Luckino Leaves HDWD for Blythe
BREAKING NEWS! Yucca Valley, Ca.- Frank Luckino is leaving the Hi-Desert Water District the first week in June for a new position in the city of Blythe. Recently promoted to the position of Assistan...
Category Archives: Yucca Valley
Water District to Receive Balanced Budget
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- At the regular board meeting of June 5, 2013, Hi-Desert Water District Assistant General Manager/Chief Financial Officer Frank Luckino will present another balanced budget to the ...
Tale of three cities facing public scrutiny (Yucca Valley, 29 Palms, S...
Morongo Basin residents are facing the same inchoate problems with our elected officials as voters are in the City of San Bernardino. The dog art image shown to the left is pretty much a classic exa...
Defiant Against Citizens, Abel Kills Political Future
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- The resignation of Councilman Chad Mayes left a vacancy of over 3 1/2 years on the dais. The council, led by Mayor George Huntington, chose to appoint instead of calling for an ...
How Did We Get Here in only 3 Years?
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- Here is some background for first time readers: the “Sky Harbor Four” are the elected or appointed Council members that live/have lived in the high-end residential are...
The Pick of the Letters
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- An observation of the local newspaper’s decision of which letters to publish, print, post on the web or add their “fact-check” comment points to a definite bias,...
HDWD Director Graham Reckless with Sewer Costs
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- At the Hi-Desert Water District board meeting of May 15, 2013, Director Sarann Graham revealed her loyalty to Town Manager Mark Nuaimi sitting in the audience instead of the voter...
Publisher of The Sun Runner strikes desert gold, while Twentynine Palm...
There are two new happenings in the Basin of historic proportions about to unfold before our eyes. Look for the new PBS TV production to be airing soon called “The Real Desert TV Show” produced by Su...
HDWD $melly $ewer Bu$inesss
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- For the past few months, the Hi-Desert Water District has been keeping their noses to the grindstone and keeping their heads down except for Director Sarann Graham weighing in ag...
Recall Movement Advances
YUCCA VALLEY-Ron Cohen, lead proponent and spokesman delivered Proof of Publication with blank copies of two recall petitions to Yucca Valley Town Clerk, Jamie Anderson. This prescribed step by the S...
Jeff Drozd Acting Up Again!
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- Councilman George Huntington is one of two recently served with Recall notices by Concerned Citizens of Yucca Valley. Not cited as a reason for Recall, but should have been, is hi...
Local Lincoln Club Jeopardizes Mayes Campaign
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- The Morongo Basin Lincoln Club has taken steps to question the reasons supporting the Yucca Valley Recall movement without learning the facts, which are a matter of public record....
Let’s Budget Nuaimi’s Termination for Fiscal 2012/2013.
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- Having been inspired by our neighbors to the east with the termination of their city manager, Richard Warne, I have been contacted by citizens asking the costs to terminate town m...
Manager Attempts to Intercept Service
Yucca Valley, Ca.- The local newspaper is trying to rewrite history by reporting incorrect information. One version appears in print on the Hi-Desert Star, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 and there have been ...