Friday, April 27, 2012 – 11:00 a.m.
It looks like Supervisor Neil Derry is hard at work cultivating votes.
It’s no secret that San Bernardino County’s Third Supervisorial District is fertile ground filled with conservative republicans, decline-to-state and independent voters.
The recent realignment of district boundaries has made the territory even more conservative.
And Derry is plowing the field. Taking every advantage.
Here’s Derry’s latest mailer to republican voters: Derry Campaign – Republican Compare and Contrast
This latest mailer started landing in the mailboxes of Redlands and Mountain republicans on Thursday.
Derry’s primary challenger, former San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Chairman James Ramos, a lifelong democrat with liberal views, was cajoled into running in a district where all the spending in the world won’t suffice.
Between all of Ramos’ endorsements by people and groups mostly pandering to the gaming tribe’s wealth, and the casino cash at his disposal, one would think Derry’s defeat is a slam dunk.
Former Supervisor Dennis Hansberger was shown the door four years ago primarily because he fell into the comfort zone of doing pretty much nothing for his constituents.
Hansberger was politically unbeatable when stood up for what was right, and in many cases he opposed and fought his colleagues. However, when he joined the status quo, things changed for the worse.
But even with his lapses, Hansberger lost to Derry by a narrow margin.
Derry, on the other hand, has been devoted to representing his district.
And from what I understand, even Derry’s detractors aren’t really arguing this point.
I recently took some time to look at Ramos’ endorser’s. They’re pretty much identical to Hansberger’s from four years ago. People who carry hard feeling over Derry beating the five-term supervisor.
The only exception though is the plethora of public safety individuals desirous for casino employment after retirement or trying to curry favor with an elected-sheriff, politicos seeking money, or business owners hoping to secure or continue doing business with Ramos’ wealthy tribe.
But there’s nothing wrong with any of it.
It’s no different than working on a campaign in the hope of getting a staff job.
It’s just the way politics works.
A post on this subject will come later on. And rest assured you won’t want to miss it.
In the end, demographics, along with Derry’s stealth fundraising efforts, will likely play large in this race.
Ramos has only his ego and his friends to blame for talking him into this election.
you must have a lot of time on your hands Jim because that list of endorsements is long.. and growing..hey tell derry to get some SPF lotion for his face he looks a little red in the face.
Amazing! James Ramos supports have stooped to bottom low levels of attacking Derry. Not making any inroads by falsely attacking his integrity and honesty, Ramos’ campaign is now making personal attacks on Derry’s appearance.
But they are correct, after all, WE ALL WEAR OUR TRUE SELVES ON OUR FACES.
DERRY’S “RED FACE” clearly wears the signs and scars wrought by non-stop hard work out in the field. Constantly meeting personally, no matter the distance he must travel, with those he represents.
RAMOS, TOO WEARS HIS SCARS ON HIS FACE, THEY ARE OF sloth, gluttony covetousness, envy, anger, pride, and his “sloth” kills his lust.
Haha,
Ask Hansberger what his scroll of endorsemenst did for him 4 years ago.
The answer: Nothing
Hansberger and CasinoRamos are so filthy and vile. Two more worthless human beings there are not. Derry, on the other hand is a great supervisor. He also doesnt run a casino and rape money from loser gamblers, he pays state and local taxes, he’s smart and he’s an effective leader. Is there really any other good choice?
What a desperate blog. This is the same as Hitler telling his people that they were winning the war in the early months of 45 and yet they were months away from defeat. HA HA HA, keep up the good work Heir Director/Administrator of propaganda.
Great. A Hitler analogy.
Ramos’ gambling millions could surely afford more mature bloggers, those paid to come to his “defence” here are clearly green and don’t have much of a clue about what THEY THEMSELVES SPEAK OF.
Re-Elect Neil Derry.
oops “defense”
#5 comment: You should ask James why his polling shows he can’t break past 29% after spending $500,000? He is going to make Meg Whitman look darn competent!
What?…..Propaganda! Ramos doesn’t break 29% on polls because the polls are conducted at Derry klan rallies, Which is to say that at least 29% of your ilk want him as supervisor.
Ha Ha…..The voters in the 3rd aren’t voting for an overweight ignoramus who looks like he wants to strangle everything in his photos. Actually, it means ONLY 29% want him as Supervisor after spending a half-million trying to build up his positives. The dude should be at 80 percent with as much as he has spent…just like Meg.
One has to assume that all those who endorse Ramos have gotten tribal donations in the past. I bet many who endorse Ramos publically will vote Derry in the privacy of the voting booth!
One has to assume that all those that support Derry are either corrupt developers or people yearning for the good old days of white supremacy. Sorry Napoleon, there will be no more sun down towns in San Bernardino county. Infact, I bet many that endorse Derry publicly will vote for Ramos in the privacy of the voting booth or may not even show up to vote at all.
Anon, tell me one thing… who are you and the rest of your Obamanation of an organization going to be supporting for Prez come November?
Here we go with smack about who’s going to be showing-up to vote in June, a primary.
DemoRats can’t even support the one representative that they have seated on the BOS now, what makes you think they would buck history’s lessons in the demographics of voter turn-out and show-up at the polls in June? Is it Vote for Josie! or NO Josie! (ha ha, ha, the drama, the confusion… sort of like the last BOS meeting… a TRAIN WRECK, and the train hasn’t even left the Santa Fe Depot Station!)
The cross-party ties to the corrupt DA of the Ramos Bros. and the Hansbugerler far outweigh the negatives in the seated Supervisor’s campaign, so kind of doubt that reelection is still not in order, all things considered.
Plus Anon, U know what they say when you assume, you end up making an ASS out of U+me (and obviously I don’t need any more help myself, I know I do a good job on my own!)
“One has to assume that all those that support Derry are either corrupt developers or people yearning for the good old days of white supremacy. Sorry Napoleon, there will be no more sun down towns in San Bernardino county. Infact, I bet many that endorse Derry publicly will vote for Ramos in the privacy of the voting booth or may not even show up to vote at all.”
You, and along with all of Ramos’ paid consultants and bloggers have obviously gotten to the point of chronic mental constipation.
And your anal personality is not helping Ramos either. So stop straining so hard to turn Derry’s supporters away, it won’t happen,
this election has already been decided, we are just waiting to make it official in June.
Ramos’ paid bloggers? That’s kind of like the pot calling the kettle black don’t you think? Especially considering the fact that Ramos doesn’t have an actual blog site/blog site for hire, to spout propaganda the way colonies and Derry do with the Inland Politics site.
Anal personality not helping Ramos? kind of like the way Jones, Turner, and Erwin, blasted Derry’s campaign legs off with E-verify, and every other hair brain racial tactic they have tried. You guys better pull your heads out of the sand, there is a real world out here beyond this propagndist site and people/Americans of your own political party are not accepting of your embarrasing political agendas of white supremacy and developer welfare. Your party consists of far more people than just the hand full who you may know or that frequent this site. They are people with heart and courage and not the mindless drones you think them to be. We are in a new day and facing new challenges that Derry is nowhere near equipped to handle especially with the type of consultants he has been surrounding himself with. You are correct, the campaign was decided along time ago when Derry surrounded himself with corrupt incompetence.
Little Stevie Wonder…………I doubt that this is you, but rather someone trying to sound like you. Who ever it is, your not even close. LSW is crazier.
“Your party consists of far more people than just the hand full who you may know or that frequent this site.”
Ever heard of the ripple effect? And it’s not just a hand full.
No, it’s pretty much just a handful that frequent this site on a regular basis. many may pass through, but are repulsed and discouraged by the vitriol they find here. That is to say, your demonic handiwork that instead of salve, sooth, and builds, finds itself infecting,dividing, and destabilizing the people of the county.
Anonymous:
You state that “We are in a new day and facing new challenges that Derry is nowhere near equipped to handle.”
Please elaborate on these “challenges,” and explain how James Ramos is better equipped to handle them.
James Ramos!
You mean the man who can’t speak two sentences without reading from a notepad?
All of the Ramos shill’s frequenting this site must be little nervous.
That level of nervousness is measured by the intensity of the vitreol against Derry.
By the way. Some of you folks might want to adjust your writing styles and quit making it so obvious to see it’s the same people commenting.
Just a thought……
Oh please….Do you measure a person’s by his ability to speak? If so then you must desperately miss Bill Clinton.
OOF……..It is a simple rule called the lesser of two evils. Ramos’ affluence allows him to not have the same large degree of servitude that Derry has to corrupt influences in the county. Yes I know he is a casino boss, but so is Sheldon Addison for any of those that WERE supporting Gingrich. The fact of the matter is that Ramos is involved with a Legal business that the voters of California saw fit to allow. Ramos has no legal problems in his background, especially non regarding the upholding of fiduciary duty. Derry cannot say that.
Oh please…..First you say “all the Ramos shills frequenting this site” and then you say “adjust your writing styles and quit making it so obvious to see it’s the same people commenting.” Make up your mind, are there alot of Ramos Shills or just a couple of us? If anything, you are the one sounding nervous.
Anonymous:
Regarding comment #22, your claim that James Ramos wealth will not result in servitude reminds me of what Arnold Schwarzenegger said during this initial campaign.
As I understand it, James Ramos employees have to sign a waiver holding him harmless if they contract lung cancer from all the second hand smoke at his casino. Will James Ramos sign a waiver stating that if he is elected, he will never have any contact with Mike Ramos or Dennis Hansberger? I believe that the odds of that happening are less than hitting a $5 million jackpot at the casino.
Also, you were making a reasonable argument until you brought up the “legal problems” in Neil Derry’s background, and suggested that he did not uphold his “fiduciary duty.”
Most informed voters recognize a politically motivated and selective prosecution, just as Judge Dest did.
OOF….isn’t it interesting that judge Dest didn’t throw the whole case out? It’s sad, but even Dest had limits because the crime was so blatant. As to Ramos signing a waiver of non association with Hansberger and DA Ramos, that can also be turned around and applied to Derry. Will he sign a non association agreement keeping him Burum and Erwin free? To the contrary, …..I say that this county was very fortunate to have had DA Ramos pursue all of these corruption cases because they forced Jim Erwin/the administrator of this site to resign from Derry’s staff. This county would have been in a bigger mess than it’s already in. However, anyone can bet their bottom dollar that if given the chance, Erwin would be installed as chief of Derry’s staff in the blink of an eye and corruption will flourish to our ultimate demise.
man these comments are fun to read. I agree with anonymous that Derry will not get the votes of even those who publicly support him. He has turned out to be very immature and clearly focused on negativity more then anything else. He is arrogant and much too confident of his strategy. Irwin thinks that the Rs will just line up behind Derry and forget his legal problems. They will wake up on June 5 and blame money for losing what they thought was a sure thing. Good Luck with the losing strategy that the 3rd district love Derry and hate Ramos.
That’s because you are an idiot who now endorses another multi-million dollar lawsuit against the County and taxpayers because our out-of-control DA Mike Ramos will be on the losing end of a malicious prosecution/civil rights violation under color of authority lawsuit! The only corruption left in the county is Josie’s free facelifts at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and Mike Ramos’ sexual abuses of his own employees. Oh yeah, and his abuses of the legal system to attack his opponents, and those of his friends.
Gary Ovitt is to busy on the Golf Course to have committed anything…..
Wow, it appears that Ramos supporters are in a complete panic. Hey, ask your boy about topping out at 29%. He can’t clear it…Derry wins, among all those with a brain.
Anonymous:
With respect to comment #35:
1) Regarding your comment that “the crime was so blatant” that even Judge Dest could not turn his back on it, do you know what the “crime” was? Mr. Derry allegedly “laundered” a fully reported single $5,000 campaign contribution. And how come the Attorney General turned her back on the far more serious “crime” that Mike Ramos committed, disbursing campaign contributions to his wife?
2) The last time I checked, Jeff Burum and Jim Erwin have not been convicted of anything. The prosecution of Jeff Burum is falling apart, and Jim Erwin’s only “crime” was not reporting a gift. I believe that Mr. Erwin was fined by the FPPC for that “crime,” just as Mike Ramos was for his “crime.”
3) Regarding your comment that “this county was very fortunate to have had DA Ramos pursue all of these corruption cases,” I hope you feel that way when the various prosecutions play out, and we finally learn how much they have cost.
Sorry, I meant comment #25.
Wow what a mess it is obvious Jim Erwin writes most of these disgraceful comment DA corrupt, Derry is on probation yet he is innocent and then uses blogs…etc.. sounds like you all like Republican Nixon resigned disgracefully saying “I am not a crook!” The conservatives in the 3rd District don’t want to vote for a superisor like Derry associated with Postmus, Erwin, and all those I will say like Derry “All those Right wing Republicans Criminal Nuts!” Vote for James Ramos at least he isn’t on probation saying “I am not a Crook! All you Nixonite and Repubicanmice!
OOF, You forget that Derry admitted to this crime at the initial outset of the investigation. This may be something that all politicians do, but it’s certainly something that not all politicians are dumb enough to admit to doing. Derry is a clumsy politician and such clumsiness comes with consequences.
The last time I checked, not only were Burum and Erwin facing criminal charges (the falling apart status is being decided by an appellate court), they also seem to be under an FBI investigation. Both men have a very long pattern of shady dealings and attitudes of entitlement revolving around developer welfare that seem to wind up costing the tax payer in the end…..In comparison, You may love or hate Hansberger, but I haven’t heard any news about legal problems in his past. Many Like to gripe about the DA s womanizing, but it must be acknowledged that the one complaint brought against him was thrown out of court. I’m still waiting for those new law suits against the DA that people told me about LAST YEAR. So in all honesty, I don’t believe any need exists for Ramos to be under obligation to limit his association with men who have not shown the same aptitude to disregard law the way Erwin and Burum have. Let us not forget the example Burum set in this regard by texting back and forth with former councilman and convicted felon Rex Gutierrez while Gutierrez was watching the presentation of a competing developer of a project Burum wanted. What do you think they were chatting about, good restaurants? Doubtful!
As to the costs of ridding the county of corruption, make no mistake about it, it is immense. This is the price we all pay for not holding leaders responsible and for just towing the party line. This is an expensive lesson to us all and is the very reason why Derry should not be elected….When the exterminator tells you that your house is infested with termites, it becomes expensive to eradicate the problem and this may be due to years of maintenance neglect on the part of the home owner, just like in our county corruption situation. Yet, you pay what you must in order to keep your house standing. The one thing you do not do is let the pests continue to live on unchecked or your house will collapse on you.
Thank you “Maroon Anonymos” for bring up your above comment. You don’t read Derry commenting on the theft of $103 million of tax payers money. The Suntelegram has a taped interview how Derry laundered money from Stubblefield to postmus pac. Also J. Ramos defends her father and states her father gave checks to Derry did he give it to Seba that gave the money back to Derry’s campaign 2008? This Blog is set up to decieve people is a victim of the DA like Erwin, Buman, and the likes yet they got our 103 million dollars and we conservatives want it back! Is Derry going to help the tax payers get our 103 million dollars back I don’t think so! Vote for Ramos- vote for Ramos Derry is on Probation but he says like Nixon “I am not a crook! Derry is a Nut!
I am new to San Bernardino County and I must say that one might be smart taking the first train or bus out of this county. To write under the guise of anonymous and than use descriptives like Hitler, Demorats, white supremacy, overweight ignoramus, sloth, gluttony, ass, constipation, rape money is sad.
Why can’t you simply write about the positive attributes of DERRY and cut the negatives. It sounds too much like the Christian, evangelical (TEA PARTY) type of rhetoric under FIRST AMENDMENT protection.
I have a Republican background and was going to vote for Derry. I am saddened that Mr. Derry hasn’t disassociated himself from this type of dialogue.
Freedom, There is no tape. So stop lying. The transcript from the recording clearly shows that the DA investigators committed perjury in their affidavit because Derry never said what they accused him of saying.
Vote for Ramos! Let him rape taxpayers just like he is raping little old ladies at his casino!
Who said “rape money is sad”?
Rape money can be happy… depending if you are on the receiving-end of the money, the rape, or both.
Marcus, if you are new in town, for a great example of happy “rape money” you don’t need to look any further than last week’s articles in The Sun, where Colonies Developer Jeff Burum said the time was right (economy on an upswing) to “… double-down on the Inland Empire!”
Yes, this is the same character that along with his partner in crime, Dan Richards, are the proud recipients of the $102M gift of public funds known as the Colonies Settlement, where former-Board of Supervisors Billy “Songbird” Postmus, Pauley “Pretty Boy” Biane, and seated-Supervisor Gary “Oh, not me” Ovitt committed a series of serial meetings, via Mark Kirk, on the agendized settlement package, aka a Brown Act violation. Yes, this is rape money, because the taxpayers are being raped by the developers, who are receiving the money because of their quid pro quo relationship with the politicians. I guess we are being gang raped by the politicians and the developers, who are running-off with our money (and they are sure happy to do it) and starting another phase of the Colonies Crossroads Center in Upland with all the cash.
What gives JB, are you and Dan in bed with Wally World (WSI) too, the articles says that there are two new Super-Duper Wally Worlds coming soon to the I-210 near you… in Upland at the Colonies Crossroads and at the other end of the “freeway” in Redlands at the Redlands Crossing? You guyz must be the masters of intergovernmental-review and the friendly lawsuit aka legal services fraud, huh?
Marcus….It speaks volumes about Derry that he has not disassociated himself from this dialogue, now here is the shocker, are you ready for this? The originators of this vile dialogue are the same ones running his campaign. These people hold employment under Derry as we speak. From here on out we should no longer refer to the supervisor as Neil Derry, but instead as Homer Stokes. So sad, so sad. Conservatives can do better than this.
Little Stevie Wonder…..wow, you made sense, but you forgot to tell Marcus how the administrator of this blog ties into both Derry and Burum.
“Hello” you have eyes but you can’t see, you have ears but you can’t hear! “Your the lier ” that is why this Blog is a biased one sided approach that uses vulgarity and disgusting language against anyone who critizises Derry, Erwin, Buman, Postmus, Turner and anyone who reports honest information! There is a Suntelegram tape on lying Derry who is on probation. Derry pleaded out to prevent any embarrasment. Vote for James Ramos for supervisor. I hear that Red Placards are being printed out by the thousands reading “Don’t vote for Derry He is a hazard to the 3rd District Health, Derry on probation saying I am not a crook!” They will be circulating at Derry’ fund raiser on Cinco De Mayo, Viva Zapata! The mountain area will be placard in RED Turner’s favorite COLOR!
Ramos is afat simpleton unfit for any office. Derry is a great supervisor,that is why he will win.
“Freedom”, and so do those supporting Ramos, Both of them. Isn’t it odd that the ones complaining are the ones who are losing? You call Derry corrupt, but criticism of Ramos is “mean-spirited”….Waaahhhh! Your candidate can’t put two sentences together without looking like a dope. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZlPPtvHE_0
This guy is a loon. He doesn’t have a clue. You should be embarrassed, and obviously you are based on your fanatical responses:)
It is also hilarious that some are so upset about Derry’s event in Big Bear. Wow, Derry must be making big inroads in the mountains and other areas for you guys to have your panties in a bunch. Guess the Big Bear supporters of James Ramos are seeing that he doesn’t have any shot of carrying the mountain, even with visiting the coffee shop to “talk w/ people.” Hear the only supporters he has are Hansberger troglodytes. Ooops, didn’t mean to offend the fossils…
Hello:
I checked out the above link of Neil Derry and James Ramos in action at the candidate’s forum in Big Bear.
Everything I had heard appears to be true. To be polite, I will just say that Neil Derry has a true grasp of the issues, and James Ramos does not.
This video should be mandatory viewing for everyone supporting James Ramos.
Having a grasp of issues is meaningless if involvement in corruption is going to hinder ones performance of duties the way it has with Derry for most of his term as supervisor.
As to public speaking, I hardly think any republican has room to talk after towing party lines twice in voting for the worst public speaker of all time George W…..BTW, before two wars and a collapsed economy everyone thought he had a good grasp on the issues.
“This video should be mandatory viewing for everyone supporting James Ramos.”
Love that!!!
Having a grasp of the issues is meaningless if corruption is going to render the supervisor useless in the execution of his responsibilities. This has proven to be the case with Derry.
Oh horse dung, Derry has and is an effective Supervisor. The legal BS he had to deal with is and has been done. Anonymous, you are full of it and you are making accusations that are patently false. The corruption is with Rams and Ramos, the tag team crooks who swindle little old ladies and give big casino bucks to a corrupt, sexual harassing District Attorney.
RE: Anonymous #44:
The James Ramos supporters appear to be getting desperate, somehow trying to put a negative spin on Neil Derry’s far superior grasp of the issues.
And trying to compare Neil Derry to George W. Bush and bringing up “two wars?” That would be like me comparing James Ramos to Bugsy Siegal and bringing up his casino operation.
Let’s stick to relevant facts.
Relative facts like Derry’s campaign corruption? Relative facts like Derry’s close relationship to his former cheif of staff that is under criminal indictment? Relative like Derry’s attempt at driving wedges of division into the community by running a racially over toned campaign? OOF, were you not the one to comment today on this site that Republican and Dems need to start working together? Derry seems to be traveling in a contrary way to how you feel. As for Ramos being likened to Bugsy Seigel, it must be noted that if ever there was a boon it has been through Seigel’s vision of Vegas. Pretty successful wouldn’t you say? Especially considering you have been their more than once or twice.
BTW Administrator, are you forwarding all of my posts to OOF, and not posting them until he writes a response? I’ve noticed that when I try to post, my comment doesn’t come up and when it does it has an immediate response afterward. Oh well, I guess you guys need all the advantages you can get. I’d hate to play poker with you.
Observer Of Facts:
And the relevant facts as laid out by yourself in a earlier article, would make fabulous campaign slogans for Derry like
1- He wasn’t HIDING the contribution (and it was just ONE $5000.00 check from a developer) he was LAUNDERING it. vote for Derry! or
2- He wasn’t ARRESTED he SURRENDERED . Vote for Derry! or
3- He plea bargained away the felony charges so he’s good to go, and ready to represent you! Vote for Derry
4- Other people have done much worse! Vote for Derry!
If Derry wins tax payers win anyway Derry supports Supervisors go part time anyway. SBCO will get all of the $103 million back in two years. Derry or Ramos will have to servive on 60Gs a year! Everyone vote for Sharon Gilberts proposition which sponsored by SEBA and SBPEA. Vote for Ramos San Manuel bought a 23G new fire truck for Yucaipa, way to go Ramos!!!!!
Freedom, are you on the sauce again, this early? Derry bought a firetruck in Redlands with by your idiotic reasoning, SO VOTE FOR DERRY!
Repairman:
Fair enough; based on those same relevant facts, here are some proposed James Ramos campaign slogans:
1) District Attorney Mike Ramos arranged for my opponant to be prosecuted for 2 felonies that were later dismissed! Vote for Ramos!
2) I can pass laws that I don’t have to follow! Vote for Ramos!
3) I make over $1 million a year from people who lose their money at my casino! Vote for Ramos!
4) I get to use services in the county without having to pay property taxes on my home! Vote for Ramos!
5) I am really good at reading notes! Vote for Ramos!
Observer Of Facts:
1- If you’ve got any proof of that other then gossip you should do something about it.
2- I think he gets speeding tickets like anyone else.
3- Gambling’s legal, have you ever said any thing like about Steve Wynn? or ever been to Vegas?
4- A lot of native Americans seem to think this their land first.
5- At least he can read.
Anonymous continues with the vile rhetoric with words like dope, loon, a fat simpleton, horse dong, “panties in a bunch”. I AM GOING TO ASK MR DERRY TO DISASSOCIATE HIMSELF FROM THE PATHETIC WORDS used on his behalf. If he can not do that, Ramos has FOUR votes from our residence.
Old ladies are not raped going into a casino. They willingly go into the casino for entertainment since there hardly is anything close to intellectualism noted on this blog.
Whether Mr. Derry was arrested or surrendered, or “pleaded out” is not the issue. He does have some advantages when it comes to violating a law that the rest of us don’t have. The issue should be over, realizing that in all probability Mr. Derry violated law.
We all have made mistakes and I am more interested in the specifics of the platform of Mr. Derry, not the “smack” of a bunch of “blowhards” at a junior high party.
Marcus:
Politics is much more polite today….you should look at what Jefferson and Adams had to hear….This stuff about Derry and Ramos is nothing.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021237-503544.html
Marcus:
Some of us have made comments on this site without the use of “vile rhetoric,” and I believe that I am one of them.
In my opinion:
1) Neil Derry is the best County Supervisor I have seen in over 40 years of following San Bernardino County politics.
2) James Ramos is totally unqualified to be a County Supervisor.
Also, since you are new to the county, I recommend that you look into the history of prosecutions by District Attorney Mike Ramos.
For example, he induced the Grand Jury to indict Jeff Burum for bribery, and set his bail at $10 Million. This was announced by Mike Ramos at an ostentatious press conference. Since then, the bribery charges have all been dismissed and the bail has been reduced to $0. Not surprisingly, Mr. Ramos did not hold a press conference to announce these developments.
Mike Ramos has a history of selective and politically motivated prosecutions, and I feel that the prosecution of Neil Derry on the alleged laundering of a fully reported $5,000 campaign contribution certainly qualifies.
Do a little research and you will see that, if true, the act Mr. Derry was accused of warranted, at worst, a FPPC fine. Look into the far more egregious act DA Mike Ramos himself committed, which resulted in only a FPPC fine. However, when one of Mike Ramos political adversaries commits a lesser act, out come the felony charges.
Welcome to San Bernardino County, and please do not believe everything you read in The Sun.
Marcus, keep your four votes then, Derry does not want votes of those that are not interested in the truth, and would rather cover their eyes and ears when someone else points it out.
The so called “vile” words to describe Ramos are an accurate description of him, we are not here to paint a pretty picture to cover up his dishonest and criminal activities within the reservation.
As for James Ramos being a “dope, loon, a fat simpleton, horse dong, “panties in a bunch”” he is ALL that and much much worse.
Hey don’t put down The Suntelegram they have a serious history on all this corruption stuff and Derry is smack in the middle. I would comment but I think everyone has emptied there canon on this odd article, I am going to get a margarita. Remember the good Lord says “Iron sharpens Iron!” Over 55 bloggers now I am impressed! Some are great minus vulgarity, yet Freedom of Speech can bring out the fire in your gut and your tongue gets stupid like Hello loosen that skirt and have a Martini! This topic is played out wow reading great Sun Article, see you all next topic, I am sure it will be a Hot One from what I am reading! As Cops say “Catch You Later!”
You mean the Sun Newspaper whose endorsement is death? Good luck. They always endorse losers.
ANONYMOUS, I am glad that I have your consent to use June 5, 2012 as a day to have our family cast FOUR VOTES FOR JAMES RAMOS. When I meet my maker, I will take my chances on my “following the truth”!!! If I closed my eyes, I wouldn’t respond to this one-sided blog which even admits their candidate surrendered to police authorities and plea-bargained. If you have evidence on the corruption of James Ramos, please rush to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department. Otherwise your manure would probably be more useful on the fields of San Bernardino than this blog.
Many of the privileges enjoyed by Mr. James Ramos comes from federal and state laws given to Native Americans.
I would “rush” the corruption James Ramos is bathing in to the Sheriff’s, but Sheriff Rod Hoops is unable to act and enforce the law…
Hoops himself is bogged down in that sewer of internal blockage of corruption- THAT’S RIGHT, RAMOS AND HIS PEOPLE HAVE SPREAD THEIR MILLIONS AND BOUGHT OUT ALL AGENCIES WE RELY ON TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS.
Besides, Hoops enjoys having a line quite often, who do yo think provides it?
Hoops is an incompetent bufoon. Ramos is a vile, despicable piece of trash who deserves to be in jail for all the raping of poor people he does at his casino. This garbage is unworthy of any public office.
Again ANONYMOUS encompasses himself with gutter words like bufoon, vile, trash, raping, corruption, etc. ANONYMOUS RUSH your legitimate complaints to the San Bernardino Grand Jury, or the Attorney Generals of the state of California or Washington D.C. They must work, Mr. Derry has seen the inside of their offices.
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_17936929?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com
Here is a link to a fabulous article that reminds us of Derry’s dubious methods. Good stuff, Enjoy!
Administrator, http://www.sbsun.com/ci_17936929?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com Have a little courage and confidence in your candidate, Post this relevant link….
May 1, 2012
City of Redlands
City Council
35 Cajon Street
Redlands, CA 92373
Subject: Item L.2. Conduct a public hearing for Amendments to the Five-year Consolidated Plan and Proposed 2012-2013 Annual Action Plan application to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Honorable Mayor Aguilar and City Council:
The following comments are hereby offered related to the subject documents:
1. The 5-yr. Consolidated Plan, being the City of Redlands Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to HUD for program entitlement, had previously inappropriately defined the Finance Department as the “lead agency” for program implementation and operations. The proposed revision is to replace the Finance Department with the Development Services Department as the lead or responsible agency. Previously the CDBG/ Home/ ESG federally funded programs were vested with the County of San Bernardino, and therefore, the appropriate entity to identify in the Consolidated Plan as responsible to carry out the program should be the City of Redlands.
2. The Proposed 2012-2013 One-year Action Plan, dated March 30, 2012, page 15, under “Public Housing 91.220(h) The Housing Authority of San Bernardino County (HASBC) (sic) has 45 Authority –owned units, 190 public housing units, and provides 370 housing choice voucher units in the City of Redlands. In 2012-2013, it is anticipated that the Lugonia Avenue 190 unit public housing site will undergo demolition of some of the units in order to facilitate a major redevelopment…” The Governor has dissolved all Redevelopment Agencies in California, and has terminated all on-going redevelopment projects. Instead of adding units to the public housing stock, as should be the plan, the proposal is for HACSB to demolish all the public housing units in Redlands (with a city issued demolition permit), with all of the existing public housing stock (190 units) in the entire City being located at the Lugonia Ave. Public Housing site. Under 13. “If the public housing agency is designated as “troubled” by HUD or otherwise is performing poorly…” The HACSB should be investigated by HUD and be designated as a “troubled” agency, due to poor performance and mismanagement of the agency’s programs affiliated with the Lugonia Avenue Public Housing project and the Vista Del Sol Senior Housing project recently constructed within the North Redlands Revitalization Plan (NRRP), a City of Redlands Redevelopment (or in the role of Successor Agency) project area.
3. The following written comments on language contained in the County of San Bernardino’s 2012-2013 Annual Action Plan, dated April 24, 2012, as presented to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, are hereby provided to the Redlands City Council to be sent with the application to the HUD reviewers, for consistency and reference purposes:
Under Public Housing 91220 (h) starting on page 24, “The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB)…”, there is a description of the HACSB program, including the participation of “ Housing Partners I, Inc., a non-profit public housing corporation”.
An objectionable and misleading portion of the document begins on page 26, “The majority of HACSB’s public housing portfolio was constructed in the 40’s and 50’s… In FY 2011, HACSB submitted a demolition application for 115 units in Redlands, CA, commonly referred to as the Lugonia Avenue public housing site. The demolition will be completed in two phases- 60 units in the first phase and 55 units in the next phase. The mixed finance new development will include bond proceeds, tax credits and a one for one replacement of the public housing units with project based vouchers. The development will be redeveloped as a mixed use/ mixed income community consisting of 189 rental units and will also include 39 single family homes, which will be available for purchase.”
As has been discussed with City of Redlands staff and HACSB Commissioners and legal counsel, the entitlements approved by the City of Redlands do not include the phased Final Map and development approach, as has been described above. Without the HACSB and the City of Redlands City Council revisiting the project conditional use permit and tentative tract map approvals, this “piecemeal” processing of the development project is not consistent with the CA Subdivision Map Act.
C: San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
N. Enrique Martinez, Redlands City Manager
Gregory Devereaux, County Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
LSW & Red Annon,
Again, WTF?