How to contact your local lawmakers -
The following list of names and addresses is published as a service for those who wish to write to the principal elected officials who represent them in Washington, Sacramento and county offices....
View ArticleMore airport oversight -
When the grand jury report on San Bernardino International Airport came out June 30, airport officials seemed more intent on discrediting the report than on what it revealed about some slipshod...
View ArticlePlane tall tale to get review -
Did a company affiliated with Scot Spencer, developer of San Bernardino International Airport, really have a deal to refurbish a plane for the Obama campaign in July 2008? The airport authority gave...
View ArticleCASSIE MACDUFF: CHECK WHO'S BEHIND PACS -
The grand jury indictments of a developer and three former San Bernardino County officials contain a big caveat emptor about political action committees. The mom-and-apple pie names of some PACs may...
View ArticleCharter Case Drags On -
Four years have passed since a grand jury indicted a High Desert charter school founder and one of his employees on 117 counts of misappropriating public funds, grand theft and tax evasion. On Friday,...
View ArticleAssistant District Attorney Kept Calm -
The office of assistant district attorney is often a political appointment: a reward for loyalty and helping the DA get elected.
View ArticleRedlands: University, tribes share -
With a $3.7 million grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, the University of Redlands embarks this fall on a partnership with local tribes to help more Native American youths attend and...
View ArticleOne-of-a-Kind Rose Brown -
People who knew that Stater Bros. CEO Jack Brown had lost his mother four days before the Grand Terrace store grand opening Wednesday wondered how he was able to go ahead with the festivities.
View ArticleSetback for Prosecution - Cassie MacDuff
The corruption prosecution of the San Bernardino County Four suffered a big setback recently when a judge ruled that approving a $102 million settlement in exchange for political contributions isn't...
View ArticlePaying for Fire Service - Cassie MacDuff
Should people who live in high fire-danger areas be required to pay a little extra for state fire protection? San Bernardino County Supervisors Neil Derry and Brad Mitzelfelt don't think so.
View ArticleThoughts on Labor Day -
As the Labor Day weekend begins this year, if you're lucky enough to be employed, you might say a prayer of thanks. Nearly 15 percent of Inland Southern California workers are unemployed. California...
View ArticleCameras not the Problem -
Bad blood between San Bernardino's city attorney and police chief boiled over last week when each blamed the other's office for a nearly $1.9 million error in calculating the cost of ending the city's...
View ArticleNo Excuse in Mecca Mess - Cassie MacDuff
Government regulation is under attack these days as a job-killer. But there's good reason for the government to regulate industries that can damage public health.
View ArticleSB Airport obscurity seems almost on purpose -
When a grand jury report criticized inadequate oversight at San Bernardino International Airport, officials fought back with positive publicity.
View ArticleBaca Boosts Development - Cassie MacDuff
Federal and state wildlife officials will tour the Lytle Creek wash with Rep. Joe Baca, D-Rialto, and developer Ron Pharris on Sept. 26 to gauge how much wildlife habitat should be set aside when an...
View ArticleA Church's Valentine -
The wedding-cake decorating demonstration, wedding-party fashion show and honeymoon-planning talk should be fun. But they won't be the best part of St. Paul's United Methodist Church's first wedding...
View ArticleListening to the public -
Kudos to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Its bureaucrats got the message that inviting people to meetings then not allowing them to speak isn't a good way to solicit public input on project...
View ArticlePublic Dissed at Meeting - Cassie MacDuff
The FBI raid on San Bernardino International Airport last Wednesday concerned enough people to pack the room where a special meeting of the airport authority board was held late Friday afternoon. The...
View ArticleSafety for Explorers - Cassie MacDuff
Announced changes to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Explorer program in the wake of two deputies charged with having sex with girls in the program seems to put most of the onus on the...
View ArticleAn Overdue Goodbye - Cassie MacDuff
The retirement, resignation or whatever you want to call it of Don Rogers as executive director of the San Bernardino International Airport Authority is an opportunity for the oversight board to get a...
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