I have owned dogs my entire life and have been actively involved in Boxer rescue for over 30 years. There is not much that can surprise me, gross me out, or embarrass me. I can take out stitches, I have a thermometer to take their temperature if one seems to be under the […]

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It’s hard to know whether to start with the court part or the religion part so I’m starting with neither. Since the whole issue started over a traffic ticket and a suggestion of quotas, and since I used to work for the Sheriff’s Department in Victorville, and type the grants for the Strategic Traffic […]

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After reading this article, CAO Mark Uffer announced that the County has purchased these machines for use by all County offices.

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Several weeks ago Steve Williams, editor of the Daily Press opinion page, wrote an editorial on traffic court called “Itchy ticket fingers, kangaroo court.” I’ve followed this closely because you see, since taking up the battle with Mitzelfelt once again, I’ve been pulled over five times, which is odd, since it’s been around 25 […]

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I’m getting a lot of inquiries about the potential recall of Assessor Bill Postmus. I’m aware that at least two groups/individuals are working on it, one here in the desert and one in the west end. I know the person here in the desert has started the filing process with the Registrar of […]

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This one is a nice story about the world’s tallest man: Tall
And Mitzelfelt and the boys of the BIA wonder why we want to see them kicked out of office: Dump the BIA Boys
We know there is a ton of this going on in San Bernardino County even if Mitzelfelt and the rest […]

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First, from the Sun, I had heard of Dorothy Inghram. I assumed she had died a long time ago. Here is her story: Dorothy Inghram
The second, from the Daily Press, sounds like it is also a GAIN/JESD/ESP success story, although I’m sure under the current TAD Administration, the church and God had […]

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This is another one of the multimedia presentations from OBJ. It is based on a routine by Red Skelton performed in 1969. You have to listen to the end to hear what I’m talking about. I wonder if this is where our illustrious justices on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal got […]

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Capt. Crazy posted this link on the Daily Press blogs. I have to tell you I really have to side with the kids. Criminalizing kids for riding bicycles is just plain wrong.

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There have been rumors over the years that a Trader Joe’s will be built in the Victor Valley, but those that call their headquarters are told that the Victor Valley is not affluent enough. We have the affluence and I think a TJs would do great up here as long as they have private […]

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This is another multimedia presentation from OldBlueWebDesigns: Sixties It’s not as much fun as the hotrods one I posted last week, but it does bring back some memories. For the patriotic among us, here’s one based on Johnny Cash’s “Ragged Old Flag” and another based on the Statler Brother’s “More than a […]

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My long-time readers know that one of the things closest to my heart is to get back into therapy work with my dogs. Naomi and Noah should be completing their CGCs within a few months.

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In one of the first posts on this new blog, I wrote about some of the things I have been doing since being off work. It has been odd because more and more doors seem to be opening. This past week was one of those weeks where I can only say there was […]

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More than 33 years ago my mom moved my little brother and me out of the big city and onto a five-acre parcel that was surrounded by another 200+ vacant acres of dry lake. Boy, do I remember boredom! We lived in the middle of nowhere. I had my own private bus […]

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According to a Daily Press article, the Board of Supervisors will be voting on Tuesday to give the high desert $8.4 million of the county’s $20 million Proposition 1B money. That is incredibly generous don’t you think? It almost sounds like it is coming out of their own pockets; although with all the […]

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One of the organizations I’ve become involved with while being off work is Family-to-Family. It is actually a program within San Bernardino County’s Department of Children’s Services. The purpose of Family-to-Family is to involve community partners (people such as me) in the decision-making process when children are at-risk and may be removed from […]

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Board of Supervisor salaries used to be easy to find on the county’s website. If they are there now, I can’t find them. But this is from the County Charter:
The annual salaries of members of the Board of
Supervisors shall be set by, but shall never exceed, the
average of the salaries paid members of […]

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We know it goes on in San Bernardino County. I’m sure most of us realize it goes on in Sacramento and Washington DC. I guess it goes on everywhere. My favorite quote is, “Unfortunately, many of the people who seek public office are flawed people to begin with . . ..” […]

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I usually save this type of post for Sundays, but it’s been on my heart for a few days and I’m tired of writing anti-Mitzelfelt articles. A comment made in a meeting I was in this morning reminded me of the situation.
Over the past several months I’ve been grappling with feelings of wanting to […]

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Here is the Press Enterprise version of the budget story. Now this one claims they are in negotiations with 10,000 employees. SBPEA claims they represent 12,000 county employees and then there are the sworn with SEBA which I believe is also in negotiations–a deputy told me that but I haven’t verified it. […]

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