Tag Archives: CFO Frank Luckino

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HDWD Luckino plays Santa with Ratepayer Fund$

December 24, 2011
Yucca Valley, Ca.- CFO/AGM Frank Luckino of the Hi-Desert Water District made sure his deficit budget stuffed more stockings of the Staff of the HDWD, including his own, with merit raises of 3.5% plu...

HDWD Raises Water Rates! Adding $360,000 Income!

September 3, 2011
Yucca Valley, Ca.- How about those recent water bills you received for July and August from the Hi-Desert Water District? The water rates were increased for residential and commercial users, but not ...

HDWD CFO Luckino Promoted to Asst. General Manager

May 26, 2011
NEW HDWD POSITION WILL FORCE MAYOR PRO-TEM FRANK LUCKINO TO STEP DOWN FROM YUCCA VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL Yucca Valley, Ca.- At last evening’s Special Board meeting of the Hi-Desert Water District, ...
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HDWD Highest Water Users Receive 30% Discount

May 23, 2011
CONTINUED DISCOUNT WATER RATES FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS VIOLATES PROP 218   OPINION/COMMENTARY Yucca Valley, Ca.- The Hi-Desert Water District will be looking at more red ink with another deficit budget...
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HDWD Buying “Pig in a Poke”

March 15, 2011
      Yucca Valley, Ca.  Well, well, well.  Hi-Desert Water District President Sarann Graham is trying SO hard to end up with stinking rotten egg on her face!  Leading the water district and blindly ...
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HDWD Fails to Deliver (as advertised)-Opinion

January 24, 2011
Yucca Valley, Ca- Opinion and my observations of a recent outreach meeting. At the recent outreach meeting of the Wastewater Treatment & Reclamation Project for the Hi-Desert Water District, ther...

Herbel to Hagerman’s Rescue Feb 1st

January 20, 2011
Yucca Valley, Ca.- Politics makes for strange bedfellows.  In a strange twist of fate, past Mayor Pro-tem, Lori Herbel, may have to come to the rescue of newly elected Councilman Isaac Hagerman. Huh?...
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Abundance of Low Hanging Fruit…..

January 11, 2011
Yucca Valley, Ca.-Happy New Year to everyone!  Yes, I know we are nearing two weeks into the month and I am overwhelmed with the easy pickins of  stories to write about.  What’s a girl to do? I...

HDWD Hands Out Lumps of Coal-Sewer Assessments

December 23, 2010
  Yucca Valley, Ca.- Did you feel warm and fuzzy all over at the Hi-Desert Water District meeting last week? There was plenty of Christmas spirit promised but the Grinch came by to dash the hopes of ...
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HDWD Director Bob Stadum Conflicted-Recuse Thyself!

December 22, 2010
  Recuse Thyself  Bob Stadum! Hi-Desert Water Director Conflicted….again!   Yucca Valley, Ca.-At the December 8th  joint meeting of the Hi-Desert Water District and the Town of Yucca Valley Tow...