Thursday, July 30, 2015
Walker’s Philadelphia cheesesteak mockery
Several Philly tourists not amused with Scott Walker crashing their lunch. Overheard: “Stand in line with the rest of us.” “Who is that?” — Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) July 28, 2015 This is silly but sometimes you just gotta stop, smell the roses, and indulge in some mockery of Scott Walker’s cheesesteak choices. It’s the standard more »
The Sun: Supervisors authorize rewards to stop wildfire drone operations
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 07/28/15 – 11:54 AM PDT |
San Bernardino County supervisors on Tuesday approved $75,000 to be used as reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of illegal drone operators who forced the grounding of aerial firefighters during recent wildfires in the San Bernardino Mountains and High Desert.
“It’s an issue that is drastically affecting first-responders in tackling fires here in San Bernardino County,” Board of Supervisors Chairman James Ramos said.
The Board of Supervisors approved the allocation on a 4-0 vote. Supervisor Robert Lovingood was absent.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller said there have been five drone incidents in the last six weeks that hindered firefighters in their attempts to battle wildland fires. During the North fire, in the High Desert and Cajon Pass, aerial firefighting efforts were hindered for 26 minutes when a drone was spotted hovering in restricted airspace.
But the issue is not new. Miller said the Forest Service has been discussing and preparing for the problem of unmanned aircraft at wildland fires for more than a year.
“Who would have imagined that out of 155 national forests spread across this country, that we would have four fires in San Bernardino County on the San Bernardino National Forest, with five drone incidents,” Miller told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. “Outside of this county, we have had one incident involving a recon aircraft in Northern California. So just as it has been somewhat a surprise to the county, it also has been for us.”
The North fire ignited near the 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass on July 17, jumping the freeway and destroying or damaging 30 vehicles. Five drones were spotted above the fire, and planes and helicopters dropping flame retardant or water on the blaze were ordered away from the area for the pilots’ safety, officials said.
Drones were also responsible for the grounding of firefighter aircraft during the Mill 2, Lake and the June 25 Sterling Fire, which burned 100 acres east of Del Rosa Avenue in San Bernardino.
The Lake fire was reported about 4 p.m. on June 17, burning more than 31,000 acres on the eastern flank of the San Bernardino Mountains, destroying one home, three outbuildings and causing minor injuries to six firefighters, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Pilots preparing to drop retardant on the blaze were forced to jettison their load, turn around and land after spotting an orange or red drone that cut between two of the planes at an elevation of about 12,000 feet.
Federal law mandates that drones fly no more than 400 feet in altitude.
The continual presence of drones at wildfires in the last month has prompted elected officials to propose legislation cracking down on illegal drone users.
On July 10, Rep. Paul Cook, R-Apple Valley, introduced his proposed Wildfire Airspace Protection Act of 2015, which would make it a federal offense to fly a drone that interferes with firefighting operations on federal lands.
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Walker’s Philadelphia cheesesteak mockery
Several Philly tourists not amused with Scott Walker crashing their lunch. Overheard: “Stand in line with the rest of us.” “Who is that?” — Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) July 28, 2015 This is silly but sometimes you just gotta stop, smell the roses, and indulge in some mockery of Scott Walker’s cheesesteak choices. It’s the standard more »
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
WI Supreme Court “went well beyond what any court has ever held in opening the floodgates to secret money in politics”
Brendan Fischer of PRWatch was recently interviewed by Janine Jackson of Fair.org. A couple of exerpts: JJ: Well, it sounds as though the charge was that Walker actively sought to skirt finance laws and that the ruling is: Yes, he did, but it’s OK? I mean, help us to understand exactly what happened here. BF: That’s about right. more »
The Press-Enterprise: MENIFEE: Ex-councilman pleads guilty to abusing power
By Alex Groves / Staffg Writer
Published: July 27, 2015
Updated: July 28, 2015 – 11:22 a.m.
Former Menifee City Councilman Tom Fuhrman pleaded guilty Monday to multiple charges of abusing his power, as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
To read expanded article by Alex Groves in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
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Monday, July 27, 2015
Republican presidential candidates cluster accounts at bank with only 1 branch in McLean, Virginia
Hmmmmm. From Bloomberg: “According to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings, Chain Bridge is the sole bank serving Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign, which reported raising $11.4 million as of June 30, and his allied super-PAC, Right to Rise, which says it’s raised $103 million so far. Donald Trump’s campaign banks at Chain Bridge, and it’s more »
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Trump nails Walker on crumbling roads, deficit, underfunded education, Common Core flip-flops
Times are strange when you’re pleased to hear from Donald Trump, eh? What’s really wild is not only do I enjoy hearing Trump slam Walker, I have to admit that Trump is essentially telling the truth about the state of affairs in Wisconsin and about Walker’s flip-flops on Common Core. Donald Trump says he wasn’t more »
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