Sharon’s Blog

One of the bloggers sent me this. I’m wondering if anyone has links to any recent court cases here in California.
‘TRACK’ TRICK
By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief
CLICK TO ENLARGEAugust 30, 2007
A 21-year employee of the school system could lose his job after officials accused him of repeatedly leaving early - and stunned […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Public Health. Comments: 1

Fontana council needs balance
Article Launched: 08/31/2008 08:28:56 PM PDT
I read with great interest the interview of Mayor Mark Nuaimi of Fontana in the Aug. 16 newspaper. (”Nuaimi optimistic for Fontana.”)
Nuaimi made a revealing comment that answered a very disturbing question I have had. Why does Nuaimi feel compelled to continuously attack Congressman Baca? Nuaimi’s statement, […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Colton/Fontana. Comments: None

My post from a couple of nights ago seems to have hit a chord, a very flat chord, with TAD employees. I wish I could share some of the heartfelt emails I have received from employees who are so afraid of retaliation that they will not even post their anonymous comments on the blog. […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under San Bernardino County, TAD. Comments: 7

A blogger brought up a valid point in this comment regarding Wanda Nowicki. The same thought crossed my mind.
I have nothing at all against Wanda. I’ve dealt with her once ever, or at least I think I have. I’m making an assumption that Paula Nowicki has only one daughter-in-law working for the […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Neil Derry, San Bernardino County. Comments: 3

I liked this story until I got to the part about what labor unions have done for us. It should read what “some labor unions have done excluding SBPEA”!
10:00 PM PDT on Saturday, August 30, 2008
CASSIE MACDUFF
The nation celebrates Labor Day this weekend. But to me, it’s Mother’s Day.
No, I’m not making some […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Miscellaneous, SBPEA. Comments: None

This has little to do with anything except I thought it was interesting.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 08/30/2008 10:48:36 PM PDT
Gary Williamson bought his roughly 20-acre spread in the Cajon Pass about 15 years ago for the seclusion it brought. The babbling Cajon Creek flows nearby, and stands of sycamore, eucalyptus and willow trees shield […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Miscellaneous. Comments: None

I keep putting this post on the back burner for a couple of reasons, the most significant of which is that I don’t feel like all the “watch your back” emails, posts and phone calls I get everytime I do one of the “a conversation with” posts. Also, there was some information I wanted […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Jim Lindley, Public Health. Comments: None

I was trying to restore some of the photos and documents I lost last night thanks to my friends in India. I was able to easily restore everything from August, but anything before that I will have to do manually.
Part of the new blog format is the function of “Popular Posts” and one of […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Adam Aleman, Mark Kirk. Comments: None

I was just looking at the Orange County Register for news items and there was a restaurant inspection story on their front page. I can’t copy it over properly, so I’m going to just provide the link: Restaurant Inspections Granted Orange County likely has many more restaurants than we have, but I […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Public Health. Comments: None

Bipartisan effort addresses several of state’s biggest problems.
08/31/08 00:00:00
An innovative bill changing the way land-use decisions are made in California is moving through the Legislature and should land on the governor’s desk soon. It may wait there a while, since the governor is still determined to hold up most legislation until a budget deal is […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Politics. Comments: None

By Dan Walters - dwalters@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, August 31, 2008
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A3
A hoary aphorism about crime goes like this: “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.” We need a similar warning about the politics of crime: “If you won’t spend the dime, don’t whine about […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Politics. Comments: None

By Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 31, 2008
DAYTON, OHIO — As Sen. John McCain prepares to accept the Republican presidential nomination this week, his party’s four-day convention will be notable in part for who isn’t attending.
Compared with past GOP conventions, a surprising number of prominent lawmakers and candidates will stay away from […]

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Politics. Comments: None

11:56 PM PDT on Saturday, August 30, 2008
By JIM MILLER
The Press-Enterprise
More Coverage: PE.com - Politics
ST. PAUL, MINN. - Thousands of Republicans from the Inland area and around the country began arriving here Saturday for next week’s Republican National Convention to select John McCain as the party’s presidential nominee.

Posted on August 31st, 2008 under Politics. Comments: None

Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 08/30/2008 07:29:45 PM PDT
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - When Macaroni Grill and The Whole Enchilada closed earlier this year, only their most devout customers seriously mourned.
With roughly 300 eateries in this city - that’s about one restaurant per 580 residents - there’s bound to be other places with shrimp enchiladas and crayons […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under In the news. Comments: None

I listened to the presentation at the BOS and I have to admit I am one of those people who still doesn’t care. I’m glad others will save me from myself.
Themes set into November drill
Jason Pesick, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 08/30/2008 09:18:07 PM PDT
San Bernardino County officials want you to start getting ready for a […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under In the news. Comments: None

I’ve said it before, but I’ve never used an illegal substance, or a legal substance illegally, but I support medical marijuana. I think our BOS is wrong on this issue and needs to stop wasting taxpayers’ money fighting it.
Confusion confounding
It’s distressing to learn that San Bernardino law-enforcement officials continue to find “confusion” where […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Board of Supervisors, In the news. Comments: None

I have to admit I kinda like Needles’ fiestiness.”
SB County and Needles haggling over office space
Mike Cruz, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 08/30/2008 09:54:57 PM PDT
San Bernardino County has secured a month-to-month lease to house its lawyers in Needles while it progresses on a plan to build modular office space for them.
The move is the latest ripple […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Board of Supervisors, Brad Mitzelfelt. Comments: None

I have to agree with Joseph on this one.

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Politics. Comments: None

Here is the latest press release from Supervisor Gonzales:
20080827_bosd5_new_sidewalks_in_north_rialto.pdf

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Josie Gonzales. Comments: None

I thought I would take a minute and let you know where I am regarding the restaurant inspection issue. Remember, this opinion is based on the information I have received up to this point. My opinion could change drastically.
First, regarding the quality of the restaurant inspections, based on the report Jim Lindley sent […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Public Health, SBPEA. Comments: 4

I tried this format last week but could not make several necessary functions work so I went back to my old format. However, I now have it all working. I like this format specifically because of the “popular posts” function at the top of the right-hand column. I could not find another […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Miscellaneous. Comments: 3

I received an email this morning regarding Comet Tracker. It was in my spam but because I recognized the employee’s name, I opened it. Now I realize that was not the first email I’ve received regarding Comet Tracker. I know the last ones were deleted without reading them. So if you […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Public Health. Comments: 1

Remember all the nice things I said about Yahoo! the other day when they fixed my problem in a matter of minutes. Well, about 1 a.m. this morning the blog went down for no reason that we have been able to figure out. Yahoo!s call center is in Oregon and they are not […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Miscellaneous. Comments: 2

From Senator Runner:
California’s state budget is now two months overdue with the $15 billion deficit at the heart of the debate.
Republicans propose reducing state program spending, selling state assets like the Lottery and – in an effort to avoid financial crisis in the future – implement a practical spending cap to hold the line on […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under George Runner. Comments: None

I had four items in my inbox from Supervisor Mitzelfelt’s mailing list but the only one where the link worked was his newsletter. I wanted to include his press release but I kept getting HTTP 500 Internal Server Errors so this is it.
The newsletter too long to include all of it on the blog […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Brad Mitzelfelt, Town of Apple Valley. Comments: None

I haven’t posted much from any of the assemblymember’s internet newsletters because they are downright useless most of the time, with the exception of the one from Anthony Adams. However, I think Anthony has taken me off of his mailing list because it’s been a long time since I’ve received one of those. […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Wilmer Amina Carter. Comments: 1

Dutton Report Alert: Senate Republicans Reject Tax Increase
Earlier today my Republican colleagues and I rejected billions of dollars of tax increases proposed by Democrats as the 2008-09 budget was put forth for a vote on the Senate Floor.
The budget failed to get a single Republican vote and failed on a party-line 24-15 vote.

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under Miscellaneous. Comments: None

By Dan Walters - dwalters@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, August 30, 2008
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A3
The near-record political stalemate over the deficit-ridden state budget may – repeat, may – have moved a notch closer to resolution Friday even though the Senate rejected a new Democratic version.
The new version is based on […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 under In the news. Comments: None

I liked this story. No, I’m not going to suggest that the restaurant inspectors and Jim and Mark have a potluck, it simply is another example of opposing groups trying to keep the lines of communication open even under adverse conditions.
10:00 PM PDT on Friday, August 29, 2008
By JOHN ASBURY
The Press-Enterprise
As a dispute […]

Posted on August 29th, 2008 under In the news. Comments: None