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Dear Department of Finance,When You Deny Payment (again) Pleeease Say ...

January 14, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- I hope someone is working on a screen play of the “Wishful Thinking” by the Town Manager, using the guise of “Staff” and making others sign their name on p...

Town Manager Mark Nuaimi and the National CORE Connection

July 23, 2012

Last Updated Tuesday 07-24-12 @ 7:59 am (Hi-Desert Star below The Cactus Thorns Links shown below will establishes a record for interested parties and the Links are now available on the World-Wide W...

Affordable Senior Housing in Yucca Valley, a Shell Game with National ...

February 13, 2012

National CORE’S very survival is being challenge. The corporation is scrambling to devise alternative funding for six projects in California communities. And they may end up closing shop in Cal...

Alleged Fire Hazards at NATIONAL CORE Senior Housing

December 28, 2011

This is the second of two articles concerning NATIONAL CORE Affordable Senior Housing pertaining to an alleged substandard facilitiy, fire hazards, and gross mismanagement. CORE has the green light t...

The Ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge, NATIONAL CORE Senior Housing

December 25, 2011

UPDATED 12-25-2011, 8:10 pm-PST: National Community Renaissance CORE affordable senior housing is coming to Yucca Valley, California. “Management failed to listen to health and safety complaint...

Burum testimony describes gifts as reward

October 8, 2011

Corruption Probe: Burum testimony describes gifts as rewards Press Enterprise | By Imram Ghori During a bitter four-year legal battle with San Bernardino County, Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum...

Yucca Valley no-bids with CORE, Feds raid CORE’S offices!

September 16, 2011

Cactus Thorns bloggers have consistently questioned Yucca Valley’s no-bid contract with National Community Renaissance, or National CORE, which develops low income housing. Yucca Valley Town Ma...

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	michaelv on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% Mark, that is the real issue, there is free flowing cash on the base and a large portion of the ...
	Branson Hunter on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% Given the fact that 29 will not have an adequate fire department, with response times subject to change at any ...
	Branson Hunter on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% It's a tough sell to open a service or retail business in 29 and compete the base. As I recall ...
	michaelv on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% The sheriff just helped with some of the problem by taking out the smoke shops. Another question, how long is ...
	michaelv on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% There was interest at one time, however due to the insurance liability it was not feasible to construct a water ...
	Mark Clemons on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% What the hell is there to study the base pulled a fast one. The council swallowed the shiny presentation, now ...
	Steve Whitten on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% I didn't say "study". It's called a Market Analysis. It seperates perception from reality. It would confirm ...