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Yucca Valley Town Council in Closed Session Until 10 PM

January 23, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- This evening’s Town Council meeting was quick and decisive…sort of. The meeting started promptly at 6 PM and the gavel came down at 7:30. Then they went into a close...

Jennifer Collins’ Foray into the Political Arena is a Red Herrin...

January 22, 2013

Yucca Valley, CA - This commentary will not beat around the bush to point out that crestfallen candidate for Yucca Valley town council, Jennifer Collins, is the least best candidate to serve the pub...

Yucca Valley Town Council….a New Era?

January 20, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca., -I am the eternal optimist when I see a glint of sunshine breaking through the clouds. This was my feeling when I read the Yucca Valley Town Council agenda for their meeting Tuesda...

Blog…Tool…Open…Help…Know… and other Four...

January 15, 2013

Blog is NOT a four letter word and is a successful Tool used by Cactus Thorns to advocate Open transparency in local governments of Towns and Cities. The rules of engagement have changed and traditio...

FPPC: Proposal to Amend Regulations

April 28, 2011

The very annoying word and phrase for many local and state public and elected officials are: ‘transparency‘ and ‘conflict of interest’. These welcome proposals ratchet- down b...

Is that transparent enough for you?

December 29, 2010

Tense moments at board meeting | The Lucerne Valley Leader Tense moments at board meeting Tue, 12/21/2010 – 15:27 — By KRIS REILLY, Editor The new members of the Lucerne Valley Unified School D...

Rutherford and Ovitt take Oath

December 6, 2010

SAN BERNARDINO – Supervisors Gary C. Ovitt and Janice Rutherford began new four year terms on the Board of Supervisors following Oath of Office ceremonies at the County Government Center today. Super...

Santa Clara University: On Favoritism, Cronyism, and Nepotism

November 12, 2010

By Judy Nadler and Miriam Schulman These materials were prepared for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics program in Government Ethics by Senior Fellow Judy Nadler and Communications Director Miria...

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	Damn Dawgers on How Did We Get Here in only 3 Years? One hell of an article Margo, great job of pointing out exactly what Mark is up to! I don't understand ...
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