Ramos
Thursday, April 19, 2012 – 10:15 a.m.
The former chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has some bumps in the road ahead in his quest for a seat on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, according to sources.
James Ramos, who is challenging Third District Supervisor Neil Derry, is about to feel the baggage from underneath the train, all courtesy of his voting record on the San Bernardino Community College District Board of Trustees, where he currently serves as an elected member.
According to official minutes, Ramos is apparently playing a part in a board policy to pay its elected members for meetings they don’t even show up for.
Even himself.
The meeting stipend currently sits at $400 per meeting.
An amount that’s a pittance for a man like Ramos who earns in excess of $1.5 million per year from his Indian Gambling casino.
The practice smells of arrogance.
Especially when its public education money being spent.
Another little tidbit involves sending college students in buses to attend protests in Sacramento.
Yes, Ramos voted with his colleagues to pay for buses to ship students to the State Capitol to engage in protests.
Like we’ve said here before.
One can’t make this stuff up!
Oh Neil.. You stoop so low buddy.. Just when you think you can do no worse for yourself you come out with more..haha one can only laugh at you now..
MORE? wth wants MORE?
okay, thank you for asking!
Oh my goodness that’s so much worse then getting arrested for hiding campaign contributions like derry did.
Repairman:
1) Neil Derry did not get “arrested.”
2) He was accused of laundering a campaign contribution, not “hiding” it. It was fully reported.
3) It was a single $5,000 contribution, not “contributions.”
4) You should consider becoming a writer for The Sun and Daily Bulletin. Facts are not important there either.
5) A corrupt DA was determined to find something to go after him on, and this was all he could find. Obviously there was not too much to be found.
6) A Superior Court judge saw right through the prosecutions intent, and forced them to dismiss the preposterous felony charges.
7) The DA himself committed a far worse offense, and received a slap on the wrist from the FPPC.
8) This is a textbook case of a selective and politically motivated prosecution.
What an honest man.
Finally someone told Ramos to get that stupid smile off his face, it disclosed his dumb nothingness.
WELL< WELL< WELL! So everything people said about this Fat Slob being a crook was true. Raping the taxpayers like he rapes the poor, stupid schmucks who visit his casino! Just like a true Democrrat, never let an opportunity to enrich yourself at the taxpAYers EXPENSE go to waste. This scumbag should be exiled to some remote island by himself. Vile and destestaBLE he is. And he thinks people would elect him to something? Go back to your so called reservation.
This sounds like a situation very similar to what is happening up in San Francisco.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/26/MND41N9H0V.DTL
Absent City College of SF trustees skip meetings, get stipends
City College of San Francisco trustees regularly collect their monthly stipend whether they show up to board meetings or not – a practice legal experts say violates state law.
Steven Bruckman, executive vice chancellor of legal affairs for the California Community College Chancellor’s office, said the college is violating the state’s Education Code by paying trustees for meetings they don’t attend.
While trustees can vote to excuse a trustee for circumstances like jury duty or illness, Bruckman said, it is illegal for the district to pay trustees for unexcused absences.
“Ed code provides payment for meetings they actually attend,” Bruckman said.
Is there any chance that Michael Ramos actually investigates James Ramos? Considering DA Ramos didn’t arrest himself when he paid his wife campaign funds in a non-election year and failed to report it on his Form 700 Statement of Economic Interest, which he signed under penalty of perjury…it is highly unlikely that James feels the heat. And what about James Ramos’ mysteriously skimpy and inconsistent Form 700 filings which are obviously fraudulent. Any chance we see some consistency in the manner in which DA Ramos applies the law in this county?
@wth,
I was going to give you “MORE” on James Ramos, as I stated earlier, but I changed my mind. I don’t feel like it anymore.
Besides, everyone already knows, and has witnessed, how Ramos is a slimy liar.
Ramos has been groomed to be appealing and personable, then he was sent out to associates within our communities and with our leaders for many years, but always with a hidden agenda- oh, and a HUGE check in hand; with the sole intention to BUY our PRAISES.
His “big fat charitable heart” has been all for show, ALL LEADING TO ONE DAY RUN FOR OFFICE in order to expand, protect and facilitate his drug trafficking outside of the reservation and into our neighborhoods and schools.
That day has come, we wouldn’t want him as a friend, neighbor, casual acquaintance, or even standing two inches beside us…so why on earth would we vote for him!
Bottom line, James Ramos is “lower than the worms” – as are those who greedily take his money, foaming and frothing at the mouth, as they sell their words of praise to him.
Neil was allowed to surrender rather than be arrested. The Chief of the Southern Division of State Attorney General office walked into Neil’s office and presented him the charges and directed him to surrender by a specific date or be arrested. He was allowed to show up at County Jail be booked photographed and then released.
If this is what Derry’s campaign is going to look like, articles and crap like this poorly written piece, Neil’s got problems.
Jim, u aren’t doing anyone any favors here are u? R U?
Racer:
Now you are lying. Derry was never ordered to surrender, nor was he threatened with arrest. You can stop the lies, because everyone knows you are…..
Racer:
What was the booking number?
I don’t like the payment of money for meetings not attended, if this is true. However, I am okay with paying for buses for protestors. Protesting is our right in this Country.
I think Neil Derry has done a fine job and he knows what it is like to be prosecuted unjustly by our out of control Attorney General’s Office.
RAMOS CONSIDERS IT STANDARD PROCEDURE TO HAND OUT OUR TAX DOLLARS for meetings NOT ATTENDED. Tax dollars Indians do not have to pay!
This, dear voters of the Third District, is a clear reflection of Ramos’ work ethics—HE HAS NONE!
Next, if he is elected, he will want tax payers to continue paying his salary without having to show up… and THIS MENTAL GIANT WHO NEVER WORKED A DAY IN HIS LIFE will NOT understand WHY HE CAN’T DO THAT!!!
@LSW
You got Jim ALL wrong!
He doesn’t have to do ANYONE any favors … HERE or ANYWHERE!
This is an open forum for us, the public.
Erwin is a professional who DOES NOT INTERFERE with side comments in order to MISLEAD OR DECEIVE us- the readers.
Erwin just sheds light on important bits and pieces of information that helps us see the over all true picture of an individual or issue, allowing us to make a more informative and complete assessment.
And to his credit, Erwin stays out of the flow of opinions and observations we give.
“Considering DA Ramos didn’t arrest himself when he paid his wife campaign funds in a non-election year and failed to report it on his Form 700 Statement of Economic Interest, which he signed under penalty of perjury…”
He didn’t “pay” himself… there was NOTHING to “pay” for, as you stated, it was a non-election year, and then NO ONE opposed him. Ramos spend the political contributions on himself and his wife!
Ramos personally wrote GRETCHEN RAMOS, his wife, a check for thousands of dollars and Gretchen helped him launder the campaign contributions through her personal bank account.
YES, MIKE RAMOS WAS CAUGHT! SO WAS GRETCHEN RAMOS!!!
BUT HEY- THEY HANG OUT SOCIALLY WITH, AND BROWN NOSE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL…SO ALL THEY RECEIVED WAS A FINE IN LIEU OF HAVING CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST GRETCHEN AND MIKE…PAYS TO KNOW INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE.
Next time any of you run into Gretchen, ask her how she spent those thousands of dollars that were CONTRIBUTIONS…AND did she feel any guilt WRONGFULLY using that money for HERSELF while buying that new car, new face, a vacation? She is just as pathetic and underhanded as Mike Ramos.
It concerns me that Mr. Ramos would support getting $400 for meetings he does’t attend for being on this State College Commission, and yet he supports paying for student busses to go to SACT to protest tuition hikes. This $400 Mr. James Ramos takes for non-attendance is illustrating Mr. Ramos has a dark heart and a cold hearted conscious because he is still my tax money, yet hiking student fees up. This not a matter of James Ramos being Indian, tax evader, mexican mafia supporter etc..etc..etc.. James RRamos is a immoral man, and makes his own morals, we can’t let this man win!!!!
Agreed Anon, actually the Administrator is doing us all a big favor by keeping this blog up.
I was sure that it wouldn’t last, especially when he was arrested as one of the Mikey and Moonbeam Show’s Colonies Four.
Don’t get me wrong, my hat goes off to Jim for keeping InlandPolitics up and running so we have a forum to keep information a flow’in about the corruption in this here County.
And I’ll have to admit, of all the named and unnamed defendants in the Colonies scandal, Jim is the most obvious scapegoat.
The whole case is a diversion away from the Colonies Settlement perpetrators who were seated on the BOS and had SERIAL MEETINGS concerning an agendized item, with Mark Kirk being the admitted go-between.
The real perpetrators of the crime that is the $102M GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS called the Colonies Settlement are: Pauley “Pretty Boy” Biane, Gary “Oh, not me” Ovitt and Bill “Mikey’s Songbird” Postmus.
Wasn’t Erwin playing a game of hide and seek with Josie in the lobby of some Chinese Hotel in an effort to get her to settle in favor of Burum?
I received Ramos’ mailer atatcking Derry with OLD news that we are informed on…BORING…
… so I used the high quality STURDY flier to scoop up my dog’s poop!
Hey Mr. Erwin could you clarify why Jamos Ramos said Jim that you yelled at him when he told you he, J. Ramos, was thinking of running against Ramos. Ramos made it sound like you were playing both him and Derry to the middle? Since your blog is up I am sure Ramos will paint you as a puppet master and Derry is just your puppet for you and colonial. You Jim retired SBCO Deputy can be the key to peel your issues off Derry so Derry can tronce Ramos with his accomblishments as 3rd District Supervisor, and that it is really Jim Erwin and Colonial along with your gold Rolex watch. I hope Jim Erwin you haven’t given Derry a gold Rolex watch ouch did I say that!
@MarlA
You are NO MarlA, you are a MarlO! The same one who has that deep rooted hate for Erwin and appears here with different names- this marlA character you invented has a silly accent, it’s annoying and not fooling anyone.
We know who you are, you’re angry because you are full of regret for backing James Ramos and you don’t have the fortitude to confront him and explain you withdrawal your support for the good of the 3rd district.
So you really thought bringing up the Rolex watch was an ouch? It’s irrelevant, I even think the owner gave it away, I still think you should go fishing with the grandkids, the weather is perfect.
No Anonymous I am a Marla didn’t mean to rub you the right way to put fire in your belly to keep pounding out the “Truth” before you and I vote! Can’t you see Anonymous that I am just playing “Good Cop/bad cop so other bloggers can join the party in pounding out the truth of Corruption before we vote for Derry or Ramos. It was you and another blogger who exposed Seba getting special interest money from Colonial and San Manuel. I ask the Suntelegram owner to verify blogger information which he did, I told the Sun big guy in LA due to my concerns the local Sun would squash my question. The articles I received were disturbing, very disturbing how Jim Erwin was involved with Colonial and San Manuel! Jim Erwin is a badge, but not a badge of honor. That is my spin on things and believe me there more and it is ugly! Do your homework Anonymous do your home you will not like our SBCO is under a veil of Darkness!
WOW Marl”a” YOUR ACCENT HAS VANISHED, EXCEPT AT THE END YOU SEEMED TO “REMEMBER” TO THROUGH IT IN.
And NO…I have no need to go DIGGING UP THE OLD PAST on Erwin, I’m sure it’s as interesting as YOURS! Whatever Erwin was involved in back then, HE IS NOT ANY LONGER.. in fact, they should fear he may expose their dirty little secrets. We here, see him as he is TODAY not YESTERDAY.
The Sun does NOT verify blogger info on whatever you said, AND don’t involve me with OTHER bloggers.
But you’re right, you rubbed me the “right” way, to the point where you put out the fire, thank you very much, now I don’t feel like blogging here again- you can take over, MarlA, since you play both sides of the fence so well- who needs the rest of us.