I read this post with interest.  It hit close to the heart. The 8th Amendment. It’s one of the fundamental foundations of this democracy. The spine of a great document.It holds everything together. Good men and outstanding women died for the values incorporated in the Eighth Amendment in all the wars we have...
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The Slash X Run As we expected the turnout was small due to the weather.  Rick stuck his Cherokee on Means Lake. All five dry lakes we encountered were very much full of water. Rex missed the boat and took the high road back to the cabins. The remainder of the expedition left means and...
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On Friday, February 5, 2010, at about 1:15 pm, a family member of Howard Morse 47, of Lucerne Valley, called the San Bernardino County Sheriff Victor Valley Station to request a welfare check of Mr. Morse. The family member who lives out of the area had not heard from Morse for 3 to...
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by Patrick Fleenor (This op-ed appeared in the Los Angeles Times on June 29, 2009.) Raising the tax isn’t as simple as ‘the state needs money, and smoking is bad.’ Nicholas Goldberg’s “How and why taxes go up, in smoke” (June 14) reads more like press release from the anti-smoking lobby than...
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It breaks my heart to hear about these things. Guys go to war, manage to survive and come back to die on local highways. Please, be careful our there men and women of our Military. You’ve done your time in hell. We expect a long life from you and your parents expect grand children. On...
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I had just finished a smart assed comment to Branson and figured that would be all the Internet for this night.  It was 9:55 PM, my wife and I had just sat down to the TV when I looked out the window. A pair of headlights slams over my front fence. Being familiar with...
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On Saturday, February 6, 2010 around 1:58 p.m., a husband and wife of Rialto called the West Foothill Sheriff’s Station to report they had found a black bag in the Lytle Creek wash. When deputies responded to the location, the couple gave them a bag that contained personal belongings and a large sum of money. Upon...
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Gaping legal holes allow corporations to spend enormous sums on politics without leaving a paper trail. They drove a stake through the heart and soul of America. AlterNet, By Brad Jacobson, February 6, 2010 – The Supreme Court’s seismic January ruling that corporations are free to spend unlimited amounts of their profits to advertise...
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Corporations now have all the privileges of citizenship, without any of the responsibilities. If corporations were human, they would be accountable to society when they break the law and would be punished with a loss of their freedoms. If corporations were human, they would one day die. Unlike the finitude of human life, modern...
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The War on Drugs is a huge failure. It’s breaking the backs of taxpayers. Today, there are over 500,000 Americans locked up for nonviolent drug law violations. The government is hell-bent on punishing Cameron Douglas for the crime of being an addict. AlterNet, January 31, 2010 | Who benefits from Cameron Douglas getting at...
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Gas Power plant explosion. There are bodies everywhere, and more are buried in the rubble. There were as many as 20 ambulances at the plant. Emergency rescue personnel were continuing to arrive by vehicle and helicopter. The Hartford Courant, breaking news, Sat. Feb. 07, MIDDLETOWN, CONN - Witnesses and emergency response authorities said as many...
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Sherry you used my name in vain at the City Council meeting when I was not there to defend myself. You told the public you are threatened by me. Let me share something with you. You are the offense and I am the defense. You attack my recreation and I defend it. You mention my...
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Cost of teaching English to immigrant adults $630M – Redlands Daily Facts California taxpayers have shelled out about $630 million over the past dozen years to provide English classes to immigrant adults. The money was required as part of Prop. 227, an anti-bilingual education initiative passed by voters in 1998. The measure, approved by 61 percent of...
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San Bernardino County delays budget workshop | Inland News | PE.com | By IMRAN GHORI The Press-Enterprise San Bernardino County is putting off its budget planning workshops for a month while it asks department heads to prepare for belt-tightening. The Board of Supervisors had planned to begin its annual business plan meetings on Feb. 16 but they have...
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Last Thursday’s special meeting of the Council was marked by what appeared as a sneakiness that reminds one of Chicago Politics. It was a concerted effort by this communities  “Radical lobby” that owns Mayor Steve Flock, to muzzle citizens and squelch the democratic process. Caught in an on the fly change of the official...
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One of our readers sent me this link and thought it would be of interest to some of you. Raising the bar for Nullification | Tenth Amendment Center by Michael Boldin Around the country, twenty two states are currently considering a bill known as the “Firearms Freedom Act.” This bill declares that guns, accessories, and ammunition made within a...
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Funny thing about political office is that often folks think that just because they are elected that they are smart. Not so in local politics, most guys and gals are elected because they are the least obnoxious amongst our friends on election day. But soon we all have buyers remorse and find that most...
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After several hours of proving that crap flows down hill the Council gave Staff direction on a sewer system. And then came what we were waiting for thee OHV issue. Or so we thought. Quietly the trails portion of tonight’s meeting was taken off the agenda. If it was not for the fact that Steve...
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From the John and Ken Show ______________________________________ Inmates let loose! Call State Senator Denise Ducheny from San Diego! This is the woman directly responsible for putting criminals and rapists back on the streets of California! She and the other Senate Democrats are to blame for an early-released goon who nearly raped a Sacramento woman just hours after being let out! Tell...
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The City of Twentynine Palms announced this week that it will extend its new 4/10 work schedule for City Hall through the month of February. Originally established as a three-month trial period from November through January, the alternate work-week schedule was designed for employees at City Hall to work four 10-hour days each week and...
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About an hour to an hour and a half into this evenings Special Council Meeting on the General Plan things will become dicey. It will become a battle of wills, a battle of those that despise our small town ways, independence and liberty and those that believe that those values are worth fighting for. Tonight...
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BIG BEAR CITY- On Saturday, January 30, 2010, The Reverend Martin Richter 48 of Big Bear City, was apprehended at his home in Big Bear City regarding an ongoing investigation of the molestation of a 13 year old girl. During the course of the investigation, it was discovered Richter was a pastor at churches in...
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COWS continue to be given open access to the Desert Trail in their attempt to vilify not only the Off-Road Community but now County Officials who in 2007 promised to review the Staging portion of Ord. 3973. The Officials did a two year review and found that that small insignificant portion of the ordinance...
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At last night’s Yucca Valley Town Council meeting, Council Member Bill Neeb announced he would not seek reelection to his office this November. His declaration took place during discussion of an agenda item regarding whether the Town Council Members should vote themselves a small raise of 5% of their monthly stipend. Bill Neeb made the...
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The study, Hunger in America 2010, found that 37 million people, or roughly one in eight US residents, received food aid in 2009. That’s a 46 percent jump from a similar survey carried out in 2006. The study found a growing number of people having to make difficult choices about what to spend their dwindling...
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Dad’s Murder-Suicide of Infant Son Documented on Facebook, Personal Website – Stephen Garcia – Gawker Hours after Stephen Garcia and his 9-month-old son’s bodies were discovered on a San Bernardino hiking trail, dead from an apparent murder-suicide, his Facebook profile announced activity: Stephen Garcia had uploaded a suicide note and video tribute to his family. Police...
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Punxsutawney Phil 2010: Groundhog Sees His Shadow Email // < !]> Written by JJ on // < !]>Feb-2-10 2:10pm2010-02-02T14:10:13 Groundhog handler Ben Hughes looks at Punxsutawney Phil, while co-handler John Griffiths holds him after he saw his shadow predicting 6 more weeks of winter during festivities in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania...
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“ Massive shake-up of manned spaceflight programs.” –Popular Mechanics New space program funding; Analysis: KCDZ’morning news. Buzz Aldrin, an Apollo astronaut who stood on the moon 40 years ago is comfortably onboard and has endorsed Obama’s new funding shake-up, new technology research to take astronauts into deep space and back. The
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Thursday Afternoon and Evening is the most important Council meeting for the Off-Road Community this year. The the City Council will review, discuss and consider the proposed Land Use, Circulation and Infrastructure Alternatives. That means you have the chance to shut down the Environmental Extremists designs to close Off-Road Recreation down in town. It...
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On Sunday, January 31st, 2010, at approximately 12:42 p.m., Deputy William Hogan stopped to check a vehicle in the desert off of Nisqualli Rd and Balsam, in the City of Victorville. As Deputy Hogan approached the vehicle he could see a 2 year-old male child standing up in the back seat of the vehicle. When...
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On Sunday, January 31, 2010 at approximately 4:38 p.m., a person riding off road with his dog in the area of Johnson Road, east of Central in the County area of Apple Valley discovered what he believed to be human skeletal remains. Deputies from the Apple Valley and Victor Valley Stations responded to the...
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Last week marked a end of an era for us Baby Boomers that almost has gone unnoticed by the Press and us as a generation. Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) passed away in Malibu, California at the age of 81. Roberts played Adam Cartwright, the eldest of the...
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On 01/29/10, R.O.V.E. deputies joined forces with Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station’s personnel in a search and rescue attempt within the Santa Ana River. This concentrated effort was in response to a reported critical missing person believed to have been possibly in or near the riverbed. R.O.V.E. deputies utilized utility terrain vehicles (UTV) to access...
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On 01-30-2010, at about 9:22 PM, Hesperia Sheriff Station received a call that 25 year old Stephen Garcia of Pinion Hills had taken his son, 9 month old Wyatt Garcia of Yucca Valley, during a court ordered visitation and had threatened to kill Wyatt and then himself. Stephen and his son were found deceased in...
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On Thursday, January 28, 2010, at about 8:45 a.m., deputies from the Jurupa Valley Station responded to a report of an attempted kidnapping involving a 12-year-old female middle school student. The investigation revealed that the victim was walking alone through a commercial parking lot in the 5700 block of Mission Boulevard, Rubidoux, on her way...
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Wal-Mart completes a megawatt solar project in Apple Valley | Greenspace | Los Angeles Times Wal-Mart Stores Inc. keeps moving ahead with its plan to shift its power supply to renewable energy with the completion of its largest solar-power project yet. Earlier this month, Wal-Mart completed three other solar projects in Paramount, Baldwin Park and San...
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA – San Bernardino County code enforcement officers issued their first administrative citation in the Third District in January. The first citation was issued on Jan. 19 to a Big Bear City property owner using a single family residence as a rental property without the required short-term rental permit. On Jan. 26, a...
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Well respected reporter CASSIE MACDUFF doesn’t have much faith in the County’s report on DA Mike Ramos. Writing for the The Press-Enterprise, she warns that anybody who expected San Bernardino County to be serious about investigating the allegations against District Attorney Ramos must be disappointed. The DA has been called names other than ‘district...
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Here is one for the books. The administrator and owner of Morongo Ombudsman, a fellow named Fritz Koenig for some reason known only to him sent Cactus Thorns a press release. It was a rambling single paragraph ditty titled “Two gay professionals move next door to a family of 9 renegade Catholics in the...
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Are they stupid? Did they bump their heads? Can you believe this? California Senate OKs single-payer health plan The California Senate on Thursday passed a measure to create a state-run, single-payer health system. The 22-14 vote was nearly party-line, with one Democrat, Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, voting no. It now moves to the Assembly. The proposal would...
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Regulators shut down banks in 5 states – BusinessWeek Regulators shut down a big bank in California on Friday, along with two banks in Georgia and one each in Florida, Minnesota and Washington. That brought to 15 the number of bank failures so far in 2010 atop the 140 shuttered last year in the punishing...
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HEARING AIDS BAND AIDS ROLL AIDS WALKING AIDS MEDICAL AIDS GOVERNMENT AIDS MOST OF ALL, MONETARY AID TO THEIR KIDS!
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- First and foremost, the investigation is intended to protect the county – Supervisor Derry voiced that there are inconsistencies in the report that he is looking in to. InlandPolitics Commentary, written by Senor Blogger, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:45 am, San Bernardino – The...
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KCDZ Z107.7 FM radio station misreported the findings of an investigative report released yesterday afternoon to allegations that San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos sexually harassed and retaliated against Claimant, Cheryl Ristow. In fairness to Claimant, the alleged victim, Cheryl Ristow, the record ought to be made clear. The report clears Mike Ramos...
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Since I and other Vets are the recipients of all of the good and hard work that Bill Connell of Surf Dogs did for the Veterans of the State of California, I think it is proper that we should keep this story alive and on line. Thanks Bill. It works I just got my...
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We’ve been telling folks for weeks that all this anti-OHV sentiment has less to do with protecting the environment and more to do with promoting the underground illegal boarding house  industry. Perry Hoffman a Wonder Valley Character, recently wrote a letter in the Desert Trail titled “Your view: One vote for peace and quiet in...
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It is rare you have a heads up as to a potential civic and political disaster looming in our future. The Johnny come lately report in the Desert Trail “Corbin announces City Council candidacy“  (we reported his comments to Mayor Flock months ago) gives the voters a chance to really look into the sorted...
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The Twentynine Palms City Council made significant progress in reviewing the General Plan Update at its regular meeting on Jan. 26, and will continue the discussion and public hearing on Thursday, Feb. 4, at a special meeting set to begin at 4:30 p.m. Nelson Miller of Hogle-Ireland Inc., the planning firm hired by the City...
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Repost Twentynine Palms—- What might be the Scoop of 2010 is the great news that Rosie’s Jelly Doughnut Shop is going to have its Grand Re-Opening Friday, January 29th. The long awaited reopening of this small town meeting place is welcome news to many folks that for years made the Jelly Doughnut their early...
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On 01/26/2010 at approximately 8:45 PM, Robbie Winnen, a 48 year-old resident of Rancho Cucamonga, was shot on the 71000 block of Samarkand Drive in the city of Twentynine Palms. Winnen was transported from the scene by ambulance to Desert Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead at 11:47 PM. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department...
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This little story has a twist. You know a guy needs to go to rehab when he sells drugs he makes change with bogus $20 dollar bills. There just isn’t any honor among Tweekers anymore. On January 5, 2010, the San Jacinto Police Department began an investigation into the fraudulent use of fictitious United States...
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At last nights City council meeting Mr. Corbin addressed the council about needing data for a sewage system. Well here you go. Mr. Corbin had it half right. But when you compare drinking water to ground water there are 2 sets of standards. -From the staff report FROM: City Engineer DATE: July 22, 2008 RE: Joint Use Sewer Treatment...
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On Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m., sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance call in the 55000 block of Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley. Arriving deputies found that a family dispute had occurred in which a window at a residence was broken. The suspect, Jeremy Quinones, had left the scene in a white SUV...
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If you want to save your sport you got to stand and be counted brothers and sisters. If you want trails come to the public meetings and say so. If you want to continue to have hunting opportunities in the city come to the public meetings and tell your Public Officials. Mike Hawkins, his lovely...
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For the those of you that have not been keeping up on the local gossip. Branson the other day thought he would attribute an article to Gary Daigneault. It is a common and long acceptable way of bringing a story to a blog and giving a bit of kudos to the original website that...
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Email sent to the City. To whom it may concern Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:13 PM From: “H Dent” To:admin@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, cityclrk@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, findir@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, info@29palmsfire.org, comserdr@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, spear@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, klink@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, jcole@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, harris@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, flock@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us, commdev@ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us… more I am requesting that this be read into the minutes of Council. I am in opposition to any further funding of the Chamber of Commerce building that was awarded...
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Written by Ashley Roberts The summary of conclusions from a high dollar sexual harassment investigation about Mike Ramos makes one point that was overlooked by the main stream media. It confirmed that Ramos did in fact have an affair of long duration with one of his subordinates. Although, Ramos has repeatedly denied that any such...
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At approximately 11:44 pm, on January 24th, 2010, the Rancho Mirage Police Department was notified of a “hold-up” alarm at the Marie Callender’s Restaurant, located on Hwy 111 and Frank Sinatra Drive, in Rancho Mirage. Officers arrived on scene at 11:46 hours and met with the manager who informed them that the establishment had...
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms will hold a CLOSED SESSION on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 6136 Adobe Road, Twentynine Palms, to consider the following: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 Conference with Legal Council Regarding Potential Litigation (1case). TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY...
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San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of (DEHS) advises area residents living in areas without electrical service to be safe when cooking and heating your homes. Generators, grills, camp stoves, or other gasoline, propane, natural gas or charcoal-burning devices should never be used inside a home, basement, garage, camper, or even outside...
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