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11/01/06
This city used to employ a professional grant writer. That grant writer was fired (excuse us, "let go") in June with the other mass firings (excuse us, "mass lettings go"). Now we have a police Chief that everyone is going to great pains to say was not "fired" but instead is being reassigned. But reassigned to what job? As widely reported to the media, former Interim Police Chief Walter McKinney will now be a city grant writer. A Chief of Police is NOT by profession a grant writer. Those are not his job skills and even if he has an idea of how the process works from his time working with the city's former professional grant writer, we question if he has the qualifications for the job. This city has just answered grand jury recommendations, one of which was that people should not be hired for positions they are not qualified to fill. The city's answer to the grand jury was that city jobs will no longer be given to those that do not possess the qualification for the job. On the grand jury question, city hall will tell you McKinney is no longer an employee (but also was not fired) and has been retained as an independent contractor (a consultant perhaps - can we see the contract please?). The questions remain, consultant or employee aside, is he qualified to write grants? If we need a grant writer, why did we fire our professional grant writer? This one does not smell right. Explanations are in order, real explanations. 10/31/06 Deception No. 3 City hall reported to the media that several people had come to city hall and "pulled recall papers" on Mayor Alex Bias. Let's be very, very clear on this: No one goes to city hall to pull recall papers. That is NOT where you get them. City hall does not supply recall papers. City hall knows that. It was an outright deception by city hall. The impression that was left was that a recall of the Mayor had been started. The press heard the rumor created by city hall and ran with it. It was a blatant deception by city hall. Deception No. 2 City Hall reported to the media that it had received many calls from people that were upset with the Mayor. We do not doubt city hall received such calls. But what city hall did not report was that it also received several calls of support for the Mayor. We have since been contacted by several people asking us this specific question: Why didn't city hall tell the press about our calls of support for the Mayor? Deception
No. 1 The law firm of Aleshire & Wynder was selected from 10 finalist to be the city's law firm. After selecting the firm, the council instructed the city manager to begin negotiations with the firm over price. Then city hall said "Negotiations had broken down" leaving the impression the city and the firm could not come to terms over price. Price
was not the issue. There was a serious conflict of interest. The
firm had to withdraw when that conflict was revealed in a series of
articles in a local newspaper. “The
city of Why didn't city hall give the real reason the law firm of Aleshire & Wynder withdrew from consideration? With such an obvious disqualifying conflict of interest, how did they make the final cut?
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US Attorney reports Former Mayor of Lynwood
sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison for conviction on
federal corruption charges. March 26, 2006, LA Times quote: Richards was also ordered to pay the city of Lynwood more than $787,000 in restitution. His sister was sentenced to six years in prison. Longtime friend was ordered to serve nearly 10 years in prison. |
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Seems that many of the
particulars of this case sounds all too familiar to all of us
citizens in DHS;
November 13, 2004, Lynwood
Watch Newspaper Quotes;
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01/13/06 Desert Sun Confirms our story posted here on 01/06/06. (Scroll down to see story). Judge ordered DHS to rehire hispanic employees fired for having skin color incompatible with past City Manager, Jerry Hansen & current Head of Code Enforcement, Glenn Roberts per court pleadings. Calderon also said he was harassed by being subjected to racial slurs and comments, including that he (Glenn Roberts) was brought in "to clear out the dead, brown wood in Code Enforcement" and "I thought you boys swam across the river," according to the complaint. Mary Stephens was the the only council person who voted against hiring back these two victims of Hansen's and Roberts's racism. Does Stephens's still believe that DHS needs "to clear out the dead, brown wood in Code Enforcement" too?
Inquiring minds want to know! 01/11/06 Will current DHS city manager, John Souiller continue his (and Jerry Hansen's) tradition of hired his unqualified MSWD friends to head important positions? Will these unqualified friends of John Souiller continue to provide DHS citizens with progress robbing (embarrassing) blunders? By the looks of it, the answer to both these questions is YES! Read another disturbing letter from a FODHS reader. Gabriel Now that the recall is over, let's now concentrate on the quality of homes that are being produced. Remember, the houses are usually only being built by the cheapest bidder, that's why inspections are vital to our future homeowner and city.
How can our city produce quality
inspections when the inspector themselves are not qualified. Yes
it's true, we have ex MSWD employees as our inspectors and
MSWD spouses who's only background is in painting.
Qualifications you ask, ha ha !!! No
way, you don't need qualification to work at DHS city hall, just
friends of John S Souiller (the leader of ex MSWD employees
fungus). That's right, Chuck Dodd has absolutely NO ICC
certification qualifications, but guess what, he is not only a DHS
inspector, he's the boss of the inspectors (deputy building
official), yes I said it, DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL.
Think about it, can you imagine a problem
with your house or your neighbors house, and the DEPUTY BUILDING
OFFICIAL is going to give you his opinion, opinion based on
what.
Think about this, the DEPUTY BUILDING
OFFICIAL is going to court on your behalf, let's say to fight a
contractor that tried to skim, and your house is not built to code
spec's, but Chuck Dodd is representing the code and inspectors
that signed off the contractors mistakes, just imagine the lawyer
for the contractor questioning the duck that can not fly, (the
duck is Chuck), a man not only to represents the code, but
represents the life and safety of everyone and every home that is built
by our city adopted build and city codes.
Question: Can Chuck Dodd interpret the
Building Codes, can he interpret the word interpret?. You know
something, why doesn't he get his ICC certificate in his related
field. Well, that might be a little hard, you should have a
minimum of 10 years experience to become an BUILDING OFFICIAL
(Chuck has only months in the home construction inspection field),
so let take it easy on Chuck, maybe if he was to get ANY related
certificate in the Building Code Field, maybe he might be able to
defend the code and home owners against contractors that believe
it's right to just not build quality homes.
Oh and let's not forget the recently hired painter and now DHS inspector. He was hired a few weeks ago and has also has no certificates. Some say the employee's spouse works at (you guess it) at MSWD. This is another perfect example/testimony if you need one.
The average Coachella Valley
inspectors (Qualified Inspectors) can do approx. 16-25 QUALITY
inspections a day, but not in DHS, we have super inspectors, they
can pump out 35-70 each and every day. A special thanks
to our quality buildings inspectors, lead by or super hero Chuck
Dodd. Maybe the Mary Stephens should give them a city national
holiday, aww, just give it to John for helping fill the job
openings that where never posted.
I pray for the earthquakes, the rain
(DHS flood at every sprinkle), and the wind to be easy on the city
of DHS, because or super hero's have got to be tired.
01/11/06 You just cant win sometimes. Letter below sent from one of our readers. Mr.
King, 01/09/06 WILL MORE DHS CITIZENS
CONTINUE TO DIE FOR THE OLD GUARD'S POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY? Local doctor says that latest Health care nomination has more to do with politics than the needs of local citizens for a health care facility. See our 01/04/06 story below and Dr. Allen Lawrence's story. Looks like we were right again.
01/08/06 ENOUGH WITH THE OLD GUARD, BASELESS ATTACKS, PETTY LIES AND DECEPTIONS. Max Lieberman (Desert Local News), Bill Effenger, Gabriel King (FODHS) all agree, it is time for the old guard (Mary Stephen's sore looser club) to stop undermining the people's Mayor, Alex Bias even before he has a chance to get out of the starting gate. Buzz
Gamble ( The actions by Mary Stephens's sore looser club shows that these old guard members are more than willing destroy to DHS if they don't get their way. We understand that they are upset because we stopped their Gravy Train at the citizens expense. If we were corrupt officials milking the graving train, we would be upset too. Best to judge a bush by its fruit. We can start sending these evil doers our message by requesting that Mary resign now and start boycotting the Valley Breeze.
01/06/06 CITY FORCED TO RE HIRE WRONGFULLY TERMINATED EMPLOYEES Glenn Roberts is probably very upset these days!! Mr. Roberts effectively terminated ("The Brown Wood") Richard Del Acruse & Earni Calederon per past city manager's Jerry Hansen's direction. They sued and the judge gave them back their DHS jobs. Unlike Glenn Roberts, Matt Weyuker and Jerry Hansen, we like "Brown Wood". Heck, we love all colors of wood for that matter. FODHS WELCOMES BACK RICHARD AND EARNIE These two where (and now are) great employees who did not deserve the poor treatment Glenn dispensed upon them thru Weyuker's city manager, Jerry Hansen. The healing process has began. Big time thanks to Alex Bias and Corky Larson for having the courage to lead council to reverse this injustice. 01/06/05 Bill Effenger writes an excellent article about the importance re creating the DHS Economic Development Commission that past Trash mouthed Mayor, Matt Weyuker and his buddy, Councilwoman, Mary Stephens terminated for their own personal corrupt political reasons. The entire economic development future of everything in importance hinges on DHS future having a active Economic Development Commission and annexing important large commercial and industrial areas next to DHS. See our #13 "DHS New Years Resolution" in our 12/31/05 story below. 01/06/05 Is the current DHS Director of Public Services working illegally as head of code enforcement? Unqualified (non PC832 certified) department heads and other city employees are a legal liability. See PC 830 & PC 832. CALIFORNIA CODES PENAL CODE SECTION 830.1. (a) Any sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff, employed in that capacity, of a county, any chief of police of a city or chief, director, or chief executive officer of a consolidated municipal public safety agency that performs police functions, any police officer, employed in that capacity and appointed by the chief of police or chief, director, or chief executive of a public safety agency, of a city, any chief of police, or police officer of a district, including police officers of the San Diego Unified Port District Harbor Police, authorized by statute to maintain a police department, any marshal or deputy marshal of a superior court or county, any port warden or port police officer of the Harbor Department of the City of Los Angeles, or any inspector or investigator employed in that capacity in the office of a district attorney, is a peace officer. The authority of these peace officers extends to any place in the state, as follows: (1) As to any public offense committed or which there is probable cause to believe has been committed within the political subdivision that employs the peace officer or in which the peace officer serves. (2) Where the peace officer has the prior consent of the chief of police or chief, director, or chief executive officer of a consolidated municipal public safety agency, or person authorized by him or her to give consent, if the place is within a city or of the sheriff, or person authorized by him or her to give consent, if the place is within a county. 832. (a) Every person described in this chapter as a peace officer shall satisfactorily complete an introductory course of training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. On or after July 1, 1989, satisfactory completion of the course shall be demonstrated by passage of an appropriate examination developed or approved by the commission. Training in the carrying and use of firearms shall not be required of any peace officer whose employing agency prohibits the use of firearms. (b) (1) Every peace officer described in this chapter, prior to the exercise of the powers of a peace officer, shall have satisfactorily completed the course of training described in subdivision (a). (c) Persons described in this chapter as peace officers who have not satisfactorily completed the course described in subdivision (a), as specified in subdivision (b), shall not have the powers of a peace officer until they satisfactorily complete the course. 832.05. (a) Each state or local department or agency that employs peace officers shall utilize a person meeting the requirements set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 1031 of the Government Code , applicable to emotional and mental examinations, for any emotional and mental evaluation done in the course of the department or agency' s screening of peace officer recruits or the evaluation of peace officers to determine their fitness for duty. 01/05/06 DHS citizens need to start Boycotting the slimy local Valley Breeze newspaper! Trash mouthed slime master, sore looser and past Mayor, Matt Weyuker (in the current January "A" edition) (sorry, no available web site link) implies that current city manager, Corky Larson resigned because she and current mayor, Alex Bias could not get along. This is another mean spirited lie by Weyuker. Weyuker proves to the world again that he is a amoral person lacking even the slightest decency. In today's Desert Sun Article, Corky is quoted saying "If I were 30 years younger, I would be trying very hard to be the next city manager" Does this sound like a person who resigned because of a minor disagreement with Alex Bias? Also Valley breeze trash columnist Buzz Gamble in the recent issue of the Valley Breeze implies the same thing, that Corky left because of Alex Bias's actions. I guess that Weyuker and Gamble think that repeating the same lie will eventually make it the truth. Being present at the Council meeting last night (Weyuker and Buzz where not present) one could see the affection Bias had for Corky. Weyuker's article continues to shamelessly spin irrelevant issues into mean spirited attacks on other matters as well for no good reason. Weyuker needs to stop this sore looser mentality (because his buddy, Mary Stephens lost her mayoral bid)and get on board with the rest of us who are trying to clean up the mess he left behind. Bill Effenger's column today agrees with our assessment also and calls Weyuker a DHS "spoiler". Weyuker should be ashamed of himself, Buzz should be ashamed of himself for printing Weyuker's trash. We predict that eventually Buzz's advertisers will find better places to advertise. The truth is that if Weyuker had not stepped down, he would have been recalled too! Weyuker needs to lead, follow or get the heck out of the way. He has done nothing but stand in the way of progress by throwing his crap on the rest of us. Weyuker created this mess and now wants to wallow in it by obstructing those of us who want to reform the city and promote positive progress. That's fine for him and his friends but not for the rest if us. Lets set up a pen just for him and the rest of his obstructionist friends and section it off. That way the rest of us don't have to look at it or smell it anymore. . 01/04/06 MAYOR'S HEALTH CARE REFORM EFFORTS TORPEDOED BY THE OLD GUARD NETWORK TONIGHT!!! Yvonne Parks, Hank Hohenstein and Mary Stephens Sand Bagged Mayor Alex Bias's health care reforms during tonight's council! During tonight's council meeting, Parks, Hohenstein and Stephens ignored all of Alex Bias's Health Care Commission appointees and instead reinstate all of Cromwell's do nothing Health Care Committee. Only member changes where; 1) Stephens declined her seat on the committee and 2) Will Pieper (the last council incumbent who the people voted out of office) becomes new Chair. So people will continue to Die in DHS from lack of readily available health care while the old guard marginalizes the peoples mayor's efforts to reform the Committee so as to bring desperately needed Health Care to DHS. Many say that these 3 council members are purposely stalling the Health Care Center until their campaign contributing developer buddies get financing to build the new building health to house the DHS Health Care Center. So while they continue to delay citizens will continue to die from lack of local health care. The council members who are obstructing the Mayors reforms justified their actions by saying that the old commission needed more time to accomplished their goals. We feel that 6 years of no progress while people continue to die is time enough. 12/31/05 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR DHS
1. Stop petty fighting
& Support peoples Mayor's effort to reform city hall.
2. Save lives by help Mayor
get rid of Weyuker's "do nothing for 6 years"
Cromwell/Stephen's Health Care Commission.
3. Help Mayor seat Health care
professionals on a new Health Care Commission ASAP. (Less
people will die for lack of health care)
4. Stop firing competent city employees
and replacing them with unqualified friends of Mary Stephens and other
old guard buddies.
5. Bring back city
employees who where fired for being competent and ethical.
6. Stop hiring employees
based upon personal friendship only (Jerry Hansen & John
Souiller)
7. Stop accepting bribes
from developers in the form of personal real estate improvements
and investments (Jerry Hansen & Mary Stephens)
8. Stop council members and
(past) city managers from accepting bribes from developers in the
form of buying real estate for $100,000's under current land
value (Hank Hohenstein).
9. Stop giving away
millions in free rides deals to developers by making
them pay their fair share of development fees as determined by our approved
general plan.
10. Bring back fire
sprinkler requirements in homes to save lives and property.
11. Require sidewalks (on
both sides of the street) in new developments to prevent deaths.
12. Allow Mid Century
Modern Architecture (recently illegally banned) so that the
most of the spa's including the famous Spa will not eventually be
torn down or remodeled into cheap tacky south western
architecture.
13. Allow Mayor to bring
back the Economic Development Commission Weyuker and Mary Stephens
fired because one of their members (Alex Bias) stopped council
from extending council term additional 2 years to 6 years (from
original 4 years).
14. Bring back more
ethical balance of power by returning mayors ability to agendize
items on council meetings
15. Bring back more ethical
balance or power by allowing Mayor or council to review and
approve all hiring and firing of all employees including
police chief, city attorney, department heads, etc. (This will
help to prevent our next city manager from becoming another
out of control dictator (Jerry Hansen) and will also bring job
security back to our city employees.
16. Require all contractors/developers
to follow the minimum standards of California Building Code
and DHS code regarding grading no matter how much money
they donated to the last council campaign.
17. Fix the streets in the
center of town so the citizens don't have their homes flooded
at every rain. (Stephens said that these homes have flooded
for 6 year now including the entire time she has been on
council)
18. Reduce the number of DHS
citizens in hospitals from respiratory problems by requiring
developers to follow city adopted PM10 (sand/dust control)
standards no matter how much money the developer donated to
the last council members campaigns.
19. Work with the
community to have a city Christmas tree that is not pathetic and
actually is shaped to look like one and is decorated so it does
not look like a giant spider on LSD.
20. Make sure the Christmas
tree is lit the last 3 nights leading up to christmas day.
21. City ask MSWD why they
have spent millions on water lines, tanks and capped of wells to
vacant industrial land LTV owns while not having the money to
provide basic fire hydrants to streets citizens currently live on.
22. Ask Buzz, owner of the
Valley Breeze to offer the new peoples mayor a column.
23. Ask Buzz to edit
Weyuker's future columns of lies, slanderer and attacks
against current council members and volunteers.
24. Ask Hank Hohenstein to
refrain from making any more secret back room deals with past city
attorneys (Best, Best & Kreiger letter dated July 21, 2005) to
rehire them for their financial support of a his future mayoral
bid.
25. Don't pay our new city
manager two times what Indian Wells pays.
26. Don't pay our new city
manager $120,000 severance pay when he has not quit.
27. Don't continue to use
millions of dollars to needlessly pave main roads to developers
projects while down town Palm Drive rots before our eyes and down
town homes are flooded often each year.
28. Hank Hohenstein refrain
from committing any more Penal Code 182 felonies while in office
thru collusion with developers to hide his conflict of interest
(as Hank Hohenstein admitted to Nelsy in a Desert Sun Article)
29. Hank Hohenstein refrain
from trying to require that all council members to get each others
permission prior to exercising their constitutional first
amendment right to comment. (See Cindy Uken's July 3rd 2005 Desert
Sun Article)
30. Mary Stephens and Hank
Hohenstein follow the citizen wishes by stepping down from
office.
31. Fully fund our
understaffed police force to bring our skyrocketing crime under
control thru proactive, not just reactive policing.
32. Mary Stephens and other
council members refrain from threatening to fire ethical
volunteers and others involved in city government (See Desert
Sun Article by Nelsy May 27, 2005)
33. Mary Stephens and Hank
Hohenstein refrain from accepting any more bribes from developers
for special considerations. (See numerous articles in the Desert
Sun)
12/28/05 Considering John Soulliere's past record, couldn't the city find a better choice for an interim city manager. 1. Soulliere never returned citizen phone calls until Corky Larson made him start returning said calls. 2. Soulliere recently blocked citizen's e-mails until Corky Larson made him remove the block. 3. Soulliere favors hiring water district employees to fill important (unrelated) department heads and inspectors to oversee construction issues including the current PM10 mess. Many of of our current employees are hired not based upon their credentials but on their friendship with Soullier and past city manager Jerry Hansen. This has led to the hiring of department heads and others who basically have little if any experience or training to oversee these failing areas of DHS construction development they are charged with overseeing. Current hiring practices based upon personal relationships and not qualifications has led to the steady stream of embarrassments the citizens currently suffer under. This includes the PM10 lack of enforcement, ongoing flooding problems, job site trash dumps, and inadequate inspections of projects. Below is a letter we received from another FODHS who shares our same concerns and views. Dear
Mr. Mayor: 12/27/05 MORE PM10 Two letters to DHS city manager, Corky Larson sent by Gabriel King today. Dear Corky
1. I formally made PM10 violation complaint today to the
DHS Police Department by phone this morning regarding;
(a). 3 Projects on the west side of Sonora. (b). Pierson
road construction from Little Morongo to city hall, (c). Eagle
Point residential project on and near Pierson. (d). Eagle
Point on Golden Eagle road next to the High School. (e).
Abandoned project located on the north side of Hacienda about a
mile east of Palm Drive. (f). Vista Hacienda project
located on the south side of Hacienda just east of Julius
Corsini Elementary School. (g). the LTV Investments residential
project on Hacienda across from Julius Corsini School.
All these projects have been out of compliance for months now.
Some, like LTV investments project where council woman Mary
Stephens lives in ( and worked for), directly across from the
Elementary School has been out of compliance for years .
The projects on Sonora are still out of compliance even with
numerous on going citizen complaints he last few months from
blatant violations including lack of 24 hour watering, etc. Even
with these complaints, Chuck Dodd has told me and others that
they comply even the while showing pictures of the actual site
that show lack of compliance. See details of violations on
Website www.friendsofdeserthotsprings.com
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I request that all Construction Development (including road
improvements, Commercial and Residential) stop until the city
can stop the ongoing PM10 violations.
Please agendize a motion to request a stop to all new
development until this life threatening PM10 violation situation
can be resolved. These violations have not
been seriously dealt with. Also Department heads need to be
educated regarding PM10 requirements. In my estimation, my
recent conversation with Chuck Dodd showed that this was not the
case.
I am requesting under the freedom of information act that I
receive a true copy of the (required by law) DHS city PM10
complaint and compliance action log.
I also would like to have copies of personnel records pertaining
to continuing education as it relates to all department
heads and others who are in violation of the CA Business and
Professional Code requiring education in their areas of
employment position. This is needed to ascertain who
is and is not qualified to head their department per CA
law. Currently there have been many including myself who
strongly believe that many of our city department heads and
others under neath them are not qualified to carry out their job
duties because of lack of training and expertise in their
related positions. Many say that these people's
only real qualifications for their positions was their
friendship with John Soullier or Jerry Hansen. We need to
put these ascertains to rest. It is obvious that their are
quite a few individuals who do not posses the qualifications for
their present positions.
I am also requesting that you agendas a council request
that their be a city employment compliance officer that reports
to the council monthly in public noticed meetings about all the
current city employees and their status regarding meeting their
continuing education in their specific areas of required
expertise as required by said CA Business & Professional's
code.
I still have not received the cell phone records of Jerry
Hansen. I asked for this information months ago under the
freedom of information act. Am I being denied this
information. If so, under what legal bases? So far
my repeated requests have gone unanswered ether way.
Please advise as to when I will receive this information I
requested almost a year ago or the reason why my request has
been ignored.
Gabriel King
Dear Corky
I have left a message this morning at the City manager's
office to talk to you. So far Terresa has not bothered to
return my phone call.
I have contacted the AQMD complaint line and reported all 7
sites mentioned in the previous e mail. I have informed
them that I personally know a few individuals who are sick in
bed from the massive PM10 problem. One person said that
there she had to go to Desert Hospital and there
where others from DHS with the same respiratory problems from
the massive dust clouds rolling thru their neighborhoods.
I asked that AQMD shut down all construction in DHS until the
city seriously stops the PM10 violations and brings the
developers into full compliance.
I am requesting that everyone call AQMD at 1-800-288-7664 and
report these sites for violation and request that all non
complying construction sites be shut down immediately
since the city has shown that they refuse to red tag them
for non compliance. www.friendsofdeserthotsprings.com
outlines the particulars of the PM10 violations.
The city has ignored the many previous notifications the past months and years. The developers are allowed to continue with little to no repercussions for violating the most basic of PM10 standards causing substantial health problems to DHS residents.
When we have a hospital waiting room full of victims of PM10
and a city that ignores the developers violations, something
needs to happen and happen now. Not next week, next
month or next year. The city again recklessly
opens its self up to a class action law suit for causing its
citizens to suffer substantial health problems by giving
developers a free pass on this issue.
Gabriel King
12/24/05 New Cartoon using Mary Stephens's Quote in the Desert Sun Article
12/24/05 DHS heath care commission nominee jeopardized by recent revelations. Desert Sun Article
12/23/05 Mary Stephens's quote " I haven't done anything wrong" in today's Desert Sun. Anyone who would do what she did then thinks she did nothing wrong is a very dangerously amoral person. Also recall effort has plenty of people willing to sign the recall but fall short of volunteers to collect them. Editor's Note: Recall volunteers are paid $8.00 per hour to walk neighborhoods and collect signatures. email us here if you want to get paid walking the streets 12/23/05 Letter below blasting the "old guard" for stopping new mayor, Alex Bias's efforts regarding DHS health care reforms. Hopefully this is not what will eventually happen. Mary Stephens (to her credit) did vote with Bias to have emergency "urgency" hearing to vote on installation of new DHS health commissioners. We will have to wait (a little now) and see what happens. Letter below. Dear
Editor, 12/20/05 Will what's left over of the old political guard on council kill desperately needed DHS health care facilities? Will people continue to die while the Good Ole Boys & Girls Play Politics!
12/20/05 12/19/05 CURRENT CONCENSUS DEVELOPING THAT BELIEVES OLD COUNCIL IS SETTING OUT TO TORPEDO PUBLIC'S (NEW MAYOR'S) WISHES. Is Mary Stephens & Hank Hohenstein publicly announcing their intention to torpedo the "peoples mayor" and his efforts towards reform? Per Max, The people have spoken! Mary & Hank still aren't listening. See Max Liebermann's story in Desert Local News Thanks, Max for your story. 12/18/05 IS DISGRACED COUNCIL MEMBERS HANK HOHENSTEIN & MARY STEPHENS PLAYING SORE LOOSER GAME BY PUBLICLY RUNNING INTERFERANCE TO NEWLY (PEOPLE'S CHOICE) ELECTED MAYOR ALEX BIAS REFORM EFFORTS? Press Enterprise story states DHS Council to meet with six future city manager candidates day after Christmas. Mary Stephens and Hank Hohenstein set petty negative tone of interference and publicly slight Alex Bias by stating that they will remain closed minded and not consider past city manager, Guzzetta as an additional alternative applicant. 12/18/05 Bill Effenger writes a article for the Desert Sun pointing out how DHS citizens are grossly under protected for fire protection with only one existing station, missing fire hydrants and undersized under pressured water lines. Bill is absolutely right. We agree with his commentary that Mission Springs Water District (MSWD) paying DHS citizens and water district (MSWD) customers are grossly unprotected with old undersized existing water lines and missing hydrants. We would add to Bill's commentary that while MSWD customers go unprotected from fire dangers, MSWD has spent millions of their customers dollars installing 4 miles of massive 12" diameter water lines in a completely vacant industrial land area south of DHS city limits down Little Morongo Blvd (from Two Bunch Trail to 20th Avenue). The massive 12" diameter water main then continues by turning right (west) down 20th Avenue half a mile and abruptly ends at a LTV Developer (Mary Stephens's boss) Sign advertising for future industrial development. These MSWD water lines are used by not a single person in that there is absolutely no development in this area. There is also a un used massive capped off 12" diameter well and water tank along the water 4 mile route. QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED: Why did MSWD ignore replacing undersized water lines and missing fire hydrants in town (therefore placing existing DHS residents in great fire danger) while spending millions of dollars building a unused massive 12" water line, well and tanks in the vacant land areas owned by Mary Stephens's and Hank Hohenstein's Developers buddies? Why did MSWD spend millions of dollars to increase the Developers vacant speculative land values and profits thru un used oversized water lines? Why has MSWD continued to place DHS residents at great fire risk while spending millions of dollars on unused water lines, water tanks and water well for Stephens and Hohensteins developer buddies vacant land? BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT SEEMS (AGAIN) THAT (STEPHENS'S AND HOHENSTEIN'S) SPECIAL INTERESTS GET TAKEN CARE OF (USING CITIZENS MONEY) WHILE THE CITIZENS ARE LEFT TO WATCH THEIR HOME BURN DOWN.
This could be your home next time 12/16/05 NEW! Take on line poll; What do you think about The City of Desert Hot Springs Holiday Tree? 12/16/05 Past police chief secures new position as director of Security and Disaster Preparedness for the Palm Springs Unified School District. 12/13/05 HERE IS PROOF BUZZ LIVES IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE (He is still shell shocked that Alex Bias is mayor) Buzz Gambill in the Valley Breeze says in his recent article title "So Long to a Progressive Era in Desert Hot Springs History" because Matt Weyuker has retired from Council. Here is portion of Buzz's outrageous text "Newly elected mayor, Alex Bias took his place at the dais,............... and Mayor Matt Weyuker stepped down, ending an unheard of record of progress." FODHS completely disagrees with this nonsense. Here is the FODHS commentary. Buzz is not interested in building any bridges. We
have heard all this before from those that think progress is what
we have had.
12/11/05 Three Recall Articles Desert Local News & Free Republic & Desert Sun After reading these articles, they reaffirm our belief that it would be INSANE not to recall these two council members (Mary Stephens & Hank Hohenstein). Recall team needs: 1) Those who want to sign the recall to come to Car Care (next to Carl's Junior Restaurant) and 2) More volunteers to walk the streets and collect the signatures of those who sent in post cards stating that they support the recall. 12/08/05
DHS attorney's deny claim from Former City Manager, Jerry Hansen for $3m blunder created by Hank Hohenstein & Mary Stephens. $3m blunder was almost paid! We reported the insane contract on this web site newspaper pointing out the latest details of the "consulting contract" Our actions alone stopped council from finally approving this nightmare! We were the very first and only media (2 weeks prior to the Desert Sun reporting the same) that initially reported this special backroom deal Hank & Mary where trying to give the their buddy, Jerry. Remember that if it was not for Mary & Hank, DHS would not be facing this $3m plus nightmare today.
12/08/05 It was reported that Bill Effenger & Patrick Gillespie came to blows during last council meeting. Physical altercation caught on film.
Just Kidding. Nothing of the sort happened. Don't believe everything you read! 12/08/05 ALEX BIAS NOT ONE AFRAID TO BOLDLY STAND BY HIS CONVICTIONS! Newly elected DHS Mayor, Alex Bias Vows to stop DHS corruption. He was fired (like allot of us) from past commissions for speaking out on the truth. Was also involved in past recall and signed current one. Note to Mayrhofen; DHS citizens elected the only Mayoral candidate who publicly signed the current recall effort.
12/08/05 Recall leader offers to stop recall efforts. Mary Stephens refuses, says she needs to write book (about staying in power against the people's wishes) 12/07/05 DHS Rejected city manager candidate, David Lane gets Calimesa manager's position. We will follow his progress? 12/06/05
Mary Stephens personal money tree @ DHS Filed under; MARY- YOU GO GIRL!! Recall organizer, Patrick Gillespie offers to drop recall effort against Hank Hohenstein & Mary Stephens if Mary Stephens resigns. Mary Stephens refuses offer, says that she is proud of her leadership ($6m in blunders this year alone) and wants to write a book (about how she fought the recall effort so her buddies can continue to burn and grind DHS citizens into the ground). Maybe her new book will be titled; "A strategy guide on how to screw the citizens of a city for personal gain while getting away with it" I wonder if yours truly will be mentioned in one of the chapters?
12/02/05 They made us pay Caviar prices for Spam Quality! ASK Mary & Hank WHY WASN'T DHS MANAGED A THIRD TO TWICE AS WELL AS RANCHO MIRAGE? We sure paid for it! Lets do the math. Per Desert Sun article, Patrick Pratt, Rancho Mirage City Manager got a $30,177 raise today to $200,000/year. Now he only earns 62% of what Mary & Hank paid our past DHS city manager, Jerry Hansen (at $322,000)! Prior to the raise, Pratt only got $169,832/yr (or only 52% of Hansen's pay). Coachella Valley city managers' annual base salaries per Desert Sun and percentage of what DHS councilperson Mary & Hank agreed to pay DHS city manager, Jerry Hansen in (parenthesis):
12/01/05 College
of the Desert (COD) offering to come to the west side of the
Coachella Valley for a $500,000 Since we have the majority of COD students living here in DHS, the "western" COD location needs to be in DHS or very close (and annex-able) to DHS (as in located on OUR side of the tracks & I10 freeway) for the half million dollar "donation" from our DHS citizens.
11/30/05 IS HANK BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH MORE BACKSTABBING SECRET DEALS? Was Hank Hohenstein caught red handed back stabbing Corky Larson? Did Hohenstein undermine Larson in back room pay back Quid Pro Quo deal in return for financial support for a future Mayoral bid? See today's Desert Sun Story regarding Hohenstein's secret efforts to rehire terminated firm that ORIGINALLY handled DHS's failed bankruptcy. We already reported this 3-1/2 months ago on our 08/10/05 story below. Below is a copy of the letter outlining Hohenstein selling out DHS citizens for personal gain. click on image to read large image
11/25/05
Our friends at Desert Local News provide a article regarding the recall effort to remove DHS Council member Mary Stephens & Hank Hohenstein 11/25/05 ODD CONTRIDICTION? Departing DHS Mayor, Matt Weyuker's column in the Valley Breeze asks for a conciliatory tone of support for our new Mayor, Alex Bias. Immediately thereafter in the following sentence, Weyuker sends a barb to Bias by wrongly accusing him of using the recall to become elected. Please note that the Recall effort carefully made sure to never specifically supported any one of the 3 alternative mayoral candidates. Below is the 2 contradictory quotes as contained in the last 2 sentences in Weyuker's latest column as contained in the Valley Breeze. "As I write this, it’s Sunday afternoon, November 6 th , 2 days before our city’s election, and I urge and implore you as residents of our great city, that no matter who you were supporting in the election for Mayor and City Council, that we unite behind the winners for the sake of our community’s future. In that way we can bind up our city’s wounds that were needlessly opened by some people’s zeal to get elected at any cost."
Pastel by Autumn Burris This work depicts the soul tax that prostitution is. 11/23/05 ARE WE JUST THE SPA CITY? Per CBS 2 news "Dozens" of hookers work Palm Drive in DHS. They average $200/day. $30-sex/hepatitis, $40-"works" Most spend their earnings on crack & heroin. 11/21/05 FILED UNDER "CANT WAIT FOR ALEX BIAS TO TAKE OVER AS MAYOR" Current Mayor (and architectural father of present day DHS corruption), Matt Weyuker has set his e-mail to reject ALL DHS citizens e-mail! Here is the response we received; To:<
mayormatt7@aol.com > 11/21/05 Is our credibility lacking when we received 178,482 web site hits in October alone? Remember when Hank Hohenstein called Gabriel King's (founder of this web based newspaper) "credibility lacking" in the Desert Sun Article? Below is the last portion of the Desert Sun Article written on May 27, 2005 (6 months ago). As far as the political arena, Councilman Hohenstein said King's credibility is lacking. "I think that 99 percent of the people may pay attention to him for a short period of time, but it doesn't take very long to figure out what (King) is really about, and in the process they begin to count him out," Hohenstein said. "He's his own worst enemy." "I just believe that people should behave themselves in a professional manner," Stephens said. "I just wish he would stop it." Also, Mary Stephens lost her bid for Mayor! Our reply to Mary & Hank is simply "He who laughs last, laughs best " Recall coming very soon to these two! Don't miss your opportunity to boot these two crooks out of office. Sign the recall now! See dhsrecall.com
11/20/05
INTERESTING HOW SOON THEY FORGET! Some of our leaders are like this ostridge with its head in the sand. These select leaders (Yvonne Parks) are quick to (again) blame the messenger (the current recall effort) instead of focusing on removing those who are causing the problems in DHS to begin with. See DHSRECALL for updated story WHERE IS THEIR BACKBONE? First they are for the recall effort then they are not. Link to Bill Effenger in favor of the recall Link to Bill Effenger against the recall Some of our leaders and others forget and are quick to change like the wind direction in DHS See additional story on DHSRECALL Remember that this web site was the first to discover and prevent the city leaders from signing on to a $3.1million dollar retirement package DISASTER through the latest "consulting agreement" with Jerry Hansen. We (this "messenger") saved DHS citizens from paying for another $3.1 million dollar mistake COMPLEMENTS OF Mary Stephens and Hank Hohenstein. Yvonne Parks & Bill Effenger need to realize that the DHS lower Bond rating stems from those items listed in DHSRECALL. They do not stem from the recall effort! We need to recall Mary Stephens and Hank Hohenstein who are causing these DHS problems instead of shooting the messengers that report them. Taken from a verse in the Bible: Will the swine ever learn or will they continue to crush the pearls we throw to them?
11/20/05 RECALL IS SERIOUS BUSINESS! Dedicated recall volunteer, Helene Payson escapes substantial injury or certain death from out of control vehicle at Stater Brother. Vehicle takes out table, door & front masonry wall. Air bag was deployed. Click on pictures for larger pictures
11/16/05 late night DHS citizens damaged by Mary Stephens buddy, Jerry Hansen's incompetence again! Pictures below of brand New LTV Development (Stephens Boss) Drainage system approved by (past city Manager) Jerry Hansen located on LTV project directly south of Julius Corsini School on Hacienda Drive. Please Note: Brand new drainage system installed by Stephens boss and approved by past city manager (Jerry Hansen) failing after light rain. Click on small pictures for larger pictures of failing system. System approved by Jerry Hansen under Mary Stephens direction by City personnel with blatant violations of California Building Code Section 3301.1, 3301.2, 3303.7.3, Appendix Chapter 33; 3306.1, 3307, 3309.6, 3312.2, 3313.2, 3313.4, 3313.5, 3314.2, 3314.3, 3316.1, 3316.2, 3317.2, 3317.2, 3317.3, 3317.4, 33.17.7, 3318.1. click on image for larger image
11/16/05 GOOD NEWS! During last nights council meeting, Stephens/Weyuker dirty tricks was diverted. Pressure from the public & this Newspaper forced Council to pull agenda Item 10.7 & 10.8 to allow new council to appoint new commission. 11/16/05 During yesterdays Council meeting, Dot Reed defended her decision to turn the sacred veterans day proceedings into another (for a second time) Matt Weyuker appreciation day". Ms. Reed offered no apologies. She said that "you cant please everyone" (like all the veterans that where offended). Some offended veterans voiced their disgust during the council session. Maybe Ms. Reed should have notified the veterans (and their families) to not come to the veterans day proceedings next time. GOOD NEWS! Soon (hopefully) Dot Reed and the other power drunks including retiring Matt Weyuker will be long gone after our next council meeting. Hopefully their will not be a "next time" that Ms. Reed gets to offend our veterans on veterans day.
11/14/05 More Dirty Tricks from Mary Stephens & Company? Tomorrow, during the Council meeting, old outgoing council to continue legacy of good ol boys & girls club power by appointing new Planning & Public Safety Commissioners. See agenda below;
Council/RDA 10.8 Request that Council appoint new Public Safety Commissioners. (City Clerk Stobbs) (Roll Call Vote 11/14/05 DHS political activist files freedom of information request letter. See below. Dear Ms. Stobbs, I am requesting under the freedom of information act a true copy of the torte claim served or presented upon the city by Jerry Hansen thru his attorney. I am also requesting all documentation relative to time torte was received including proof of service, received stamp, who received and when. etc. I am also requesting all documents regarding all vehicles towed and then returned to their owners and all vehicles towed and ordered by judge to be returned to their owners in the past 5 years. | |
