What is it going to take to get you looky loos up off your asses and start joining in? We put up a great stories Monday,  vitriolic to the very core, I just knew it would get some of you running to the keyboard to pick a side. As of this posting, we received 9,113...
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Twentynine Palms,  Ca— This evening the City Council approved the $120,000 a year slot for a Economic/redevelopment Specialist. In a 3 to 2 vote the council told the Citizens of this city to go piss up a rope and they will do what they will with your tax dollars as they damned well please. While...
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San Bernardino, Calif. ‐‐ On any given night in San Bernardino County, you can find seniors throughout the area throwing strikes, picking up spares and leaving splits, without ever stepping foot in an actual bowling center. The Department of Aging and Adult Services has built upon its award winning “We Can” program. The “We Can”...
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On 03/07/2010 at 8:58 P.M., Kevin Alan Korcha, a 44 year old resident of Joshua Tree was traveling northbound on Joshua Ln. from Navajo Trail in Yucca Valley. Driving in a green 1998 Dodge truck, Korcha lost control of his vehicle and it overturned. There were no other vehicles involved. Korcha was pronounced dead at the scene. The...
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The Twentynine Palms Planning Commission has changed the date for its second regular meeting this month from Tuesday to Wednesday, March 17, beginning at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 6136 Adobe Road. A public hearing is scheduled to continue the discussion of a proposed new chapter in the Development Code for Planned Unit Development, also...
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This is not the way it was supposed to be in this country. We are a better people. It is amazing how for a paltry sum of $120,000, Wal-Mart was able to buy the support of the MBCA for their Wal-Mart Super Center. I’m not saying the Wal-Mart project is not good, not at all,...
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Sheriff’s Dispatched requested the assistance of the Aviation Unit to search for an injured motorcycle rider in the mountainous terrain north of Lake Silverwood. The Aviation Unit launched one of its patrol helicopters to search the area while the Air Rescue Helicopter prepped for a possible hoist mission. The patrol helicopter, manned by Deputy/Pilot Cliff...
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Damned near missed this story, Desertrider called me to tell me that KFI had it on the news. On Sunday afternoon, March 7, 2010 at 1:41 p.m., sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Onaga Trail east of Quail Springs Road in Joshua Tree, after receiving a report that a teenager had blown his hand...
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Passing the Kool-Aid in D.C. – FlashReport – Presented by Jon Fleischman 3-8-2010 3:05 pm Yesterday several interesting discussions took place at the Public Lands Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties in Washington, D.C. A disturbing trend I’m seeing is that a subject that increasingly comes up in meetings involving federal land managers...
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Now here is a trifecta of stupidity…. On March 5, 2010, members of the Specialized Enforcement Division, High Desert Gang Team were eating lunch at the Chipotle Restaurant, at 19179 Bear Valley Road, Apple Valley. While there, three subjects who identified themselves as working for United Restoration Ministries came into the establishment to Hawk and...
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“Lately, the rabble rousing … CactusThorns blog has been getting our attention. They’ve been tracking issues that all too often don’t seem to get much play in the older media out this way, and raising Cain in the process.” — Steve Brown, Publisher Under the heading of New, Somewhat Abrasive, Media, the current issue of...
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Everybody… listen up! Supervisor Mitzelfelt has announced that March 23rd, he and Supervisor Derry will bring their courageous decision to remove the controversial staging permit requirement from the OHV ordinance, to the Board for adoption. That’s just two weeks from Tuesday. The radical anti-OHV crowd is fit to be tied and WILL be there in force!...
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On 03-07-10, at 7:50 AM, passerbys reported a car submerged under water in the California Aquaduct east of Baldy Mesa Road and south of Del Rosa Road in Phelan. Emergency personnel arrived and pulled a 2005 VW Jetta from the water. At 8:23 AM 24 year old Tanee Marie Whiting of Phelan, was pronounced deceased. The CHP...
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An actual protest in the Hi-Desert at the Victorville Courthouse? The community is organizing a protest and calling for the resignation of Honorable Judge Bob Lemkau. And the organizers drive home the message: . “The judge needs to realize that the community is the ultimate jury and the community has decided that they no longer...
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Get ready for the 14th 29 Palms edition of the 36th annual Hilltoppers Grand Prix. Yes it is that crazy time of the year, when hotels are getting ready for a influx of the off-road tourists. Mark your calendar, its April 3rd and 4th. This year the races will be in memorial to Hilltopper President,...
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I guess Wal-Mart didn’t get the memo either. Using the “Junk Science” of “green house emissions” the Morongo Basin Conservation Association (MBCA) has extorted $120,000 from Wal-Mart as a condition to build the Wal-Mart Super Center. In other words, you pay the MBCA $120,000 and they will support any damned thing you want. Funny...
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Cockfighting linked to Helendale murder | helendale, cockfighting, linked – Local News – Victorville Daily Press HELENDALE • Investigators believe the murder of an elderly Helendale man last December is linked to cockfighting and gambling, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials said. While Homicide detectives would not say Jesus Rocha, 68, was holding illegal cockfights on...
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REQUESTED- The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Coroner Division is asking for the public’s assistance in locating family members of Janey Bell (or Belle) Wilson, a 72 year old who died on 2/12/2010. She was last known to have lived in Rialto, but previously was a resident of San Bernardino. Anyone with information on how...
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Mr. Tree is looking to stiff the citizens of Twentynine Palms just in case a new Council decides they need to replace him. The existing contract with Michael Tree forces the city to pay 6 months of his salary if he is fired or replaced. He is asking for a change in his contract...
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TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGULAR MEETING 6136 Adobe Road Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 www.ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:00 P.M. REVISED AGENDA (addition of Item 10.3) 1.0 CALL TO ORDER - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - INVOCATION – Reverend Al Perez, Companismo de Creyentes en Cristo ROLL CALL - 2.0 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATIONS 2.1 The Mayor will present a Proclamation to the Desert Trail recognizing the...
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On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, a Boron resident walking in the desert between Boron and Kramer came upon skeletal remains. The remains were determined to be on the San Bernardino County side of the county line. Due to the lateness of the hour at the time of the report, the remains were recovered the...
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Back on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 approximately 7:15 p.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff Deputies from the Victor Valley Station responded to the 16600 block of Wheeler Road for a reported missing person. The family of 69 year old Jesus Rocha was reporting that Jesus had not been seen since Monday December 14, 2009. A...
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Hi All, Three years later we see light at the end of the tunnel. We need to support this change in person at the supervisors meeting this month. The meeting tentatively set for the 23 of March must leave no doubt that we the people do not want a staging permit ...
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SACRAMENTO – Senate Republican Leader-elect Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) has sent a letter to California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chairwoman Mary Nichols calling on her to suspend implementation of AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, until a “valid, peer-reviewed economic analysis has been completed.” Senator Dutton sent the letter...
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The Twentynine Palms City Council will review the Downtown Specific Plan, reconstruction of Mesquite Springs Road, and the proposed position for an Economic Development Specialist when it meets in regular session on Tuesday, March 9, beginning at 6 p.m. at City Hall. Referred to as the Downtown Economic Revitalization Specific Plan, the final draft prepared...
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You might remember last Summer all the hubbub about the Chadwick Pig Farm, or as the wackos of COW like to call it  the “Poste Homestead.” At that time they demanded that the area was a “Natural and Cultural” site and needed protection. We at the time said that it was...
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San Bernardino, Ca— SANBAG is a defendant in a lawsuit brought by the county Flood Control District based on damages the district sustained because of SANBAG’s freeway expansion project. SANBAG’s resolution is nothing more than an attempt to gain some advantage in its litigation with the county Flood Control District. The Flood Control District will...
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I think that City Manager Mike Tree didn’t fully calculate how the citizens of Twentynine Palms might react to another $120,000 job being created at City Hall. It is easy to sit in the comfort of your office with friends who blow smoke up your bum and lobby for what amount to their own...
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I think I can confidently say that these Darwin Award winners qualify for the coveted Cactus Thorns “Dumbass” Award for bonehead stupidity. On 02/23/2010 between the hours of midnight and 2:00 a.m., the suspects were driving around the Wrightwood area in a stolen pickup truck. One of the suspects used a chair to break the...
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Today we are living in great and important times for individual liberty and freedom. Yesterday the Supreme Court heard McDonald v. Chicago. The case, was the logical follow to the court’s 5 to 4 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. That 2008 decision established for the first time that the Second Amendment’s “right...
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Alleged GV bank robber arrested | TheUnion.com The Grass Valley, California Police have made an arrest in connection with the Feb. 2 robbery of Bank of the West on Brunswick Road. David Andrew Clarke, 44, was arrested in San Bernardino County after allegedly trying to enter a military base near Twentynine Palms. Through their investigative efforts, Grass...
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Are you tired of the AARP who says they have your best interest at heart, supporting agendas you don’t agree with. Feel you don’t have anywhere else to go? Now there is an alternative: The Association of Mature Americans or AMAC Tear up your AARP card AMAC has nothing to do with this endorsement. Posted by a concerned citizen who...
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~ InlandPolitics news and commentary  ~ InlandPolitics, written by Senor Blogger, Tuesday, March 2, 2010, San  Bernardino - A claim filed by the former mistress of District Attorney Mike Ramos is once again on the closed session agenda of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors this morning. Rumors have been circulating that an official...
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California is about to step in it if they consider returning Edmund G. Brown Jr. back to the State House. If you were to forensically trace our problems in this state back to one person it would have to be good old Jerry Brown who should be hooked and booked for setting the stage...
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On March 1, 2010, at approximately 5:30 am, officers from the San Jacinto Police Department responded to the intersection of 7th Street and Hewitt Street regarding a possible carjacking attempt. The victim was driving her vehicle on 7th street near Hewitt Street when she was approached at her window.The suspect told the victim to...
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Part of Senator Feinstein’s newest proposal includes designating as National Monument, a huge swath of land extending from the eastern side of the Twenty Nine Palms Marine Base all the way to the Colorado River, some seventy miles away. A map reveals that the proposal runs adjacent to and in the proximity of large...
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I encourage all my readers to get a hold of the Annual Desert Travel Issue of the Sun Runner. Staring on page 34 , Paul F. Smith, an Environmental extremest, does a good job of explaining the proposed “Desert Protection Act of 2010″ of course from a far left point of view. What might...
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On Sunday, 02/28/2010 at 6:54 PM, Isaac Rodriguez, a 21 year old resident of Phelan, was driving westbound on Baseline Street east of Palm Avenue in the city of Highland. As he drove his silver 1988 Toyota he was struck broadside by a green 1998 Honda. Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene from his injuries. The...
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One of the most frequently asked questions about the Brown Act involves serial meetings. Such meetings at any one time involve only a portion of a legislative body, but eventually involve a majority. The problem with serial meetings is the process, which deprives the public of an opportunity for meaningful participation in legislative body decision-making.Except...
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Should the city of 29 Palms hire an economic development specialist for $120,000 a year? Yes (5 Votes, 4%) No (105 Votes, 88%) Yes but for a lower salary (10 Votes, 8%) It would appear that the People of this city have spoken. Of course there is more time for the “speaking” but I think the chickens have...
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Okay, I am not going to pick on organized religion. That’s not me (most of the time anyway). However lets take a look at one extensive “mega analysis” released earlier this  month by the Personality and Social Psychology Review. It’s is a fact that churches in the Morongo Valley have a demonstrated commitment to do...
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On 02-26-10, at approximately 1312 hours, deputies from the Jurupa Valley Station responded to the 7300 block of Rockridge Rd., Indian Hills regarding a family disturbance. Upon arrival deputies discovered that a 1-½ year old female and a 4-½ month old female had been bound, gagged and left on a bedroom floor. In addition...
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Twin Peaks, CA– On Friday, February 26, 2010 at about 8:00 p.m., deputies at the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station responded to a burglary call at the Alpine Conference Center in the community of Twin Peaks. Upon arrival several victims reported they had personal items stolen from their cabins while attending services at the chapel. The items...
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Take Action Today and bear responsibility for being prepared 1. Identify Your Risk  What are the hazards where you live or work? Find out what natural or human caused disasters pose a risk for you. Do you live near a flood plain, an earthquake fault, or in a high fire...
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On Thursday February 25, 2010, civilian environmental personnel were conducting game and environmental surveys on the Fort Irwin Army Base. They discovered bone fragments that were consistent with human skeletal remains. The Fort Irwin Police and Army Criminal Investigation Division contacted the Barstow Sheriff’s Station. Barstow detectives requested the assistance of the San Bernardino County...
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The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District’s Governing Board on January 25 voted to send a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other top state officials requesting the repeal or suspension of the state law related to limits on greenhouse gas emissions, citing potentially devastating impacts to California’s struggling economy. “If greenhouse gas emissions are...
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Too Many Apologies By Thomas Sowell http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Tiger Woods doesn’t owe me an apology. Nothing that he has ever done has cost me a dime nor an hour of sleep. This is not a plea to be “non-judgmental.” I am very judgmental about all sorts of things,...
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There was a time when “Made in America” stood for quality. We once looked down upon cheap flimsy Taiwanese crap. What happened to “Made in America” anyway? Ask your self what is made in America anymore.   I did see a product the other day that I assume was made in America as it was tagged...
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Joshua Tree, Ca– Now that the most absurd but potentially catastrophic junk science in human history is unraveling and we (JunkScience.com) are preparing to declare victory over gorebull warbling we can soon devote more attention to neglected junk. Unfortunately we still need to resist the last desperate effort by the...
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Twentynine Palms– As I mentioned earlier I was going to watch the Desert Trail poll in regards to the creation of this Economic/Redevelopment Specialist position for a cost of $120,000.00. Well, here we are, not even 48 hours after the poll was placed in the Trails online version, and the People are speaking. In fact...
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Twentynine Palms– For residents who were unable to attend the Community Trails Plan public workshop on Feb. 16, the City of Twentynine Palms has made meeting materials available on their website, along with an opportunity to comment online via an online survey tool. A Draft Non-Motorized Trails Map and Draft Planning Framework, containing goals for...
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The Yucca Valley Police Department has applied for grant funding to support continued OHV law enforcement programs. This funding is being sought through the California State Parks, Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. The public is asked and encouraged to review the Yucca Valley Police Department’s preliminary grant application and provide comments and suggestions. The...
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Why doesn’t the city of 29 Palms get in on this action? Some people say they don’t want their tax dollars going to (heaven forbid) any OHV use, so this looks like a good opportunity for the City to get some help with their OHV trails. Even during the trails meeting some mentioned that...
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InlandPolitics, by Blogger, Feb. 25, 2010, SAN BERNARDINO - A High Desert developer tied to two local political action committees related to an ongoing corruption investigation being conducted by San Bernardino County District Attorney was arrested this morning on two counts of perjury. John DeFazio was arrested by District Attorney investigators this morning. His bail...
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I woke up last night and remembered that I had forgot to check the other political blogs. I have iepolitics on the RSS in the right hand column.Our regular readers will remember that back on Thanksgiving of 2009 iePolitics Blogger Sharon Gilbert went missing and left a suicide note. Fade to Yesterday… Once again...
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InlandPolitics, Written by Senor Blogger, February 24, 2010, SAN BERNARDINO - The escalation of actions between the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and District Attorney Mike Ramos can be described in no other words than “Political War”. While county supervisors...
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Isn’t this more like Chicago style corrupt politics but only on a smaller level. 29 Council revisits its past schemes to undermine city and state laws. The City Manager of Twentynine Palms must be drinking his own sweet blend of jimson weed. I’m against the idiotic creation of a City Economic Redevelopment Specialist, and a Project...
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So the lesson to be learned from this post is, deception will not get you a place at the table here at Cactus Thorns. It helps to be able to read the user registration policy. This new incarnation of Cactus Thorns gets about 3000 distinct IP address hits a day. Many of those...
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Twentynine Palms– Things are a little more complex than you are reporting. At last night’s meeting two things happened. The first was that the Council, save I, did not question the continued use of a City’s Project Manager. A little history may set things into perspective. At the start of this Fiscal Year – July 2009...
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Twentynine Palms– I’m trying to find the positive in last nights approval to hire a $120,000 assistant to the City Manager. I’ll be damned if I am able to find a reason for a small town one shift business manager to feel that he has a need to delegate his fundamental (why we hired...
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