A Call For Citizens to Wake UP!!!

I agree.

The City council is not going for ask for a prosecution on Berry from any law enforcement agency. They are not going to ask for an investigation from any other agency than the San Bernardino County D.A.'s Office where they can be guaranteed the outcome from their corrupt buddies. It would mean their bribe to Schawb and the "keep your mouth shut" clause of the "retirement gift" of $177,000 will be exposed in court. Schwab stated in the press he was paid to keep his mouth shut. About what? Anyone else curious? If there is nothing to hide why would there have to be a confidentially clause in Schwabs retirement contract. A retirement contract? I know the Feds do it with their law enforcement agencies like the FBI and the Secret Service. I have never heard of a "confidentially clause" or a contract in a retirement of a city manager

They have to be very concerned about what files Berry has in his possession. There has to be a panicked scramble amongst the council members to see what he has and how he could use it. Think about it. What could this little city council have done to fear Schwab or Berry divulging anything. The city files belong to the citizens. Ask the council what the confidentially clause is meant to hide. Good luck on that one. The citizens are going to have to petition the State Attorney General or the Public Corruption Unit of the FBI to get honest city government here.

Those of us that have watched since the incorporation of Grand Terrace know that the "good ol boy" network, of which Mayor Ferre's father was a ring leader, incorporated Grand Terrace for one reason and one reason only. To make money. Why did they put into the RDA here that the whole of the town is declared blighted.

What is a matter of public record is that former council member Tony Petta has made more money from his dealing with the city than any of those that pushed through the incorporation of Grand Terrace. Carlstrom and Matteson are close runners up. Former Mayor Matteson gets over three million from the CRA for his property on Michigan and Jo Stringfield is offered squat for her property on Barton. Carlstrom and Schawb handle the closed session on the Dodson property, with whom Schwab lived, and the $750,000 Dodson property becomes worth $2,900,000 in closed session. Now Carlstrom manages the property and it is rented to a Carlstrom family member. Though the city will not tell how much is being paid for the rent or how much the city pays Carlstrom to manage the property. There is a monthly payment of 95.00 to Tera Loma, and other payments for repairs in the thousands.

Can't be a conflict though that Council member Cortes works for Carlstrom. If you recall Cortes asking from the dais at a council meeting about anyone knowing of a job after she was let go from a Democrat Representatives office. The next week she was employed by Carlstrom. You think that influenced any of her votes on Carlstrom related payments when the council votes to approve the check register.

The people need to wake up in this town. We can't get a pot hole fixed, but we can get the windows tined at city hall. We can supply a vehicle of his choice to the city manager and get RDA houses to the city manager and secretary, for which they are legally over qualified. How many of the seniors that were supposedly on the priority list are living at the senior housing. Has anyone been inside. It is the cheapest construction possible without failing inspection. I don't believe 20 million bucks went into that. How about an accounting from the city on how much of that 20 million went into the pockets of the Corp. for Better Housing.

The more things are made to appear that they have changed, the more they remain the same. When the citizens realize that the incorporation of Grand Terrace was from the outset and to this day a money making proposition for a select handful nothing is going to change for any of us.