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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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29 Palms: Sweet Victory with a Sour Aftermath

December 30, 2011
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29 Palms: Sweet Victory with a Sour Aftermath

Obituary: The Gary Daigneault RDA City Playhouse Slush Fund Opinion / Commentary Rutan and Tucker has  failed the city. They have given bad advice. Can it be denied? They have left taxpayers  with an unbelievable 30 year mega-million dollar debt. They are not too big to get the boot. The City Council has created a $13-15 million debt — all the while special interest and other were pulling the strings. City Council incompetence? You bet. They, too, need to get the boot. “A fine mess you’ve gotten us into...

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Questionable Redevelopment in Twentynine Palms

December 8, 2011
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Questionable Redevelopment in Twentynine Palms

  Desert Star Weekly (12-7-11), by Hans-Gustav Schwartz   29 Palms Project Phoenix: Questionable Redevelopment Project Undead 29 Palms, CA– Project Phoenix – an ambitious redevelopment plan underway to install curbs, sidewalks and scenic walkway paths on the South side of Highway 62 – has hit a brick wall. And, troubling questions have been raised about its genesis.The State of California passed laws to disband local redevelopment projects. Now cities across the Golden State are scrambling in an attempt to avoid returning these millions of dollars back to the...

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What’s with that tar pot and all them feathers?

December 4, 2011
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Contributor’s Note (12-06-11): The introductory text to this article did not move the story forward and it fell short of adding clarity to the subject matter.  It was removed. A Dashboard backup of the original is saved.   By Branson The Big Swindle.  Cora was right! Early this morning I was researching Cactus Thorns archives. Two articles caught my attention. Blogger Cora Hieser, much like Paul Revere, sounded an early warning. It wasn’t the British she warned the city about, it was the chicanery of Twentynine Palms City Council...

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The Caligula Factor

December 2, 2011
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The Caligula Factor, the plundering of public funds  TWENTYNINE PALMS (12-02-11)  – Today on the KCDZ Close-Up Show Theater 29 Board Member, Gary Daigneault, once again announced that the City’s planned performing arts theater complex would be turned over to Theatre 29. But when I spoke earlier this week to Theater Board Member, Brian Tabeling,  he said “it’s up in the air”. Which Theater Directors is dispensing correct information? Why is it the public has to rely on special interest individuals to get public information? The city council isn’t...

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Project Phoenix Community Meeting: Birth of an Albatross

November 30, 2011
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Project Phoenix Community Meeting: Birth of an Albatross

TWENTYNINE PALMS (Nov 30, 2011)  – It’s reborn! A proposed all new “Community Center Complex” of massive proportions staggering to the mind. I wonder what James Cagney would think?  A treasured 29 Palms theatrical  icon who lived through the Great Depression unlike bloomers of today. Being frugal isn’t an option with the 29 Palms City Council or the City Manager. The cost of running this massive steel superstructure, with a proposed beehive of multi-activities housed in its guts,  is going to be akin to running a casino. The costs...

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The Good, the Bad and Twentynine Palms

November 28, 2011
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Commentary | Twentynine Palms  Detective Colombo said it best, “This just doesn’t add up.” Upland is the GOODfor being responsible with taxpayer money; California  League of Cities is the the BAD for selfishly plundered taxpayer’s RDA funds over the years like drunken Wall Street Hedge Fund thieves, and the UGLY, Twentynine Palms, for an outrageous redevelopment plan that enriching local special interests, duplicating city buildings, and for masterminding a wickedly repressive 30-year RDA Bond debt to pay for it! TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA – Unlike the men-at-war on the 29...

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The sheiks of Twentynine… “All in favor say I”

October 11, 2011
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The sheiks of Twentynine… “All in favor say I”

Five of the greatest minds of the 21st Century will bite the leather tonight as they take their seats at the Twentynine Palms City Council meeting. The five sheiks will vote on what is to be the most important issue every to face the desert village of 29 Palms. The City Council Redevelopment agency meets tonight in regular session for another mind-bending vote. Should the great thinkers of our time “ to install a city council meeting electronic voting system”? Or should the council continue conducting votes the old...

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Events: Motorcycle Scavenger Hunt / Free Rabies Shots

October 4, 2011
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Pioneer Days 2011 – Motorcycle Scavenger Hunt October 16, 8:00 am. Registration begins at 7:30 The Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce is eager to announce that the Pioneer Days 2011 Motorcycle Scavenger Hunt taking place on Sunday, October 16, 8:00 am. Registration begins at 7:30 am at Desert Cycle Works, 6231 Octotillo Ave., in Twentynine Palms. The scavenger hunt items and locations will all be within approximately 100 miles of Twentynine Palms. Each item or location will be assigned a point value. Collect the most points to WIN! The...

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