Update: Holding a 45 year grudge

Yeah, yeah, I know, I hold a grudge way way too long. Funny how if you wait long enough things do even out. Well sort of. I got to tell you a gods honest true story. When I was in Junior High School ...

Off-Roaders ACT NOW!!!!

The Issue: On Friday, February 18th, the Assembly Budget Committee voted to take $27 million out of the OHV operating budget. This would NOT be a loan, and would continue unstopped year after year. I...
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29 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA– There has been some defense of the City’s RDA and the lack of adequate housing for the very low, low, and moderate housing in this town.  Some say that the city has ...
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29 Palms RDA Not Much To Show For The Dough

In 1945 the California Community Redevelopment act was enacted to help cities fight urban blight and in 1951 Tax Increment Funding was enacted to help cities raise funds to match the federal funds. I...

Marine Base Trespass = Justice at Black Rock

Was it a “Bad day at Black Rock”? Well’ that depends on who you are. For me, it was enlightening! I have lived just down the road from Black Rock Canyon (AKA Yogi Bear Park) for some thirty years and...

Oh Lordy, it’s cold back there

Our favorite snowbirds, Joe and Judy sent us this picture that their neighbor back in Illinois took  yesterday morning. While we were pitching a bitch about having a 24 degree over night temperature,...

Live Fire in the West

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2011) - Beginning early next week aboard the installation, the Combat Center is scheduled to conduct an advanced stage of Enhan...

Ruling, What Does It Mean

Court Ruling Requires Greater Protection Against OHV Abuse in California Desert In follow-up to a ruling on off-highway vehicle routes in the California desert, federal judge imposes deadline for new...

It Lives

Twentynine Palms, Ca– The anti-outdoor recreation, off road hating, Twentynine Palms General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) will not die. The hugely unbalanced GPAC, stacked with environmentali...