Published: Oct. 29, 2015 – 4:10 p.m.
Riverside County’s four newest cities have been told that a one-time, $23.7 million, infusion of state money will wipe out debts that Menifee, Wildomar and Jurupa Valley owe to the county.
To read article by Sandra Stokley in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
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There is a new rumor floating around the rescue community about the San Bernardino County Public Health Department’s division of Animal Care and Control. The rumor is that the Attorney General’s office is looking at the Devore Shelter and at Brian Cronin in particular.
The basis of this alleged investigation is the misuse of the drugs used to euthanize animals in their care. I can tell you that rumors about such abuses have surrounded Cronin for decades including his time at Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley.
I can also tell you I know of one instance where a San Bernardino County Animal Control employee took euth drugs from the county to euthanize a friend’s dogs in that friend’s vehicle because the friend did not want to spend the money at the vet to have them put down. He was not a resident of the county nor of any of the contract cities.
Euth drugs are highly regulated controlled substances. Misuse is a federal felony, I believe. There are too many stories out there for too many years for there not to be something there. I’ve heard additional information, but am not going to share that at this point.
If anyone has any tips or inside information, please use the contact form on the menu above. You can make up a name and email address to remain anonymous.
Finally, here is a link to a blog about the Humane Society you might find interesting. Several entries down is a story from the Press Enterprise they have long since taken off of their site.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
October 25, 2015
Were the El Niño phenomenon to actually generate copious rainstorms in California, it could create a dilemma for homeowners with elderly roofs – patch the leaks or spend big bucks for a new roof.
California politics present similar choices.
The state’s extraordinarily complex socioeconomic matrix makes gathering support for any major policy decision extraordinarily difficult. Our politicians’ tendency, therefore, is to temporarily patch problems as they arise and then move on.
We’ve seen lots of patchwork politics in recent years.
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown have taken swipes at such issues as unbalanced state budgets, infrastructure deterioration, public pension deficits, transportation congestion, water supply and K-12 education, settling for what an unfocused, pettifogging Legislature would accept rather than going all out to truly fix the problems.
Are such “solutions” really better than doing nothing at all? Yes, sometimes. But they also carry downside risks that have become increasingly evident.
One is that they often just don’t work and merely postpone the day of reckoning.
Severe drought struck the state four decades ago. Since then, California has spent untold billions of dollars on supposedly addressing its severe imbalance between water supply and demand. But we never really did anything concrete, leaving us extremely vulnerable when severe drought struck again.
Another downside is that procrastinating fixes provides politicians with excuses. They can – and often do – check it off their to-do lists, telling the voting and taxpaying public that they’ve done their duty diligently, but knowing very well that they’ve merely, in a phrase often used by Schwarzenegger, kicked the can down the road to their successors.
To read expanded column, click here.
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Friday, October 23, 2015 – 10:00 a.m.
It appears San Bernardino County government, which has a penchant for sweeping dirty laundry under the rug, has been busy protecting its Human Resources Director.
After being outed on a local blog, InlandPolitics.com has confirmed that Human Resources Director Andrew L. Lamberto was arrested on March 27, 2015, for violation of Penal Code section 647(b), “Engage and agree to engage in prostitution”.
On September 2, 2015, the Orange County District Attorney included Lamberto on a press release, which listed 4 other men with similar convictions. Interestingly, Lamberto’s mug shot was not included on the DA’s public website.
Click here to read the press release.
Court records indicate Lamberto received 10 days jail suspended, 10 days community service in lieu of jail, 3 years informal probation, AIDS prevention Education Program and HIV Testing.
To read the Orange County Superior Court Case Docket, click the following link: Orange County Superior Court Docket – Case Number 15HM05336 – Lamberto Andrew L
Lamberto’s physical description is listed on the court docket.
It’ll be interesting to see if there’s any fallout from this, or if any local media picks up the story.
Since the incident occurred in March, it’s likely Lamberto already disclosed the arrest to Chief Executive Greg Devereaux, and no punitive action was taken.
Here’s Lamberto’s profile on peekyou.com:
Andrew L Lamberto is 51 years old. He lives in Mission Viejo, California, but has also spent time in Gainesville, Georgia and Trabuco Canyon, California. Goodfellas is his favorite movie. On the web, Andrew goes by the alias pyrtfan.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 – 09:20 a.m.
Vice President Joe Biden has announced he will not seek the democratic nomination for President of the United States.
The announcement paves the way for whomever the GOP nominee is to face Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Clinton is by far the more attractive candidate for the republicans to confront.
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