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MORRISON ILL. Paint the town draws record crowd

September 20, 2010
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MORRISON ILL. Paint the town draws record crowd

Morrison ILL– 1500 young people gathered recently in Morrison to paint the town. At as little as $10 bucks a pop kids got 5 bottles of paint chalk and the official OK to paint the town…. or at least a 5 foot square piece of the town. saukvalley.com | Paint the Town draws record crowd By SAM SMITH MORRISON – The streets shone brightly this weekend, as the afternoon sun bounced off more than 1,500 paintings rendered on the city’s bustling streets and storefronts. Morrison’s biggest tourist draw, Paint...

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Community Radio Visited: Coffee with Gary and Branson

September 17, 2010
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coffeeillo

Thanks for dropping in Gary. I serve the best brew of coffee in the neighborhood. I think you’ll like this dark roast. It’s a rich and flavorful premium Arabica blend grown in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. At least that’s what it says on the container. Here’s why I invited you over.  Your community radio show the other day was pure Machiavellian dirty politics. Your old crony city council hopeful Jay Corbin was on the show Friday that you hosted. He  has the not so charitable distinction...

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Inept or corrupt?

September 10, 2010
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Inept or corrupt?

Recent City Council meetings have caught the attention of the majority of the voters. The actions that we have seen recently seem to give credence to the long standing belief that Twentynine Palms’governing body operates like a ”good ol’ boys club” serving their own interest instead of the interest of the citizens of  Twentynine Palms. Anyone attending the August 31st city council meeting, left there believing that someone at city hall had led Mel Berlin to believe that he had financial support for the chalk fest, even before it...

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Big Bully walking…

September 9, 2010
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Big Bully walking…

By now most people have read Mel Berlin’s email sent to 29 Palms City Manager Mike Tree. And you’ve read the other posts put up in Cactus Thorns concerning these bizarre turn of events with the City Manager, City Council and Mel Berlin. Then you know he’s back, the same guy, for more tax money. He dumped the name of Action Council 29 and his  group came up with a brand new name. In Berlin’s Sept 7 e-mail to City Manager Mike Tree, the city was notified that Action...

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Coffee with Mel and Branson

September 5, 2010
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coffeeillo

The chief organizer for Action Council 29 raised a really good question during last Wednesday’s council meeting. He queried why those whom disagree with him didn’t have any of their own suggestions for Chalk-Fest. Here are some suggestions Mr. Berlin. 1. The beer garden thing should be put to rest. Good for making money, bad for the community. 2. Plan something really, really cool for the kids. You guy are artists so you can come up with something? Don’t charge any money for this event. Families are hurting in...

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Defending the Constitution: Chalk this one up to a 1st Amendment Fight

September 4, 2010
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Defending the Constitution: Chalk this one up to a 1st Amendment Fight

Twentynine Palms, Ca– The problem with the Chalkapalooza fiasco, is it brings out the very worst in some very good people. What we have here, is in our own small way, is  the Tea Party against the Red Coats. The Chalk-Fest argument had nothing to do with whether I liked Mel Berlin or Action Council 29 and everything to do with the 1st Amendment principle of a separation of church/non-profits and the State. The comments of Mel Berlin and Mr. Miller made in the local Desert Trail News Paper...

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Information: Special Council Meeting Tonight

August 31, 2010
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world order

* REGARDING  THE CHALK-FEST AFFAIR * I read the following comments early this morning from one of our local 29 Councilmen and publisher of The Sun Runner, the  talented Steve Brown. Said comments were posted in a  THORNS blog entitled The New “Strategery“. I apologize to Councilman Spear and Steve Brown for taking their comments out of the comment section and posting it in a new header. That is done on occasion. However, I would have preferred to of clear it first with the parties but it was too...

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