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Joshua Tree Philharmonic Spring Season Begins February 13 – Musicians Encouraged to Audition for Open Positions

February 5, 2012
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JPHIL-Phantom

JOSHUA TREE, CA – Following the extremely popular performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker this past December, the Joshua Tree Philharmonic Orchestra reconvenes to begin its spring rehearsal schedule and performances on Monday, February 13th at 6:00 pm. The JPHIL has grown to over 50 members and extends an invitation for new potential members to dust off their instruments, tune up, and join returning members for an organizational meeting beginning at 6 pm that night in the Blak Box Theater at the Hi-Desert Cultural Center in Joshua Tree. This season...

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

February 2, 2012
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It’s a Win-Win for Local Schools and Copper Mountain College

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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Cultural Center & Morongo Basin Rotary Clubs Announce 2012 Music Scholarship & Regional Winners

January 26, 2012
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Cultural Center & Morongo Basin Rotary Clubs Announce 2012 Music Scholarship & Regional Winners

JOSHUA TREE, CA – The Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s Desert Music Foundation celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its Scholarship Concerts and Recitals by awarding $800.00 in music scholarships on Saturday, January 21st at the Center’s Blak Box Theater. The first place scholarship award went to vocalist Sasha Reavis from Palm Springs; second place went to violinist Hannah Yaghoubian from Rancho Mirage; and third place went to pianist Alyssa Peacock from 29 Palms. In addition to the three scholarships awarded, twenty-one participants performed in front of a live audience, of which...

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Commercial solar farms in neighborhoods nixed

January 19, 2012
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Commercial solar farms in neighborhoods nixed

Unlike Hesperia, the City Council in 29 has miserably failed their constituency. Hesperia nixes commercial solar farms near homes HESPERIA • The city’s rules allowing windmills and solar panels in residential neighborhoods are meant for residents’ use, not for commercial firms looking to build on now-inexpensive residential land. Two years after those rules were approved  by the Hesperia City Council, current members clarified their position at Tuesday night’s ting when they shot down a request for a company to build solar farms near homes. “The actions that we take...

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29 Palms celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

January 16, 2012
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29 Palms celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Love, Activism,  Nonviolence and Diversity. Mayor John Cole gave a moving and elegant speech today. Twentynine Palms celebrated MLK Day in a street march, and then with ceremonies, speakers, entertainment and a fine lunch for all. Thanks to the half dozen local churches that sponsored the celebration, and to Palms Baptist Church for hosting the community celebration. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a Federal holiday. Today there was a sizable community turnout. I haven’t seen so many friendly and smiling faces in town. The lunch in the community...

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A clue for a delusional 29 City Hall kleptocracy

January 14, 2012
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A clue for a delusional 29 City Hall kleptocracy

Chief Administrative Officer, Los Angeles:   “The reality of the situation is the (agency) as we know it is dead,” he said. “And I think it’s time for us to take it off of the machine.” Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky:   “It was only a matter of time before redevelopment activities prompted a backlash. You had a good thing going for a long time and you got greedy.” L.A. council won’t absorb redevelopment agency By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times (January 12, 2012) Fearing a new financial burden in...

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29 Palms: Careless oversight or stealth abuse of power?

January 13, 2012
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29 Palms: Careless oversight or stealth abuse of power?

“The bucks stops at the City Manager’s desk.” TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA  – The City breached its pledge to the community to provide public access to videos of Council Meetings. A friendly call earlier this week to the City Clerk’s Office resulted in being informed that the video would be up within 48 hours. That expired Thursday. Today is Friday. The City is  dark. Dark until Tuesday, January 17. Some will believe there is a conspiracy of some sort or a stealth abuse of power somewhere up the line on...

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So… What’s the plan gentlemen?

January 10, 2012
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So… What’s the plan gentlemen?

PREDICTION… Twentynine Palms, California Tonight’s Twentynine Palms City Council meeting is going to be harbinger of a meeting –  foreshadowing future events. They will  sidestep the mandate to set up strict deadlines for dissolving the City’s exRDA; they will try and undermined the requirements of AB1x26; they will stall. The City has already relied on very bad advice from legal council. Imprudent and self-serving advise — in my opinion — which the record will reflect has racked in thousands and thousand of dollars for Rutan and Tucker when they...

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29 Palms: A fair and unbiased Successor Committee is indispensable

January 8, 2012
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29 Palms: A fair and unbiased Successor Committee is indispensable

The fuel of Project Phoenix is pure egotism. The City Council has literally driven the ExRDA playhouse into the ground.  As such, the City is associated with a local government of special interest, by special interest, and for special interests. Come Tuesday January 10, will the city follow the explicit mandates of California law, or will it continue head-butting the community, flagrantly mocking California law and ignoring a Supreme Court decisions by stonewalling legislation that successfully exterminated ExRDAs and redirect those funds back to schools and special taxing districts...

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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Eric Burdon, joins exciting slate of artists performing for Desert Stories V in Joshua Tree

January 8, 2012
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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Eric Burdon, joins exciting slate of artists performing for Desert Stories V in Joshua Tree

JOSHUA TREE, CA – The legendary Desert Stories spoken word event returns for its fifth year to the Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s Blak Box Theater on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 7pm.  The event traditionally sells out, and this year is expected to be no exception as the event features exciting new eclectic and celebrity artists.  Tickets are now on sale for Desert Stories V, a benefit fundraiser to help rebuild the historic and newly named Kaye Ballard Theater. “Spoken Word” is a popular form of literary art or artistic...

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