Apple Valley money saving

I’ve been critical of the Town of Apple Valley’s plan regarding the takeover of the water company, in part because I thought they would never be able to run it as efficiently as Liberty Utilities. Their previously-stated plan to fire the upper management and replace them with more expensive (and less qualified) government employees seemed just part of the insanity.

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AV Pal and the Mud Run (Lee)

These water well costs for Horsemen’s Center, and the Mud Run that followed, really got me thinking. As Al Rice knows, there is an issue that has stuck in my craw for some time. After hearing complaints from others, I long ago started to look at the non-profit situation in the High Desert. These recent issues above fall right into this category.

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Crucial for Apple Valley? Fiscal accountability!

Town Manager Doug Robertson admits his experience in Apple Valley is limited to seven months in office, and it is apparent from his Valley Voices opinion piece (Water system control crucial for Apple Valley, Doug Robertson, July 29, 2018) that his knowledge about the eminent domain case is nothing more than a retread of prior false statements fed to the population of Apple Valley by Town Hall and its attorneys. Mr. Robertson has no facts to support his position. Given the fiscal irresponsibility of the Town over the last five years (deficit spending, draining reserves to zero, and now having to obtain credit to survive), the only crucial element of the desired water takeover is that Town Hall gets its hands on the water company revenues to avoid insolvency!

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‘The Purge’ (Valles)

A Hollywood movie franchise called The Purge takes place in a futuristic dystopian America. Each year during a 12-hour annual purge, all crime is legal, including murder.

But this horror movies isn’t as scary as real life here in San Bernardino County and our Town of Apple Valley where it seems we operate under a 24/7/365 purge of sorts thanks to our do-nothing county sheriff, county supervisor, and Town Council.

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