I did a small entry on this a while back. Finally a couple of mainstream newspapers caught on. The Press Enterprise wrote a nice editorial Saturday chastising the board members. Note: In the Sun article Hansberger claims that Mitzelfelt WILL TAKE THE INCREASE if elected. He’s been quite pious thus […]

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These guys are cracking me up. Is it just me or do the BIA boys seem to be not getting along? I guess there are too many egos over there.
From the Red County San Bernardino Blog:
BOS 3 Flash: Imploding - Hansberger Dropped From Slate
Posted by: SB Veritas | 05/03/2008 10:56 PM
The Faith, Family, […]

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By ZEKE MINAYA and IMRAN GHORI
The Press-Enterprise
Over the last few years, serving as a San Bernardino County supervisor has become more lucrative.
Supervisors now receive compensation packages — including salary, car and cell phone allowances, and retirement and medical benefits — that compare favorably to most county boards in Southern California, taxpayer advocates and government […]

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By DUANE W. GANG
The Press-Enterprise
Colonies Partners, the Rancho Cucamonga-based developer that received a $102 million settlement from San Bernardino County in late 2006, is in the midst of a political spending spree.
The company once again is donating money to its former adversaries after having avoided contributions to county supervisors during the height of a […]

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This is what started this discussion:

I found this to be amusing. You see, I was the captain’s secretary when on February 14, 1986 a wedding took place where a sheriff’s deputy and a dispatcher were married. After the wedding another sheriff’s employee accused one or more deputies of raping her. By the […]

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Okay folks, I’ve been receiving various emails and phone calls regarding what people have heard about the contract. I cannot verify anything but I am going to address the biggest rumor and that is that Bob is negotiating with the BOS to eliminate the flexible benefit plan. I do not know if that […]

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I’ve started getting phone calls and emails from those who have friends on the bargaining team. What I’m hearing is very disturbing. It sounds like Bob Blough is trying to sell out employees once again, especially older employees, single employees, and retirees. Fortunately, from what I hear there are a couple team […]

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I hope to have a more readable chart up soon, but for now:
DATE PAYEE CONTEST POSITION PAYMENT TYPE AMOUNT
08/21/2007 COMMITTEE TO ELECT GARY OVITT SUPERVISOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR 4 SUPPORT MONETARY $6,000.00
04/18/2007 HANSBERGER FOR SUPERVISOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR 3 SUPPORT MONETARY $5,000.00
04/18/2007 PAUL BIANE FOR SUPERVISOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR 2 SUPPORT MONETARY $5,000.00
05/22/2007 COMMITTEE TO ELECT BRAD MITZELFELT […]

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Have you seen the lastest release from SBPEA? Let’s see. Back in September, the SBPEA General manager guaranteed that if you passed a dues increase, you were going to get a great contract because that money was going to be used to bribe all five members of the Board of Supervisors. He […]

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I was as disappointed as anyone about the Fifth District race. But as I think about it, that is probably the best district for it to happen in. Let’s face it. Josie does not have a mind of her own. She will do whatever the boys tell her to do. […]

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Another example of our elected leaders thinking they know what we want better than we know what we want: Shame on the BOS!
Victorville’s $56 million boondoggle? Victorville
Apparently you don’t want to get hurt out at the river: Needles Hospital
First and Third Supervisorial Races: Two Supes
How another state is handling Medicare for those […]

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The two largest unions that represent San Bernardino County employees are/will be negotiating new contracts for close to 17,000 county employees this year. Those unions are the San Bernardino Public Employees Association and the Safety Employees Benefit Association. Last year I was part of a battle to keep SBPEA from raising members’ dues […]

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The filing period has passed and now we know the slate of candidates for each of the supervisorial districts: Press Enterprise It’s time to ax the incumbents and bring some new life to San Bernardino County,
This is a very interesting story about the county’s Department of Children’s Services: Child Abuse or Not?
This […]

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“Counting to Three” is a euphemism in county government referring to the concept that only three votes need to be bought for most major decisions made by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. If three members of the Board of Supervisors can be persuaded by whatever means necessary to go along with what […]

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