The San Bernardino County News of Note from Around the Largest County in the Lower 48 States Friday, DecemberSentinel 29, 2017 A Fortunado Publication in conjunction with Countywide News Service 10808 Foothill Blvd. Suite 160-446 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 (909) 957-9998 Development Industry’s Vice Grip On Chino Council Abating Effort To Undo By Mark Gutglueck from proceeding with a step with the most ani- Earl Elrod were widely Flight Path A sign that the devel- project at the city’s door- mated element of the po- perceived as being in Above Lake opment industry’s hold step calling for greater litically active segment the pocket of develop- on the Chino City Coun- density than is envisaged of the Chino populace ers working within the Arrowhead cil may have slackened in the Chino General with regard to a primary City of Chino. The sole was in evidence at the Plan as a sign that the function of local govern- bulwark against unbri- Stalling Out December 19 city coun- tide of pro-development ment: land use and de- dled development was Seven months after cil meeting. fervor on the council is velopment. Mayor Eunice Ulloa, a complaints from Lake Some saw the inabil- subsiding. When 2017 opened, longtime member of the Arrowhead residents be- ity of Borstein Enter- Over the last year the pro-development council who had previ- gan to register with fed- prises to persuade a ma- there has been increas- contingent on the city ously been mayor. Ulloa, eral, state and local offi- jority of the council to ing indication of the de- council held a 3-to-1 ad- who had been reelected Gary George cials over the jet engine overturn an earlier plan- gree to which the ruling vantage over that panel’s to the council in 2014, noise they were being ning commission deci- coalition on the Chino slow-growth/controlled cilmembers Tom Haugh- ran for mayor in 2016 subjected to as a conse- sion preventing Borstein City Council is out of growth element. Coun- ey, Glenn Duncan and when former See P 3 quence of the flight path rerouting put into effect Robles Maneuvers After His Removal As Dem Central Committee Head by the Federal Aviation Administration on April nated when a quorum of What remains to be members. At the May contingent of dissident 27, the issue has yet to be the central committee seen is whether Robles 25 Democratic Cen- central committee mem- resolved. voted, without Robles will accept and the state tral Committee meet- bers first undertook the The jets in question, being present, to remove party will recognize the ing, members assailed arduous task of dislodg- many of them operated him as a central com- action ousting Robles Robles with complaints ing Chris Robles as the by cargo carriers UPS mittee member. Those from the central com- about what was said to chairman of the San Ber- and FedEx and others who undertook the vote mittee and the ascendan- be his less-than-energet- nardino County Demo- ferrying passengers, maintain it effectively cy of the new leadership. ic efforts with regard to cratic Party. This month, now fly almost directly removed him as chair- The December insur- promoting Democratic a clear majority of the over Lake Arrowhead man. At its December rection was not the first candidates generally. county’s elected Demo- on what has been des- 28 meeting, again with time Robles was pre- As debate over Robles’ cratic Party officials ignated as the EAGLZ Chris Robles a quorum present, the sumptively removed as tenure and effective- went on record as favor- route, at times as little Nearing the close of central committee voted central committee chair- ness ensued, Robles en- ing his ouster as party as 3,500 feet above the 2017, more than a half to install a new chairman man by a groundswell trusted the officiating of chairman. On December community high in the year has passed since a and vice chairman. of the central committee the remaining 7, that movement culmi- See P 5 San Bernardino Moun- tains. The flight path to Lucerne Valley’s Von Haug In Groundwater Authority At Extreme End Ontario International Airport was altered in Quixotic Gubernatorial Run Of County Facing Fiscal Challenges coordination with the Mavrick Von Haug, The joint powers District, under an ar- water Basin, from which Federal Aviation Admin- the one-time mixed agency formed by Kern, rangement approved by the City of Ridgecrest istration’s Southern Cali- martial arts fighter Inyo and San Bernardino its board members last and its outlying area’s fornia Metroplex project, turned actor who has counties in 2016 to pre- week. But funding down domestic, commercial, which is designed to in- more recently been bit- vent the depletion of the the road will be needed, industrial and agricul- crease the fuel efficiency ten by the political bug, aquifer in a portion of and there is no clear tural entities draw their of air traffic overflying has resigned his cur- the West Mojave is run- source of revenue identi- water, as does the China and landing in South- rent elected position to ning into fiscal difficul- fied to keep the agency Lake Naval Air Weapons ern California. Under concentrate on a run for ties. functioning. Station, the Searles Val- the flight matrices laid governor. The Indian Wells Indian Wells Valley ley Mineral Company in out in Metroplex, pilots Von Haug was the top Valley Groundwater straddles southeastern Trona and the remainder follow pre-programmed vote-getter in the No- Authority will finance Kern County, south- of industrial, commer- flight tangents that are Mavrick Von Haug vember 2016 race among its operations in the western Inyo County cial and domestic users more direct in their ap- four candidates for two ees, gathering 848 votes first half of 2018 with and Northwestern San in Trona. proaches to Ontario and positions on the Lucerne or 28.34 percent. He re- an advance from the Bernardino County. Un- Historically, the In- other Southland airports. Valley Unified School placed Joanne Colling- Kern County-based In- derlying it is the Indian dian Wells Valley Water The guideposts for those District board of trust- ham. But he dian Wells Valley Water Wells Valley Ground- Basin experi- See P 4 routes are beamed to the See P 4 planes from navigational satellites. Over the last In Missive To Employees, City Manager Conflates San Bernardino With Covina eight months, virtually In a faux pas of what made at a crucial point and 2018 begins to dawn, Thank you for all of your no overt reference to San all planes flying into is perhaps form rather in the missive that dealt it seems like a great time work and your resiliency Bernardino’s emergence Southern California have than of substance, the with the concept of tak- to reflect on what we over the last year.” from bankruptcy, which been outfitted with in- San Bernardino city ing pride in the city and have accomplished, the Though the letter then was ratified this spring strumentation needed for manager last week con- striving for excellence, journey we have taken to goes on to state “Last by Federal Bankruptcy them to follow the Me- fused the city she is now a blunder that may have get to where we are, and year was a year of transi- Judge Meredith Jury troplex flight paths. The leading with the city undercut the spirit and the plans we have for an tion” and celebrates “sig- and effectuated on June Metroplex paths replace where she was employed substance of Travis- exciting, bright future in nificant progress… in the 15. The bankruptcy is dozens of traditional air as top administrator two Miller’s attempt to con- San Bernardino. I’d like face of significant chal- mentioned in passing on routes for approaches to years ago. nect with her underlings to begin by telling you lenges,” while referenc- page two of the letter in six airports in Southern In a year-end letter at City Hall. how much I appreciate ing “a period of change conjunction with “tough California from some to the city’s employees, Dated December 21, each of you. The city in the city’s leadership decisions” and an asser- 40 mid-to-large airports city manager Andrea the letter carries the sal- would not be where it is - a new city manager, as- tion “the city established elsewhere in the United Travis-Miller referred to utation “To all of our city without the contributions sistant city manager and a sustainable financial States. San Bernardino as Co- employees.” It begins, made by each and every several new department model that serves as a Previously, planes vina. The confusion was “As 2017 draws to a close one of our employees. [heads],” the letter makes strong founda- See P 2 coming into See P 2 Friday, December 29, 2017 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 2 acknowledging an aver- Lake Arrowhead Caine. The coalition has and efficientize air travel The San Bernardino County age of no fewer than 29. stepped up the effort to into Southern California Residents & Politi- Anecdotal, and therefore lobby the Federal Avia- generally. cians Making Little unofficial, counts by res- tion Administration, top Moreover, accord- Headway In Get- idents put that number at Federal Aviation Admin- ing to the Federal Avia- Sentinel Published in San Bernardino County. ting FAA to Rescind closer to 80 per day. istrator Michael P. Huer- tion Administration, it While the primary ta, U.S. senators Dianne widely disseminated The Sentinel’s main office is located at 10788 Civic Onerous Flight Path objection voiced by Feinstein and Kamala information about its in- Center Drive in Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 Change from front residents of Lake Ar- Harris, Congressman tention to undertake the A Fortunado Publication in conjunction with page rowhead and the near- Paul Cook, California Metroplex project, and Countywide News Service by communities is the State Senator Mike Mor- over the course of more Mark Gutglueck, Publisher Ontario from the east sound of the aircraft, rell and San Bernardino than 19 months held 27 followed a flight path that there has been concern County Supervisor Jan- workshops related to the Call (909) 957-9998 is directly over Heaps expressed that jet fuel ice Rutherford to redress plan throughout South- to learn of locations where the Sentinel Peak, which is close to exhaust from the planes the problem.