oversight committee Archives

City Audit Reveals General Fund of only $7,600 Cash for Fiscal 2012

February 11, 2013

Ridgecrest, Ca.-Town and Cities across the state are facing financial woes as they scramble to backfill and borrow internally to close the deficit gaps in their budget. Following the City of Ridgecr...

Measure L Tax Oversight Committee Wrangles with City Attorney

February 2, 2013

Ridgecrest, Ca.- Following the progress, or lack of progress of Measure L, a 3/4 cent for five years General fund tax barely passed last June by the voters of Ridgecrest, may give some insight of wh...

Ooops! Fallout on Palm Springs General Fund Tax- Measure J

January 24, 2013

Palm Springs, Ca,- On November 8, 2011, the voters approved Measure J, a 1% sales General Fund tax increase to “improve the quality of life, fix potholes and save 911″ and other promises ...

Ridgecrest Oversight Committee Brou-ha-ha Regarding Measure L

January 24, 2013

Ridgecrest, Ca., A small rural City north of Yucca Valley with similar demographics, with the exception they have a sewer system, had been struggling to pass a sales tax measure for the last five yea...

No kidding…. Project Phoenix Funding is Taken By State, Its Over...

June 1, 2012

No matter what the City Manager is going to tell you next week as he attempts to put the best spin on this humiliating defeat of the City of Twentynine Palms’ plans of a grandiose Taj Mahal and...

City of 29 Palms Denied – Again!

June 1, 2012

As soon as we can we will publish the most recent letter from the State of California to the city of 29 Palms that again tells the city “No” to Project Phoenix. This letter is dated May 2...

	Mark Clemons on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% I would think most would prefer business to be located in the real town not on a base that limits ...
	Steve Whitten on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% The indirect vendors are responsible to collect sales tax and submit their payments to the FTB. I do see this as ...
	Mark Clemons on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% The two primary reasons we don’t have many franchises or chains doing business in TNP. One is the very ...
	Dan OBrien on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% and unfortunately the 6 are not contributing a single dime to the social fabric of the community outside the main ...
	Dan OBrien on Luckino Leaves HDWD for Blythe Arrivederci Francesco Luckino. Il commiato il mio amico.
	Steve Whitten on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% FYI, 6 of the top 25 are located aboard the Base.
	Steve Spear on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% Huh? Carey this does not even come close to answering the questions that were asked. "Civilian employed population 16 years and ...
	Branson Hunter on We need a Brown Act Pledge not another Closed Session Unfortunately this city council will NOT take the pledge to honor open government. They do not want to take the ...