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By now most people have read Mel Berlin’s email sent to 29 Palms City Manager Mike Tree. And you’ve read the other posts put up in Cactus Thorns concerning these bizarre turn of events with the City Manager, City Council and Mel Berlin. Then you know he’s back, the same guy, for more tax money. He dumped the name of Action Council 29 and his group came up with a brand new name. In Berlin’s Sept 7 e-mail to City Manager Mike Tree, the city was notified that Action...
This Candidates Speakers forum is going to happen. It will happen with or without the use of a city building. It seem word may have come down from city hall to make things difficult for candidates, the community and the alternative news sources in the valley. This decision flies in the face of the full Council per its Aug. 31 Meeting. My understanding was that the full Council was going to consider wavier of fees for use of a city building. Readers may be aware that a syndicate of...
The political cartoon appearing in the Trail this morning demeans American workers and their families. It is created by political cartoonist O’Connor — and is pure scum. The cartoonist hits American workers and their families in the gut with a mean-spirited attacks on the unemployed. The cartoonist depicts an unkempt and overweight knuckle dragging aged woman and her slovenly, unshaven pot belly husband holding a beer seated in front of a HDTV screen. Mom is showing dad a job offer that came in the mail. Dad debunks the offer...
I had some information relayed to me about Theater 29. The sources and I stress plural on the sources, told me that Theater 29 had contacted the city in regards to the Theater relocating into the downtown area. I initially had no problem with that idea. After all I have always been in support of the Theater. Over the last seven years when I was able to be on the Community Development Block Grant task force I without fail supported every attempt to improve the theater building. I even...
I think that City Manager Mike Tree didn’t fully calculate how the citizens of Twentynine Palms might react to another $120,000 job being created at City Hall. It is easy to sit in the comfort of your office with friends who blow smoke up your bum and lobby for what amount to their own agenda. What is a little harder is to not listen to those voices and see the larger picture. In all the years of watching Desert Trail Polls I personally have never seen a more lopsided...
Twentynine Palms– As I mentioned earlier I was going to watch the Desert Trail poll in regards to the creation of this Economic/Redevelopment Specialist position for a cost of $120,000.00. Well, here we are, not even 48 hours after the poll was placed in the Trails online version, and the People are speaking. In fact they are speaking in a very loud and clear manner. As of 6:30 AM, February 26, 2010 the poll indicates the following: “Yes” – create the position at $120,000.00 a year: 3 votes –...
Isn’t this more like Chicago style corrupt politics but only on a smaller level. 29 Council revisits its past schemes to undermine city and state laws. The City Manager of Twentynine Palms must be drinking his own sweet blend of jimson weed. I’m against the idiotic creation of a City Economic Redevelopment Specialist, and a Project Manager. The underhandedness of the way this suddenly came up, the expediency of a quick-quick vote and the shifty manner in which it was rammed through does nothing to restore integrity in Twentynine...
Twentynine Palms– Things are a little more complex than you are reporting. At last night’s meeting two things happened. The first was that the Council, save I, did not question the continued use of a City’s Project Manager. A little history may set things into perspective. At the start of this Fiscal Year – July 2009 – Mike Tree directed that Kevin Cole be taken out of the Park and Recreation position and used in a temporary status as a Project Manager. During the last 2 to 3 weeks...
I was preparing for the Council meeting on Tuesday night by reviewing the online packet of staff reports. All was pretty simple until I came across item 10.1 –“Mid-Year Financial Update and Economic Development/Redevelopment Specialist Position.” As I read this report I could not for the life of me remembering at any time in the past of any Council Member ever having recommended the creation of a new position in the city – that of a Development/Redevelopment Specialist Position. I would have known of such a proposal especially since...
This is very upsetting. I don’t like being lied to. Neither do the thousands of Cactus Thorn readers and folks that made so many comments concerning Steve Donnell’s private gun range within city limits. All of us have been told a big whopper that, quote: “THERE IS NO CURRENT public use of the range”. The spokesperson for Steve Donnell’s gun range that knows everything about it, and who has dissemination information on his behalf goes by name of “Concerned One.” S/he has responded to Interviews, Blog posts and Comments...
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Well, Mike, don't know what to tell you, I'm telling you what I see. The numbers they use have ...
Good neighbor? Sure, they owe us nothing. They, like all government. are complacent. What is the easiest for those in ...
It is not about bringing big business to town, we need the freedom for the commercial property owners to do ...
Agreed Mike. How do we get all the differing factions involved and talking? We've been doing this blog for 11 years ...
OK we all agree something needs to be done, how do we get the rest of the population involved. Also ...
Just crazy economic development director , what in the hell would he do, pick and chose what companies come to ...
The Majority of the information contained in the Buxton Report for the City is a bunch of malarky. It's ...
FYI, the Commissary is ran by DeCA, Defense Commissary Agency. As one Agency, it gives them a tremendous amount ...
The City quit paying the Chamber 2 or 3 years ago for them to smile & dial for 29 Economic ...
I have to agree with almost EVERYTHING that Kim has stated. Moving back a year ago after being gone for ...
You are so correct Dan, It is a shame really. There are contractors starving out here who cannot get in ...
I do not believe any such thing about a General threatening the town of get business into town or he ...
Okay I have to say something here. I am a retired Marine of 28 years and most of them ...
Me Too!!!
awww...poor little wieners...I guess it would be best to put them out of their misery. Dang it. Now i have ...