HDWD Buying “Pig in a Poke”
Yucca Valley, Ca. Well, well, well. Hi-Desert Water District President Sarann Graham is trying SO hard to end up with stinking rotten egg on her face! Leading the water district and blindly ...
Author Archives: Margo Sturges
Copper Mountain College Board Meetings-Where’s Waldo?
Joshua Tree, Ca.- OPINION- I am reminded of “Where’s Waldo” as I try to locate the posted agenda on the website for the Copper Mountain College Board of Trustee meetings and F...
Charity Begins At Home-IF You Live In Twentynine Palms
Twentynine Palms, Ca.- It was a beautiful afternoon in Twentynine Palms. The sun was setting and a gentle breeze made the palm trees gently sway in unison. I visited this city to help with the C...
Yucca Valley RDA Questions And Concerns-Town Manager, Mark Nuaimi, res...
Yucca Valley, Ca.- Several stories have been posted here on Cactus Thorns regarding the misuse by several Cities and Towns of their RDA Re-Development Funds. In a scramble to “obligate” t...
Copper Mountain College Alleged Brown Act Violations Addressed By Whis...
CMC Executive Director, Syndee Slayton, Will Present Her Evidence At The CMC Board Meeting During Public Comments. Joshua Tree, Ca.- The Copper Mountain College Foundation will hold a regular meetin...
I am my Mother’s daughter…..
Yucca Valley, Ca.- I really don’t know exactly when it happened. One day I placed an apple on a cutting board and when I looked down to slice it, I saw my Mother’s hands holding the appl...
Yucca Valley Tax Dollars Hard At Work?
March 4, 2011 Margo Sturges Yucca Valley, California 92284 Re: Request for notices of public hearings. Dear Ms. Sturges, Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.1 and 65092, the purpose...
-Etiquette Never Goes Out Of Style-A Response To Tim Humphreville
Yucca Valley, Ca.- One of our most dedicated and loyal readers of Cactus Thorns made a comment regarding this story: “Shame on Yucca Valley Town Councilman Isaac Hagerman” Link: htt...
Death of My BlackBerry. Again. Uggh!
What did we ever do before they invented these contraptions? Yucca Valley, Ca.- It started as a little stutter of the tiny mouse tracking ball on my BlackBerry phone. I had hoped it was due to my ba...
What we have heah….is a failure to communicate.
Secret Meetings behind closed doors. YUCCA VALLEY TOWN AGENCIES and HI-DESERT WATER DISTRICT HOLD SECRET MEETINGS Yucca Valley, Ca.- I wonder why I am not notified and yet I request official notifi...
Shame on Yucca Valley Town Councilman Isaac Hagerman
Citizen chastised by Yucca Valley Town Councilman Hagerman for living in a small house…………… Yucca Valley, Ca.- At last night’s Yucca Valley Town Council meetin...
Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Yucca Valley Town Council Swipe Charity CDBG Funds...
KA-CHING! KA-CHING! Yucca Valley Town Council votes to pay Code Enforcement salary/benefits with Community Block Grant Funds (CDBG) intended for assisting local non-profit charities. Yucca Valley, Ca...
I am Mad as Hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!!
“I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!” Opinion/Commentary I was shocked when I first heard these words by the actor Peter Finch who pla...
In this corner…weighing in at 185 lbs…wearing black trunks...
Yucca Valley, Cal.- Funny. I don’t remember picking a fight with the new Yucca Valley Town Manager, Mark Nuaimi. I usually don’t pick fights at all…..it is not my style. As a matte...