Category Archives: Project Phoenix

Tick Tock… Tick Tock….. Throwing a wrench into the works&#...

May 23, 2012

I had pretty much thought that last night would turn out as it did but was pleasantly surprised to hear about Jay Corbin’s vote against the grain. That took some real leadership and I applaud him for...

We’ve got morons on our team

May 23, 2012

As predicted the Twentynine Palms City Council voted last night to enter into a contract with itself as the RDA Successor Agency by a 4-1 vote to keep Project Phoenix listed on the ROPS. Jay Corbin t...

I guess we are going to have to start writing this in Crayon for the C...

May 21, 2012

Hey listen Council Members, Oversight Board members and those interested in honest government… We are not writing this stuff just to bitch, but we write because this is information that is not ...

Missing Persons Alert! Where’s the Leadership of the 29 Palms Ci...

May 20, 2012

Why can’t the Staff at Twentynine Palms accept that the state has said no to Project Phoenix?  Why would a team of lawyers and consultants admit to not understanding the word, No? Why would Cit...

Please put the Brakes On!!!!!

May 20, 2012

The following is why the City Council needs to cut ties with Rutan and Tucker, and RSG Inc. Below is a  Staff Report for this weeks Council Meeting (May 22, 2012). These guys are positioning our city...

Local Radio Station Reports Warne makes 4th appeal to DoF

May 14, 2012

This morning Gary Daigneault has reported on KCDZ-FM that Warne has commissioned yet another Appeal to the Department of Finance to pay for Project Phoenix. It swings from ridiculous to sublime, as t...

Let’s Recap this Project Phoenix thing

May 12, 2012

This Project Phoenix Bond Scam thing has consumed a huge hunk of time over the last couple of years and disrupted lives of the City Council, Staff, A. Patrick Munoz, and the Bloggers here at CactusTh...

Gary Daigneault has his facts wrong?

May 12, 2012

I opened up the following email this morning from the guy who began the costly and contentious playhouse Project Phoenix. Yes, the man who set in motion the 30 year bond debt that stole $30 million f...

Excuse me – You said What?

May 11, 2012

I was looking over the various news stories regarding the Council meeting of Tuesday, May 8, 2012. I found what I imagine is a quote on Z107.7. Let me post it here for you to ponder: “He (Warne...

What to Do, What to Do, What to Do?

May 10, 2012

What do you do as an elected official when it becomes crystal clear that you have been given bad advice by individuals that are paid handsomely to give you good advice? One can and does understand mi...

The Fat Lady Has Sung, Project Phoenix is out!!!!

May 10, 2012

   I received the below email from our request to DOF in accordance with the California Public Records Act. For the THIRD TIME…. Project Phoenix is OVER!!! Done, dead finished. From: Suess...

29 Palms City Manager threatens to sue the State

May 9, 2012

Richard Warne threatened “to sue the State over the issue” of  Project Phoenix. A. Patrick Munoz and Rutan & Tucker may once again rake in tens of thousand if not hundreds of thousands more from ...

Yo Tony!! You are wrong…

May 9, 2012

I have been reading Mr. Munoz’s letter to the Department of Finance and find that it falls way short  of  supporting the City’s belief that the Bonds are tied to Project Phoenix or that P...

Try as they might……

May 8, 2012

I feel like Sally Fields at the Oscars…. You like me…. you really like me.. Its a shock to find one day you come to a City Council Meeting and people actually gathered around me instead o...