Posted on 2009 November 25 by BBVM
Don Allen wants to set the record straight. He did not resign his seat on the Big Bear Valley Recreation and Park District advisory commission five months ago.
“I was removed,” said Allen, who represented the community of Moonridge on the board until June 30.
Allen was serving as the commission president [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 22 by BBVM
After being off work and without a paycheck for the past four weeks thanks to our FORMER County Administrative Officer Mark Uffer, writing that last article was a bit cathartic. Mark was a bit upset with me for several reasons, one of which is that I finally got sick of [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 22 by BBVM
Sheriff Rod Hoops let’s continue from my last posting.
I do not want our readers to think that misconduct such as the credentials falsification issue with Sheriff’s Captain Bart Gray is nothing but an aberration.
It is actually the opposite. In other words it happens quite frequently.
Not only are special accommodations made for [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 21 by BBVM
It was a petulant fit of pique, certainly entertaining, and potentially hilarious — if safe access for so many medical marijuana patients weren’t hanging in the balance.
After things didn’t go his way at Monday’s Los Angeles City Council joint committee meeting, District Attorney Stephen Lawrence (“Steve”) Cooley pronounced Tuesday [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 20 by BBVM
Mark H. Uffer’s five-year tenure as the county’s top administrative officer drew to a close this week with a 3-2 vote of the board of supervisors.
The sacking of Uffer, who was named interim county administrative officer in March 2004 and then given the official title as CAO in September 2004, [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 19 by BBVM
Rod Hoops
Bart Gray
I am not surprised to hear that you are going to try and let the issue with Captain Bart Gray and his wife die a quiet death. More on that in a moment.
I direct these statements to you because you are the Sheriff. As you know you [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 17 by BBVM
San Bernardino County Sheriff Rod Hoops has spent a career in law enforcement, but now he’s running for elective office and it’s a new ball game for him.
“I don’t really like that part of the job,” he told the San Bernardino County Democratic Club on Friday, Nov. 13. Even though [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 16 by BBVM
Posted on 2009 November 16 by BBVM
Patton State Hospital Police Department fires back at Supervisor Neil Derry’s remark about a 500-member force of sworn peace officers as “rent-a-cops” mark of political rookie.
To the doctors, staff, patients, visitors, and residents of nearby communities of 12 state hospitals and developmentally disabled facilities, they are the thin blue [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 14 by BBVM
WikiLeaks: aryannationspa@hotmail.com leaked emails, 2009 mail archives (chronological)
( Aryan Nations (AN) is a white nationalist neo-Nazi organization founded in the 1970s by Richard Girnt Butler as an arm of the Christian Identity group Church of Jesus Christ-Christian. As of December 2007 there were two main [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 13 by BBVM
Over the objections of eleven county residents, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors this week renewed a commitment to have the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department cooperate with federal authorities in identifying illegal immigrants and targeting them for deportation.
While a representative of the county sheriff’s department indicated [...]
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Posted on 2009 November 2 by BBVM
The news of this unbelievable episode was presented to me a couple weeks ago and I wasn’t able to gather more details until this weekend.
It looks like a major U.S. corporation recently embarked on a mission to San Bernardino County.
That mission? Establish a campus in the Victor Valley region of the [...]
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Posted on 2009 October 29 by BBVM
The California Fair Political Practices Commission has opened an investigation into San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos relating to his failure to properly report income provided to his wife, the Sentinel has learned.
The matter under investigation, according to sources who were instrumental in bringing the relevant information to [...]
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Posted on 2009 October 29 by BBVM
The county has extended by one year the contract it has with its Sacramento lobbyist, Platinum Advisors, despite a scandal involving the company and its simultaneous representation of the county and a company from whom the county purchased the Adelanto jail for $31.2 million in 2005.
After whispers of the double [...]
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Posted on 2009 October 29 by BBVM
The new organization dedicated to rooting out political corruption in San Bernardino County held its first public meeting on October 6 in Redlands. The meeting was relocated at the last minute when the San Bernardino Public Employees Association (SBPEA) reneged on its agreement to allow the group to use its [...]
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Posted on 2009 October 29 by BBVM
San Bernardino County Public Defender Doreen Boxer this week moved to facilitate efforts of the public inclined to volunteer time to assist with the legal defense of those unable to pay for it.
The public defender’s office is that portion of county government which is chartered to provide legal [...]
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Posted on 2009 October 27 by BBVM
Apparently, there is rising discontent among veteran attorneys in the Office of the San Bernardino County Public Defender.
Sources inside the department tell iePolitics that one of the highly talented attorneys in the office who recently won an acquittal on a murder case is now on administrative leave. The sources also say [...]
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Posted on 2009 September 18 by BBVM
[ As Mike Ramos cleans the house that this man helped to build, we suspect that his expressed interest in running again is little more than an advance defense against an investigation of him. Follow Stout at the iePolitics blog. The military- and prison-industrial complexes of this [...]
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Posted on 2009 September 10 by BBVM
Former San Bernardino County District Attorney Dennis Stout announced Wednesday that he is considering running for his old job in 2010 — challenging District Attorney Mike Ramos, who defeated him in 2002.
Stout, who served as the county’s top prosecutor for eight years, said he believes political corruption is worse than [...]
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Posted on 2009 September 10 by BBVM
Former San Bernardino County Sheriff Gary Penrod failed to disclose, over a period of several years, ownership of several properties, a violation of the Political Reform Act, according to the Fair Political Practices Commission.Penrod, who retired in January after serving 14 years as the county’s top cop, received a [...]
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Posted on 2009 August 21 by BBVM
It was requested of this reporter to pay a visit to the Arden Guthrie area of San Bernardino by some concerned residents on August 7th of 2009. There were reports that S.M.A.S.H. team was gearing up at a local Target parking lot and the residents were concerned that, due to complaints [...]
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Posted on 2009 August 17 by BBVM
The state attorney general’s office will join an expanding probe of political corruption in San Bernardino County centered largely on the past activities of the assessor’s office, officials said Monday.
So far the investigation has led to the arrest of former Assessor Bill Postmus and four former employees in his office.
Allegations [...]
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Posted on 2009 August 13 by BBVM
SAN BERNARDINO – Former Assessor Bill Postmus filed a claim against San Bernardino County on Wednesday, alleging, among other things, civil rights violations, breach of contract and malicious prosecution related to criminal and civil cases pending against him.Postmus, 38, who resigned from his elected office on Feb. 13 amid [...]
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Posted on 2009 August 12 by BBVM
SAN BERNARDINO – A District Attorney’s Office employee who claims she had a 17-month affair with District Attorney Michael A. Ramos said Thursday that she has lodged a sexual harassment complaint against him with the county’s human resources department.
The complaint comes in the wake of a call by San Bernardino County [...]
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Posted on 2009 August 10 by BBVM
Fueled by anger over the economy, immigration and the election of President Barack Obama, white supremacists have been increasing in number in the Inland region and throughout California during the past year, local and national experts say.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate activity, reports 84 known hate [...]
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Posted on 2009 July 28 by BBVM
Disgraced former
District Attorney
Dennis Stout
While local and federal authorities were investigating Supervisor Jerry Eaves in 2000, the District Attorney’s Office came under fire for top officials’ interactions with a political opponent of the embattled county supervisor.San Bernardino County District Attorney Dennis Stout and two of his top lieutenants discussed their [...]
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Posted on 2009 July 26 by BBVM
Investigators bold enough to take on corruption in San Bernardino County have themselves seldom escaped controversy.Some have been criticized by the same leaders who hired them. For others, the stakes have been even higher.
Former District Attorney Dennis Stout, 61, says his political career was upended in large part because he lost [...]
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Posted on 2009 July 26 by BBVM
The county’s most extensively documented scandal, and the one that many consider to be one of the most egregious abuses of power in the county’s history, began in the 1990s and became public in 1998, when County Administrative Officer James Hlawek resigned and the Board of Supervisors announced the FBI [...]
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Posted on 2009 July 25 by BBVM
PDF: Read San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry’s statement
Special Section: San Bernardino Co. Probe
San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry on Thursday called for an independent investigation of allegations that District Attorney Mike Ramos has engaged in improper behavior.
Derry said he is troubled by rumors that have been swirling in [...]
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Posted on 2009 July 18 by BBVM
Members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors weighed in Thursday on the Grand Jury’s recommendations for limits on campaign contributions and establishment of an ethics commission to help thwart corruption and the perception of it.
The Grand Jury’s 2008-2009 report released Wednesday included for the first time a special [...]
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Posted on 2009 June 30 by BBVM
California Peer Support Association
2009 Annual Conference and Training
Conference Schedule
WEDNESDAY, September 16, 2009
See also:
Hoops pays back the Good Ol’ Boys
Raymond S. G. Pryke v. Gary Penrod, County of San Bernardino, B. Chambers, Dino Defazio and Does, filed June 23, 2009
Raymond Pryke ordered to pay sanctions, costs in libel lawsuit by Penrod’s wife
[...]
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Posted on 2009 June 29 by BBVM
REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND RECORD OF ACTION
County of San Bernardino F A S STANDARD CONTRACT
See also:
Raymond S. G. Pryke v. Gary Penrod, County of San Bernardino, B. Chambers, Dino Defazio and Does, filed June 23, 2009
Raymond Pryke ordered to [...]
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Posted on 2009 June 19 by BBVM
Investigators from the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office paid a visit Wednesday to the fifth floor of the San Bernardino County Government Center on Arrowhead Avenue, said Lynne Fischer, a county spokeswoman.
Investigators have launched “multiple investigations” on current and former county officials based on various tips they received in the [...]
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Posted on 2009 May 27 by BBVM
New technology should not be a tool for subverting citizens’ power to monitor government actions. San Bernardino County’s example shows the need for cities and counties to ensure that all communications about official business are open to public scrutiny.
County special counsel John Hueston raised the issue in his investigation of [...]
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Posted on 2009 May 27 by BBVM
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors will meet in closed session June 2 to discuss its next plan of action following the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear its joint lawsuit challenging California’s medical marijuana law.”I assume the board, in its judicious manner, will issue a decision forthwith,” [...]
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Posted on 2009 May 27 by BBVM
A day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state’s medical marijuana law, a San Bernardino County supervisor indicated Tuesday that she is ready to support the policy.
The Board of Supervisors is not scheduled to discuss its next step until June 2, but Supervisor Josie Gonzales told about [...]
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Posted on 2009 May 23 by BBVM
[ Smoke on this, Hoops. ]
Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from two hold-out counties in Southern California that objected to the state’s 13-year-old medical marijuana law and claimed it should be struck down as violating the federal drug control act.
Without comment, the court turned down [...]
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Posted on 2009 May 8 by BBVM
The news media are rife with stories about Mexican drug cartels operating throughout the United States and drug-related violence threatening U.S. cities near the border. Americans are becoming reluctant to cross into Mexican towns for fear of getting caught in the crossfire.
Do we need another reason to end the [...]
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Posted on 2009 April 15 by BBVM
SAN BERNARDINO – An embattled Jim Erwin wants a lawsuit against him, filed two years ago by the union for the county’s public attorneys, moved out of San Bernardino County because he believes he cannot get a fair trial.A lawyer for Erwin filed the motion for a change of venue within [...]
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Posted on 2009 April 10 by BBVM
The San Bernardino County’s District Attorney’s investigation into public corruption has led to three resignations and arrests.
Republican party political operative Adam Aleman was the first to be arrested following his resignation as an Assistant Assessor to then San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus.
After Aleman’s arrest and his cooperation with investigators, [...]
Filed under: Drugs, Immigration, Military Industrial Complex, Prison Industrial Complex, Riverside County, Riverside DA, Riverside Sheriff, SB Assesssor, SB DA, SB Sheriff, SB Supervisors, San Bernardino County | Tagged: Adam Aleman, Bill Postmus, Bob Buster, Bob Doyle, Colonies Partners, Dom Betro, Ed Adkison, Grover Trask, Jeff Burum, Jim Erwin, Jim Venable, Marion Ashley, Maureen Kane, Neil Derry, Norton Younglove, Patrick O'Reilly, Riverside County Integrated Plan, Ron Loveridge, Roy Wilson, San Bernardino County Deputies union, Tom Mullen | 1 Comment »
Posted on 2009 April 9 by BBVM
The San Bernardino County district attorney’s office is looking into a complaint by Supervisor Neil Derry alleging that his predecessor Dennis Hansberger destroyed public records before leaving office, according to the supervisor.
Derry, who raised the issue when he took office in December, lodged a formal complaint and sought an investigation [...]
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Posted on 2009 April 7 by BBVM
Jamie Garland didn’t have to go far for her new job. In fact, she was able to stay about 50 miles closer to home.
Garland is the new mountain area representative for San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry. She replaces Jerry Lemke, who turned in his resignation March 17. Lemke’s final day [...]
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Posted on 2009 April 7 by BBVM
Germany has been gripped with a recent surge in racist violence with thousands of hate crimes entering last year’s police records.
The German Interior Ministry is worried about the 2008 crime rates. The figures include 773 cases of racist violence where the victims sustained injuries, Deutsche Welle reported.
This number is just part [...]
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Posted on 2009 March 30 by BBVM
The only minority member of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Thursday criticized a colleague’s hiring of an anti-illegal immigration activist earlier this week.
Supervisor Josie Gonzales said Supervisor Neil Derry’s decision to hire Joseph Turner, founder of Save Our State, as a special projects coordinator could be [...]
Filed under: Civil Liberties, Immigration, SB Supervisors, San Bernardino County | Tagged: Joseph Turner, Josie Gonzales, Neil Derry, Save Our State, Southern Poverty Law Center | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 2009 March 27 by BBVM
San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry hired a controversial anti-illegal immigration activist Tuesday, the same day he announced the resignation of another staff member who has been a lightning rod for criticism in the county.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 4-0, with Supervisor Josie Gonzales absent, to ratify the [...]
Filed under: Civil Liberties, Immigration, Military Industrial Complex, Prison Industrial Complex, SB Supervisors, San Bernardino County | Tagged: Brad Mitzelfelt, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, Gil Navarro, Josie Gonzales, Neil Derry, Ray Haynes, Save Our State, Southern Poverty Law Center | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 2009 March 21 by BBVM
A widening criminal probe of the San Bernardino County assessor’s office led to the arrest Thursday of James Erwin, chief of staff for county Supervisor Neil Derry and a former assistant assessor, on 10 felony counts including “failure to disclose receipt of prostitution and masseuse services.”Investigators from the district attorney’s [...]
Filed under: SB Assesssor, SB DA, SB Sheriff, SB Supervisors, San Bernardino County | Tagged: Adam Aleman, Bill Postmus, James Erwin, Neil Derry, Public Integrity Unit, Susan Mickey | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 2009 March 17 by BBVM
San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry is seeking applicants to fill current vacancies on various boards, committees and commissions throughout the Third District he represents.
Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees, also known as BCC’s, assist governmental bodies in decision-making processes. Registered voters who wish to find out more information on the [...]
Filed under: Military Industrial Complex, Prison Industrial Complex, SB Supervisors, San Bernardino County | Tagged: BCC, Boards, Commissions and Committees, Neil Derry, Third District | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 2009 March 9 by BBVM
JOSHUA TREE — Charges of marijuana cultivation and sales pending against Rich McCabe and his wife, JoAnn Cates, since August 2007 were dismissed Monday by Judge Rodney Cortez before a preliminary hearing began at the San Bernardino County Superior Court here.
The Johnson Valley seniors faced three felony drug counts each and [...]
Filed under: Drugs, MedPot, Military Industrial Complex, Prison Industrial Complex, SB DA, SB Judges, SB Sheriff, SB Supervisors, San Bernardino County | Tagged: MedPot, marijuana, Proposition 215, Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project, Rich McCabe, JoAnn Cates, Rodney Cortez, Zenia Gillig, Danny Schultz, Jamie Adams | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 2009 February 22 by BBVM
Jim Erwin, Chief of Staff for San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry now says that he received a $13,000 Rolex and a trip to New York City as compensation for consulting work he performed over a six-month period for Colonies Partners, a developer at one time engaged in a protracted and [...]
Filed under: SB Assesssor, SB Supervisors, San Bernardino County | Tagged: Adam Aleman, Bill Postmus, Colonies Partners, Jim Erwin, Neil Derry | Leave a Comment »