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A Stygian Friday, the “Up CLose” Show

December 11, 2011
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A Stygian Friday, the “Up CLose” Show

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA  -  The KCDZ Up Close show is a weekly forum to discuss issues important to citizens of the Morongo Basin. Usually the programming is available on the Station’s Podcast Internet page. However, the podcast for Friday, December 9, 2011 its not online. This past Friday, FCC airwaves were tainted by host,  Gary Daigneault, to bad mouth a responsible, hardworking and outstanding defender of truth and justice and much respected Morongo Basin Special Education Educator, Cora Heisner. Many know Cora to be a responsible, hardworking, local citizen-...

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What does San Bernardino have in common with 29 Palms?

November 20, 2011
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What does San Bernardino have in common with 29 Palms?

Shazam! Redevelopment, performing arts theaters and hapless arrogance! The City of San Bernardino is now ranked #2 on the list of the poorest cities in America, behind Detroit. Twentynine Palms is not on the short list however there are similarities in regards to redevelopment plans both cities are pursuing. What is San Bernardino doing about its unwanted ranking? The City Council is embarking on a ridiculous half-baked redevelopment plan to revitalize the city’s downtown area by revamping an old movie theater. The city is nearly bankrupt, half of its...

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Initiatives to address ethics, pension reform, and Board of Supervisor salaries to be circulated

August 31, 2011
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Initiatives to address ethics, pension reform, and Board of Supervisor salaries to be circulated

PRESS RELEASE Committee to Reform San Bernardino County Government E-mail: reformsbcounty@gmail.com Webpage: www.ReformSBCounty.com. Subject:  Initiatives to address ethics, pension reform, and Board of Supervisors salaries to be circulated Contact: Sharon Gilbert Amid ongoing corruption probes into San Bernardino County government, initiatives introduced to curb costs to taxpayers and promote ethics reform. : The Committee to Reform San Bernardino County Government is a grassroots group whose mission it is to bring about much-needed oversight of elected officials on behalf of the citizens of corruption-ridden San Bernardino County.  The county...

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White Feather Judge awards school executive $530,000 +$360,000

July 24, 2011
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White Feather Judge awards school executive $530,000 +$360,000

Judge awards San Bernardino school district executive $530,000 for attorney fees By Melissa Pinion-Whitt | July 22,2011 A Joshua Tree Superior Court judge has awarded more than $530,000 in attorney fees to a San Bernardino school district employee who won a discrimination lawsuit against the district and a top administrator in April. Edward C. Norton, the San Bernardino City Unified School District’s maintenance and operations director, has `already been awarded $360,000 for emotional distress damages. But additional hearings on the case in Joshua Tree ended July 14 with Judge...

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Oops! $6.5 million RDA snafu

June 6, 2011
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Oops! $6.5 million RDA snafu

The Inland Valley Development Agency (IVDA) — which includes the City of Colton and Loma Linda  — owns $6.5 million due to an enormous accounting snafu “after the Office of the County Auditor, Controller and Treasurer used the wrong formula to calculate the amount owed in fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10.” An IVDA spoksman said, “The $6.5 million error “substantial” but said it was fortunate for the agency that the mistake was caught now so that it could be addressed.” The Sun: Agency faces bill of $6.5 M San...

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Shall we all review Ms. Renton’s Opinion Piece?

April 13, 2011
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Shall we all review Ms. Renton’s Opinion Piece?

I’m re-posting this May 24, 2010 opinion piece by Barbara Renton, so others might review the content and decide for themselves if what Ms. Renton was opining was anything more than her honest observations and opinion. You read you decide. Give us your opinion. Share your experiences with Attorney David Justin Lynch. Attorney goes berserk and beats reporter By Barbara Renton Yucca Valley, CA – When you are feeling broken and want some reimbursement in this life? Do not, I mean do not go to a lawyer who uses...

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Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Yucca Valley Town Council Swipe Charity CDBG Funds

March 2, 2011
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Show me the money

KA-CHING! KA-CHING! Yucca Valley Town Council votes to pay Code Enforcement salary/benefits with Community Block Grant Funds (CDBG) intended for assisting local non-profit charities. Yucca Valley, Ca.-The  Town of Yucca Valley is trying to increase their revenue in order to keep all the balls in the air with the current budget crunch and increasing pension fund demands for their employees. While other State and Citiy employees are taking a 10% across the board reduction in pay, and/or furloughs, our past exiting Town Manager, Andy Takata, gave all the Town employees...

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Marine Base Trespass = Justice at Black Rock

February 7, 2011
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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 although I occasionally take visiting relatives up there I had no idea the little visitor’s center served as a part time Court House where a traveling Magistrate arraigns those folks who manage to find themselves crosswise with the law, on any of the regions federal lands. A hundred or...

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With the keyboard sticky, Duane sent the Dell off to the shop

February 4, 2011
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With the keyboard sticky, Duane sent the Dell off to the shop

NEEDLES, CA– Duane Stowers 54 of Needles, took two computers into a repair shop to be repaired in the City of Bullhead, Az. Once there, it was discovered the computers contained suspected child pornography. An investigation was initiated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department when they were contacted by Detectives of the Bullhead City Police Department. The computers were turned over to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for examination and a forensic investigation was conducted by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department High Tech Crimes unit. They...

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Ruling, What Does It Mean

February 2, 2011
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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 plan and imposes protective measures   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Jan 31, 2011 – Ten environmental organizations secured a favorable ruling in a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages 25 million acres of public land in southern California known as the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA).   The January 29,...

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