LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE, FEDERAL Conduct of Politicals

Bill Postmus who is finishing his term as San Bernardino County Supervisor, and is soon to be the Assessor. Is trying to pad his new office with extra staff at an increased cost of $700,000 per year of more. Now if he can justify the need for that staff should not that staff been available to the prior Assessor? No this is just an example of padding that politicians play.

Here in Grand Terrace this tactic has a different form. Who gets Medical Insurance Paid for their service, who gets a monthly stipend rather than a wage or salary, who gets a house, car, or RDA Loan, or who gets a contract for this or that. When these things are not done in the open, and on some open basis, of application and review. Local City Politics runs into the same problems as the County or State, or Federal Government in relation to Poor Ethics. Perhaps on a smaller scale, but if poor ethics are allowed in local government, there is little hope of good ethics at any other level of government.

I have connected this relationship in the past. Our Council is made of persons who supported Bill Postmus in the past and his future jobs for the citizen. Just as nothing happened on the Town Center for Months, or Fireworks Discussed, after the election things got moving without proper notice or Permits, for the Town Center. The Fireworks Ord, waited to what will be again a down to the wire decision to make change by the Council.

Prudent Management would insist on seeing Permits for All the land being Graded and not accepting a flawed suggestion that a single business is doing prep work for an approve plan, or that it is weed abatement, or that no plans are needed for earth moving. Not one council member asked the city legal advisor for an evaluation of the situation, no they accepted the non legal expertise of City Manager, Tom Shcwab who as adroitly lead the city into successive lost legal challenges. Eventually, we may discover WHY the council allows this and WHY the Majority of Citizens or Voters don't seem to care. YOU PEOPLE who do care please continue your work and attention paid to the local government.

Prudent Management would insist the Agenda be in control of the City Council and the Firework Ordinance be on the NEXT Agenda, with the Proposal to NOT ALLOW any Fireworks in Grand Terrace, and Provide for Maximum Enforcement for 2 Years, AND Use the same resources in raising money for GT Days for GT YOUTH DAYS, and USE the FUNDS Donated for the event for the purpose of a LOCAL EVENT that Raises FUNDS for Youth Activities including Sports and Perhaps 4H Projects, and After School Teen Centers housed in neighborhood churches?

When the Fireworks Question comes up. Someone needs to ask, HOW MUCH DID IT COST THE CITY SO THAT THE SPORTS TEAM COULD EARN WHAT EVER IT DID.

The city will have to pay for increased enforcement until word gets out. Fireworks are no longer allowed in Grand Terrace and the rules are strictly enforced.

It would also help, if WE HAD A PUBLIC RECORD of those Arrested and Charged no such arrests were on the Arrest or Booking Records of the time. PUBLIC SHAME SHOULD BE PART of the PUNISHMENT.

IT IS NOT TO LATE or TO EARLY to be URGENT about FIREWORKS. WE see how long it takes to write and pass an ORDINANCE in Grand Terrace.