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JBWD Offers a Sneak Peak of Desert Spring Flowers

February 3, 2012
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In anticipation of an early spring season, the Joshua Basin Water District invites the general public to come learn about our Morongo Basin’s native plants at our first Joshua Tree Water Wise Garden Docent meeting of 2012. Join us at the District Office on Friday, February 10th, from 3pm-4pm.  You need not be a docent to participate and enjoy the information being shared by our guest speaker, Darrell Shade, from the Joshua Tree National Park Association corps of volunteers, who also serves as a botanist instructor for the Desert Institute.  Mr. Shade has given numerous...

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Ramos and the Mexican Mafia

February 3, 2012
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And now he wants to be our Supervisor!

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Governor’s Tax Increase Initiative: Impact on School Funding

February 3, 2012
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The Governor’s budget relies on a ballot measure that authorizes a five year, half cent increase of the state sales tax and raises personal income taxes for incomes over $250,000.  While the measure purports to generate $6.9 billion for schools, a complicated funding shift means that programmatic funding for schools will remain flat. Recent independent analyses have found: Despite a proposed $6.9 billion tax increase, the state’s financial obligation to schools would be increased by just $2.5 billion in 2012-13. Education will suffer 97 percent of the Governor’s trigger...

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HDWD Pres Sarann Graham- Party Hardy!

February 3, 2012
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Hi-Desert Water District President Sarann Graham heading to Sacramento to attend a 2 hr Gala Reception at Ella’s Dining Room and Bar located in the downtown district of Sacramento using ratepayer funds! Yucca Valley, Ca.- It must be tough growing old and having missed the opportunity of being an important lobbyist working in Sacramento or Washington.  This was never my dream but apparently Hi-Desert Water District President Sarann Graham, a career politician, still dreams of the “Big Top.”  A self pro-claimed “Political Junkie,” her words, not mine, she enjoys ...

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Some Events at the Hammers

February 2, 2012
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I got this in an email from Betty, President Johnson Valley Improvement Association… The lead-up to the Griffin King of the Hammers 2012 is in full swing. By tomorrow, Hammertown will be complete, safety briefings and technical inspections will have begun, and the multitude of sponsors and vendors of equipment, parts and food will be doing a brisk business under the big top and on Vendor Row. The schedule features the new “Everyman Challenge” with stock and modified stock vehicles on Sunday, Feb. 5, and the KOH Last Chance...

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Celebrate Super Bowl Sunday With Safe and Sober Driving

February 2, 2012
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The big game can mean big fun for football fans everywhere; however, rather than waiting until the fourth quarter to designate a driver, have a plan in place before the festivities begin. “We hope everyone can enjoy the fun by designating a driver before the game begins,” said Morongo Basin CHP Area Commander Lieutenant Tim Tompkins. “The safety of your family, friends, and other motorists should be your priority.” Last year on Super Bowl Sunday, CHP officers throughout the state arrested a total of 452 motorists for driving under the influence, and unfortunately, two...

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Kwappenberg Nominated for Planning Commission

February 2, 2012
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA – Supervisor Neil Derry announced today that he would nominate Theresa Kwappenberg to the Planning Commission for the Feb. 7 board meeting. Kwappenberg is a well-respected and long-time resident of Redlands with extensive experience and knowledge about planning rules and procedures. She previously served as a commissioner from 1997-2006 and also was president of the California County Planning Commissioners Association. “Planning matters have an enormous impact on the future of our communities and their residents,” Kwappenberg said. “I believe in following the rules and documents and...

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It’s a Win-Win for Local Schools and Copper Mountain College

February 2, 2012
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The full text accompanying this graph can be found at this pdf Link. Legislative Analyst Report – California 2011-2012 Budget (scroll down 5  pages). The use of property tax increments laundered through the old draconian redevelopment agencies before being euthanized is staggering: 58% went to redevelopment agencies. Now, however, the Legislative Report estimates schools and community colleges will receive over half the revenues with the demise of redevelopment agencies. Legislative Analyst Report – California 2011-2012 Budget (scroll down 4 pages). This just may stave off another local tax increase...

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In LA it was, “Free At Last, Free At Last.”

February 1, 2012
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Plaid Revolution: Citizens Celebrate Death of Redevelopment – Hit & Run : Reason Magazine “Free at last!” exclaimed a Los Angeles gadfly as victims of eminent domain flocked into L.A. City Hall to celebrate the abolition of California’s redevelopment agencies. Today is VR day, the date on which the Golden State’s more than 400 redevelopment agencies must dissolve themselves. In Los Angeles, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA) will lay off 192 employees, leaving behind nothing but destruction,wasteland, and bad debt. Many cities are in even worse shape than L.A. Today the East...

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And so the Defaults on Tax Allocation Bonds Begins

February 1, 2012
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Hercules defaults on redevelopment bond payment – San Jose Mercury News The Hercules Redevelopment Agency is in default on a $2.4 million bond interest payment due today. “It was inevitable there would be a default because there’s not enough tax increment,” City Manager Steve Duran said late Tuesday after a session in Contra Costa Superior Court in Martinez with the bond insurer, Ambac Assurance Corp. The redevelopment agency’s bond debt obligations have exceeded revenue from property tax increments in recent years, and as of this week, the agency’s non-housing...

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