B. Brier | March 10, 2010
InlandPolitics has learned Fontana City Councilwoman Janice Rutherford has opened a campaign committee with the California Secretary of State and will challenge Second District Supervisor Paul Biane in June.
As of this evening only Dennis Labadie and Peter Markovich have returned their nomination papers to the Registrar of Voters.
Staff Reporter | March 9, 2010
By IMRAN GHORI
The Press-Enterprise
Special Section: San Bernardino Co. Probe
San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Biane is proposing that the county suspend its lawsuit against three agencies to recover damages over a $102 million lawsuit settlement — the same settlement that has lead to two bribery and extortion arrests
Biane said the Board of Supervisors will [...]
B. Brier | March 7, 2010
Jeff Burum
Posted: 03/06/2010 05:34:36 PM PST
The first casualty of politics is always the truth. Still, the recent accusations leveled against me and my business partners by politicians in an election year, unsupported by any meaningful evidence, have reached an unconscionable new low and need to be responded to with actual facts.
The Inland Empire has been [...]
Staff Reporter | March 4, 2010
Natasha Lindstrom
SAN BERNARDINO • Amid allegations that former county Assessor Bill Postmus battled a methamphetamine addiction, condoned rampant timecard fraud and tapped unqualified cronies to run a political operation on county time, an independent state review has found that day-to-day operations under Postmus ran smoothly.
The Board of Equalization released an assessment practices survey into the [...]
Staff Reporter | March 4, 2010
Natasha Lindstrom
SAN BERNARDINO • The San Bernardino County transportation planning agency SANBAG on Wednesday urged county supervisors to launch an independent investigation into themselves, with a current supervisor and chief of staff recently linked as possible co-conspirators in the largest bribery scandal in county history. (Click here to read the press release.)
In a formal resolution [...]
Press Release | February 25, 2010
The San Bernardino City Professional Firefighters today announced their endorsement of Rancho Cucamonga Mayor Dr. Don Kurth to succeed Republican Assemblyman Bill Emmerson in the 63rd Assembly District.
“San Bernardino Firefighters proudly support Mayor Don Kurth because of his outstanding record of local leadership,” said Firefighters’ Association President Scott Moss. [...]
B. Brier | February 19, 2010
The most recent arrests of former San Bernardino County Assessor William “Bill” Postmus and former Chief of Staff to Supervisor Neil Derry, James Erwin, highlights yet again the disparity in treatment by San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos when compared with other jurisdictions. Ramos clearly is attempting to attempting to “punish” those who are [...]
Staff Reporter | February 16, 2010
San Bernardino County released the following statement shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Because of the serious and extraordinary circumstances, the Board of Supervisors releases the following statement from an otherwise confidential closed session:
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors met in closed session this afternoon to receive a briefing from County Counsel relative to the issues [...]
PublicCEO Website | February 16, 2010
Paul Biane, then Board of Supervisors chairman, directed staff to turn over to prosecutors copies of e-mails showing that political campaign work was being done on county computers and on county time in the assessor’s office. The investigation now touches Biane himself. Read more here.
B. Brier | February 16, 2010
This last week’s developments involving the filing of charges against two former county officials, the naming of five “un-named” co-conspirators, and the reputation destruction of others referred to in a complaint and accompanying arrest affidavit has commenced a chain of events that will reverberate in San Bernardino County for years.
After the conclusion of a live [...]