Sharon’s Blog

July 3, 2008 - 4:59PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt released the following statement on San Francisco’s policy to relocate eight illegal alien drug dealers to unsecured group homes in San Bernardino County.
• San Francisco has declared itself a sanctuary city for illegal aliens, yet they apparently thought these criminal illegal aliens would […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Anthony Adams, Board of Supervisors, Brad Mitzelfelt, Politics. Comments: 1

Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Thursday, July 3, 2008
(07-02) 17:47 PDT — GOP presidential candidate John McCain’s decision to tap a tough California political operative and former adviser to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to head his campaign operations is being hailed by Republicans as evidence that the Arizona senator’s campaign is on a new track.
Steve Schmidt […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Politics. Comments: None

Lauren McSherry, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 07/03/2008 09:52:39 PM PDT
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Chairman Paul Biane says his proposed charter amendment will address the weaknesses in the elected office of county Assessor Bill Postmus that were identified in a grand jury report released Monday.
But Supervisor-elect Neil Derry says the proposed charter amendment will affect […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Bill Postmus, Board of Supervisors, Neil Derry, Paul Biane. Comments: 14

08:49 AM PDT on Thursday, July 3, 2008
This week’s grand jury report about the San Bernardino County assessor’s office suggests Assessor Bill Postmus is unfit for office. The arrest of a top aide this week adds possible criminal conduct to the report’s litany of sloppy ethics, mismanagement and self-serving politics.

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Bill Postmus, Board of Supervisors. Comments: 1

Article Launched: 07/02/2008 08:56:25 PM PDT
Properly safeguarding public dollars and increasing public trust in government has always been - and will continue to be - the hallmarks of my career in public office.
- prepared statement from San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus after his assistant was jailed.
The statement above, allegedly from the county assessor, […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Bill Postmus, Board of Supervisors. Comments: None

News Release
July 03, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Abraham Arredondo 916-324-5500
Print Version
RIVERSIDE–California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and District Attorney Rod Pacheco today sued TXI International, a Riverside cement plant, for exposing people to the potent carcinogen hexavalent chromium without providing warnings to the community as required by law.

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under In the news. Comments: None

From Senator Runner:
As we celebrate this Independence Day with family and friends, let’s keep in mind the true cost of freedom. The traditional fireworks and backyard barbeques enjoyed by all Americans are possible thanks to our men and women in uniform, past and present.
It has always been the American warriors that have dedicated their lives […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under George Runner. Comments: None

11:30 AM PDT on Thursday, July 3, 2008
By RICHARD K. DE ATLEY and BEN GOAD
The Press-Enterprise
Inland auto dealer and Republican contributor Mark A. Leggio used checks made to look like bonuses or payments for used furniture to illegally reimburse employees who made campaign contributions to six Inland GOP candidates, a prosecutor told a grand […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Anthony Adams. Comments: None

For anyone wondering, this entry is getting tons of hits this a.m. from all over the country (law enforcement and government agencies). So I tried to move it to the top of the blog so they wouldn’t have to wade through all the Postmus/SBPEA stuff but instead lost it altogether. It will re-post […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under In the news, Music. Comments: None

The entry below was sent to me by one of our bloggers. The whole thing did not copy over so here’s the link if anyone wants to see it.
A financial analyst fresh from a tour of construction sites in the Inland Empire is warning Wall Street of a “ghost town” where finished homes sit […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under In the news. Comments: None

I wish someone could explain to me why he has no problem approving a housing development on every corner but has a problem with something that will help preserve resources rather than delete them. Oh, I forgot, these projects won’t be built by his developer friends who filled his warchest with over a million […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Brad Mitzelfelt. Comments: None

07/03/08 00:00:00
We need a truth-in-labeling law for politics. That might prevent Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata from lying about Proposition 11, the redistricting reform measure on the November ballot. He’s trying to kill the initiative because it would make legislators more accountable to voters.
Perata won’t debate the issue on its merits, and is resorting […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Politics. Comments: None

By Daniel Weintraub - dweintraub@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B9
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Californians will get a chance to make history this November, an opportunity to seize control of their government from the politicians, handlers and consultants who have rigged the game to serve […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Politics. Comments: None

10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
By RICHARD K. DE ATLEY and BEN GOAD
The Press-Enterprise
“I would say he was someone who’s positive, encouraging during the race, one of the people who would say. ‘Keep going, you can do it.’ No one I would confide in other than just positive support.”
Banning Mayor Brenda Salas, […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Anthony Adams. Comments: None

10:17 PM PDT on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
By DUANE W. GANG
The Press-Enterprise
Eight months after Bill Postmus became assessor, his former colleagues on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors asked prosecutors to investigate possible political activity in his office.
New details — including how Postmus wanted to remain a political player and how documents […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Board of Supervisors, San Bernardino County. Comments: None

10:18 PM PDT on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
By ZEKE MINAYA
The Press-Enterprise
PDF: Read the entire report
An assessment of a San Bernardino County trade mission to China found in the recently released grand jury report raises doubts about the benefit of the trips to the county’s economy.
The review, compiled by a college professor who […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under Board of Supervisors, San Bernardino County. Comments: None