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CITY OF RIVERSIDE: THE BURNARD STORY: A TRAGIC TALE OF GOVERNMENT GONE ROGUE AND THOSE WHO GUARDED IT: POLITICS PLANNED BY THE RULING CLASS?

Posted: June 24, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: cindy roth, city councilman john burnard, city councilman mike soubirous, city councilman steve adams, city of riverside, city of riverside police chief sergio diaz, coup d'état, governor moonbeam, riverside police department, senator richard roth

The John Burnard Story, was this a tragic story that had to happen? Was it inevitable? It seems it’s an unfortunate exposure to what all Riversidian’s have experienced in are not so great city when it comes to establishment politics. Riverside’s Own Elitist Organization ‘The Raincross Group,’ the ‘Riverside Chamber of Commerce’ run by no other than Queen Bee Cindy Roth, and her husband, who allegedly padded his law bills to the City of Riverside with no contracts, is now Senator Richard Roth, who prefers to go by…. the Generalissimo … the incomparable General Roth. A General who does not protect his taxpaying troops, but instead throws his taxpaying troops into the line of fire with increased taxes! Yep, directly as a result of a bribe by former Governor ‘Moonbeam’ Brown himself to support his efforts, remember the gas tax? So the question is , was it inevitable that the Riverside ~~church going elitist~~ chose someone as Burnard to replace former Councilman Steve Adams, who also had the alleged issue of domestic violence? Now, from wearing out his welcome with the County of Riverside and San Bernardino, Adams was whole heartily accepted back again to replace Burnard on the Riverside Council seat.

ADAMS ARREST 1994 KANSAS

What seems more relevant is the indoctrination of an individual colleague through alleged coercion. Councilman Mike Soubirous, even though he received the wrath of the establishment attempting to frame him for an undue crime, he succumbed recently, and in turn voted for Adams to replace Burnard. Adams who’s legacy will be remembered by allowing his constituents to die do to contaminated soil in his Ward, which he was very much aware of. A law suit on this matter is being taken up by the Brokovich Firm.

A connection between Councilman Steve Adams and the newly christened candidate John Burnard? A rigging of an election?

Burnard was destined to be the replacement for Adams by the Riverside Political Elite. There was no doubt that Burnard’s historical actions were to come to a head. Was Burnard’s grave error that it didn’t happened in the City of Riverside? Where the elite and RPD could have made an attempted cover up as they did in the past, as they attempted to do with former Chief of Police Russ Leach? Some call it s Political Machine. Some call it the Cultural Elite in action. Some call it a Culture of Entitlement. This so called refined group of people are electable not only by default, but by those who have been there historically… those who have been politically ingrained within the political system, hence those who will continue their legacy.

John-Burnard-Arrest-Report

But what concerns me is who knew what and when did they know it? Well they all did and all are to guilty of perpetrating a culture of covering up each others dirty laundry, while supporting the narrative of truth, family, justice, God and the American way. What those in the position of power who have benefited from the taxpayer, must ask what their legacy will be. What will they be remembered for. Did they do the right thing? Did they have the courage to do the right thing? Did they just withered away, and succumbed to the establishment, because it was easier than fighting and sacrificing for the rights of the residents and their tax money.

Riverside Ward 7 Councilman John Burnard with wife Kathy by his side is sworn in to office by The Honorable Cheryl C. Kersey, Superior Court Judge, San Bernardino County Tuesday in Riverside, June 30, 2015.

It’s a real tragedy for this individual, but the real tragedy of is for the taxpayer who always gets the bill. But it’s typical as you can see with the usual suspects when it comes to the elite ruling class subjects who have given there christening and monies to continue there controlled legacy. Is the real tragedy about this sequence of events by those who have power and control to chain of events which the end result would be the rigging of an election? Or is the real tragedy is to support an individual who may not be truly qualified, or is it that they all have known who Burnard really was? Bottom line, they had to. Even Developer Henry Cox supported Burnard!

Even Developer Henry Cox who supported Burnard admitted Ag Park Parcel he planned for a housing development was contaminated as TMC has indicated in past postings. What was he hoping to receive in some sort of support from Burnard? Remember, prior Councilman Steve Adams did nothing. Mayor Bailey did nothing! Remember that in the next election.

The real tragedy is how the City of Riverside have not been good stewards of the taxpayer money, and have not been good stewards of the utility monies, and have negotiated unsustainable union contracts, and caused legal liabilities. All because of incompetence, unqualified and greed only to fill their own pockets when the taxpayers weren’t looking.

Is the real game for this elite culture is to provide an illusion of government that works, but doesn’t, simply because it’s under the guise of a democratic representation? What gives? Is this a system designed to build a financial treasure chest off the taxpayer for two pensions! Maybe yes! What gives? This is what it seems, make no mistake about it. One example is our Chief of Police Sergio Diaz, working on his second pension. In the real world this does not occur under any circumstance. It is simply unsustainable via cost. to retire early only to work elsewhere

What we have is a group of establishment elite who truly believe they know best, but at the same time creating unsustainable union contracts which down the line, as now, cannot be paid for. Cities will continue to go bankrupt directly because of this behavior, and the State of California will go bankrupt as a whole. People and businesses will continue to leave California for this reason leaving them with an economic crash which will not be revitalized. It is unacceptable to continue to tax the residents for a cartel which has hijacked our government.

The purpose of government was to keep an eyeful watch over taxpayer resources, what is the purpose of government when it only benefits elite public worker pensions and the unions? It seems that those within the government system are their to fight and protect their own as oppose to protect the very system that employs them. It seems that that those in the public service realm are their to feed of the taxpayer trough, and to them, it should be vehemently protected, by any means possible.

Feeding Off the Taxpayer Trough?

The Arizona domestic violence trial of former Riverside City Councilman John Powell Burnard, was scheduled for April 9, 2018, has been postponed to July 30, according to Mohave County Superior Court. Burnard, 52 at the time, was arrested July 3, 2017, in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, after witnesses said they saw Burnard choking two women after an argument at a bar; their names were redacted from the police report. Burnard is married. Burnard pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated assault by domestic violence. One is a Class 4 felony, and the other is a Class 6 felony. In Arizona, Class 1 is the most serious felony, and Class 6 is the least serious felony. Was this the dirty little secret the establishment status quo ruling class knew about, but exposed itself in an undue fashion?

UPDATE: According to a August 17, 2019 article by Ryan Hagen in the Press Enterprise, charges were dropped against Burnard. The County Attorneys Office stated that they lost contact with material witnesses that were necessary to prove the State’s case. Even though Burnard was ecstatic that the charges were dropped, the County Attorneys Office went on to say that the charges were dropped without prejudice, meaning that Burnard could be charged again until the seven year statue of limitations expires.

Is this what happens when those of the ruling class elite completely self assured that no one else will be elected unless you’ve been given their christening? Can this be construed as the rigging of an election? Was this what Soubirous was talking about in this video.

Remember what happened when Soubirous didn’t follow the rules, the ruling status quo elite attempted to frame him on false charges by some members of the Council, the Police Union and the Chief of Police. We’ve seen this with School Board Member Joseph Barragan to frame and defame through efforts of Gabriela Plascensia, the Teachers Union and even a local Congressman. We’ve seen this when tax advocate Vivian Moreno worked with former Moreno Valley Mayor Jessie Molina. We have also seen this with Donald Trump in Washington D.C. with the infamous Russian Hoax and weaponizing are FBI and CIA to spy on presidential candidate.

In the City of Riverside on July 22, 2014, Council held a hearing investigating the Councilman Mike Soubirous regarding charter violations and a claim of a hostile work environment by City Manager Scott Barber and Chief of Police Sergio Diaz. What was found was that Council actually violated the Brown Act by holding this meeting, and council voted not to vote, except Councilman Perry, who actually voted in favor of violating the Brown Act a second time. The full circus act is hear for your viewing pleasure below. This has great similarities of how the Democratic based commissions attempted and continued to frame our President Donald J. Trump. As I said before this nothing less than a soft coup d’état at a local city level.

TMC, RATED RIVERSIDE REGIONAL COUNTIES MOST, “SCANDALOUS,” “NEGATIVE,” “WARPED,” “RAUNCHY,” “LOW CLASS,” “VISIONS OF GRANDEUR,” “FULL OF B.S.,” “REPREHENSIBLE,” “IGNORANT,” “MISGUIDED,” “BULLYISH,” “INDECENT,” “REPUGNANT,””IMMORAL,” “FILTHY,” “VILE,” “SICK,” “PERVERTED,” “DEFAMATORY,” “STUPID,” “PATHETIC,” “DESPICABLE,” “DISAPPOINTING,” “BELOW THE BELT,” “A NEW LOW,” “SHOCKING,” “OFFENSIVE,” “OBNOXIOUS,” “INAPPROPRIATE,” “HURTFUL,” “MEAN SPIRITED,” “DISTASTEFUL,” “EMBARRASSING,” HORIFFIC,” “SLANDEROUS” “FIT TO BE VIEWED FROM THE REAR” AND MEZZSPELLED, “MISSPELLED” AND “OPINIONATED” BLOG SITE! YES WE ADMIT WE OUR ALL OF THAT AND MORE, WHICH IN CURRENT TERMS IS KNOWN AS “UNPOLITICALLY CORRECT.” TEMPORARILY BLOCKED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT PUBLIC ACCESS SITES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN UNBLOCKED. I GUESS YOU CANNOT DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACLU. RATED ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL RATINGS.. … AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMPLOYEE’S FOR YOUR SUPPORT! CONTACT US: thirtymilescorruption@hotmail.com

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: THE CULTURE OF SEXUAL CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP IS EVERYWHERE………ARE YOU SHOCKED?

Posted: October 13, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: cindy roth, city of riverside, dehumanizing women, donald trump, raincross group, rusty bailey, sex

TEASER……The Prelude to The Culture of Sexual Corruption is EVERYWHERE in Government, Democrats, Republicans, Independents….. Get off your moral high ground and look in your own back yard.

DISCLAIMER…..Our new article will be rated-R (18+), not suitable for people under 18. Content is STRONG in impact; It is advised that people under the age of 18 do not view the content, due to the strength of the elements within.

DEDICATION….This new article I am writing will be dedicated to the special interest here in Riverside, The Greater Riverside Chamber Queen Cindy Roth and the Rain Cross group and the local media The Press Enterprise. These people have their heads so high up the ass of the city it’s disgusting. They will, and have supported all new taxes and continue to try to cover up all the really deep dark secrets hidden at city hall. Remember you the Taxpayer, Citizen, Female, Male, Republican, Democrat, Independent or Tea party, pay for all the waste, fraud, abuse , and the DEHUMANIZING of women at Riverside City Hall. These people all knew it and didn’t do anything about it! Their Pathetic….

Are you really offended by the Lewd Raunchy, Abusive, Dehumanizing, Sex Talks of Donald Trump on the National Stage?

Before I get started with this post I would like all the readers to know TMC is supporting Donald Trump.

Democrat leadership has more sexual Predators than Republicans do. That’s a fact! Government as a whole is Infected with Sexual Corruption.

All who reads this may be offended shocked, angry, insulted, outraged, exasperated, upset, inflamed, and infuriated with the content. This will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me god.

When I first heard the media crucifying Donald Trump for his explicit conversations about sex, I wasn’t shocked at all. Anyone familiar with the Howard Stern Show has heard all of this before. Howard is a SHOCK JOCK – NOTHING NEW… When the Washington Post BROKE the story …..REALLY …Broke……“Trump Recorded Having Extremely Lewd Conversations about Women 2005.” I couldn’t believe what hypocrites the media were. Everyone pretends they are all SHOCKED by this conversation.

And….. Anyone familiar with local city politics in the City of Riverside knows this kind of Vulgar Language is nothing more than SHOP TALK. The popularity of using graphic misogynistic, coercive, abusive and dehumanizing comments and engaging in lewd sex acts at city hall in RIVERSIDE has gone on for decades. Many women at city hall are treated not as a human beings with character, intellect, kindness, and personality, but as less than human objects humiliated and subject to intimidation and harassment.

Before you pass your holier than thou judgement on Donald Trump. You need to know that YOU THE TAXPAYER have been paying for this kind of Frat Boy behavior to carry on at City hall for decades. YOU THE TAX PAYER, DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN-WITH YOUR RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION and UNIMPEACHABLE CHARCHTER HAVE BEEN A WILLING PARTICIPANT. WAKE UP!

We will post our BREAKING story “The Culture of Sexual Corruption in the City of Riverside” or “ The City of Riverside Leadership Recorded Having Extremely Lewd Conversations about Women 1996 to 2015” Saturday October 15^th We predict this will be the highest rated post in the history of Thirty miles of corruption. Will you be shocked?????? I’m shocked and I’m writing it……

WHEN YOU JUDGE ANOTHER ,YOU DON”T DEFINE THEM , YOU DEFINE YOURSELF, “ WAYNE DRYER”

TMC, RATED RIVERSIDE’S REGIONAL COUNTIES MOST, “WORST LOCKER ROOM TRASH TALK SITE,” “NEGATIVE,” “RAUNCHY,” “LOW CLASS,” “VISIONS OF GRANDEUR,” “FULL OF B.S.,” “REPREHENSIBLE,” “IGNORANT,” “MISGUIDED,” “BULLYISH,” “FILTHY,” “VILE,” “SICK,” “PERVERTED,” “DEFAMATORY,” “STUPID,” “PATHETIC,” “DESPICABLE,” “DISAPPOINTING,” “BELOW THE BELT,” “A NEW LOW,” “SHOCKING,” “OFFENSIVE,” “OBNOXIOUS,” “INAPPROPRIATE,” “HURTFUL,” “MEAN SPIRITED,” “DISTASTEFUL,” “EMBARRASSING,” HORIFFIC,” “SLANDEROUS” “FIT TO BE VIEWED FROM THE REAR” AND ~~MEZZSPELLED~~, “MISSPELLED” AND “OPINIONATED” BLOG SITE! YES WE ADMIT WE OUR ALL OF THAT AND MORE, WHICH IN CURRENT TERMS IS KNOWN AS “UNPOLITICALLY CORRECT.” TEMPORARILY BLOCKED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT PUBLIC ACCESS SITES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN UNBLOCKED. I GUESS YOU CANNOT DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACLU. RATED ~~ONE~~ ~~TWO~~ ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL RATINGS.. … AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMPLOYEE’S FOR YOUR SUPPORT! CONTACT US: thirtymilescorruption@hotmail.com

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: MEASURE-Z, ANOTHER REPEAT OFFENDER?? REMEMBERING THE SAME B.S. ON MEASURE-A! THE CITY LIED ABOUT THIS AS WELL, AND TMC WILL PROVE IT!

Posted: September 26, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: bob buster, brian smith, chief police sergio diaz, cindy roth, city of riverside, john russo, mayor william rusty bailey, no on measure-z, raincross group, riverside chamber of commerce, rose mayes, tim strack

IS THE SWORD OF DEMOCLES HANGING OVER THE CITY’S HEAD?

Vote No on Measure-Z folks! Have you always believed that local Riverside Police and Fire had your back, and had your best interest at heart? Not so, think again.. They have always thought of themselves before the taxpayer and TMC will prove that these so called Heroes, are really imposters of deception, disguised in sheep clothing, making you believe, you the taxpayer are of the utmost importance. But not so, they will deceive to attain what they believe they are entitled to. Your money, your hard earned money, and will continue to make you believe that it is well spent. Not so folks, the reality is that your public servants are charlatan and masters of deception when it comes to tax monies, and these opportunist should be exposed. It is a sad case when your public servants care more about their entitlement pay, then servicing the public!

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Example One: Tim Strack, President of the Riverside City Firefighters Association (Fire Union) has set aside $100,000.00 to the campaign on Yes on Measure Z, to get this tax through so his firefighters will continue receive their high pensions. But Strack is singing the same tune he did a couple of years ago when they lied about the No on Measure A campaign, and said we would lose important services in the community, and if Measure A didn’t pass we would have problems in service. Well folks he lied, lying Tim continues to lie about Measure-Z. This $100K started out as taxpayer monies when given as salaries to the firefighters, then give to the unions as dues, then the unions utilized it on issues that benefit themselves. This is the “laundering” system in action.

TIM STRACK

Example Two: Brian Smith, President of the Riverside Police Officers Association ( Police Union), attempted to ensure the audience at the Goeske Senior Center that “monies wouldn’t be squandered because the Police Association would be watching.” Sure Brian, you weren’t watching when you were embezzled out of $350,000.00 of member dues as this CBS report explains. Brian, are you going to tell the taxpayers that no officer in your association could read the books? So guys, if you can’t protect your own back yard, how can you confidently protect the publics?

BRIAN SMITH

Example Three: All non-profits that can’t make it on their own, and depend on “taxpayer welfare,” of course, are for Yes On Measure-Z. This would be the notorious Raincross Group and the boldly infamous Riverside Chamber of Commerce.

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FROM THE “NO ON MEASURE-Z” CAMPAIGN:

By passing Measure-Z, the City of Riverside’s tax will double from the current 8% to 9%, becoming the biggest tax increase in our City’s history. Also, remember as some of friends have told me, If I bought a high price item, as a new car, I’ll just buy it somewhere else where the sales tax is lower. Not so, if you buy a car anywhere, you will still have to pay the Riverside tax, because the tax is tied to you home property address.

Secondly, the new tax gouges Riverside Taxpayers by inadvertently raising “five times” the amount needed to “balance the 2016 City budget.” Measure-Z fleeces the taxpayer for $2 billion over 20 years. We find this excess is purposely done, that continues to encourage the City of Riverside’s bad behavior of “wasteful spending.” Measure-Z is a “regressive general tax.” What this means is that your tax dollars will be spent on anything the elected officials dream up in the next two decades….without voter approval.

The best part for the City Establishment is that there is no specific taxpayer accountability written into Measure-Z. This means that the City is not “obligated” to tell you how your money is spent!

Thirdly, Fine Print, Measure-Z tax monies can be “diverted” from “vital services” to:

Build a new City Hall, Trolley System (Remember the Brockton Bike Lane Bug-A-Boo) or expand the Riverside Convention Center.
Raise “salaries and benefits.” Don’t you see Fire and Police salivating like Pavlov’s Dog? Google “Salaries Riverside 2015 Transparent California.”
Pay down predominantly soaring Fire and Police Pension Debt. The City of Riverside are ‘horrible’ negotiators for the taxpayers. Currently, for example, the City of Riverside has been paying the entire cost of employee pensions, $71,811.00. Police and Fire pension average $108,173.00 Pretty incredible! I have a Doctorate in Clinical Pharmacy from USC, a B.S. in Pre-Medical Sciences from Loyola Marymount, and an emphasis in Medical Bacteriology from California State University Los Angeles, and currently receive $12K in a pension per year…. go figure!

Again beware of “scare tactics” from the City of Riverside. TMC has been told that the “financial condition” in the City of Riverside is “dire,” but the City is “lying” again, as they did with Measure-A. How are they lying? Through their teeth, because “official budget documents” state there is “absolutely no financial trouble,” and the City Manager reports that “prudent belt-tightening” is enough to balance budgets and restore services. Don’t Be Misled!

TMC has been dealing with this issue since we battled with the City with our Downtown Business in 2011. What we have with the City is a “failure to communicate.” What TMC has been stating for years is that “we do not have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.” Realistically, the City of Riverside is “rolling in doe,” therefore Measure-Z is not needed! Tax Revenues are at an all time high and expected to keep on growing. For example, Riverside Public Utilities provides a huge revenue source other cities don’t have …… $45 million from your Surplus Utility Rates which goes directly to the City of Riverside General Fund!

Fourthly, City Unions, which unfairly positions City Employees against the taxpayer. The Fire Union under Tim Strack, pledges $100,000.00 to the Yes on Measure-Z campaign, in the hopes that Measure-Z passes, thus ensuring, bigger pay increases and higher pensions to the “rat bastards!” Remember, these ‘public servants’ have betrayed us! Back on August 16, 1937 President Franklin D. Roosevelt state this on “public sector unions.”

All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management. The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations. The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress. Accordingly, administrative officials and employees alike are governed and guided, and in many instances restricted, by laws which establish policies, procedures, or rules in personnel matters.

Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of Government employees. Upon employees in the Federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people, whose interests and welfare require orderliness and continuity in the conduct of Government activities. This obligation is paramount. Since their own services have to do with the functioning of the Government, a strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied. Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government by those who have sworn to support it, is unthinkable and intolerable. It is, therefore, with a feeling of gratification that I have noted in the constitution of the National Federation of Federal Employees the provision that “under no circumstances shall this Federation engage in or support strikes against the United States Government.”

Fifthly, a “Yes on Measure-Z” vote will absolutely hurt families and seniors on fixed incomes. The City of Riverside’s median household income is $56,000.00 This amount has yet to recover from “pre-recessions highs,” thus causing financial uncertainty for families. Taking it a step further, Retirees Social Security household income averages $16,000.00

Sixthly, If Measure-Z passes, a single consumer will pay $250.00 dollars more in addition to the $2000.00 in taxes for the cost of a $25,000.00 vehicle!

Seventhly, Verify the Facts, go to the City of Riverside website www.riversideca.gov/measurez You will find two videos that should be watched on why the City would like to vote Yes on Measure-Z, there is also a Q & A on Yes on Measure-Z, a report on Budget Facts, City Manager John Russo’s letter in For Year 2016-2018 Biennial Budget. Is Russo thinking that he should have retired and just have bought that pizza joint in the Bronx?

In that same area we have the impartial analysis of Measure-Z and City Council Agenda Item #37.

MEASURE-Z NEWS LINKS:

09.16.2016: PRESS ENTERPRISE: RIVERSIDE LEADERS, RESIDENTS TAKE SIDES ON TAX ISSUE.

09.23.2016: PRESS ENTERPRISE: CITIES BAILING OUT PENSIONS WITH TAX HIKES.

09.26.2016: PRESS ENTERPRISE: RIVERSIDE HOLDS MEETINGS ON MEASURE Z.

No on Measure-Z endorsed by former Riverside County District Attorney, Grover Trask. Former City of Riverside Chief Financial Officer Paul Sundeen, Former Council Member and County Supervisor Bob Buster. Dr. Sharon B. Mateja, Dentist; Kevin Dawson, homeowner/taxapayer; Susana Hernandez, Alford School District Retired; The Lincoln Club of Riverside County.

DONATE: Come On Folks, Help and Support No On Measure-Z by donating to the following links:

GO FUND ME: NO ON MEASURE-Z RIVERSIDE

CONTACT LIST:

Or simply make checks payable to and mail to:

NO ON MEASURE-Z COMMITTEE I.D.# 1389248

BOB BUSTER, TREASURER, 7401 DUFFERIN AVENUE, RIVERSIDE, CA, 92504, 951-780-4749

VOTE NO ON MEASURE-Z

TMC, RATED RIVERSIDE’S REGIONAL COUNTIES MOST, “NEGATIVE,” “RAUNCHY,” “LOW CLASS,” “VISIONS OF GRANDEUR,” “FULL OF B.S.,” “REPREHENSIBLE,” “IGNORANT,” “MISGUIDED,” “BULLYISH,” “FILTHY,” “VILE,” “SICK,” “PERVERTED,” “DEFAMATORY,” “STUPID,” “PATHETIC,” “DESPICABLE,” “DISAPPOINTING,” “BELOW THE BELT,” “A NEW LOW,” “SHOCKING,” “OFFENSIVE,” “OBNOXIOUS,” “INAPPROPRIATE,” “HURTFUL,” “MEAN SPIRITED,” “DISTASTEFUL,” “EMBARRASSING,” HORIFFIC,” “SLANDEROUS” “FIT TO BE VIEWED FROM THE REAR” AND ~~MEZZSPELLED~~, “MISSPELLED” AND “OPINIONATED” BLOG SITE! YES WE ADMIT WE OUR ALL OF THAT AND MORE, WHICH IN CURRENT TERMS IS KNOWN AS “UNPOLITICALLY CORRECT.” TEMPORARILY BLOCKED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT PUBLIC ACCESS SITES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN UNBLOCKED. I GUESS YOU CANNOT DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACLU. RATED ~~ONE~~ ~~TWO~~ ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL RATINGS.. … AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMPLOYEE’S FOR YOUR SUPPORT! CONTACT US: thirtymilescorruption@hotmail.com

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: DID COUNCIL MISS THE COOKING CLASS ON HOW TO FLAMBÈ THE BOOKS?

Posted: March 22, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: andy melendrez, belinda graham, Brad Hudson, brent mason, chris mac arthur, cindy roth, City Coucilmant Paul Davis, city councilman mike gardner, city councilwoman nancy hart, city manager michael beck, city of riverside, councilman jim perry, deanna lorsen, mayor rusty bailey, paul sundeen, ron loveridge, scott barber, scott catlett, steve adams, tom desantis

THE KEY IS TEMPERATURE AND GOOD QUALITY CALVADOS..

I found this recent story released by the Press Enterprise to be quite amusing. For the record, TMC, Vivian Moreno, Dvonne Pitruzzello, Mary Shelton and many others had been talking about the over spending at City Hall for years. We started investigating when the Finance Department was under the direction of the accounting legend, former CFO Paul Sundeen. The Master of Manipulating the books. He would come to city council to tell the council and mayor how great our credit rating was. We were so disgusted, we knew otherwise, all you had to do was read their documents and follow the money. What is quite sidesplitting in the PE article is that some council members were puzzled by how the city went from a budget that appeared balance in June 2015, to a deficit estimated at $8 million in February 2016 (we believe the deficit is more like $19-25 million). The response that hit the jugular was that one council member asked the question whether officials had manipulated the numbers.

But City Manager John Russo, stated in the PE that he thinks the problem in not malfeasance, but outdated systems of practices…well alrighty now, should his answer be taken at face value or seriously? But he goes on to say, “I don’t think there was malicious intent there; I think the attitude was, ‘This is the way we’ve always done it.'” He went on to say, “They won’t be doing it that way anymore.” Mr. Russo don’t we pay you to know? Maybe we should hire another consultant to find out for sure? OH, we can’t afford it!

I have to say that there is only one way which comes to accounting practices, and that is the right way, it’s called BEST PRACTICES. But, I ask the question, as myself with a science background. There are many statistical applications that can be utilized to receive a favorable or desired result. Is this what happened?

What is more disparaging is that the City will not comment on the reasons for Mason’s departure, which leaves a bad taste in my mouth, because what they are doing is not being upfront with the facts and being transparent. I thought Mr. Russo was all about transparency? We the taxpayer, the CEO, the Employer, needs to know what is going on with our company…our City!

Mr. Russo again sugar coats everything and will hold no one accountable for the misdeeds that occurred in our city. He has so far found that the City officials did not follow policy in the City Attorneys Office or Finance Department. Former City Attorney Greg Priamos paid his friends by issuing no contracts and therefore was no accountability. Russo has now dismantled the Finance Department for what is believed, as “cooking the books.” Brent Mason, Michael Gomez and Scott Catlett are GONE! I think Human Resources is next. I’m sure all the Department heads are looking for new jobs.

Thirty Miles of Corruption started receiving the news of Brent’s departure about a month ago from an anonymous source who sometimes appears to be wholly inadequate… Vivian Moreno was at the RRR neighborhood meeting March 7th, she asked John Russo very specifically if Brent Mason was leaving and are we headed for BANKRUPTCY? He stated “He could not respond to personal issues, but the Finance Department is wholly inadequate for an organization I am in charge of.” As far as the bankruptcy issue he would not really elaborate but basically said “no!” Do I believe him? NO!

When Councilmember Mike Gardner states “There’s always this magic pot of gold that appears,” common sense will tell there is no pot of gold, there is no magic money, and there is no money tree. The Councilmembers were so stupid they actually believed there was a pot of gold? Now you have Assistant City Manager Marianna stating the imbalances were disguised? We do not live in the Emerald Green Land of OZ either. We live in Riverside. They were STEALING from Riverside Public Utilities. The City always spent way more than what was budgeted. It was a ticking time bomb..

THERE IS NO MAGIC MONEY….. why do I say that? The City of Riverside magically found 10 million dollars to pay off our Prop 218 lawsuit. The $10 million was to be paid from the General Fund back to the Water Fund. The creative finance people seemingly found the money? More pots of gold? Or is this the straw that breaks the camels back. I suggest all you really smart council people check to see how legal that was, to take the magic money the way you approved it. Let me give you a very simple explanation, we tax retail, “YES!” We tax wholesale, “NO!” Council approved a wholesale tax… “STUPID!” Again, there is no Magic Money…..there was no real payment from the general fund of $10 million. You had electric pay water. Let me explain that to you even easier. You had the Electric Ratepayer pay the Water Ratepayer.

Paul Davis stated they were ‘cooking the books’… Mike Gardner believes there was no wrong doing, Mike Gardner also believes in pots of gold… Who do you believe? The Council is ultimately responsible for the disguising, cooking, and lying about the true financial position of the city.

City Manager John Russo stated the Finance Department was wholly inadequate. Mr. Russo, we think Former Mayor Ron Loveridge, Cindy Roth, Brad Hudson, Scott Barber, Michael Beck, Paul Sundeen, Scott Catlett, Brent Mason, Tom Desantis, Belinda Graham, Deanna Larson, Mayor Rusty Bailey, Chris MacArthur, Mike Gardner, Steve Adams, Andy Melendrez, Paul Davis, Jim Perry, Nancy Hart, and all the special interest groups and citizens that supported and benefited from all the wild spending, were wholly inadequate and responsible for the current financial mess we are in.

Council member mike Gardner sums it up by stating ” The old way has hurt the city.”

The Old way hasn’t hurt the City Mr. Gardner….. The Mayor and Council did….. and you did!

UPDATE: 03.21.2016: CITY OF RIVERSIDE NAMES SCOTT MILLER NEW INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR.

UPDATE: 04.18.2016: FORMER CITY OF RIVERSIDE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BRENT MASON CHOSEN TO BE CFO FOR THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.

VOTE MORENO FOR RIVERSIDE MAYOR 2016!

TMC, RATED RIVERSIDE’S REGIONAL COUNTIES MOST, “NEGATIVE,” “RAUNCHY,” “LOW CLASS,” “VISIONS OF GRANDEUR,” “FULL OF B.S.,” “IGNORANT,” “MISGUIDED,” “BULLYISH,” “FILTHY,” “SICK,” “PERVERTED,” “DEFAMATORY,” “STUPID,” “PATHETIC,” “DESPICABLE,” “DISAPPOINTING,” “BELOW THE BELT,” “A NEW LOW,” “SHOCKING,” “OFFENSIVE,” “OBNOXIOUS,” “INAPPROPRIATE,” “HURTFUL,” “MEAN SPIRITED,” “DISTASTEFUL,” “EMBARRASSING,” HORIFFIC,” “SLANDEROUS” “FIT TO BE VIEWED FROM THE REAR” AND ~~MEZZSPELLED~~, “MISSPELLED” AND “OPINIONATED” BLOG SITE! YES WE ADMIT WE OUR ALL OF THAT AND MORE, WHICH IN CURRENT TERMS IS KNOWN AS “UNPOLITICALLY CORRECT.” TEMPORARILY BLOCKED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT PUBLIC ACCESS SITES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN UNBLOCKED. I GUESS YOU CANNOT DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACLU. RATED ~~ONE~~ ~~TWO~~ ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL RATINGS.. … AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMPLOYEE’S FOR YOUR SUPPORT! CONTACT US: thirtymilescorruption@hotmail.com

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: GUESS CITY ATTORNEY GEUSS IS JUST MORE OF THE SAME, ARE WE RIPE FOR MORE ABUSE?

Posted: January 5, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: Brad Hudson, brent mason, california league of cities, cindy roth, city of riverside, gary geuss, greg priamos, kristi smith, rusty bailey

FRIENDS, BUDDIES, COMPAÑEROS, COLLEAGUES? HE EVEN WANTS TO LOOK LIKE HIM..

I have to ask the question, “Is the reason the City of Riverside will not hold former City Attorney Greg Priamos accountable for past discrepancies because he is buddies with current City Attorney Gary Geuss?” Was Geuss just hired to continue to cover up the blatant abuse of power that has plagued the Riverside City Attorney’s Office under the direction of Greg Priamos for the last decade? Is this more of the same recycled trash that rotates across the State of California on behalf of The Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce, AKA Cindy Roth, or should I say Mrs. Senator Richard Roth and The California League of Cities? Interesting enough, Senator Richard Roth’s law firm received $358,961.00 in outside legal payment in the last five years according to last years Performance Audit, which falls in line with it’s risk in procuring outside legal. One, perception of favoritism, and two, potential conflicts of interest. The Roth’s have made there living on the backs of the taxpayer.

I would not even be surprised if Gregory Priamos hand picked Gary Geuss to take his spot.

Here is my Argument, and you can all decide for yourself. When Geuss came to town April 13, 2015; I’m sure he needed some time to investigate, but it took almost 5 months til October 20th, 2105 for the council to have a candid discussion about Priamos from the dais. The topic of conversation began with Soubirous robustly addressing the issue of the abuses of outside legal. He then yields the discussion to the new City Attorney, Gary Geuss, and asks if he can give an overview of how we got here. Mike was obviously not paying attention but Mr. Geuss NEVER answered his question. What he did or didn’t say was interesting. He starts out by saying “I hesitate to comment upon what happened here before me, this has not been part of my job in the last 6 months.” He also states in his candid discussion that when the council was selecting a new Attorney getting to the bottom of this very issue was a top priority. The council was looking for someone who was ready, willing and able to look at the procedures that the city employed. Obviously Mr. Geuss couldn’t make this his top priority, whats important to the council and the public is not important to him. He’s ready, willing and able to take on the DA’s office (that’s a whole other story). Mr Geuss goes on to compare the city of Riverside to LA in a similar policy and procurement issue: Geuss referred to the outside legal problems as a “lack of vigilance, lack of accountability, and lack of transparency.” He makes reference to the outside law firms as “profit driven machines” that are motivated to make as much money as possible. There is a trend that when these firms work for the public they are not held accountable as they should be. He goes on to say in the future there will be 4 sets of eyes viewing all bills for outside legal. Maybe he should have said 4 sets of honest eyes. The old bills that need to be audited were viewed by 3 sets of eyes. Greg Priamos, Scott Catlett and Brent Mason. The fact that Mr. Geuss didn’t want to answer council member Soubirous question was obvious that he was intentionally dodging the real answer.

So I’ll answer it. We had/have a very weak council that were all afraid of Greg Priamos, Brad Hudson, and Scott barber. They allowed the legal department and Management to run the city into the ground at an unsustainable cost to the taxpayer. They ran a intimidation-retaliation form of government and they were all allowed to RAPE the taxpayer. They all know the truth and they will continue to try to suppress the dialog. The citizens of Riverside have had it and we will continue to ask the very important sensitive and uncomfortable questions.

This only gets better………..

Then Councilman Paul Davis ask the question that no one could answer or everyone on the dais was afraid of. “How much of the $11 million dollars that Greg Priamos spent on outside legal council was approved by City Council?”

The City Auditor replied, “That is not clear, I did ask that question to Kristy Smith, Deputy Assistant City Attorney, and she was not able to tell me. She didn’t know.” The fact that Kristi Smith is still lying to the public goes to show nothing has changed. She Knows!

Well, I can tell everyone that Priamos never went to Council for any approval. Priamos ran the City of Riverside’s City Attorney’s Office fraudulently and illegally, with the help and support of the finance department Scott Catlett, Assistant Finance Director, and Brent Mason, Finance Director. They also paid Greg’s bills without following any policy. What a disgrace, they all should have all been fired. The new City Attorney Gary Geuss refers to this as a “lack of vigilance.” New City Manager John Russo says, “No one will be held accountable.” No! Mr. Russo, you and Mr. Geuss will hold the Citizens of Riverside accountable because we end up paying for all the padded bills and very bad behavior. So who cheated the Taxpayers of Riverside, Greg Priamos, all the “profit machine” law firms that may have padded their bills like : Liebert-Cassidy-Whitmore, Best Best & Krieger, Burke Williams and Sorenson, the expert attorneys that we cannot live without, the Council, Mayor William Rusty Bailey, John Russo and Gary Geuss. This is a clear example of the leadership of Riverside putting themselves first and making the Taxpayer pay for all their FRIENDS, GREG PRIAMOS INCLUDED.

At the Council meeting of October 20th , it was as if the Council and new City Attorney wanted this all to go away quickly and be done with. But Davis and Soubrious were not going to let it die. Councilmen Soubirous and Davis could not get a second on their motions for an outside legal firm to investigate further the problem which plagued the City Attorney’s Office, via a forensic audit. Then Davis scolded everyone on the dais, he called them all hypocrites and gave Soubirous the second he needed. The final vote was 6-1, to go forward and investigate this malfeasance of taxpayer monies. John Burnard voted “NO.” TMC is being told that the residents of John’s Ward 7 are just getting used his voting habits, he simply just not understanding what he is voting on, or if he is, is completely against his campaign platform. In any case, what happen next, was the look on City Attorney’s Gary Geuss’s face when the motion passed, then he looked over to Russo. A picture speaks a thousand words.

HUMMMMMMM………..What was going on? Then I found this……….Let me set this up. California League of Cities 2012 legal conference: Moderator Greg Priamos, Speaker Gary Geuss, Neil Okazaki another corrupt City of Riverside attorney, Liebert-Cassidy-Whitmore, Best Best & Krieger, and Burke Williams and Sorenson. All Friends, Buddies, Frenemies? Nothing has changed.

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After the 6-1 vote of the city council to move forward with the audit Councilmember Melendrez pressured Geuss to give them a time frame that his office would bring back names of possible auditors, Geuss said 30 days. Thirty days has come and gone we are pushing 90 days. We have seen issues like this fester for months, even years. Our very weak council needs to step up and ask why it is taking so long to get back to the council and public? This is unacceptable. Mr Geuss need to be held accountable: Need I remind him of our new STRATEGIC PLAN 2.0, Accountability Policy: Government officials must always keep in mind they are working for the residence and businesses that pay the taxes that run this city. Every municipal employee should be expected to produce real value for the public and solve, rather than merely process the problems assigned to them. Employees who fail to add value, or worse, abuse the public’s trust, need to be retrained, or in extreme cases released from service (page 6). Looks like Mr. Geuss needs a good talking to and possible retraining.

This is all about processing the problems instead of solving them. This goes back to taking care of our friends and letting the illegal abuse that Greg Priamos and all the legal firms associated with him get away with possible theft of the taxpayer. Is it possible that these California League of Cities, distinguished, trusted “profit machine law firms” (Geuss’s own words) padded their bills or screwed the taxpayer of Riverside?( that’s my use of words). Maybe Mr. Geuss does not want to audit his friends? Or Maybe everyone is afraid of the Distinguished, Trusted, Profit Machine law firms that may be exposed. Only time will tell and the clock is ticking on your reputation!

Back in June 10, 2015 Press Enterprise article, Councilman Mike Soubirous stated, “If people did things that were illegal or they did things that were immoral or they did things that were outside policy, they need to be held accountable.”

UPDATE: 01.08.2016: PRESS ENTERPRISE: ALICIA ROBINSON: RIVERSIDE: PROSECUTION DISCUSSION DELAYED: Well accordingly, Riverside officials have postponed a discussion of whether to ask voters to give the city attorney the power to prosecute misdemeanor crimes. Well it goes to show you our story made a difference! What we find later, is that the Council were the people who wished for prosecutorial powers to be given to the City Attorney, for misdemeanors usually prosecuted by the District Attorney’s office.

UPDATE: 01.10.2016: PRESS ENTERPRISE: CASSIE MacDUFF: A RIVERSIDE CITY PROSECUTOR? In this new article by Cassie MacDuff, continuing saga and questioning as to why the Riverside City Council are pushing forward to create a new job description for our City Attorney Gary Geuss. When the City Attorney’s Office is in shambles regarding questionable spending without contracts, what is the true reason for taking away a job that is part of the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office? Are they attempting to fill in space in the new $40 million Wells Fargo Building just newly purchased by the taxpayer?

Geuss believes he can do it without breaking the bank. His office expects to save at least $1 million by slashing wasteful spending on outside counsel, according to the PE. But folks, we just had $19.4 million utilized by the City Attorney’s Office without Council approval, we still at this time do not know the extent of the monetary damage on the taxpayer. Even subtracting $1 million from $19.4 million, even from $50 million is a drop in the bucket and an insult to the taxpayer. We would still have tremendous waste.

Another laughable Geuss fact, is what he has to say about how the DA handles plea deals. The following is a Geuss example: In one such case handled by the DA’s office, a masseuse who had traded sex for money was allowed to plead guilty to disturbing the peace. This is untrue, the City Attorneys office has been known to plea deal all the time as a common practice. Good try Geuss.

VIVIAN MORENO: RIVERSIDE CITY COUNCIL: 01.05.2016: SPEAKS ON PROSECUTORIAL POWERS! Taxpayer Advocate Vivian Moreno speaks on the issue of the Riverside City Attorney’s Office desire to take over the misdemeanor category from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, Mike Hestrin duties. City of Riverside’s City Attorney Gary Geuss, with the direction of the City Council would like this implemented by a vote of the people. Presently the City Attorney’s Office is in shambles and in need of organization. It still has yet to account for $19.4 million or even more paid out with the authorization of the CFO Brent Mason.

JASON HUNTER: CITY OF RIVERSIDE: 01.05.2016: HUNTER SPEAKS ON PROSECUTORIAL POWERS AND RPU MONIES!

UPDATE: 01.15.2016: RECOMMENDING THE USE OF AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO REVIEW LEGAL BILLS, CALLED “REVIEWBILLING.COM” THIS AGENCY CAN REVIEW ALL LEGAL BILLINGS AND DETERMINE IF THE LAW FIRM IS OVERCHARGING!

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CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW REVIEW BILLING WEB SITE.

TMC, RATED RIVERSIDE’S REGIONAL COUNTIES MOST, “NEGATIVE,” “RAUNCHY,” “LOW CLASS,” “VISIONS OF GRANDEUR,” “FULL OF B.S.,” “IGNORANT,” “MISGUIDED,” “BULLYISH,” “FILTHY,” “SICK,” “PERVERTED,” “STUPID,” “PATHETIC,” “DESPICABLE,” “DISAPPOINTING,” “BELOW THE BELT,” “A NEW LOW,” “SHOCKING,” “OFFENSIVE,” “INAPPROPRIATE,” “HURTFUL,” “MEAN SPIRITED,” “DISTASTEFUL,” “EMBARRASSING,” HORIFFIC,” “SLANDEROUS” “FIT TO BE VIEWED FROM THE REAR” AND ~~MEZZSPELLED~~, “MISSPELLED” AND “OPINIONATED” BLOG SITE! TEMPORARILY BLOCKED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT PUBLIC ACCESS SITES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN UNBLOCKED. I GUESS YOU CANNOT DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACLU. RATED ~~ONE~~ ~~TWO~~ ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL RATINGS.. TMC IS NOW ~~EXCLUSIVLY~~ EXCLUSIVELY ON FILE WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (WE BELIEVE THIS WILL END SOON, SINCE THE FOCUS IS NOW ON THE IMPROPRIETIES OF MR. “Z”. WE TRIED TO TELL YOU, BUT NOBODY LISTENED), AND DON’T FORGET WE ARE ~~PROSSIBLY~~ POSSIBLY ON FILE WITH THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE’S POTENTIAL SLAPP SUIT LIST… A STRATEGIC LEGAL MANEUVER THAT CAN BE DONE ONLY IN RIVERSIDE WITHOUT A CONTRACT… AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMPLOYEE’S FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

CHAMBER SCREWJOB OF THE WEEK: WATERWISE LANDSCAPE MAKEOVER

Posted: May 6, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: bob stockton, cindy roth, general manager girish balachandran, greater riverside chamber of commerce, KRCB

WHO WOULDN’T TRUST THIS INNOCENT FACE?

Just a few weeks back, we warned you of the ~~new~~ old game in town: the Public-Private Partnership(“P“-ing on your leg and telling you it’s raining, essentially). The masters of this taxpayer and ratepayer ripoff is, of course, our old pal, the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce. The point of this game is to enhance their visibility in the community under the auspices of doing great deeds of self-less charity, quietly paid for with your money, in order to justify their political influence, which will then be used to create programs that more directly (but just as quietly) benefit their membership … once again, at your expense.

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This week’s scam is called the Waterwise Landscape Makeover, wherein a lucky Riverside homeowner wins $10,000 in goods and services to makeover their yard courtesy of Chamber-administered Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful (KRCB) program. Western Municipal Water District (Bob Stockton on both boards of directors) and Riverside Public Utilities (RPU exec Girish Balachandran on Chamber’s board of directors) graciously sponsor the makeover with your money. The Chamber also sells raffle tickets with the proceeds going to help pay, “for tools and supplies for monthly beautification projects and youth education projects.” Apparently, the $190,000+/year the taxpayers of Riverside kick in to run KRCB does not buy many shovels, rakes, and garbage bags….must be inflation!

Did we mention that 3-year contract with KRCB was of the no-bid variety? Or did that go without saying?

If nothing else, we at TMC love winners, and so we checked to see who the lucky folks were that have won this contest in the past.

In 2009, Officer Mike Blakely of the Riverside Police Department took home the prize.

In 2010, Chamber of Commerce member Laurie Beatty was chosen.

In 2011, Administrative Assistant to the City Manager, Maureen Mitchell, won the makeover.

In 2012, it was Chamber member Bill Chamberlain.

In 2013, another Chamber member, Matt Stowe.

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In 2014, Nick Ferguson, who had recently joined the Riverside’s Board of Public Utilities, was all smiles with his new landscaping.

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We wait with bated breath for word on who the 2015 winner will be!

For most contests such as these, the public is accustomed to hearing/seeing something akin to the following disclaimer: employees of the company, the contest’s participating sponsors and their advertising agencies, and members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate and win. So let’s tally this up: in 6 years, 2 city employees, 3 Chamber members, and one RPU Board member were awarded the top prize. An award which was sponsored by the City and RPU, run through the Chamber…

If that sounds a bit questionable, don’t worry: we were assured by Chamber counsel, Dewey Cheatham, and Howe LLP, and auditor, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLP, that we’re just being paranoid…and of course, jealous. TMC would love to get taxpayer and ratepayer funding so that we could run our own games, sell tickets to our friends, and share your wealth with them…(on second though, that would be a scam…and we’re certain our ever vigilant Council and Board of Public Utilities wouldn’t allow it…unless we were also Board members and city executives as well…) Hmmmmmmm. We may have chosen the wrong careers. 😦

Of course, the more obvious explanation is that if not for the Chamber and the City, no one would, you know, actually buy tickets for this contest. And we can’t have that, or we’d have no excuse to burn our ratepayers’ money. So of course only Chamber members and City staff and appointeds win the darn thing! And we’d be fine with that…if they weren’t using our hard-earned cash to sponsor it.

And the deadbeat goes on…la dah dada dee, la dah dada dah.

SOMETIME SOON (MAYBE EVEN THIS MONTH), we’ll talk about one of the big ripoffs: the commercial turf replacement program, funded through an illegal tax on your utility bills to the tune of millions of dollars, for the benefit of Chamber members. And the deadbeat goes on….

EDIT: RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD EVER-SO-SLIGHTLY RAISES THE RENTAL FEE OF THE AB BROWN SOCCER FIELDS TO THE AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION …from $1/year to $11,000! The possibility remains to double or triple rentals fees going forward. Questions arise as to why. Of course, TMC knows that anytime one deals with the City, bad things will eventually happen, and there will be no transparency as to why…but that’s the big picture. Will the youth of this soccer organization have to find another location? Is this another attempt to make it financially difficult for the youth to use the grounds because the city has other plans that does not include them? Some are indicating “extortion” tactics by the city. The claim of “extortion” was also brought publicly by the newly built Hyatt Hotel in Riverside. The Hyatt developer’s claim states that the city “extorted” money from MetroRiverside (developer of the Hyatt) by improperly changing the obligations to build public improvements, and by delaying approval of designs for the improvements. The claims says the developer lost money because of the design approval delay and the convention center closure.

TMC, however, knows the real story of what’s going on at the Ab Brown Soccer Fields: they are being used for General Fund purposes financed by our Electric Fund in violation of our City Charter! In other words, we have another illegal tax Riverside residents pay for via our utility bills, which is hidden from the public through an elaborate shell game concocted by City staff and endorsed by our Council. The City’s General Fund would of course like to buy these properties from the Electric Fund to fix this little problem, but it’s out of money! So the real question is not, “why did the rent go up?” but, “why wasn’t it raised a long time ago?,” a question raised by RPU General Manager Girish Balachandran in an unguarded moment last December. And the answer to that question is: because we misspent hundreds of millions of dollars under the previous/current regime…and now the kids must pay that price. And if that doesn’t make you angry enough to kick Ward 1 Councilman Mike Gardner to the curb this election, we don’t know what would…

TMC, RATED RIVERSIDE’S MOST “DISAPPOINTING,” “BELOW THE BELT,” “A NEW LOW,” “SHOCKING,” “OFFENSIVE,” “INAPPROPRIATE,” “HURTFUL,” “MEAN SPIRITED,” “DISTASTEFUL,” “EMBARRASSING,” HORIFFIC,” “SLANDEROUS” AND ~~MEZZSPELLED~~, “MISSPELLED” AND “OPINIONATED” BLOG SITE! TEMPORARILY BLOCKED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT PUBLIC ACCESS SITES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN UNBLOCKED. I GUESS YOU CANNOT DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACLU. RATED ~~ONE~~ ~~TWO~~ ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL RATINGS.. TMC IS NOW ~~EXCLUSIVLY~~ EXCLUSIVELY ON FILE WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (WE BELIEVE THIS WILL END SOON, SINCE THE FOCUS IS NOW ON THE IMPROPRIETIES OF MR. “Z”, WE TRIED TO TELL YOU, BUT NOBODY LISTENED), AND DON’T FORGET WE ARE ~~PROSSIBLY~~ POSSIBLY ON FILE WITH THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE’S POTENTIAL SLAPP SUIT LIST… A STRATEGIC LEGAL MANEUVER THAT CAN BE DONE ONLY IN RIVERSIDE WITHOUT A CONTRACT… AGAIN, THANK-YOU COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMPLOYEE’S FOR YOUR SUPPORT! COMMENTS ALWAYS WELCOMED, ESPECIALLY SPELL CHECKERS! WE JUST CAN’T SPELL! EMAIL ANONYMOUSLY WITH YOUR DIRT BY CONTACTING US AT: THIRTYMILESCORRUPTION@HOTMAIL.COM

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER…CAN YOU SEE ME NOW?

Posted: February 4, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: bb&k, camera angles, cindy roth, city attorney gregory priamos, city of riverside, dave wright, employee handbook, general manager girish balachandran, greater riverside chamber of commerce, human resour, human resource director brenda diederich, human resources, interim city manager lee mcdougal, mayor ron loveridge, mayor william rusty bailey, mike soubirous, rpu

A bit of concern came forward the other day with emails from the community who were for the most part, taken back, after viewing the City Council meeting on the internet. City-supported presenters that came forward to address the Council were filmed in a way one would normally expect, as seen below from Council Chambers on January 29, 2015.

But when it came to public commentary, a funny thing happened: the camera angle was switched to view the public (many of whom are critics) from the rear of the Council Chamber. This action sends a personal message to the community: you don’t matter. Your voice and personification is so far away that what you have to say is not important nor worth being heard.

Not only was it so far away, but now viewers at home could only seeing the backside of the public. Questions arose if this was a tactic by City leaders to diss or demean the public. Just when it appears that the City is connecting better with the public, you get this. We found that this was interim City Manager Lee McDougal’s call, and will remain so until further notice. According to the PE, Alicia Robinson reported the following on City Manager McDougal. “It was my order, yes,” McDougal said. “The meetings are City Council meetings … . I believe (council members) should be on camera because they should be the center of attention at the meeting and not necessarily the speakers.” So was this all Mr. McDougal, or could he of had a little push from our Mayor? Regardless, we’ll take from this fiasco a positive: a reminder to follow through with our New Year’s resolutions to renew our gym memberships, so our backsides are more pleasing to the audience at home.

Lets review how the past rules of decorum have been enforced at City Council meetings to see if we can establish a pattern…First, by order of former City Attorney Greg Priamos, the City arrests public speaker Karen Wright for going over the three minute rule by a few seconds, but later Mayor Bailey allows former Mayor Loveridge to go well past the three minute rule to talk about his brother. Second, Mayor Bailey has former BB&K Attorney Letitia Pepper arrested for clapping. Now Mayor Bailey is the brunt of her First Amendment law suit, and clapping is allowed in Council Chambers, even for those supporting critics of their government.

Now there’s an attempt to continue to intimidate, disrespect and insult the taxpayers by filming them from behind, and I must say WAAAAY behind. But not in the City of Moreno Valley: they film you right up in your face and in HD, and live during Council, not the grainy, blurry filming Riverside uses. So again, I ask CM McDougal if he would like to change his statement? Just when you think that the new improved City Hall is really listening, are they really walking the walk?

STATE OF THE CITY: A PUBLIC AFFAIR OR JUST ANOTHER MONEY MAKING BOONDOGGLE FOR THE CHAMBER? We asked the question, why should the taxpayer have to divvy out monies to subsidize non-profits? Most non-profits raise the money for events through private sector contributions. Therefore, we have seen this time and time again, and we wonder why are streets aren’t fixed, why are trees are not cut and why we still don’t have a City Library.

HOW YOUR UTILITY BILL SUPPORTS THE CHAMBER: FOLLOW THE MONEY. The Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) is recognized as an Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c)(6) organization. Unlike a 501 (c)(3) organization, whose primary purpose is to serve a religious, charitable, scientific or educational purpose, the Chamber serves the best interest of its membership. It’s membership consist of a select group of businesses. Most of these businesses are customers of Riverside Public Utilities (RPU). The current General Manager of RPU, Girish Balachandran, under Section 1202 of the City Charter, has the authorization to negotiate and execute contracts with individual retail customers for water and electric utility service. He also has the power to offer many intangible benefits to customers. Mr. Balachandran serves on the Board of Directors of the Chamber.

Balachandran’s predecessor, former General Manager Dave Wright, back in the salad days of giving away ratepayer money, also chose to serve on the Board of Directors of the GRCC. As a board member, both had a duty of loyalty to the Chamber as defined under California Corporations Code Section 7231 (a): in essence, they must put their interest before that of the any other entity. It is not infrequent that GRCC lobbies the City Council on issues affecting RPU, and endorses City Council candidates whom have jurisdiction over RPU. This answers many questions regarding Measure A and the Soubirous Hearings. The Chamber, we believe, was in part responsible for the Soubirous crucifixion regarding his position on Measure A. His position would not favor GRCC’s true agenda.

The City’s Conflict of Interest Policy states that an employee may not have a personal interest which would tend to impair independence, judgement or action necessary to pursue the City’s best interest. This tenet is codified as law under Government Code Section 1126 (b) of the the State of California. Conflict of interest laws attempt to discourage not only biased-decision making not serving the public interest, but also the perception of such bias.

To wit, Resolution No. 22676 of the Riverside City Council, states, “the City Manager, City Attorney, and the City Clerk shall not serve as a member of the board of directors of a non-profit corporation which is receiving or will be reasonably likely in the future to seek and/or receive funding from the City of Riverside so as to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest,” thereby establishing intent of the policy. Obviously our utility managers seem to believe the rules that apply to their boss, need not apply to them…

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It has been well-known for some time that the Chamber receives taxpayer funding from the City of Riverside. What has been much less known is the amount of funding the Chamber receives directly from ratepayers, under the signature authority (i.e. no public vetting before the Board of Public Utilities or City Council) of both Mr. Balachandran and his direct subordinate, Michael Bacich, the Assistant General Manager of Customer Relations and Marketing. These funds have been paid via the request-for-payment process that has until recently been kept hidden from the public disclosure. Below, you will find a list of the roughly 200 payments RPU has made to the Chamber over the past 4 years in individual amounts up to $24,000.00, as well as proof of his predecessor’s participation on its Board (above figure).

The Kingpin David Wright

THE PAYMENTS TO THE CHAMBER QUEEN

So folks, could this be how the City of Riverside launders taxpayers money through a non-profit (Riverside Chamber of Commerce), then the Chamber writes a check to support campaign politicians who will feed their gravy train? Sort of how the “Clinton Foundation” works… What you have is that “public servants” are on these non-profit boards, but should be looking out for the best interest of the “taxpayer,” but are not, they are looking out for themselves, because, seemingly, they believe no one (the dumbass taxpayer) is looking at them.

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So, is Girish Balachandran following in the footsteps of David Wright, and proving once again that in the River City there’s simply no bridge too far when it comes to conflict-of-interests as is the case with his board membership with the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce?

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TMC RECEIVES LEAKS FROM RIVERSIDE CITY HALL REGARDING BRENDA DIETRICH’S HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. You can read the full leaked concerns of City of Riverside employees from the employee handbook to specific allegations against Human Resource Director Brenda Diederich, by clicking on the links below.

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR BRENDA DIEDERICH

These address Riverside City employee concern regarding an antiquated employee handbook, Human Resource Director Brenda Diederich hiring a personal friend and the targeted termination of gay employees without cause.

EMPLOYEE CONCERNS OF HIRED PERSONAL FRIEND & GAY TERMINATIONS EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK CONCERNS

TOTAL COST TO THE TAXPAYERS FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY EVENT BY QUEEN BEE’S CINDY ROTH’S GRCC (GREATER RIVERSIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE).

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The bottom line was that the taxpayer paid out $11,218.50 (minimum, given Mr. Mason’s list doesn’t include a $1000 tables for both the Parks and Recreation Department and the Office of Economic (not Community) Development) for Cindy Roth’s Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce event, but we again, as the general public, had a seat in the back of the ~~bus~~ event. Next time you pay your utility bill, spot a pothole, or your support is sought for better salaries and benefits by the Police or Fire unions, remember how these departments chose to donate your money to the Chamber….

HOW MUCH IS, “I OWN IT,” COSTING THE TAXPAYER?
Is it also an indirect advertising plug for that specific “I Own It” customer? … Who “incidentally” is the law firm of BB&K. Since we own it too, can TMC also be part of that campaign? We of course have not been asked..but we patiently wait for our turn… Why? Because, “I Own It.” Our take is that it may not be long before RPU begins to recant with, “I Regret It.”

TMC, RATED RIVERSIDE’S MOST “OFFENSIVE,” “INAPPROPRIATE,” “HURTFUL,” “MEAN SPIRITED,” “DISTASTEFUL,” “EMBARRASSING,” HORIFFIC,” “SLANDEROUS” AND ~~MEZZSPELLED~~, “MISSPELLED” AND “OPINIONATED” BLOG SITE! TEMPORARILY BLOCKED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT PUBLIC ACCESS SITES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN UNBLOCKED. I GUESS YOU CANNOT DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACLU. RATED ~~ONE~~ ~~TWO~~ ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL RATINGS.. TMC IS NOW ~~EXCLUSIVLY~~ EXCLUSIVELY ON FILE WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (WE BELIEVE THIS WILL END SOON, SINCE THE FOCUS IS NOW ON THE IMPROPRIETIES OF MR. “Z”, WE TRIED TO TELL YOU, BUT NOBODY LISTENED), AND DON’T FORGET WE ARE ~~PROSSIBLY~~ POSSIBLY ON FILE WITH THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE’S POTENTIAL SLAPP SUIT LIST… A STRATEGIC LEGAL MANEUVER THAT CAN BE DONE ONLY IN RIVERSIDE WITHOUT A CONTRACT… AGAIN, THANK-YOU COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMPLOYEE’S FOR YOUR SUPPORT! COMMENTS ALWAYS WELCOMED, ESPECIALLY SPELL CHECKERS! WE JUST CAN’T SPELL! EMAIL ANONYMOUSLY WITH YOUR DIRT BY CONTACTING US AT: THIRTYMILESCORRUPTION@HOTMAIL.COM

NEWLY CHRISTENED DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE HESTRIN VOWS TO REBUILD THE DA’S OFFICE…”BRICK BY PAINFUL BRICK!”

Posted: January 17, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: assistant city manager belinda graham, assitant city manager michael beck, best best & krieger, cindy roth, city of riverside, county of riverside, district attorney's office mike hestrin, former city manager brad hudson, general manager girish balachandran, greater riverside chamber of commerce, interim riverside city attorney christina talley, martin luther king, mike hestrin, richard roth for state senate

Newly christened District Attorney Mike Hestrin, A.K.A. Superman, Clark Kent (also the underground A.K.A. name of “Hestrone”, because he is the man), layed out his plan for change with reference to rebuilding the DA’s office, as he was quoted as saying, “Brick by painful brick.” We see a new turn of events whereby Hestrin will take the bull by the horns and remold the DA’s office in what many have said is in needed change. Change in the sense that makes sense. He states that now only will he be tough on crime, but he plans to concentrate on crime prevention. Now what does that mean?

Hestrin is in charge of approximately 250 lawyers and 100 investigators. He has an new expectation for his staff to volunteer their time in order to be more closely connected to the community. Therefore he expects his lawyers and investigators to volunteer their time and expertise to community programs. Not as a punishment, but as I see it, extending their responsibilities as DA’s etc. to actually resolving and mitigating the crime problem once and individual is released from prison. By this, Hestrin’s intention is to prevent recidivism. This would be done by keeping individuals from going back to their communities and associating with criminal elements. If they associate with positive and constructive individual, he believes this would help individuals not going back to a life of crime. The way I see it is that if you want to truly lower crime rates you have to have a 360 degree plan. Hestrin is making such an attempt.

Programs such as YAT, Youth Accountability Team, helps young offenders, who are at risk youths, to be steered away from crime. Another program is the Woman’s Wonder Writers program. Then again, there is the Real Men Read community program.

He is not only asking his staff to volunteer their time to community programs, but to make the attempt to start new community programs. So he is asking not only to prosecute, but go a step forward to connect to the community. One of the questions he would ask in the promotion process would be “what have you done for the community to decrease crime.” This is takes the DA’s office to a different level and bring it full circle, a 360 degree plan. DA’s and investigators will not only be responsible for fighting crime, but finding solutions to decrease crime, and most importantly, crime due to recidivism.

WILL FORMER BB&K INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY CHRISTINA TALLEY AFTER BEING FIRED FROM THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER UNSUSPECTING CITY AT INTOLERABLE WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR MEDIOCRE LEGAL ADVICE??

GOT MY CHECK…

Incidentally, Talley was the City Attorney for the City of Pasadena during the years of 1994-1996, cities do recycle their employees! She came here to Riverside, while we sent former Public Works Director Siobhan Foster and former Assistant City Manager Michael Beck to Pasadena.

Oops, looks as that didn’t sit to well.. Regarding the Jason Hunter Ethics Complaint, Talley told Councilman Paul Davis that the City Attorney’s Office had no authority to hire outside council for the Ethics hearing, this was weeks after she allowed outside hired counsel Doug Smith to represent Justin Scott-Coe, at taxpayer expense. What goes? What we found was that Hunter made the legal argument against the hiring of outside legal services, then Talley evidently concurred, or felt she was challenged by true legality of this aspect, which led her altered legal opinion in favor of Hunters original proceedings.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ATTAINING EMAILS TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE CLAIM.

FORMER BB&K ATTORNEY LETITIA PEPPER SENDS EMAIL JANUARY 16TH TO CITY OF RIVERSIDE DEMANDING THAT THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE COMPLY WITH THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT PROVISIONS ABOUT ASSIGNING ISSUES TO THE CONSENT CALENDER.. Pepper states that the method the City has adopted for assigning issues to the consent calender violates the Ralph M. Brown Act provisions.

Pepper therefore demands on behalf of all residents of the City of Riverside, that:
   (1) the contents of all future Consent Calendars for City Council meetings be set, as required by law, at an open, public City Council meeting,;
   (2) that such Consent Calendar be set by the City Council as a whole, rather than by the Mayor and the City Manager and Assistant City Manager;
   (3) that the public be given the appropriate opportunity to make public comments objecting to an item being placed on the Consent Calendar before the City Council votes on the make-up of such calendar.

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UPDATE: On January 18th, Attorney Pepper sent out an addendum letter to her first letter, regarding the demand that the City comply with the Ralp M. Brown Act provisions about assigning issues to the consent calender. Within this letter Pepper makes the connection that she believes that their is circumstantial evidence that prior Council member Don Betro was involved in a broad based conspiracy, along with other former elects and city executives such as City Attorney Gregory Priamos, Mayor Loveridge, City Manager Brad Hudson, CFO Paul Sundeen and Assistant City Manager Michael Beck, to pillage the City’s, or taxpayers finances.

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IS THE GREATER RIVERSIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MAKING MONEY ON A PUBLIC EVENT? It has been brought to TMC’s attention that the yearly public event known as the Annual State of the City, may be just a campaign fund raising event, which appears to tell the public to not come! This should be advertised as a free even since it is a public event. Why has it appeared to be taken over by a non-profit, the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce? They are asking that there is a charge of $50.00 per ticket, there is nothing to state that the public can come or attain free tickets. The truth of the matter is that the Chamber has a total of 650 tickets, 50 of those are free general public tickets and 600 are being sold

It also appears that Public Utilities is paying for advertisement on this site. There was controversy last year when $500,000.00 of taxpayer monies was to be set aside to the Chamber to coordinate the Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful Program, without the bidding process. TMC wants the same deal, we will gladly advertise Public Utilities for $24,999.00 right under the maximum amount Public Utilities Manager Girish Balachandran can cut a check for.

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It appears that the taxpayer funds the Chamber, even through Public Utilities, but the public is not even publicly invited to this event. Is this what the Chamber has done a ruse or front for raising campaign funds for their “go along get along” candidates? To be fair the PE did mention their would be a limited number of “free seats available.” Really now, doesn’t that just want to make the public not want to go or even attempt to compete for these limited number of free seats?

Again questions arise if employees of the City, as former Public Utility General Manager Dave Wright, should be on the Chamber board. Curently, Riverside Public Utilities General Manager Girish Balachandran, is on the board of the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce, and Taxpayer monies are cut from this General Manager to the Chamber as seen in this advertisement (figure one). Unbelievable… Conflict of Interest, or Culture of Corruption?

Incidentally, Cindy Roth is the CFO/President of the Chamber who’s husband Richard D. Roth is now Senator for the State of California, and has been a recipient of taxpayer monies for doing the City’s dirty work, as many in the community have said, though are afraid to state their opinion for fear of retaliation by the City Department Agencies or even RPD. Sorry folks, I’m only the messenger.. But many are told when calling the Chamber that the limited number of free seat are for the “General Public” which must be seated in the back of the event. I say, the “Elite Public” can pay for a taxpayer event, but the rest, “General Public” sit in the back of the bus.. Quite fitting as January 19th is Martin Luther Kings Birthday.

DON’T WE HAVE A STATUE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING IN FRONT OF RIVERSIDE HALL?

The question is why would anyone want to do business or even live in the City of Riverside when they don’t even feel safe by the Police Department or even that they can make a living under the duress of many rules and regulation by the City which makes it difficult to doing real business.

IS IT TIME TO RECALL RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERVISOR’S FOR ABUSE OF TAXPAYER’S MONIES? ACCORDING TO A LETTER IN THE PRESS ENTERPRISE THE ANSWER IS YES.. Sounds like our former Riverside City Manager’s shoe shine machine at taxpayer expense of $600.00. The bastard couldn’t even pay for his Starbucks coffee for two bucks without hitting the taxpayer.. you named him, former City Manager Brad Hudson. Hopefully, Hestrin will place the likes of him in incarceration, and his cohort Assistant City Manager Belinda Graham, alleged lover.

Opps, Jeff Stone not in the picture anymore, he took his bat to the Senate.

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: DING DONG THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD!

Posted: December 4, 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: assistant city manager belinda graham, cindy roth, city manager brad hudson, city manager scott barber, city of riverside, fox performance plaza, greater riverside chamber of commerce, majestic realty, mission inn, pellisier ranch, rda, rpoa president brian smith, rpoa vice president aurelio melendrez

Today, December 03, Assistant City Manager Belinda Graham gave her two weeks notice to leave her position. She rose up the ranks and was part of the legacy of former City Manager Brad Hudson, there was no one in the history of Riverside who moved up faster then Ms. Graham. Some say she did her best work horizontally as opposed to vertically. She was instrumental in the destruction of so many lives, careers and businesses. She has cost the taxpayers of Riverside hundreds of millions of dollars by the incompetent decisions she had made. Currently, many sources have said that Council has no confidence in her ability and would not consider her as a contender for the upcoming City Manager vacancy. Therefore, today’s decision is not a surprise.

One the many issues which came to the forefront was Pellisier Ranch, and her part in this illegal transaction. Originally the Pellisier Ranch property was purchased by the Riverside Utility for water rights years ago. Former City Manager Brad Hudson worked a deal to sell the majority of the property to an industrial developer friend, Majestic Realty. The problem was the City, or the Utility, could not sell this public property without going through the public bidding process, so Hudson and Graham (then the Development Director) decided to transfer the property to the RDA (Redevelopment Agency), which has the power to sell the property directly to a purchaser without going through a public bidding process. Sources told us that Hudson had already negotiated a price. The negotiated price was way to low based on comparable surrounding real estate values. This of course, was brought to the attention of Ms. Graham. Ms. Graham was also advised that the transfer/transaction was not legal, since RDA are not allowed to purchase property outside the City Limits (which was actually Colton) of their own jurisdiction. Belinda had already done a similar transaction with Utility land adjacent to Fairmount Park outside the City Limits. We were told that Ms. Graham did not like the fact that the source knew this information. In the end, the sale to Hudson’s industrial developer friend did not go through.

Under the leadership of Belinda Graham and Brad Hudson, the City of Riverside will never be able to recover. From this disaster, we get another, Scott Barber, a total train wreck.

Didn’t make the cut for City Manager in Puyallup, WA, so now she is retiring? (Click Image to Enlarge) So it appears the total count is two. Graham attempted to apply for City Manager in two cities Bellevue, WA April 2014 and Puyallup, WA in November 2014.

Belinda Graham in deep thought on how to screw the taxpayer….

RIVERSIDE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION HONORING DISGRACED CITY MANAGER SCOTT BARBER DECEMBER 14, 2014.

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It’s true, the Riverside Police Officers Association is holding a special breakfast program at the Mission Inn in celebration of City Manager Scott Barber’s retirement. Why? you may ask would RPOA promote and plan an event such as this? Could it be that RPOA President Brian Smith and Vice President Aurelio Melendrez (son of Councilman Andy Melendrez) would like to acknowledge his support and effort in attempting taking down a councilmember for the team, which ultimately backfired, and resulted in a shameful departure.

Incidentally, the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce decided to get into the act along with RPOA to support this effort. The conspiracy continues as to the real nexus between Cindy Roth’s Greater Riverside Chamber, RPOA President Brian Smith and the Riverside Office of the City Manager.

Back in 2010, Scott Barber approved a $2.5 million change order for the Fox Performance Plaza, without City Council Approval! This violates every policy and procedure that the City Manager should abide by. This my friends, is where City Manager Scott Barber should have been FIRED! This is where is clearly over stepped his bounds as City Manager and his ethical integrity, but went ahead and did it anyway. Either he was unknowledgable of City rules or all together simply unqualified to understand the severity of the overall picture. So when City Council members continue to ignore it, they are in denial, this my taxpayer friends is the cusp of the problem! We ask the question, “What was Barber’s M.O. in doing this?” Was it for personal gain? It didn’t benefit anyone on the City Council, and it certainly did not benefit the Taxpayer. Was City Manager Scott Barber receiving kick-backs from the developers?

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We therefore ask, before the door hits the backside on his way out, that City Manager Scott Barber pay back the taxpayers for utilizing our monies inappropriately.

We know it is only $100,000.00 that Barber misappropriated with the support of RPOA President Brian Smith and Chief Sergio Diaz, but we believe the damage that they caused only supports $200,000.00. Smith and Diaz, you can chip in any way you wish to help out Mr. Barber, maybe Cindy Roth and the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce can hold a fundraiser to help out.

TMC, RATED RIVERSIDE’S MOST “SLANDEROUS” AND ~~MEZZSPELLED~~, “MISSPELLED” AND “OPINIONATED” BLOG SITE! TEMPORARILY BLOCKED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT PUBLIC ACCESS SITES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN UNBLOCKED. I GUESS YOU CANNOT DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACLU. RATED ~~ONE~~ ~~TWO~~ ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY APPROVAL RATINGS.. TMC IS NOW ~~EXCLUSIVLY~~ EXCLUSIVELY ON FILE WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (WE BELIEVE THIS WILL END SOON, SINCE THE FOCUS IS NOW ON THE IMPROPRIETIES OF MR. “Z”, WE TRIED TO TELL YOU, BUT NOBODY LISTENED), AND DON’T FORGET WE ARE ~~PROSSIBLY~~ POSSIBLY ON FILE WITH THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE’S POTENTIAL SLAPP SUIT LIST… A STRATEGIC LEGAL MANEUVER THAT CAN BE DONE ONLY IN RIVERSIDE WITHOUT A CONTRACT… AGAIN, THANK-YOU COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMPLOYEE’S FOR YOUR SUPPORT! COMMENTS ALWAYS WELCOMED, ESPECIALLY SPELL CHECKERS! WE JUST CAN’T SPELL! EMAIL ANONYMOUSLY WITH YOUR DIRT BY CONTACTING US AT: THIRTYMILESCORRUPTION@HOTMAIL.COM

IS HE, OR ISN’T HE? THE GODFATHER OF RIVERSIDE? COULD THE FAMIGLIA BE CAUSING THE CHAOS?

Posted: September 9, 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: Brad Hudson, brian smith, chris lanzillo, cindy roth, city of riverside, congressman ken calvert, councilman steve adams, don galleano, greg priamos, jeff stone, john akai, john benoit, kevin jefferies, marion ashley, mayor william rusty bailey, michael williams, mike hestrin, mike soubirious, paul zellerbach, riverside county supervisors, ronald redfern, rpoa, supervisor john tavaglione, valery hill

THE PUPPET MASTER

Does the famiglia buy loyalty in the realms of the press? The County lists it’s legal filings with the Press Enterprise (PE) – which of course, keeps ’em afloat money-wise. The County could use other newspapers – most in the County – even the little one’s are certified by the court for legal filings. But the county pays the PE (sometimes 3 times the cost) the high end legal “ad’s” pricing. Many of these little local “rags” charge a third of what the PE charges. Could it be that John Tavaglione (JT) buys loyalty?….Is Tavaglione behind the PE not hitting hard, with reference to media events? Could this scenario explain how he’s protecting his boy Mayor Bailey? Mayor Bailey being a former staffer of John Tavaglione, and interesting enough, also worked for Congressman Ken Calvert, who didn’t hold back when it came to his voracious appetite for female street walkers. Rumors in the grapevine continue to connect Calvert with local hotels and hookers. Don’t quote me on that, these are alleged rumors. Of course, Calvert and Tavaglione are friends.

These two have been seen associating with Western Municipal Water Board of Director, Don Galleano and of course Riverside’s own, Councilman Steve Adams in many local watering holes. The “dangerous liaisons” appear publicly clear, but what does this all mean?

Well, first, it is no surprise that Riverside County Supervisors support Councilman Adam’s run for Congress, and of course, Michael Williams directing his fundraising campaign. But why is that? Councilman Adams has the most ethics complaints filed against him, but of course through a Council admitted flawed process, appears to always result in a favorable outcome. But when you view the network of individuals involved in the political process or, as I call it, the “Machine,” it is no surprise that Riverside County Supervisors support Councilman Adam’s run for Congress.

So what is the connection or relationship between the PE and the City of Riverside? We do know they received preferential electric rates at one time. Would this be a gift of public funds since the residents of Riverside had to pay more for electricity of a utility they publicly own? So, if Adams is seen conversing with Ronald Redfern , former CEO and Publisher of the Press Enterprise, what kind of message does this send to his community? Or could this be construed as meaning anything when it came to City politics? We give you this recent political article by non other than Councilman Steve Adams in the PE. Is the fact that this article received exposure in the PE directly due with who you know? Is this a free campaign ad given to Steve? Why is Steve on board with the PE as a contributing writer? The County of Riverside under the direction of Tavaglione purchased the Press Enterprise building…coincidence? Former PE CEO and Publisher Ronald Redfern is incidentally now Chairman of the Board for the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce. We also see that Cindy Roth is involved, who’s husband is now ~~Congressman~~ Senator Roth, who did outside legal work for the City of Riverside.. and of course, Roth’s legal work never directly impacted the taxpayer’s with a positive benefit! Not surprising.. But what was Cindy Roth’s position of going to each council member to, as Rodney King would say, “Can’t we just get along..” when tension escalated with council members. Who is Cindy Roth and why doe she appear to have some sort of influence on elected officials? Was she worried about her taxpayer handout?

I think John Tavaglione is the reason behind the PE not hitting hard on issues that are important to the community. His connection to the PE is uncanny. Is he’s protecting his Boy Bailey (the current Mayor, William Rusty Bailey) – no doubt in my mind. The PE appears to cave to the supes – especially when we know that JT is the “leader” of the Supes. We must not forget the Inland Empire Political Fundraiser Icon, Michael Williams – often referred to as the only real game in town, is an ally of JT. It has been purported that Tavaglione owns the building that Williams resides and rents office space from. Would that be some sort of red flag? I would think so. So if John Tavaglione does not approve of a candidate or a particular measure, can we say that Mike won’t do the political fundraising? If this is true, does someone have to kiss the “Godfather’s” ring to get approval and show ones loyalty? The Michael Williams Company client list appears to be quite telling. Made up of the “usual suspects” with a particular commonality. Not hard to see a diffused political leaning as we would imagine.

What causes the political chaos or the stagnation of someone attempting to do good for the community? Would it be who you know? Has one person become so powerful that one nervously jumps at the drop of a pen when asked to do a favor? A possible favor to maintain status quo? Of course, in the sense of JT’s boy Bailey the appearance of not being status qou would not be acceptable..

(RPOA) Riverside Police Officer’s Association, President Brian Smith is a friend of John Tavaglione. He who controls RPOA campaign funds, as Smith – can often control some Council Members, as what we have seen with such graduates of RPOA in Riverside, as Chris Lanzillo. The “control” has been seen in the “Soubirous Hearing.” .. known as “The Soubirous Hearing Debacle,” that Smith was a part of. But the whole agenda just appeared to “blow back” on their original plan. Was this all about the “Cop Play Book?” Further, JT also toppled longtime Riverside Sheriff’s Association (RSA) President Pat McNamara. Former County Supervisor Bob Buster one stated, “RSA is the single biggest political force in Riverside County.” Well, not anymore. RSA President Robert Masson, supported by Big John, toppled McNamara two years ago and now controls the very large PAC fund built up during the McNamara years. Since John Tavaglione (JT) controls Masson, he now controls the RSA Political Action Committee. The PAC funds are rumored to be half a million or more. Big money – huge control. Val Hill, who claims to be a good friend of JT, reportedly was recruited by him to run for Riverside City Council last year. Let’s see, RPOA (strongly influenced by JT) supported a longtime friend of JT – she certainly would have fully supported Bailey and company.

From a residents point of view Val Hill certainly didn’t appear to know the issues, well to put it bluntly, didn’t really know jack shit! Not to mention the shit load of money to support her campaign that didn’t pan out except for the broken sewer pipes. So, JT, a County supe, strongly influenced Brad Hudson, who was a former County Employee prior to moving over to Riverside City. His “mini-me” DeSantis, came from the County as well. And we know Priamos needed an “exit stage left” when the poop hit the fan over the Soubirious “investigation” flop, and had a soft landing with a County job. All John Tavaglione?…. I would bet on it! If this is all true or somewhat true, how could John became so powerful as a simple public servant? Is he really there to represent the taxpayer? Or does his organizations true objective lie elsewhere? Benefiting …. ?

THE SUPES..THE CREW… ASHLEY, STONE, TAVAGLIONE, JEFFRIES AND BENOIT

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: COUNCILMAN STEVE ADAMS TAKES THE CAKE WHEN IT COMES TO ETHICS COMPLAINTS! WHAT! HE IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS? THE US CONGRESS? In a recent PE article Councilman Steve Adams stated that “This system is broken and it’s unfair,” Councilman Steve Adams said. “I don’t think we have the transparency that we need.” But, but in one of these complaint Steve stated that he saw corruption, not once, but two times! It appears that the Ethics and Complaint process that was set up, designed and crafted by former City Attorney Greg Priamos has been brought to the fore front. It appears that he skipped town just in time to work for the County Supes… Steve takes the cake as the most Ethics Complaints which have been brought against a Councilman in the City of Riverside..and were unfounded! So the question is, did he or didn’t he see corruption in the City of Riverside? We think he did..and the Ethics and Conduct process was set up for Stevo and his episodes, to be mitigated to a position of non compliance.

JUST FOR LAUGHS: IF YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR IN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE YOU WILL GET THIS! WARNING! THIS IS NOT FOR THE POLITICALLY CORRECT CROWD..

I WONDER IF COUNCILMAN PAUL DAVIS REGRETS MAKING THIS ENDORSEMENT?

DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN AKI AND THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION SUE RIVERSIDE COUNTY, THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY PAUL ZELLERBACH ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 IN SUPERIOR COURT. Interesting that the PE has not reported on this news.

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW FULL AKI VS. ZELLERBACH LAWSUIT

Prosecutors Michael Hestrin (l) and John Aki center after jury convicted Earl Ellis Green of murdering RPD Officer Ryan Bonaminio. At right, RPD Det. Ron Sanfilippo. Still no story from the PE! Is the PE to tight to express the real truth?

The Desert Sun goes into detail regarding the lawsuit whereby Zellerbach intimidated Mike Hestrin (elected as new District Attorney) supporters. Still no story from the PE.

Great work justice league! I know who John Aki is and in my estimation he has always been a straight up guy. I wish the best for him in his lawsuit. I will post his lawsuit and details. Thanks again for your insight and information. Agreed..why this news isn’t in the Press Enterprise, I just cannot understand. It may be why they blocked me from commenting, but their are many more who have contacted me complaining about being blocked by the Press Enterprise. Is the Press Enterprise a real newspaper? Or is it bought and paid for as many politicians are? I believe the next posting may have some answers. I look forward to your comments. – Thirty Miles

UPDATE: HUMANITARIAN RESOLUTION TRIGGERS ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST COUNCILMAN ANDY MELENDREZ!

UPDATE: MAYOR WILLIAM “RUSTY” BAILEY SERVED RECALL PAPERS AT TUESDAYS CITY COUNCIL MEETING! MORE TO COME…

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CITY OF RIVERSIDE: THE BURNARD STORY: A TRAGIC TALE OF GOVERNMENT GONE ROGUE AND THOSE WHO GUARDED IT: POLITICS PLANNED BY THE RULING CLASS?

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: THE CULTURE OF SEXUAL CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP IS EVERYWHERE………ARE YOU SHOCKED?

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: MEASURE-Z, ANOTHER REPEAT OFFENDER?? REMEMBERING THE SAME B.S. ON MEASURE-A! THE CITY LIED ABOUT THIS AS WELL, AND TMC WILL PROVE IT!

VOTE NO ON MEASURE-Z

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: DID COUNCIL MISS THE COOKING CLASS ON HOW TO FLAMBÈ THE BOOKS?

VOTE MORENO FOR RIVERSIDE MAYOR 2016!

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: GUESS CITY ATTORNEY GEUSS IS JUST MORE OF THE SAME, ARE WE RIPE FOR MORE ABUSE?

CHAMBER SCREWJOB OF THE WEEK: WATERWISE LANDSCAPE MAKEOVER

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER…CAN YOU SEE ME NOW?

NEWLY CHRISTENED DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE HESTRIN VOWS TO REBUILD THE DA’S OFFICE…”BRICK BY PAINFUL BRICK!”

CITY OF RIVERSIDE: DING DONG THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD!

IS HE, OR ISN’T HE? THE GODFATHER OF RIVERSIDE? COULD THE FAMIGLIA BE CAUSING THE CHAOS?

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