Luckino Leaves HDWD for Blythe
BREAKING NEWS! Yucca Valley, Ca.- Frank Luckino is leaving the Hi-Desert Water District the first week in June for a new position in the city of Blythe. Recently promoted to the position of Assistan...
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HDWD Luckino plays Santa with Ratepayer Fund$
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 soaks ratepayers with another rate increase!
Reporter Derwood Andrews reported today that the Hi-Desert Water District voted last night for new water fee of an extra $2.50 per month “for domestic customers with a 5/8th meter.” With a whippet sh...
HDWD Slants Sewer Survey-”Pull The Plug!”
Yucca Valley, Ca.-(OPINION AND DISGUST!) The Hi-Desert Water District is currently conducting a survey to evaluate the “rate payer’s appetite” to accept a lien placed on their prope...
Hi-Desert Water District Staff Receive Raises
Yucca Valley, Ca.-As promised, here is the breakdown of the Hi-Desert Water District top staff employees that received a raise effective July 1st, the same date of our water rate increase and a defi...
Breaking News! Luckino-Quits YV Town Council
Yucca Valley, Cal.- In a breaking story read here on Cactus Thorns on May 26, 2011, I wrote about Frank Luckino’s promotion to Hi-Desert Water District Assistant General Manager/CFO which would...
Nuaimi Rescues Museum From Luckino’s Axe
Yucca Valley, Cal.- As I see it. The Yucca Valley Town Council met last evening in an intensive three hour meeting examining the proposed CFD, Community Facilities Districts, appointment of a Yucca V...
Nuaimi’s Mello-Roos Property Tax-Coming Soon!
YV TOWN COUNCIL TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES TO SELL BONDS-”DEBT IS GOOD!” Yucca Valley, Ca.- Yucca Valley Town Manager, Mark Nuaimi, has designs to tax the properties of Yucca V...
Frank Luckino: “I’m not a politician…”
Mayor Pro Tem Frank Luckino speaks his mind by way of the following thought provoking interview by Hi-Desert reporter, Rebecca Unger. Luckino bites back (sorta) at Cactus Thorns writer, Margo Sturg...
HDWD Ratepayers To File Class Action Lawsuit
Citizens Allege Proposition 218 and Statutory Violations Town And Special Interests Receive Lower Water Rates Yucca Valley,Ca.-Citizen ratepayers of the Hi-Desert Water District are exploring a...
HDWD CFO Luckino’$ Christma$ In July
HDWD STAFF PROPOSES PROMOTION FOR LUCKINO LACKING QUALIFICATIONS Yucca Valley, Ca.- At the Human Resource committee meeting held on May 16th, Hi-Desert Water District tag-team, read Staff, GM Ed Muzi...
Yucca Valley Council Kudos
OPINION/COMMENTARY Yucca Valley, Ca.- I am often asked why I do not write any stories to praise our elected officials for the right things they do. One reader emailed this suggestion, “M...
Umm Frankie, your slip is showing
“He’s already CFO and has more conflicts of interest than a lame duck has crissum feathers.” On Monday, May 16, 2011, at 4:30 p.m., the HDWD has scheduled a Special Meeting to APPOI...
Friends in high places. . .
You’ll recognize these four defendants as San Bernardino public and elected servants but for Colonies Executive Jeff Burum. Colonies? Isn’t Colonies connected to the the builders of the S...