10:45 PM PDT on Monday, June 20, 2011
By LESLIE PARRILLA
The Press-Enterprise
Corona police issued layoff notices to 15 patrol officers Monday in an effort to shave roughly $4 million from the city’s budget over the next three years.
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10:19 PM PDT on Monday, June 6, 2011
By LESLIE PARRILLA
The Press-Enterprise
A former Corona mayor and Nature’s Recipe dog food founder was sentenced to two years of probation Monday for lying to FBI agents during a bankruptcy fraud investigation in which he failed to report millions in settlement money on tax forms.
Filed under: Cities, Corona, Courts, In the News, Legal, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. District Court, U.S. Government
By PE Politics
April 14, 2011 4:32 PM
School officials from the Riverside and Corono-Norco unified school districts warned state senators Thursday of major repercussions if lawmakers go ahead with as much as $4.5 billion in additional cuts to schools.
11:05 PM PDT on Thursday, March 17, 2011
By BRIAN ROKOS
The Press-Enterprise
Former Corona City Councilman and Nature’s Recipe dog food founder Jeff Bennett pleaded guilty Thursday to making a false statement to FBI agents, court documents say.
Filed under: Cities, Corona, Courts, In the News, Legal, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. District Court, U.S. Government
Nolan
By PE News
on March 11, 2011 5:10 PM
Corona City Councilman Steve Nolan has filed for personal bankruptcy, citing almost $2 million in business debts that include $3,361 owed to the city’s Department of Water and Power.
Filed under: Business, Cities, Corona, Courts, Economy, Finance, In the News, Legal, Politics, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
10:00 PM PST on Sunday, November 28, 2010
By BRIAN ROKOS
The Press-Enterprise
PDF: Corona staff report and proposed policy on board appointments
Candidates for appointment to Corona city boards and commissions who have a felony conviction would be prohibited from serving, and sitting members convicted of a felony would have to immediately resign, according to a policy the City Council will consider Wednesday.
Nelson
10:58 PM PDT on Monday, October 4, 2010
By JEFF HORSEMAN
The Press-Enterprise
Just five city managers in California — and only one in the Inland area — earned more than Temecula City Manager Shawn Nelson in 2009, according to a survey.
Nelson, 51, earned $336,288 last year, an amount that includes his base salary, deferred compensation and other payouts, according to the survey released last month by the League of California Cities, an advocacy group for cities and towns. Nelson’s base pay is $291,571 a year, according to Temecula.
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10:52 PM PDT on Sunday, August 15, 2010
By JOHN F. HILL and JEFF HORSEMAN
The Press-Enterprise
Council members in 17 “general law” cities in western Riverside and San Bernardino counties earn less than half the pay of their counterparts in charter cities, a review of public records has found.
City managers in these Inland cities also make less, though the gap is smaller.
Filed under: Bell, Cities, Corona, Loma Linda, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Perris, Riverside, San Bernardino, Temecula, Wildomar
10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Cassie MacDuff
People are understandably upset at high salaries paid to city officials, while municipal workers are being laid off and the public is being told it will have to settle for reduced services.
But lucrative pay is only half the story. When you add in the benefits public officials receive, the taxpayers are getting hit for even more than many people realize.
Filed under: Budget, Cities, Corona, Economy, Finance, In the News, Politics, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino
10:00 PM PDT on Monday, July 26, 2010
Cassie MacDuff
With the scandal over exorbitant pay for Bell officials, Inland residents may wonder if their city governments, too, have approved extravagant salaries unbeknownst to them.
A 2007 Press-Enterprise survey showed Inland city manager salaries doubled between 1996 and 2006. Some now top $200,000.
Filed under: Budget, Cities, Corona, Economy, Finance, Grand Terrace, Highland, In the News, Loma Linda, Politics, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino
10:17 PM PST on Saturday, January 30, 2010
By LESLIE PARRILLA
The Press-Enterprise
Corona is picking up a conversation that started at least 18 years ago.
In 1992, then-City Council candidate Bob McMackin campaigned on the platform that being a charter city, versus a general law city, would allow more local control and keep the state from tapping into coffers.
But for reasons that included the city’s smaller size, the idea never gained a louder voice.