Terra Loma May Be Next and More on the Wine in GT

Bea Cortes is an Associate at Terra Loma. She is listed as a Sales Person under the Terra Loma California Realtor License Board Records. Her employer does business with the City of Grand Terrace on a regular and routine and sometimes not routine basis. She has a direct benefit from that business remaining open as her source of income. Thus all the Contracts made between the City of Grand Terrace and Terra Loma should be cause of a Conflict of Interest Issue. In addition any votes where she participated in making payments for services and commissions are also questionable.

So, who should run for City Council. Some one who is a renter, works out of the city or is a stay at home parent, who has a spouse who works outside of Grand Terrace.

Perhaps a concerned reader will advance this apparent conflict of interest to the DA's Office. They have received reports on Steve Berry's Embezzlement and Falsification of Public Document Investigation that was Squashed by Tom Schwab and have not yet taken action.

More on the whine on the wine.

Apparently the Private Grand Terrace 30 Year Gala that had 110 people attending at City Expense was catered by Inmates of Glen Hellen, and service was provided by Boy Scout Troop 40 of Perris. Steve Berry was championed as being a great party planner. Perhaps this is where the Surplus Wine came from that Berry re-purposed some how. (Either he paid for it or Bea Cortes some how had the authority to take back her "Donation" and give or sell it to Steve Berry either transaction is questionable as neither the city or Bea Cortes have a license to sell wine.

Steve Berry involved minors in a party where alcohol was served. This is a violation of the Boy Scout Rules and is questionable use of child labor. It may in some people's view also be an act of contributing to the debasement of the moral character of minors.

There are photographic records of the Gala. It would be of interest to see if any scouts are handling wine or wine glasses full or empty. It would also be of interest to see if the parents of the scouts knew they would be exposed to adults consuming alcohol at an exclusive party. Who were the 110 people who were invited to the costly party that the Citizens of Grand Terrace were excluded from? The arrangements for the catering may also be a violation as the County Sheriff Department Contracts with the City, was this a "Favor" or "Payback"?

Many people have asked the Blog where in the world is Bea Cortes, as many have not been able to contact her and have been told she is out of town...