Enterprise Zone Endorsed Without City Council Approval
Mayor Yvonne Parks recently sent a letter on behalf of the city endorsing Enterprise Zones to send local business out of town. Her city is not in the Zone.
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Councilman Harris backhands Lit’l Richard
I don’t suppose there were many people left toward the end of the 29 Palm council agenda Tuesday night wherein the city council members finally — after nearly a freaking year — had...
Yucca Valley Town Council Candidate Bob Leone…..the 4-1-1
Yucca Valley, Ca.- The sample ballots will arrive with the Voter’s Guide in the mail boxes of over 9,800 registered voters to fill one vacant seat on the Yucca Valley Town Council. This is a Ma...
Whitten Wins! Nuaimi a No-Show at Council Meeting
Yucca Valley, Ca.- The Yucca Valley Town Council voted to unanimously approve a 3 year contract for Town Manager, Mark Nuaimi. Among an increase in the total package, the new contract provided for m...
Steve Whitten-29 Palms Transplant Considered for Appointment to YV Pla...
Yucca Valley, Ca.- I must be losing my touch to not have noticed any advertisement in the local newspaper calling for applicants to the Yucca Valley Planning Commission. I did pick up on an odd sens...
Rialto City Council Appoints former Council Member to fill Vacant Seat...
RIALTO –In a earlier post on Cactus Thorns, it was reported the Rialto City Council was deadlocked on appointing a new member to fill the vacant seat. Facing a deadline of February 9, 2013, to appoi...
Early morning fire killing 80 people, injuring 200
This was in Brazil but does 29 Palms have a morgue in town to handle unspeakable numbers of fatalities? “Twentynine Palms has three large hotels chains; Staters Brothers Shopping Center; a few...
Yucca Valley Town Manager Evaluated again- Seeking Job Protection?
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- A special meeting has been called by the Mayor of Yucca Valley for January 30, 2013 at 5pm to discuss the Town Manager’s evaluation and possible amendments to his contract. ...
Coping with Two-Alarm Fires in Twentynine Palms
Driving to the Post Office to check my mailbox after Thursday’s Oversight Board meeting, it was very noticeable the Bowladium Family Fun Center was very active. In addition to family bowling wi...
Is the Fraud Expert a Fraud?
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- I am grateful to DanO for having this Forum to discuss and debate the issues. Earlier, someone tried to persuade the readers by attacking another’s character stating the wo...
Yucca Valley Town Council in Closed Session Until 10 PM
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- This evening’s Town Council meeting was quick and decisive…sort of. The meeting started promptly at 6 PM and the gavel came down at 7:30. Then they went into a close...
On the Other Hand….Meetings behind Closed Doors, Again?
Yucca Valley, Ca.,- The Yucca Valley Town Council will present a Resolution on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, to codify and spell out their policy on invocations at their meetings, agenda item #13. The ...
Timeline: 2010 Yucca Valley Sales Tax Question
Yucca Valley, Ca.,-In an effort to document the beginning of a Sales Tax Measure introduced by Town Manager, Mark Nuaimi, I will publish this information for future reference to have an electronic li...
Cole moves to maintain Sanity
Twentynine Palms, Ca— In a gutsy move Mayor Pro-Tem John Cole has scheduled to place a question on the table tonight, that the City Council review the procedures for placing an item on the agen...