staff, Jim Erwin, that culminated with his 2009 arrest at Derry’s office on felony charges related to the $102 million Colonies Scandal.

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Sam Berdoo: Meet Chris Jones and his clients: Joe Arnett, Jason Desjardins, Neil Derry, Charles Kelly, Jim Penman, Wendy McCamack, Paul Biane, Jim Erwin, and Mike Carona, just to name a few.

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Lookie what I found Wrote:
Redlands, CA

Chris Jones is the “slick” political consultant used by Joe Arnett and Jason Desjardins. He is used by Jim Penman.

This is how he works. Read the whole article at the link below. These are just some of the interesting facts:

“Voters are left wondering how to assess slick appeals written by campaigns free to bend the truth. Mailers sent by clients of Jones and Lewis illustrate that dilemma.”

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iePolitics: Updates

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I’ve received a few more anonymous tips regarding TAD, etc.  Someone from Human Services System Program Integrity Division Chief Virginia Lugo wrote and ratted her out.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do with the information as was she is doing is clearly a misdemeanor at best and she needs to be fired.  I’m just not sure how to make that happen as we know nothing will get done by County Administrative Officer Greg Devereaux or the Board of Supervisors.

Does anyone have any suggestions?  My thought is to send the information to the Attorney General and file a complaint with the Grand Jury, but I’m not sure.

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Sam Berdoo: Jason Desjardins and the Court of Public Opinion, Part II

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The following selected online public comments were recently made on several articles published in the local newspapers.

John Valdivia Wrote:

( fed up wrote:  This stinks! Low life scum bag ought to get the heck out of town. Piece of trash! You Jason D give this town a black eye, an ugly stain beyond Penman and Wendy. And Chaz Kelly, oh my, what a backstabbing, two faced little leprechaun. )

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Sam Berdoo: Jason Desjardins and the Court of Public Opinion, Part I

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Despite what to me defies common sense, and despite Jason’s own statements on the public record, he can not legally be prosecuted for any violation of the law that he may have committed in regards to the alleged theft of his illegally transported firearm.  Supposedly, that has a lot to do with “habeas corpus” and no proof that the gun existed. You will have to figure that out for yourself.   Let’s be correct, but not for Jason’s own behavior and his public proclamations, Desjardins would not be in this extremely embarrassing situation.

We need to ask ourselves, “In a time of rampant corruption in San Bernardino County, do we really need to have this kind of person in elected office”.  Elected Officials are subject to a higher standard of scrutiny than the general public. Like most politicians today, Jason is all for transparency, except when it pertains to him.  An Elected Official has a duty, responsibility, and an obligation to adequately explain and answer questions related to  the circumstances surrounding his personal conduct when such subjects are brought into the Court of Public Opinion.  The public has a right to know about the conduct, both  past and present, of their elected representatives.

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Sam Berdoo: Jason Desjardins’ Theft Trial Continued to Augst 5th

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It seems like Jason keeps kicking the can down the road with continuance after continuance.  I wonder how Desjardins, who is something of a “Houdini” by escaping from one mess to another, is going to some how escape from this one.  Jason is a cat with nine lives.  Here, as in the alleged LA County rape cases, Jason is blaming this on dirty politics by his former opponent and the Mayor.  According to public reports, Jason was seen by witnesses and recorded on video tape, stealing the political signs of Mayor Morris and his opponent in broad day light.

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iePolitics: Another One Bites the Dust?

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We are hearing that San Bernardino County Auditor-Controller/Recorder terminated his assistant Betsy Starbuck today.  Betsy has been with Larry since at least 1991 when she served as Chief of Staff while he was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.  Rumors have been surfacing for months about discord between Walker and Starbuck over deputy recorder and mistress Deanna Thompson.

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iePolitics: Ramos, Penrod, Hoops, and POST

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San Bernardino County Sheriff Rod Hoops

Like we mentioned earlier this week, selective prosecution is alive and well in San Bernardino County.  As Mark Gluglueck pointed our below, not all lawbreakers are treated equally, especially if the lawbreaker is a cop.

In the context of Mark’s story, is it any wonder at all that the high-ranking officials from the Sheriff’s Department have not been prosecuted for the POST scandal?  For those who forget what the POST scandal is all about, here is the link:  A Legacy of Malfeasance—Part-2

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The Sentinel: Sheriff’s Department gathered photographs of DA Mike Ramos cavorting with prostitutes

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District Attorney Mike Ramos

The San Bernardino County Sentinel
Friday, July 16, 2010

Former sheriff Gary Penrod accumulated compromising information and materials pertaining to district attorney Mike Ramos which was then utilized to blackmail Ramos and head off an incipient effort by the district attorney’s office to file criminal charges against Penrod pertaining to a host of criminal acts the sheriff was himself involved in.

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Sam Berdoo: Councilman Jason Desjardins: Alleged Thief Back In Court

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According to court records, accused political sign thief, Jason Desjardins is to appear in Superior Court this morning in Department S9, at 8:30 am. This matter had been continued over from May 2010 at Desjardins’ request in order to conduct discovery and interviews. I recall Jason and his Brother were caught red-handed, in broad day light, in front of cameras and witnesses, stealing Mayor Morris’ and Dennis Baxter’s political signs. It looks like Jason could be in trial by the end of August.

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Sam Berdoo: DA Ramos: No Charges Filed On Jason Desjardins

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Well, Isn’t it interesting how Jason is always involved in these murky situations and always seems to squeeze by. I can assure you that had you or I admitted to illegally caring a firearm, we would have been cited and sanctioned. Ramos has already been accused of special treatment for his good friend, Bertha Cortes. This is another case of selective prosecution, in this case, not to prosecute.

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iePolitics: The Public Defender Lawsuit

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This story will be revised tomorrow.  Here are a few of the documents that were sent to me:  scan0002 I will try to scan it again tomorrow to see if I can get it to scan all in the same direction.  For now you’ll have to print it out.

Would someone from the Public Defender’s office please send me a rundown of what happened to cause Doreen Boxer and Ruth Stringer to sue the Public Attorneys’ Association and explain how it got to the point of the Public Attorneys’ Association now asking Judge Christopher Warner for approximately $80,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs?

iePolitics: Public Defender Issues

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Here is a scan of what I received today: scan0001

There are two issues with what this informant claims.

First is the issue of being a county employee with a criminal record.  I have seen the county try to fire employees for less than drunk driving.  I have also seen them hire convicted felons.  In one case the employee went to state prison not once, but twice, on felony drug charges and was hired back both times while on parole.  So if you are a favorite, it doesn’t matter what you do.  And if you are not, you better not get a jaywalking ticket.

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iePolitics: Solid Waste Management

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Editor:  I received this letter with permission to post it.  Does this sound familiar to any other county employees?

May 5, 2010

Honorable San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
Gary Ovitt, Chairman – Fourth District
Josie Gonzales – Vice-Chair – Fifth District
Brad Mitzelfelt – First District
Paul Biane – Second District
Neil Derry – Third District
Greg Devereaux, County Administrative Officer
Gerry Newcombe, Deputy Administrative Officer
385 N. Arrowhead Avenue, 5th Floor
San Bernardino, CA  92415                                                          Via Hand Delivery

Dear Chairman Ovitt, Vice-Chair Gonzales, Supervisors Mitzelfelt, Biane, and Derry, Messrs. Devereaux and Newcombe:

I have given notice to leave my position with the County of San Bernardino effective June 4, 2010, after over 20 years of employment.  I feel it is import to share with you why an employee with that much time in the organization would choose to resign.

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iePolitics: Josie Gonzales: Is she stupid or just plain dumb?

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Almost two years ago I argued with a chief or staff or two as to why it would be wrong and unethical for the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to bypass Fifth District Supervisor Josie Gonzales and give the vice-chairmanship to newcomer First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt.  Josie had paid her dues; it was her turn in the rotation; and it would look bad, not only because she was the only minority and woman on the board, but also because the corruption scandal was just heating up and no one really knew at that time if Mitzelfelt would be dragged into it as Postmus’ chief of staff.  We wrote a number of articles chastising the board for even considering not electing her to the position she earned.

Today, I will tell you that was the dumbest position we ever took on this blog.  I don’t believe that Brad is justified in hating me for most of what he hates me for, but I have to admit I deserve his animosity on this one.

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Whited: San Bernardino County will never shed its tarnished image

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Action speaks louder than words. San Bernardino County Supervisors claim they want to clean our tarnished image and they prove it by tarnishing it up some more. They never miss an opportunity to take the low road.

Observers say this group of five is the most ineffectual and dysfunctional Board in memory. They have been paralyzed for two solid years as the district attorney conducts an investigation into their crimes. Not one can claim innocence and prove it by acting with intestinal fortitude. Each is like whipped puppy hoping for reprieve.

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iePolitics: Hinkley vs. Havasu Lake

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The center of town, Hinkley, California

The post below is so long, I thought I would respond separately.  The biggest thing for me in this issue is that the HelpHinkley people try to make it sound as though Nursery Products is dumping raw sewage in the middle of their school yard.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

First, technically, the town of Hinkley doesn’t even exist.  It is an area outside of Barstow, near Lenwood.  There are no “Welcome to Hinkley” signs on any of its borders nor is there a traditional government-supplied sign indicating population,  elevation and boundaries.  So where Hinkley begins and ends is subject to interpretation.

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iePolitics: From Supervisor Mitzelfelt’s Favorite Havasu Lake Resident

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Dear Sharon

At first impression the similarity between the situations at Hinkley and Havasu Lake appears to be Supervisor Mitzelfelts complete disregard for the will of the people.This quasi disenfanchisement has reached a new level in First District, both Havasu lake and Hinkley provide insight into Brads self serving motive of Pandering to Corporate interests at the expense of small town residents that Brad was elected to represent.

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iePolitics: More Civil Rights Violations at TAD

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The San Bernardino County Transitional Assistance Department (TAD) continues to violate civil rights of its workers.  iePolitics has been told that TAD managers are telling new hires who are receiving welfare that if they do not report their new jobs to their workers within ten days it is welfare fraud and they will be terminated.

First, this is labeling employees who are receiving welfare benefits as an inferior class.  Second, it is holding them to a different set of standards than other employees. Third, it is labeling welfare recipients who go to work for the county as an inferior class.  Fourth, it is holding them to a different set of standards than other welfare recipients.

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