San Manuel Tribal Member James Ramos failed to show at another community forum. This time in Yucca Mesa.
Posted: Saturday, October 13, 2012 5:30 am
By Stacy Moore Hi-Desert Star
YUCCA MESA — Neil Derry, defending his county supervisor’s seat against James Ramos, said the challenger tells lies and doesn’t understand county issues during a speaking engagement Wednesday at the community center here.
The event was billed as a candidate forum, but Ramos did not attend. His office had told the hosting Homestead Valley Community Council that Ramos was already booked Wednesday night and on other nights suggested for a rescheduled forum, according to an email from his campaign manager and to Rick Sayers, president of the Homestead Valley council.
Ramos was at a meet-and-greet in Barstow Wednesday night. “My calendar filled up after the June election,” Ramos said in a telephone interview Thursday. “If we have something that’s been planned two months in advance, there’s a conflict,” he said.
Derry has appeared at a “forum” in Lucerne Valley that Ramos did not attend, and the Loma Linda Chamber of Commerce is also planning an event without Ramos.
“The Ramos campaign has been very aggressive in making sure James attends as many local events as possible, plus holding meet and greets throughout the district. So far, we have held 46 meet and greets during this campaign, giving voters plenty of opportunities to meet James and ask him questions,” Betsy Starbuck, his campaign manager, wrote.
Derry had another explanation for the one-person forums: “I creamed him in Highland, basically wiped the floor with him, and everybody saw it,” Derry said, referring to one forum where the two candidates met. “He had no specifics; he spoke without understanding the real issues.”
Ramos disagreed with Derry’s assessment of the Highland debate. “Derry didn’t wipe the floor with me. He spent most of the time trying to explain his probation,” Ramos said. “I talked about creating jobs and easing regulations.
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AS I predicted, James Ramos is focusing on Neil Derry’s “probation.” If Judge Dest had not seen though the prosecution, he would be talking about Neil Derry’s “felony charges.”
This is precisely what Mike Ramos planned: Give James Ramos something to attack Neil Derry with so voters would overlook his own lack of qualifications.
Has ANYBODY heard James Ramos say ANYTHING specific on his plans for “creating jobs and easing regulations?”
I attended the candidate forum in Lucerne and was completely taken aback. Ramos didn’t even know what the issues are, much less what he would do about them.
But get this… before the show even got started, the MC was handing out little 3×5 manila cards. He said Mr. Ramos had requested the audience not engage the candidates directly from the floor. Instead we were to write out our question and submit them beforehand. It was soon obvious why! Ramos is clueless and didn’t want to be put on the spot, that’s why!
Ramos has had every opportunity to become knowledgeable, at least about the important stuff… but he hasn’t done so.
And if he’s not interested enough in our issues to even learn what they are then why in the world is he running? Does he want to be a Supervisor because he has a personal agenda? Is that why he hasn’t bothered to find out what is going on in our rural communities?
Or maybe, learning about the issues facing our district is just too big of a job for him!
Anonymous #2:
James Ramos has no interest in learning about the issues. If he wins, he will be a Mike Ramos/Dennis Hansberger puppet, so why bother.
As Neil Derry and others have said, he is trying to buy the election since he can outspend almost anybody with the profits from his casino.
The county will take a huge step backwards if James Ramos becomes Supervisor.
The Gloves are off? That’s rather misleading, Ramos has been avoiding the ring and refuses to confront Derry in any public forum where the PRESS is present to witness his dishonesty, deception, lack of qualifications, AND HIS ULTERIOR MOTIVES.
A very small handful of self-serving political leaders, who have recently lost all credibility and respect throughout San Bernardino County, have now lowered themselves even further into a delusional dark path- and are willing ACCOMPLICES TO JAMES RAMOS’ WEB OF DECEPTION- FINANCED AND SPUN FROM RAMOS’ DRUG TRAFFICKING PROFITS..
DISGRACED ARE…Congressman Jerry Lewis, Paul Cook, Bill Emmerson, Rod Hoops and DA Mike Ramos, who are in full swing conspiring in the web of lies….filling our mailboxes with EXPENSIVE, GLOSSY AND BEAUTIFUL mailers with the SOLE purpose of luring us with their gaze, their big shinny smiles, and DECEPTIVE words of praise TO VOTE FOR A FOOL, Ramos.
Have we forgotten so soon WHO James Ramos is, WHERE he comes from, and WHAT his TRUE ULTERIOR MOTIVES ARE?? Chief of a sovereign tribal nation, The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians. YES, RAMOS STILL IS CHIEF, HIS “COUSIN” IS ONLY HOLDING THE SPOT THROUGH THE ELECTIONS!!
HOW SOON WE FORGET……………
SacBee: California Indian tribes lead national push for more off-reservation casinos
http://inlandpolitics.com/blog/2012/07/09/sacbee-california-indian-tribes-lead-national-push-for-more-off-reservation-casinos/
Anonymous #2:
If James Ramos had not had time for the questions to be reviewed by his staff and the answers prepared for him, it may have sounded like this:
Question: If elected, how will you promote job growth?
Answer: I don’t know, but Neil Derry is a criminal.
Question: If elected, how will you ease regulations?
Answer: I don’t know, but Neil Derry plead guilty.
Question: Do you understand that Highway 330 is maintained by Caltrans, and not the County?
Answer: I do now that Neil Derry explained it, but Neil Derry is on probation.
Question: Have two of your business ventures failed and been shut down?
Answer: Yes, but I took advantage of a regulation and was able to require Neil Derry to not refer to himself as a businessman.
Ramos’ campaign strategy to win has been a TWO STEP plan…carried out by Betsy Starbuck, his campaign manager.
Step One…have Ramos stay out of public events where the PRESS has EYES and EARS- ONLY arrange Meet and Greets with loyal supports present- like family and friends.
Step Two: Have Congressman Jerry Lewis, Paul Cook, Bill Emmerson, Rod Hoops and Mike Ramos BOMBARD our mail boxes on the FINAL DAYS WITH BEAUTIFUL ENTICING GLOSSY MAILERS …SPEWING DECEPTION and MISINFORMATION about James Ramos’ QUALIFICATIONS and TRUE CHARACTER…ALL FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN and PROFIT promised by Ramos- A FOOLISH MAN WHOSE SHADOW WILL BRINGS CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION TO OUR COUNTY AND PEOPLE IF ELECTED.
Congressman Lewis is counting on our ignorance and the lack of press coverage of this man… and our willingness to believe the web of lies and deception filling our mailboxes…toss them out, or do as I do…or write, “return to sender”
Do the voters of this district even know Ramos is a Democrat? That should be the kiss of death but most locals car little about BOS elections. That fact needs to get out. Link him to Jerry ( I need more of your money) Brown via Mikey.
Everyone knows Ramos is a Democrat and that just goes to show just how unwanted Derry is as a supervisor. Don’t forget how bad he lost the primary and that his Republican opponent is now supporting Ramos. That gives Ramos a clear advantage and allows him the oppertunity to stear clear of any forum/ambushes.
The Ramos Bros. James and Mikey’s campaign strategy is simple, CHARACTER ASSASSINATION.
#8 – why cant ramos speak for and by himself?
#10
IT’S A CURSE – TO KEEP HIM FROM BLOWING HIS OWN ELECTION
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS WILL REMOVE IT [IF] ONCE ELECTED…AND REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER ONE..ONE THAT WILL BE HARMFUL TO OUR COUNTY.
James Ramos much like Rick Roelle will simply be a sock puppet for Mike Ramos and Rod Hoops.
With a 5-0 vote of the BOS there will be no stopping the other crooks in the County.
Wait and see!!!
Red Anonymous. No, not everyone knows Ramos is a Democrat. Most voters don’t care about the small local races, so they don’t bother to inform themselves. Those who are informed prefer Derry. The only reason Ramos won the primary is because of his lying mailers about Derry and telling people he’s a Republican. It’s a shame, and that’s why Ramos can buy his way in–because people choose to be ignorant about the people they elect who have control over our money.
#13 HAS PINNED IT… “lying mailers” from Ramos are screaming he has “moral values” and “fiscal responsibility” but truth is too many people are aware of Ramos’ providing a safe haven for drug traffickers within his reservations, and his bankrupt businesses NEAR OUR SCHOOLS such as Cal State San Bernardino…are empty store fronts used by these drug pushers to gain easy access to our children.
A busload of politicians were driving down a country road when, all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road, and crashed into a tree in an old farmer’s field.The old farmer, after seeing what had happened, went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole to bury the politicians.A few days later the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and asked the old farmer where all the politicians had gone.The old farmer said he had buried them.The sheriff asked the old farmer, “Were they all dead?”The old farmer replied, “Well, some of them said they weren’t, but you know how them politicians lie.”
Ramos’ new campaign slogan should be: making San Bernardino County safe for drug traffickers.
This will come true when the Ramos boys completely take over.