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Archive for July 1st, 2008
From the PE: Assistant assessor’s $8,280 in tuition benefits help fuel criticism of San Bernardino County office
Posted in July 1st, 2008
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
By DUANE W. GANG
The Press-Enterprise
San Bernardino County officials are calling for new restrictions on how employees receive money to help pay for continuing education.
The county grand jury on Monday criticized Assessor Bill Postmus for how he awarded tuition assistance to two employees.
From the PE: S.B. County supervisors seek new ethics effort
Posted in July 1st, 2008
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
By ZEKE MINAYA and DUANE W. GANG
The Press-Enterprise
San Bernardino County officials proposed Tuesday new measures to prevent ethical lapses in the wake of this week’s arrest of a top county aide on charges of falsifying and destroying public records.
Board of Supervisors Chairman Paul Biane said he plans [...]
From the PE: Assessor in crosshairs of perpetual San Bernardino County critic who wants him recalled
Posted in July 1st, 2008
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
By ZEKE MINAYA
The Press-Enterprise
Often regarded as little more than a nuisance by county officials, gadfly Edwin Thomas Snell may now become a bit harder to ignore.
Earlier this year, in his self-appointed crusade to rid San Bernardino County of corruption, Snell began the process of drawing up petitions [...]
From the PE: San Bernardino County assessor aide’s arrest surprises family, friends
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
By DOUGLAS QUAN
The Press-Enterprise
Adam Aleman was a “rising star” in local Republican circles who knew from a young age that politics was going to be his life, family and friends said Tuesday.
Never, they said, did they imagine the mild-mannered 25-year-old would wind up at the center of [...]
From the PE: Those were the days . . . (My preferred title to this article)
Posted in July 1st, 2008
Key figures in San Bernardino County’s 1990s corruption cases
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Current officials in San Bernardino County have long tried to improve the county’s image after a high-profile public corruption scandal in the late 1990s. Here are the central figures from that scandal, which included top public officials accepting bribes.
From the Sun: Conduct eyed
Posted in July 1st, 2008
I’m about to the point that David Wert needs to go away too.
Report criticizes Assessor’s Office
Lauren McSherry, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 07/01/2008 10:27:28 PM PDT
The San Bernardino County grand jury’s annual report offered some spirited criticism of conduct within the Assessor’s Office.
But don’t expect county leaders to make major changes in the immediate future.
From the Sun: Employees Suffering
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Mark Uffer
The following is in the Letters to the Editor section. You can add anonymous comments and I suggest that county employees do so.
The Sun, San Bernardino County’s major newspaper, should be devoting more coverage to the humiliations to which county employees are subjected under the leadership of Mr. Mark Uffer, chief administrative officer, and [...]
From the Sun: SB County corruption continues
Posted in July 1st, 2008
The last time I spoke with George he indicated he would be changing assignments and would be able to write articles more along the lines of this article. If this is an example of what we will be seeing in the future, I hope George you have a long career ahead of you. [...]
From the PE: San Bernardino County grand jury report praises hospital, faults other agencies
Posted in July 1st, 2008
10:00 PM PDT on Monday, June 30, 2008
By ZEKE MINAYA
The Press-Enterprise
Emergency room crowding, the county’s trade missions to China and public assistance fraud are among more than a dozen issues investigated in the San Bernardino County Grand Jury report released Monday.
The report focuses on the operations of county departments, agencies and officers.
From the Sac Bee: The Governator’s Replacement?
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in In the news
San Francisco mayor opens bid for 2010 governor’s race
By Kevin Yamamura and Shane Goldmacher - kyamamura@sacbee.com
Published 6:42 pm PDT Tuesday, July 1, 2008
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat best known for his aggressive support of same-sex marriage, launched an exploratory committee Tuesday to consider a 2010 run for governor.
Newsom, 40, became the first Democrat [...]
From the PE: Documents in S.B. County assessor’s case ordered released
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
6:16 PM Tue, Jul 01, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted by: PE News
The San Bernardino County district attorney’s office must release previously sealed search warrants in its criminal investigation of Assessor Bill Postmus’ office, a state appellate court ruled late today.
The Riverside-based Fourth Appellate District, Division Two, denied prosecutors’ motion to keep the documents [...]
From Senator Bob Dutton
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bob Dutton
Senator Dutton Reacts to Announcement of Tesla Motors to Build Electric Car Factory in Calif.
Senator Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga), vice chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, offers the following reaction to the incentive package offered by the governor and state treasurer to Tesla Motors to build an electric car factory in California.
The new business is [...]
Postmus brought Aleman back to work last week?
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
Barb Stanton is reporting today that Postmus brought Adam Aleman back to work last Thursday and Friday thinking nothing was going to happen. However, yesterday Aleman was not at work but was at home perhaps awaiting to be arrested, as a professional courtesy, so that the arrest did not take place at the Assessor’s [...]
Will the BOS remove Postmus from office?
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
An interesting editorial over at Red County.
Postmus responds . . .
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
Rather than trying to copy and paste, here is the link to Red County.
From the DP: Postmus recall petition filed
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
July 1, 2008 - 10:07AM
BROOKE EDWARDS Staff Writer
SAN BERNARDINO — A recall petition against Bill Postmus, Assessor for San Bernardino County, has been filed and approved by the Registrar of Voters, according to county officials.
In order to move forward the petition needs signatures from at least 10 percent of the county population, which totals 75,498 [...]
Not Much
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
If we continue at this rate, the blog will receive about 5000 hits today. What’s the most popular story? The clip of Elvis doing “Jailhouse Rock.” I guess we all need to take a moment to get our minds off of our corrupt officials.
Am I the only one who is on the [...]
From the Sun: Grand jury faults county hiring, ethics
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
Lauren McSherry, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 07/01/2008 12:50:38 AM PDT
The San Bernardino County grand jury released its annual findings Monday and began spurring change unlike any report in recent memory.
The grand jury’s yearly review of county government led to an investigation by the District Attorney’s Office, the arrest of a top official, and a pledge [...]
From the Sun: Postmus’ top aide jailed
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Administrator in Bill Postmus
George Watson, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 07/01/2008 12:48:18 AM PDT
The much anticipated release of the county grand jury’s annual report came Monday but was superseded by the arrest of a top official - the key subject of the report - for allegedly falsifying evidence and destroying his boss’ laptop.
Authorities picked up Assistant Assessor Adam Aleman at [...]
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