How many wives has Sgt. Drew Peterson killed?
The Press Enterprise broke the news that Councilman Dom Betro has surged to the lead albeit by a single vote.
More votes remain to be counted in both Wards One and Ward Seven where former mayor, Terry Frizzel now only trails Councilman Steve Adams by 23 votes. Colleen Nichol, the hardest working city clerk in California said that the votes may not be fully tabulated until Friday.
(excerpt)
There were 157 absentee ballots from Ward 1, and 128 absentee ballots from Ward 7 that voters dropped off Tuesday and that poll workers placed in the proper ballot pouches for delivery to the registrar's office.
Also, another 66 absentee ballots from Ward 1 that were dropped off Tuesday were found in ballot boxes, where poll workers inadvertently left them, and another three absentee ballots from Ward 7 were found the same way, said Rebecca Martine, the county's chief deputy registrar.
The registrar's office finished counting all the absentee ballots Friday, and only provisional ballots remain to be counted.
There are 102 provisional ballots in Ward 1 and 49 provisional ballots in Ward 7, Martine said. Some of them likely won't be valid, she said. Martine's office must verify that the voters who cast them were properly registered to vote in the ward race for which they cast a ballot.
Betro said he was taking the ups and downs like the Catholic Youth League basketball coach he once was.
"I'm used to the last-second shot," he said.
Gardner said he was happier when he led by 27 votes early Friday, before the registrar posted updated results at 4:34 p.m.
"If it stays at one vote," he said of the margin in Betro's favor, "that really calls for a recount. I owe that to my supporters."
No matter how the final vote turns out, the campaign efforts of challenger Gardner and Frizzel are truly to be commended. Both disproved the contention that you had to raise major bucks in campaign contributions to launch a competitive bid at an elected position. Both proved that you didn’t need to be packed to the gills with money from developers, including those who have already benefited from decisions made by Betro, Adams and Councilman Art Gage when it comes to projects in this city.
Their campaigns provide hope for the ordinary man and woman who dreams of holding political office in what some say is a very insulated and isolated network at City Hall. That’s something to be celebrated and emulated. After all, only two more shopping years until the next round of city council elections for the power brokers to enjoy until they pick their candidates of choice to pour money on through campaign contributions. It's time for the grass-roots organizers to remain busy as well within the even-numbered wards.
There's also a lot of talk about holding the feet to the fire of all the winners of all the ward elections particularly those in the tightly-contested ones. That's very important to remember. They work for the residents of their wards, even the ones who didn't vote for them.
Do you want to publicly comment on the General Plan for Riverside’s future?
If so, you’ll have one last chance this upcoming Tuesday to speak on this issue. Of course, per usual the public hearing as it’s called is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. when few people can come.
Nestled in the Press Enterprise article is the following.
(excerpt)
While traffic is a major concern among residents, the general plan mostly accepts existing or worsening levels of congestion.
The city cannot build its way out of the congestion, Gutierrez said.
Officials hope the proposed $3.1 billion 32-mile Mid Valley Parkway between San Jacinto and Corona, which would start construction in 2011 at the earliest, will reduce some of the commuter traffic that cuts through Riverside, he said.
The environmental group Friends of Riverside's Hills has taken issue with the city's position on traffic congestion and much of the rest of the proposed changes.
"This is a blanket increase in density without an increase in facilities" that improve residents' quality of life, Friends member Len Nunney said. "We would like to think that the new council would have a more balanced view, one that balances the interests of developers and of the residents of Riverside."
Although Adams’ supporters in Ward Seven have shown up at several public meetings demonizing Friends of Riverside’s Hills especially close to the election, this organization, which is the watchdog over the enforcement of the voter-passed growth control laws, is raising the trumpet on one of the most pressing issues in Riverside which is traffic congestion. More cars coming, narrow streets and too few traffic officers worsen and will continue to worsen traffic problems in this city.
It would seem that any general plan would have measures in it to reduce traffic congestion in response to the serious problems it causes now and the fact that it’s a pressing quality of life issue for so many of the city’s current residents, but then this plan doesn’t appear to really speak to current residents.
But that’s the problem of this city council, old or new, is that it’s too wrapped up on packing the city with high-density housing especially in risky areas like condos and high-priced housing to bother ensuring that basic services like public safety, public utilities and the city’s streets keep pace.
In Colton, more news on the law suit filed by former police chief, Ken Rulon in the Press Enterprise.
(excerpt)
Rulon, 43, said by phone that he named names in the latest filing so Colton residents would know the corruption at City Hall. He said he withheld details in August, when he filed a $10 million claim, because he did not want to jeopardize ongoing investigations.
"This whole time, I wanted to explain things illegal and unethical that were going on," Rulon said. "More information will come out, I'm sure."
The lawsuit notes that Rulon won several significant awards while serving as chief and was rated "exceptional" and "consistently outstanding" in his only job evaluation in 2004.
Colton City Manager Daryl Parrish, who is named in the lawsuit, could not be reached for comment Friday.
In his law suit filed on Friday, Rulon is sparing no one in San Bernardino, let alone Colton as his allegations run the gamut from defamation and retaliation to full-scaled corruption in multiple jurisdictions.
Not surprisingly, it’s elicited some response from some of those named.
(excerpt)
All information was handed to the FBI, the state's attorney general's office and the San Bernardino County district attorney's office, Rulon said.
Rulon alleges Assistant City Manager Mark Nuaimi, also the mayor of Fontana, has a conflict of interest involving a developer who sought city projects.
"They are outright lies and false," Nuaimi said Friday afternoon. "The fact that I'm still working for the city and he isn't is proof the allegations are baseless."
Actually that by itself, Mr. Nuaimi doesn’t prove a thing. This case if it gets that far which it won’t should lead to an interesting day in court for Rulon and these individuals.
The body of Kathleen Savio will be exhumed if a petition to a higher court in Illinois is granted, according to the Los Angeles Times. Now, investigators into the disappearance of another woman linked to Savio's ex-husband said they found unspecified evidence connecting the two women and their fates together. It's caused many people to ask, was Savio's death handed inappropriately and written off too quickly as accidental? Was her ex-husband given the benefit of the doubt because he's a law enforcement officer?
The search for Stacey Ann Peterson, 23, missing as of Oct. 28 continues. Stacey was married to the same man as Salvio had been, Bolingbrook Police Department Sgt. Drew Peterson. Before her disappearance, she had asked her sister if she should divorce him. Now, her family fears the worst, that Stacey's now dead and only her husband knows how.
Peterson, 53, is now considered a suspect in the disappearance of Stacey, his fourth wife. Because of the uncertainty and suspicion behind Stacey's disappearance, the death of Savio which was ruled an accidental drowning is being reexamined. Before Savio's death, she had sought a temporary restraining officer and even sent a letter to the State Attorney General's office stating that she feared for her life.
(excerpt)
The court petition to exhume Savio's body from the Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Ill., outlined numerous "suspicious" facts tied to the 40-year-old's death.
Her body was found with a one-inch gash on the back of her head, and abrasions on her body. Originally, it was believed Savio had injured her head and fallen into a slow-draining tub, where she drowned.
A review of "the photographs of the crime scene and autopsy, the autopsy protocol and police reports shows in part that the one-inch gash on the back of Kathleen Savio's head did not render her unconscious, which would have been necessary for her to accidentally drown in the bathtub," according to the petition.
In addition, the patterns of blood found in the tub did not match the original explanation of Savio's cause of death. Instead, according to the petition, the "evidence is consistent with the 'staging' of an accident to conceal a homicide."
The petition also noted that "additional evidence has been obtained relative to the death of Kathleen Savio during the investigation into the disappearance of Stacy Peterson." It did not say what the evidence was, and investigators declined to comment.
Savio's family supported Glasgow's bid to exhume her body and reopen the case, according to the petition. They believed Savio had long feared for her life.
Just like Stacey Peterson did before she disappeared.
The Screen Writers’ Guild strike is going strong in Hollywood, with the futures of television programs and motion pictures in doubt. And they aren’t the only ones. In New York City,has shut down its plays and musicals until further notice because of a strike by stagehands.
Visitors this past week included the following:
City of Riverside
County of Riverside
United States Department of Justice
Stanford University
The Bank of Canada
California State Senate
Loma Linda Medical Center
University of California, Riverside
San Diego Data Processing Corp
University of Arizona
Harvard University
Some of the search terms used are below.
"national reconciliation ordinance legal objections"
"Douglas Steven Cloud"
"Human Resources Board"
"free research papers on police misconduct and corruption"
"anthony thomas"
More votes remain to be counted in both Wards One and Ward Seven where former mayor, Terry Frizzel now only trails Councilman Steve Adams by 23 votes. Colleen Nichol, the hardest working city clerk in California said that the votes may not be fully tabulated until Friday.
(excerpt)
There were 157 absentee ballots from Ward 1, and 128 absentee ballots from Ward 7 that voters dropped off Tuesday and that poll workers placed in the proper ballot pouches for delivery to the registrar's office.
Also, another 66 absentee ballots from Ward 1 that were dropped off Tuesday were found in ballot boxes, where poll workers inadvertently left them, and another three absentee ballots from Ward 7 were found the same way, said Rebecca Martine, the county's chief deputy registrar.
The registrar's office finished counting all the absentee ballots Friday, and only provisional ballots remain to be counted.
There are 102 provisional ballots in Ward 1 and 49 provisional ballots in Ward 7, Martine said. Some of them likely won't be valid, she said. Martine's office must verify that the voters who cast them were properly registered to vote in the ward race for which they cast a ballot.
Betro said he was taking the ups and downs like the Catholic Youth League basketball coach he once was.
"I'm used to the last-second shot," he said.
Gardner said he was happier when he led by 27 votes early Friday, before the registrar posted updated results at 4:34 p.m.
"If it stays at one vote," he said of the margin in Betro's favor, "that really calls for a recount. I owe that to my supporters."
No matter how the final vote turns out, the campaign efforts of challenger Gardner and Frizzel are truly to be commended. Both disproved the contention that you had to raise major bucks in campaign contributions to launch a competitive bid at an elected position. Both proved that you didn’t need to be packed to the gills with money from developers, including those who have already benefited from decisions made by Betro, Adams and Councilman Art Gage when it comes to projects in this city.
Their campaigns provide hope for the ordinary man and woman who dreams of holding political office in what some say is a very insulated and isolated network at City Hall. That’s something to be celebrated and emulated. After all, only two more shopping years until the next round of city council elections for the power brokers to enjoy until they pick their candidates of choice to pour money on through campaign contributions. It's time for the grass-roots organizers to remain busy as well within the even-numbered wards.
There's also a lot of talk about holding the feet to the fire of all the winners of all the ward elections particularly those in the tightly-contested ones. That's very important to remember. They work for the residents of their wards, even the ones who didn't vote for them.
Do you want to publicly comment on the General Plan for Riverside’s future?
If so, you’ll have one last chance this upcoming Tuesday to speak on this issue. Of course, per usual the public hearing as it’s called is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. when few people can come.
Nestled in the Press Enterprise article is the following.
(excerpt)
While traffic is a major concern among residents, the general plan mostly accepts existing or worsening levels of congestion.
The city cannot build its way out of the congestion, Gutierrez said.
Officials hope the proposed $3.1 billion 32-mile Mid Valley Parkway between San Jacinto and Corona, which would start construction in 2011 at the earliest, will reduce some of the commuter traffic that cuts through Riverside, he said.
The environmental group Friends of Riverside's Hills has taken issue with the city's position on traffic congestion and much of the rest of the proposed changes.
"This is a blanket increase in density without an increase in facilities" that improve residents' quality of life, Friends member Len Nunney said. "We would like to think that the new council would have a more balanced view, one that balances the interests of developers and of the residents of Riverside."
Although Adams’ supporters in Ward Seven have shown up at several public meetings demonizing Friends of Riverside’s Hills especially close to the election, this organization, which is the watchdog over the enforcement of the voter-passed growth control laws, is raising the trumpet on one of the most pressing issues in Riverside which is traffic congestion. More cars coming, narrow streets and too few traffic officers worsen and will continue to worsen traffic problems in this city.
It would seem that any general plan would have measures in it to reduce traffic congestion in response to the serious problems it causes now and the fact that it’s a pressing quality of life issue for so many of the city’s current residents, but then this plan doesn’t appear to really speak to current residents.
But that’s the problem of this city council, old or new, is that it’s too wrapped up on packing the city with high-density housing especially in risky areas like condos and high-priced housing to bother ensuring that basic services like public safety, public utilities and the city’s streets keep pace.
In Colton, more news on the law suit filed by former police chief, Ken Rulon in the Press Enterprise.
(excerpt)
Rulon, 43, said by phone that he named names in the latest filing so Colton residents would know the corruption at City Hall. He said he withheld details in August, when he filed a $10 million claim, because he did not want to jeopardize ongoing investigations.
"This whole time, I wanted to explain things illegal and unethical that were going on," Rulon said. "More information will come out, I'm sure."
The lawsuit notes that Rulon won several significant awards while serving as chief and was rated "exceptional" and "consistently outstanding" in his only job evaluation in 2004.
Colton City Manager Daryl Parrish, who is named in the lawsuit, could not be reached for comment Friday.
In his law suit filed on Friday, Rulon is sparing no one in San Bernardino, let alone Colton as his allegations run the gamut from defamation and retaliation to full-scaled corruption in multiple jurisdictions.
Not surprisingly, it’s elicited some response from some of those named.
(excerpt)
All information was handed to the FBI, the state's attorney general's office and the San Bernardino County district attorney's office, Rulon said.
Rulon alleges Assistant City Manager Mark Nuaimi, also the mayor of Fontana, has a conflict of interest involving a developer who sought city projects.
"They are outright lies and false," Nuaimi said Friday afternoon. "The fact that I'm still working for the city and he isn't is proof the allegations are baseless."
Actually that by itself, Mr. Nuaimi doesn’t prove a thing. This case if it gets that far which it won’t should lead to an interesting day in court for Rulon and these individuals.
The body of Kathleen Savio will be exhumed if a petition to a higher court in Illinois is granted, according to the Los Angeles Times. Now, investigators into the disappearance of another woman linked to Savio's ex-husband said they found unspecified evidence connecting the two women and their fates together. It's caused many people to ask, was Savio's death handed inappropriately and written off too quickly as accidental? Was her ex-husband given the benefit of the doubt because he's a law enforcement officer?
The search for Stacey Ann Peterson, 23, missing as of Oct. 28 continues. Stacey was married to the same man as Salvio had been, Bolingbrook Police Department Sgt. Drew Peterson. Before her disappearance, she had asked her sister if she should divorce him. Now, her family fears the worst, that Stacey's now dead and only her husband knows how.
Peterson, 53, is now considered a suspect in the disappearance of Stacey, his fourth wife. Because of the uncertainty and suspicion behind Stacey's disappearance, the death of Savio which was ruled an accidental drowning is being reexamined. Before Savio's death, she had sought a temporary restraining officer and even sent a letter to the State Attorney General's office stating that she feared for her life.
(excerpt)
The court petition to exhume Savio's body from the Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Ill., outlined numerous "suspicious" facts tied to the 40-year-old's death.
Her body was found with a one-inch gash on the back of her head, and abrasions on her body. Originally, it was believed Savio had injured her head and fallen into a slow-draining tub, where she drowned.
A review of "the photographs of the crime scene and autopsy, the autopsy protocol and police reports shows in part that the one-inch gash on the back of Kathleen Savio's head did not render her unconscious, which would have been necessary for her to accidentally drown in the bathtub," according to the petition.
In addition, the patterns of blood found in the tub did not match the original explanation of Savio's cause of death. Instead, according to the petition, the "evidence is consistent with the 'staging' of an accident to conceal a homicide."
The petition also noted that "additional evidence has been obtained relative to the death of Kathleen Savio during the investigation into the disappearance of Stacy Peterson." It did not say what the evidence was, and investigators declined to comment.
Savio's family supported Glasgow's bid to exhume her body and reopen the case, according to the petition. They believed Savio had long feared for her life.
Just like Stacey Peterson did before she disappeared.
The Screen Writers’ Guild strike is going strong in Hollywood, with the futures of television programs and motion pictures in doubt. And they aren’t the only ones. In New York City,has shut down its plays and musicals until further notice because of a strike by stagehands.
Visitors this past week included the following:
City of Riverside
County of Riverside
United States Department of Justice
Stanford University
The Bank of Canada
California State Senate
Loma Linda Medical Center
University of California, Riverside
San Diego Data Processing Corp
University of Arizona
Harvard University
Some of the search terms used are below.
"national reconciliation ordinance legal objections"
"Douglas Steven Cloud"
"Human Resources Board"
"free research papers on police misconduct and corruption"
"anthony thomas"
Labels: battering while blue, City elections, corruption 101, public forums in all places
posted by Five Before Midnight | 7:11 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home