Sentinel 23, 2016 a Fortunado Publication in Conjunction with Countywide News Service 10808 Foothill Blvd
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The San Bernardino County News of Note from Around the Largest County in the Lower 48 States Friday, SeptemberSentinel 23, 2016 A Fortunado Publication in conjunction with Countywide News Service 10808 Foothill Blvd. Suite 160-446 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 (909) 957-9998 Failure To Address Jail Inmate Drugging Haunts Thomas’s HS Takeover Needles Grass By Mark Gutglueck question is concern as has found itself repeat- Options: Co-ops Even before CaSonya to whether she possesses edly reproached when Thomas is set to assume the strength of character the intricacies of some And Grow-ops the position of San Ber- to buck the county's cur- departmental operations nardino County's direc- rent bottom line-oriented have eluded the exper- Tona Belt, a Repub- tor of human services managerial philosophy tise of managerial staff. lican, is distinguishing next month, she and the to insist that the county's Indeed, Thomas, who is herself as the Needles county find themselves various social service currently the head of one City Council candidate immersed in controversy divisions be headed by of the county divisions who opposes the grow- over charges she lacks leaders possessing in- that falls under the au- ing cannabis industry in a sufficient technical depth knowledge and thority of the larger hu- Needles, or so the rumor knowledge and under- CaSonya Thomas expertise regarding the Greg Devereaux man services division, goes. Belt has not replied standing of the myriad called upon to oversee. service each specific de- In the recent past, the behavioral health to an inquiry from the disciplines she will be Accompanying that partment provides. San Bernardino County d e p a r t m e n t , See P 2 Sentinel to verify that report. Jerry Telles, an- Lovingood Vs. Valles First District Race Features Stark Differences For Voters other candidate vying for one of the three seats the government as it is ernmental contract. She finalists in this year’s on the council, in con- currently composed, is began her professional race for First District Su- trast has expressed his a creature of the private career as a correctional pervisor. The incumbent, strong support of the in- sector, the owner of a officer in 1997 at the Robert Lovingood, after dustry. Telles, in fact, is successful employment Victor Valley Medium four years in office, is a a part of the industry, be- agency. Valles’ profes- Community Correction- fixture in the county’s ing co-owner in a multi- sional associations are al Facility, a privately- political establishment. state operation known as heavily identified with owned facility which The challenger, a former Paradise Wellness. the public sector in that had a contract with the office holder, has gar- “I want to get elected the most significant posi- California Department nered a reputation as a to make sure that all the tions she has held were of Corrections. In time political outsider peren- work that we have done Robert Lovingood Angela Valles with public agencies or she would advance to be- nially cast, it seems, as a in this city to provide a There are stark differ- entities functioning un- come the warden at the dissident challenging the despite his incumbency pathway for this impor- ences between the two der the aegis of a gov- prison. She is status quo. Lovingood, and status as a pillar of See P 4 tant agricultural indus- try in our community Three New Auditors Needed To Deal With Feds To Pay $3.914 M Toward does not get undone,” Treasurer/Auditor’s Finance Tracking System $4.35 M Chino Airport Repair he messaged in an inter- view at the local “Desert Huang as what are des- The Auditor-Control- Marquez, Huang and The Federal Aviation Bones Democratic Club” ignated accountant IIIs, ler/Treasurer/Tax Col- Sveinson are to stay in Administration is going meeting. each at a total annual lector’s office has hired place from September to pick up ninety percent Under California’s cost of $77,572, includ- three new accountants to 17, 2016 through De- of the estimated $4.349 Medical Marijuana Reg- ing $54,246 in salary assist in the office's func- cember 30, 2018. The million cost of upgrades ulation and Safety Act, with benefits of $23,326. tion, now that it is transi- board also authorized at Chino Airport. groups can get a state Valdez further sought tioning to a new auditing Valdez to, at such time According to James license to grow, sell, to hire Michael Svein- system. he deems appropriate, Jenkins, San Bernardino manufacture, distribute son, designated as an Earlier this month, execute amendments to County’s director of air- or test the product. Ac- accountant II, for a total auditor-controller-trea- the contracts to extend ports, the county is in- cording to John Pinkney, annual cost of $66,954, surer-tax collector Oscar the contract term for a tent on making repairs the City of Needles’ le- which includes a salary James Jenkins Valdez sought and re- maximum of three suc- and rehabilitation to gal council, “If you are a of $46,821 and benefits ceived from the county cessive one-year periods Chino Airport’s north- there. tester, you cannot engage of $20,133. The board board of supervisors on behalf of the county, west apron and its taxi- An airport apron is in any of the other four acceded to Valdez’s re- permission to hire Raul subject to review by lanes, along with fixing the area of an airport acts, otherwise, you can quest. Marquez and Charlene county counsel. See P 3 what he calls “hot spots” where aircraft See P 3 operate in two of the oth- er four areas in the range County Rescinds Contract With Brinks For Armored Cash Transport of permitted activities, The relationship be- June 30, 2021. ficials in Texas and had Rozko gave a some- Dunbar Armored, Inc., that is, if the community tween San Bernardino The contract was not yet been signed. The what elliptical account of of Hunt Valley, MD. Pro- you are operating in al- County and the Brink’s worth roughly $300,000 board delegated author- how the county’s once- posals were evaluated by lows for it.” armored car company per year to Brinks. ity to the chief executive solid relationship with the purchasing depart- Telles asserted, “This appears to have gone According to Laurie officer to approve minor Brink’s has eroded. ment based on qualifi- is an agricultural com- south. Rozko, the director of changes to the agreement “On December 21, cations and experience, modity and there is now The board of supervi- the county’s purchasing if necessary. However, in 2015, the purchasing technical and service a legitimate permit and sors this month moved department, “Following July, as a result of the de- department released a criteria, references, and application process set to rescind approval of an a competitive solicita- lay in the review process request for proposals for cost. Brink’s, Inc. was up in our community earlier agreement made tion process, the board by Brink’s, the county’s armored car service,” determined to best meet which is part of the en- on June 28, 2016 with of supervisors approved banking vendor was able Rozko said. “Proposals the overall needs of the tire regulatory process Brink’s, Inc. to provide an agreement with to extend service on a were received from two county. Brink’s initially involving environmen- armored car service to Brink’s, Inc. on June 28, month-to-month basis vendors by the submittal indicated acceptance of tal review and taxation, county locations from 2016 that was still under through September 30, deadline: Brink’s, Inc. the county’s standard Our city is now and will July 1, 2016 through review by company of- 2016.” of Coppell, Texas, and contract lan- See P 7 benefit from See P 3 Friday, September 23, 2016 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 2 Leaving Inmate transitional assistance son who helps to run a velopment department. The San Bernardino County Drugging Issue and veterans affairs. business and who only Fontana at that time was Unresolved, Thomas Four of those divisions cares about money” and scandal-plagued and – behavioral health, chil- “a person involved in broke, teetering over an Promotes Into Hu- dren and family services, corporate or government abyss of bankruptcy as a Sentinel man Services Direc- financial decisions and Published in San Bernardino County. child support services consequence of the brib- The Sentinel’s main office is located at 10788 Civic tor Post from front especially one reluctant and homeless services – ery-tainted giveaways Center Drive in Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 page are facing challenges at to spend money.” The orchestrated by one of has become the object of A Fortunado Publication in conjunction with present. At least a por- sense of the supervisor’s Fontana’s previous city Countywide News Service scrutiny and accusations tion of those challenges statement was that coun- managers, Jack Ratelle, that the service her cur- Mark Gutglueck, Publisher consist, observers have ty department heads are in the 1970s and 1980s rent department is sup- noted, of what under- not steeped in the disci- and its previous rede- Call (909) 957-9998 posed to supply to coun- lings in those divisions pline or technical minu- velopment/development to learn of locations where the Sentinel ty residents fell short consider to be unrealis- tiae their particular de- director, Neil Stone, in is available or to provide news tips because of her inabil- tic constraints, policies partments are involved the 1980s.