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Here is the letter…… DICK

May 7, 2012
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  Subject: RE: Twentynine Palms ROPS deficiency letter From: Administrative Officer Date: Mon, May 07, 2012 2:39 pm To: Dan OBrien Dear Mr. O’Brien, The Department of Finance received the following requested dated May 1, 2012. Your request seeks an electronic copy of any letters of deficiency or compliance concerning the City of Twentynine Palms Successor Agency ROPS dated approximately April 10, 2012. Finance has one responsive letter, which is attached. . Sincerely, Jeanna Wimberly Administrative Officer Department of Finance (916) 445-xxxx ext 3xx1 —–Original Message—– From: Dan OBrien...

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Look the Man’s Nuts….. Grab’em

May 7, 2012
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We have reported here that Richard Warne was sent a letter denying Project Phoenix as listed in the Recognized Obligations Payment Schedule (ROPS) . The April 27, 2012 letter it appears was received per the Department of Finance, some days ago by Richard Warne and DOC confirms that Warne indeed received the letter at his office. It is yet to be made public by the Oversight Board Contact Person, City Manager Richard Warne. Warne has denied to have received the letter and is withholding the letter from the public and...

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Here’s your sign

May 7, 2012
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Its 2:00 AM, Someone says, “Hey I got an idea, lets go scrap the copper from a SCE Sub-Station.” Back on Saturday morning, May 5, 2012, at about 2:00 AM, a man received electrical burn injuries while attempting to remove copper wiring from an electrical relay station on Stoddard Ave., just south of Rialto Ave., in the city of San Bernardino. Michael Morga Garcia, a 26 year old resident of San Bernardino, was transported by ambulance to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead Sunday evening, May 6th,...

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Keeping the Oversight Board’s Nose to the Grindstone

May 6, 2012
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I do not think that the members of 29 Palms or Yucca Valley successor Agency Oversight Boards understand their responsibilities. The whole idea of doing away with Redevelopment Agencies was to end the State’s  back-filling the tax money lost in the property Tax Increment that was being siphoned off by the Redevelopment Schemes. If the members of the Oversight Board do not represent their agency interests who will? The Oversight members need to  demand that Successor Boards quickly and completely shut down the RDAs and if need be, sell off...

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Enough Blame to Go Around

May 5, 2012
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With the posting of the general tenor and basic information found in the Department of  Finance Letter concerning the most recent 29 Palms ROPS some very obvious observations can be made. Shame on the Local Media for not doing their job.  It was left to the Bloggers of Cactus Thorns to ferret out the story. Thanks to Cora Heiser, Steve Spear, Branson Hunter and others who researched and constantly warned us all about the impending doom. The Oversight Board is the most disappointing in that they rubber stamped the dumbest single financial document to be proffered by...

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Nothing but a pair of Tennis Shoes and a Smile

May 1, 2012
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Oatman, AZ– Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies arrested George Henry Coons, 44, of Oatman, Saturday (4/28) afternoon for indecent  exposure, felony. While deputies were speaking with a motorist in the area of Oatman Highway and Quail Drive, the motorist reported a naked man in the area.  Deputies turned and observed a white male subject wearing nothing but a pair of brown tennis shoes while he was holding a can of beer. Deputies detained the male subject and escorted him from the main street to a side street away from the public.  Deputies observed...

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Operation River Walk: “For I was hungry and you gave me food…”

May 1, 2012
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On the last day, Jesus will say to those on His right hand, “Come, enter the Kingdom. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was sick and you visited me.” Then Jesus will turn to those on His left hand and say, “Depart from me because I was hungry and you did not feed me, I was thirsty and you did not give me to drink, I was sick and you did not visit me.” These will ask...

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Another one bites the dust: Cotati scrambles after state rejects redevelopment plans | PressDemocrat.com

April 30, 2012
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Cotati’s population as of the 2010 Census was 7,265, making it the smallest incorporated community in Sonoma County. Got that boys…. 29 is a metropolis next to this place.   Cotati, CA– Cotati’s City Hall’s plan to remake its downtown with $3.7 million in what were redevelopment funds have taken a blow with the state’s rejection of the city’s proposal. The city had submitted to the state two projects — a $1.8 million traffic roundabout plan and a $1.9 million proposal to build a downtown train station, contending both are “enforceable obligations,” meaning Cotati’s...

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State Controller orders 29 Palms to Reverse Property Transfers

April 30, 2012
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 The April 20, 2012 order from state Controller John Chiang to successor agencies of county and city redevelopment agencies that reads, in part: “If your city, county or agency, directly or indirectly, received any assets from a redevelopment agency after Jan. 1, 2011, your city, county, or agency hereby is ordered to immediately reverse the transfer and return the applicable assets to the successor agency of the relevant redevelopment agency.”… …According to Chiang’s letter, the state order does not apply “if your city, county, or agency has, prior to June...

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The Letter is just days away

April 30, 2012
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…Department of Finance spokesman H.D. Palmer said local Successor agency’s lists were being reviewed. The first review is supposed to be done within three days. “If we find we need more time, then we notify (them) and another clock starts running off 10 calendar days, during which we will seek further information, clarification or validation of the items we flagged,” he said. The state has received lists from a little over half of the state’s former redevelopment agencies. Thirty-four were “auto-denied” for missing information, 114 have been completed and...

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Area Residents take field trip to local water districts

April 26, 2012
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The Mojave Water Agency (MWA) , in conjunction with the Alliance for Water Awareness and Conservation (AWAC) toured with local residents to Joshua Basin Water District, Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency, County Special Districts Water and Sanitation, and Hi-Desert Water District for a comprehensive look at the business of obtaining safe drinking water in the Morongo Basin on April 24th.  This was the third annual event of its kind, and was offered as a free public service. Attendees were given “the big picture” in a condensed format that left most...

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Are the standards too high to be a 29 Palms Firefighter?

April 26, 2012
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  The Yreka Volunteer Fire Department The Yreka Volunteer Fire Department began as the Siskiyou Hook & Ladder Company Number 1 in 1856. At that time, all of the engines and equipment were privately owned by the 30 volunteer members of the company. In 1924, the Siskiyou Hook & Ladder Company was officially reorganized as the Yreka Volunteer Fire Department. The tradition of a Volunteer Fire Department has been preserved for its entire 152-year history. Today, the Department is authorized to have 50 volunteers; however, the active roster consists...

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Larry Gives up a C-Note to the Boy Scouts

April 24, 2012
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Our friend Larry Briggs is one of those surprising guys. The winners of the Trash for Cash contest , Boy Scout Troop 229 received $300 bucks from both the City of 29 and Burtec and the blogs biggest fan chipped in another Hundred Bucks out of his own pocket. Just when you think you know everything about a guy…. he goes and does something really nice like that…. What a guy!!!! I don’t know how to tell you folks but the Council approved that monstrosity of a sign. Yeppers...

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Update #3: Carl Hoyer Captured on Shadow Mountain

April 21, 2012
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Update #3: Nancy, the victim’s sister reports that he is breathing on his own. He did not know either the suspect or the women subject in this story. That the victim is not the spouse of the woman in the report and had gone to help the woman. He is friends with the woman and was there to help her move.  He did not know the suspect. Update #2: From our friend Donna: The victim is NOT dead but is in critical condition. The woman I saw with the detective was NOT the victims wife....

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