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Defiant Against Citizens, Abel Kills Political Future

May 20, 2013 no comments

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- The resignation of Councilman Chad Mayes left a vacancy of over 3 1/2 years on the dais. The council, led by Mayor George Huntington, chose to appoint instead of calling for an ...

How Did We Get Here in only 3 Years?

May 19, 2013 1 comment

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- Here is some background for first time readers: the “Sky Harbor Four” are the elected or appointed Council members that live/have lived in the high-end residential are...

Recall Makes National News

May 3, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.- Reports of the Yucca Valley effort by Concerned Citizens made the evening news of KMIR Channel 6 in Palm Springs and another television station out of Indio during the Yucca Valley...

Councilman Robert Lombardo-RECALL!

April 30, 2013

YuccaValleyRecall.com- During the public comment section of this evening’s town council meeting, Robert Lombardo (Photo-L) was served with a Notice of Intent to Circulate a Petition to recall a...

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The Smell of Napalm in the Air…Recall in Yucca Valley

April 30, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- A Notice of Intent to Circulate a Recall Petition was served to Councilman George Huntington at his residence in Sky Harbor at 8:50am to recall and remove him from office. This is...

Did Loose Lips Invalidate Councilman’s Vote?

April 25, 2013

Yucca Valley, California.,- At a past town council meeting in March 2013, an agenda item was presented to appoint a member to the sewer financing ad-hoc committee with the Hi-Desert Water District. ...

Mayor Abel Time Running Out

April 23, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- Making history as the very first appointed mayor with less than two years experience, is Merl Abel, currently seated on the Yucca Valley Town Council. Abel rotated into that pos...

At What Price for “Overtime” in a Salary Contract?

April 17, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- The Town of Yucca Valley sent notices to join in their conversation on “Land Use’ questions, asking the citizens for their comments. In the meantime, behind closed do...

URGENT Action Alert! Save Yucca Valley! Sat. April 6th 9am-11am Town H...

April 5, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- Citizens of Yucca Valley and our Morongo Basin neighbors, I ask that you forward this to everyone in your email address book. Yucca Valley is under assault by town manager, Mark ...

“Sky Harbor Four” PR Nightmare…Look for the Rabbit-o...

April 5, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca., Pitch forks are the hot selling items at our local hardware store and with good reason. The “Sky Harbor Four” led by town manager, Mark Nuaimi, set in motion a series o...

Mayor pro-tem Robert Lombardo Booed by Citizens at Council Meeting

April 3, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- After the “Sky Harbor Four” Council members blocked the nominations of elected Councilman Bob Leone, the meeting went downhill from there. The budget update was prese...

Four Council Members Block Leone’s Appointments to Commissions

April 3, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.- The room was packed with citizens waiting to voice their concerns on the slashing of popular programs by Town Manager, Mark Nuaimi, which was agenda item #9. Young parents brought...

The continuous drumbeat at City Hall

March 27, 2013

A constructive synopses of three issues before the Twentynine Palms City Council meeting last night. CITY COUNCIL TEAM BUILDING ISSUE The council discussed “team-building” last night. The sugge...

Bob Leone Announces His Nominees for Commissions

March 11, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca,- At a gathering of friends, family, neighbors and supporters at an old fashion potluck BBQ, newly elected Councilman Bob Leone thanked everyone for their support. The first thing h...

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	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 ...