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Executive Compensation and Brown Act Requirements

May 13, 2013 1 comment

Hanson Bridgett LLP opined this little ditty: In the wake of the City of Bell executive compensation scandal, the Legislature has taken aggressive steps to protect against future abuse by gov...

29 Palms: Your Development Code

May 7, 2013

Let me start my characterizing the relationship between the General Plan and the Development Code. The General Plan is a long-range policy document that looks at the future of the city. The Developme...

What’s Prop 218 Say?

January 25, 2013

Proposition 218 Description: In November 1996, California voters passed Proposition 218, the “Right to Vote on Taxes Act”. This constitutional amendment protects taxpayers by limiting the methods by ...

	michaelv on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% Cronyism and special interests will plague the city until one of two things happen: 1. The City runs out of ...
	Branson Hunter on City manager says he wasn’t pushed to resign No the buck doesn't stop with independent legal counsel, it stops with the five elected decision makers -- and it's ...
	Mark Clemons on City manager says he wasn’t pushed to resign If we have a problem with our city, what do intelligent folks do when they have a problem? Not a ...
	Mark Clemons on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% come on "The Warne years were plagued with cronyism and special interest" please tell me what years of city hood ...
	michaelv on Redevelopment Lawsuits hits 100 Mark Maybe Mr. Harris would like to park one of the fire trucks no longer in use in his driveway and ...
	Branson Hunter on Redevelopment Lawsuits hits 100 Mark Nine days left and the village becomes a heedless fire trap. We have a city council utterly unconcerned about the ...
	Dan OBrien on Redevelopment Lawsuits hits 100 Mark Well go figure..... The council had the choice.... they felt it was a better investment to spend the $200,000 Windfall ...
	michaelv on Redevelopment Lawsuits hits 100 Mark Right Dan, and the Attorneys, with their powerful firms have convinced the cities that they have the solution. If you ...