Environmental report goes to judge
July 13, 2010 4:53 PM
By Jessica Cejnar, staff writer
SAN BERNARDINO • Nursery Products won approval from the county a second time to build a sewage sludge composting facility about eight miles west of Hinkley.
Three members of the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors approved Nursery Products’ conditional use permit Tuesday. Fifth District Supervisor Josie Gonzales dissented. Fourth District Supervisor Gary Ovitt was absent.
10:00 PM PDT on Monday, July 12, 2010
By IMRAN GHORI
The Press-Enterprise
A proposal for an open-air sludge composting facility near the High Desert community of Hinkley that has raised objections from residents will go back before the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
The board approved the project in 2007 but after opponents sued a Superior Court judge found that part of the original environmental impact report was inadequate and overturned that approval. Nursery Products, the proponent of the project, is again seeking approval of the 80-acre plant on 160 acres near Highway 58, eight miles west of Hinkley.
Reporter Joe Nelson
Sun / Daily Bulletin
Monday, July 12, 2010 – 10:45 am
Last Updated: Monday, July 12, 2010 – 12:08 pm
One thing is obvious these days. Investigative reporting by local newspapers is long gone.
More and more local newspaper reporters are becoming increasingly pliable to ignoring facts when it suits them. A prime example today is a one-sided story in the Barstow Desert Dispatch related to action by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on the Nursery Products LLC – Hawes Composting Facility near Hinkley.
Written by Administrator
July 12th, 2010 at 9:00 am
It is said that the love of money is the root of all evil and human behavior certainly suggests that the adoration of the almighty greenback brings about the demise of many a man. When we come across a panhandler on the street, some of us will throw change his way while others will look in the opposite direction, assuming he is trying to mislead us and get something for nothing.
The same goes for charities and non-profits. Some of us take the good works they tout at face value while others look at all who ask for money with skepticism.
July 11, 2010 8:34 AM
By Jessica Cejnar, staff writer
HINKLEY • A citizens group opposing a proposed sewage sludge composting facility near Hinkley will go before the Board of Supervisors Tuesday in an effort to get the conditional use permit for the project revoked.
This is the second time Nursery Products’ Hinkley project has gone before the Board of Supervisors. County staff is recommending the Board approve the project’s conditional use permit, saying the benefits outweigh the potential impacts. The county initially approved of the facility in 2007.
Dropping of lawsuit sought
Michael J. Sorba, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/10/2010 05:39:05 PM PDT
APPLE VALLEY – In an effort to garner support for Arizona and it’s controversial new immigration policy, the conservative activists’ group We the People, California’s Crusader held a rally Saturday along Bear Valley Boulevard.
Raymond Herrera, the group’s president and founder, said he hoped to gather hundreds of signatures for a petition that asks President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to drop a lawsuit against Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070.
From a competitor in Kern County, to a middle-man operative, the cast involved in a coordinated effort to prevent a High Desert composting facility from opening is interesting.
The facility to be operated by Nursery Products, LLC is located eight miles west of Hinkley, California, and it’s causing quiet a stir in the High Desert.
July 01, 2010 5:22 PM
From Staff Reports
SAN BERNARDINO • Victor Valley property values plummeted faster than every other city in San Bernardino County over the past year, according to the annual property assessment roll signed this week by Assessor Dennis Draeger.
County-wide, property values saw a 4.5 percent decline compared to 2009-10, the assessor reported. The county’s roll of 819,827 parcels is now valued at $162.8 billion.
Written by Administrator
June 24th, 2010 at 10:00 am
A view of Hinkley, California from Highway 58
I spent a better part of two days this past week exploring Hinkley, California, trying to get a feel for the community and those who live there. It seems to be an area without definition and little has been written about it, which left me with a lot to learn.
Written by Administrator
June 20th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
This past week San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney John Goritz and state of California Deputy Attorney General Melissa Mandel unveiled their “conspiracy theory” in the trial of former Assessor’s Office employee Rex Gutierrez. In addition to having worked for the county, Gutierrez also is an elected member of the city of Rancho Cucamonga City Council. Gutierrez is accused of conducting city of Rancho Cucamonga business on county time.
Written by Administrator
June 19th, 2010 at 4:35 am
Anyone who listens to John and Ken on the Los Angeles-based radio station KFI 640 may be left with the impression that all environmentally friendly ideas are costly, with little or no positive effect on the environment. From depletion of the ozone and global warming to Cap and Trade and diesel emissions, environmental concerns are controversial and often seem to be based on less-than-sound scientific data and hypothesis. The environmental do-gooders force upon us an extensive array of rules and regulations with little concern for economic consequences or our ability to implement stringent standards without readily available technology or yet-to-be-made scientific discovery.
Nuaimi
Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Created: 06/17/2010 06:26:55 PM PDT
YUCCA VALLEY – The city council here voted 5-0 Thursday to approve a contract making Fontana Mayor Mark Nuaimi the city manager.
Nuaimi announced this week he is stepping down as mayor at the end of the month. He’ll begin work in Yucca Valley July 6.
His new job will pay him $190,000 a year.
May 24, 2010 4:12 PM
BEATRIZ E. VALENZUELA AND BROOKE EDWARDS Staff Writers
APPLE VALLEY • As concerns over the stability of the Apple Valley Fire Protection District mount — and with the firefighters’ union now apparently on his side — Councilman Rick Roelle said in the “very near future” he plans to ask Town Council to once again study the option of contracting with San Bernardino County for service.
“I brought it up a year ago and it fell on deaf ears,” Roelle said. “I think that the town and the people were led to believe then that there were no issues from the management of the fire district, and it appears that’s not the case.”
April 28, 2010 10:43 AM
Brooke Edwards
APPLE VALLEY • After less than two years on the job, Town Manager Frank Robinson is apparently looking for another position.
Robinson was announced as one of eight finalists to take over as president July 1 of the Center City Commission, an agency aimed at bolstering development in downtown Memphis, Tenn.
April 14, 2010 5:35 PM
Brooke Edwards
APPLE VALLEY • A request from Councilman Rick Roelle to reconsider how much Apple Valley’s incoming finance director will make led to heated discussion over the town manager’s authority.
Councilman Scott Nassif adamantly opposed Roelle’s suggestion that they hire an outside consultant to review compensation for the assistant town manager of finance and administration, a position created during a reorganization by Town Manager Frank Robinson with the help of a consultant shortly after he took the helm in 2008.
April 10, 2010 12:55 PM
BROOKE EDWARDS and BEATRIZ E. VALENZUELA
APPLE VALLEY • With the Apple Valley Fire Protection District looking to cut costs, one politically sensitive option being floated is the possibility of contracting with San Bernardino County for fire service, as every other Victor Valley city now does.
Apple Valley Councilman Rick Roelle, then sitting as mayor, spearheaded a push to look at turning the local fire department over to County Fire last April. Roelle cited concern with the district’s finances and how it might affect its ability to provide service to residents.
After complaint, Allan abandons club equity membership
March 31, 2010 4:13 PM
Natasha Lindstrom
APPLE VALLEY • A complaint has been filed with the state election watchdog alleging Mayor Peter Allan acted unethically by negotiating the town’s purchase of the Apple Valley Country Club while simultaneously serving on the club’s board of directors.
The complaint was filed Tuesday with the nonpartisan Fair Political Practices Commission, according to the filer, Daniel Seagondollar, an architect in Apple Valley and former candidate for the Town Council.
March 07, 2010 12:00 PM
Brooke Edwards
APPLE VALLEY • For the second year in a row, the town will keep a balanced budget by dipping slightly into its reserves and using that safety net to heavily subsidize its Park and Recreation Department and Apple Valley Golf Course.
Cash reserves in the general fund will be down 30 percent by June from where they were two years ago, according to a mid-year budget report prepared for Tuesday’s workshop, dropping from $15.4 million to a projected $10.8 million.
February 13, 2010 4:44 PM
Brooke Edwards
APPLE VALLEY • The town has quietly paid Finance Director Bill Pattison more than $100,000 to quit his job as he waits to go to trial on charges of domestic violence, the Daily Press has learned.
Pattison, 45, was arrested in Las Vegas on Dec. 26, with officials from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reporting that he kicked his girlfriend in the back.
As Apple Valley handed its finance director $100,000 to walk away amid domestic violence charges, town staff declined to justify the hefty payment, citing sensitivity involving personnel issues.
But taxpayer advocates argue that generous severance provisions for public employees, who already make more and have more generous benefit and pension packages than the average private sector worker, are among the offenses threatening to bankrupt cities — and the state of California.
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