The San Bernardino County News of Note from Around the Largest County in the Lower 48 States Friday, October Sentinel 31, 2014 A Fortunado Publication in conjunction with Countywide News Service 10808 Foothill Blvd. Suite 160-446 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 (909) 957-9998 Stephanie Mendenhall, Vestige Of Pomerski Regime, To Retire In July Assessor’s Office By Mark Gutglueck tober 27. By stepping the conclusion reached Big Bear Court Stephanie Menden- down from her position by a small but influential hall, who made a mercu- near the pinnacle of mu- number of city residents Lease Signals rial rise to the top level nicipal government in at the time of and in the Realignment of the city of Upland’s Upland, Mendenhall is immediate aftermath administration in large seeking to orchestrate following Pomierski’s To Last To 2019 measure because of her the terms of her exodus, indictment, which held Action by the county association with now even as events around that Mendenhall was in- board of supervisors disgraced former Upland her and at City Hall are extricably bound up in at earlier this month sig- Mayor John Pomierski, on the verge of overtak- least some of the former naled that the terms of San Bernardino County has elected to retire at Stephanie Mendenhall ing her. John Pomierski mayor’s actions, depre- In recent months there dations and violations of Presiding Judge Marsha the end of July of next nounced her decision numbers of the city’s have been ever clearer the public trust. Slough’s court realign- year. in a memo to city man- residents and decision signals that growing At the Sep- ment will likely remain Mendenhall an- ager Rod Butler on Oc- makers are coming to See P 6 in place at least until Fontana & Ontario Council Campaign War Chests Eclipse $100K & $200K 2019. In May, over much cumbent politicians have 2010 Census, current protest by attorneys, lo- amassed absolutely stun- officeholders have been cal government officials ning amounts of money particularly well forti- and citizens, Slough’s re- in their campaign war fied with money, i.e., alignment went into ef- chests in the current campaign cash, which fect, transferring nearly election cycle, raising former California As- all civil cases county- the specter of pay-to- sembly Speaker Jess Un- wide to the new San play politics dominating ruh called “the mother’s Bernardino Justice Cen- much of the local gov- milk of politics.” ter located at 247 West ernmental landscape. According to Califor- Third Street in the coun- Acquanetta Warren nia Form 460 filed at the In Ontario, the coun- Alan Wapner Paul Leon ty seat, which contains ty’s fourth largest city, City of Ontario’s City 35 courtrooms within A number of San county’s second larg- $218,000 in political do- and in Fontana, the Clerk’s Office, Mayor its 11 floors. In addition, Bernardino County’s in- est city according to the nations so far Paul Leon has received See P 2 San Bernardino district Once Accustomed To State & National Stage, criminal cases, formerly Derry’s Redlands Council Run heard in the San Ber- Draws $100,000 In Opposition Baca Seeking Municipal Role In Fontana nardino Central Court- house built in 1927, are Neil Derry’s attempt Former congressman see projects to comple- tried in the new San Ber- to stage a political come- Joe Baca said he is run- tion after I served in get- nardino Justice Center. back has garnered the ning for mayor in Fon- ting the federal funding West Valley Superior most energetic opposi- tana ”to take the city to a in place to start them. I Courthouse in Rancho tion campaign in San higher level. I’ve served served my country in Cucamonga, which pre- Bernardino County dur- in Congress and in the time of war when I was viously was a venue for ing the current political California Assembly and in the Army and then in all order of cases includ- season, one that indeed State Senate. I want to the state legislature and ing both civil and crimi- rivals the hardest politi- use my expertise to make in Washington, D.C. I nal cases originating on cal counterattacks in the Fontana a better place. I am blessed to be able to the west end of the coun- history of local politics. have worked with three run for mayor now.” ty, is now devoted almost In recent years, only different presidents – Joe Baca Baca said, “I think entirely to criminal cas- a handful of individual Neil Derry Bill Clinton, George the major issue Fontana es, including those aris- city/town council cam- Bush and Barack Obama why I want to serve at is its leaders just don’t of $50,000. In Redlands ing on the county’s west paigns have involved and two governors, Pete the city level, I tell them have a vision for what the this year, where Derry end and other felony expenditures of upwards Wilson and Grey Davis. I have the ability to work city should be. is seeking to See P 4 When people ask me on a bipartisan basis to See P 4 and misdemeanor cases from the county’s cen- 100s Of Complaints Over Mortgage Modification Suits Get Sringoringo Disbarred tral district which in the Stephen Lyster Sir- some, though not all of he allowed non-attorney client matters and rec- past had been routed to ingoringo, the 1999 Fon- the hundreds of former employees to meet with ommended an 18-month the Fontana Courthouse. tana High School gradu- clients who claim Siring- clients, set fees and per- suspension. In partial The Rancho Cucamonga ate who seemingly made oringo took advantage of form legal services with- mitigation Siringoringo courthouse also hosts good by becoming an them, took their money, out supervision. has agreed to provide hearings on both civil attorney specializing in allowed their homes to A stipulation filed refunds ranging from and domestic violence modification services for be taken from them and October 15 in State Bar $1,500 to $5,970 to 14 restraining order mat- clients facing foreclo- then provided them with Court ratchets an earlier former clients named in ters. A small portion of sures during the height no accounting or records discipline to the state of the stipulation. the criminal cases once of the home mortgage to assist them in the af- disbarment for Siringor- That relates to but a heard in Fontana are now meltdown four years termath. Stephen Siringoringo ingo. Last December, the fraction of the harm Sir- being adjudicated in San ago, has agreed to dis- According to the State provide promised servic- Bar found Siringoringo ingoringo is alleged to Bernardino. barment. Bar, Siringoringo visited es to them and aided in culpable of collecting wreaked. The State Bar’s The historic San Ber- Losing his license to upon his clients signifi- the unauthorized prac- advanced fees for loan Office of Chief Trial nardino Courthouse re- mains as the practice law will mollify cant harm by failing to tice of law by other when modification work in 20 Counsel indi- See P 8 See P 8 Friday, October 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 2 Richard Ellis Commer- Campaign War ates, $3,000 from Main The San Bernardino County Chests from front King, $2,500 from JC Street Fibers of Ontario, cial Broker Darla Longo, page Horizon of Arcadia, $2,375 from Patton Sales $2,500 from Geoffrey $1,500 from Waste Man- Stack of the Sares-Re- Corporation of Ontario, agement of Houston, $2,000 from Residuals gis Group, $4,000 from Sentinel Published in San Bernardino County. this year. Leon was giv- Texas, $2,500 from John GH Dairy, $2,500 from Recovery Group of Ana- The Sentinel’s main office is located at 10788 Civic en $10,000 by the Craig Geoffrey Stack, $1,500 Hagestad of the Sares- heim, $7,500 from Rich- Center Drive in Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 Meredith S.P. Trust of Regis Group, $2,500 land Management of Ir- from Larry Lukan- Newport Beach. He re- A Fortunado Publication in conjunction with from Geoffrey Stack of ish of the Sares-Regis Countywide News Service ceived $5,000 from PD the Sares-Regis Group, Group, $1,500 from Mark Gutglueck, Publisher Transport Inc. if Costa $1,500 from William J. 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Leon also trans- Services of Costa Mesa, 909-276 5796 gis Group, $1,250 from ferred $6,100 from his $1,500 from Burrtec Barbara Emmons Per- Paul Leon for Assembly Michael Tahan Waste Industries, $4,500 from Hagestad Enter- Responsible Govern- rier of La Canada Flin- 2013 account into his from John Gormly of prises of Irvine, $5,000 ment and $5,000 from tridge, $1,500 from Peter current campaign fund. vine, $6,099 from Lee & Oltman’s Construction, from the Ontario Police JM Realty Group of On- Rooney of the Sares- He was also provided Associates Real Estate $2,500 from John Hages- Association, tario, $2,600 in from the Regis Group, $1,500 with a $5,000 loan from Broker Michael Wolfe, tad of the Sares-Regis $2,500 from Pepe’s Ontario Police Officers from Cleanstreet of Gar- the Skropos For Ontario $2,000 from Stratham Group,$2,00 from Main Towing, $6,000 from Association Political Ac- dena, $2,500 from the City Council campaign Properties of Irvine, Street Fibers, $13,500 Caltrop of Rancho Cu- tion Committee, another San Bernardino Public fund. He had several $2,000 from West Valley from Storagecontainer. camonga, $12,500 from $3,038 from the Ontario Employees Association, dozen donors who pro- MRF, $4,000 from Waste com of Ontario, $2,000 SJC II 4th & Haven LLC Firefighters for Respon- $2,400 from Archibald’s vided $1.000. Management of Hous- from Stratham Homes of San Juan Capistrano, sible Government and Restaurants, $2,000 Leon’s receipts were ton, Texas, $2,500 from of Irvine, $2,000 from $5,000 from the Wiener $14,925 from Young from Main Street Fibers topped by councilman John Hagestad of Sares- West Valley MRF of Family Survivors’ Trust Homes. $4,500 from J.O. Oltman Alan Wapner’s. Wap- Regis Group, $2,500 Fontana, $12,500 from and $7,500 from Rich- Councilmember Jim II of Oltman’s Construc- ner has been provided from Carl Noble, Inc. of Westates Holdings of land Management. Bowman has been given tion, $2,500 from West with $274,000 in 2014. Santa Ana,$5,000 from Corona, $2,500 from Wapner received $130,000 by his support- Valley MRF, Wapner received $5,000 Cleanstreet of Gardena, NMC Grove Ontario LL nonmonetary contribu- ers to campaign with, $2,000 from den- from Carol Plowman, $10,297 from Craig Mer- c of Woodland Hills, tions in the amounts tist Ronald Cunning, the senior vice presi- edith S. P. Trust, $2,500 $5,000 from Bhatia J & of $2,878.07 from the $10,000 from Reggie dent of Lee & Associ- from Coldwell Banker J Inc of Ontario, $5,000 Ontario Firefighters for

Jim Bowman including $1,500 from Wasste Management of Houston, Texas, $1,500 from Peter Rooney of Irvine, $1,500 from Wil- liam Thormahlen of Coto De Caz $3,000 from Brookfield Land Servic- es of Cost Mesa, $2,000 from Niagara Bottling of Onatrio, $2,000 from Lewis Pacific Partners of Upland, $2,000 from RCCD of Anaheim Hills, $5,000 from Craig Mer- edith S. P. Trust, $4,500 from Antonio Perez of the Seres-Regis Group, $1,250 from Sam Longa of the Seres-Regis Group $1,250 from Barba- ra Emmons Perrier of La Canada Flintridge, $5,000 from the Ontario Police Officers Associa- tion, $2,500 from Reg- gie King, $2,000 from Christopher Leggio of Upland, $10,000 from the Firefighters For Re- Continued on Page 4 Friday, Octobber 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 3 Glimpse Of SBC’s Past Life And Death At 12,300 Feet

By Mark Gutglueck two other Phantom craft. including their biggest Wimbledon, eventually rying a large amount of The rugged and re- On that last day of charter, “I’m a Fool.” going on the pro circuit fuel and burned when mote San Bernardino winter, the San Bernardi- At the age of 16, he and achieving ranking it struck the ground in Mountains and the high- no Mountains were cov- obtained his pilot’s li- among the 400 best play- an area known as Wood est peak among them ered in heavy snowpack cense. ers in the world. Canyon. were the setting for the and snow was falling at In his late teens, he In 1971, he married About two feet of death of Dean Paul Mar- the windswept higher began using his given actress Olivia Hussey, snow continued to fall altitudes, clouding vis- from whom he divorced over the next several ibility. Shortly after the in 1978. He was married days, as wind and other three planes took off, to Olympic gold medal- Knoxville, Tennessee conditions hampered all three were ordered ist Dorothy Hamill from starting in November the search for the craft, 1982 to 1984. 1980 and advanced to which was spotted by a After his years as a Phantom jets, capable of U.S. Air Force helicop- teen music idol came to speeds reaching 1,200 ter pilot four days later miles per hour, which he near the San Bernardino flew out of March AFB. County/Riverside Coun- Martin exhibited pa- ty boundary. The wreck- tience in getting the sta- age was reached by tus he sought. Because searchers on March 25. tin more than a quarter name of Dean Paul in- there was a surplus of They found it in “large century ago. stead of the nickname qualified military fliers by air traffic control- pieces and small pieces” Dean Paul Martin “Dino.” Something of a in the Guard, he was first lers at Ontario Interna- at the 5,500 foot level. was the son of performer playboy and a member of relegated to “GIB” sta- tional Airport to change There was no indication Dean Martin and his sec- the jet set, he flew Lear tus, or guy in the back, course in order to avoid that Martin or Ortiz had ond wife, Jeanne Bieg- jets, drove fast cars, and tending to radio, ordi- 11,800-foot San Gorgo- attempted to eject. ger, the fifth of Dean competed as an amateur a close, he became an nance and navigational nio Mountain, South- Martin and Ortiz Martin’s seven children, actor. He starred with assignments. He said ern California’s highest died in a confrontation and Jeanne’s eldest son. Ali McGraw in the 1979 with Mt. San Gorgo- He attended the Urban movie, “Players,” in nio, where, a little more Military Academy in which he was cast as a than ten years earlier, on Brentwood and at age 13 professional tennis play- January 7, 1977, a Lear set off on a career path er and for which he was jet taking Frank Sina- that emulated his father nominated for a Golden tra's 82-year-old mother, when he joined Desi Ar- Globe Award as best Natalie (Dolly) Sinatra, naz Jr. and Billy Hinsche Dino, Desi & Billy new actor of the year. He crashed in a blinding that experience made peak. Shortly thereafter, in the pop group Dino, subsequently starred in snowstorm at 10,000 him appreciative, after while instrumentation Desi, & Billy, which racer, and dated Candace the TV series “Misfits feet, 200 feet below a he became a full-fledged indicated his Phantom achieved a few minor Bergen and Tina Sinatra. of Science,” co-starring ridge. She was traveling military pilot, of what was at an altitude of hits in the U.S. between He also was a serious Courtney Cox, which from her Palm Springs 1965 and 1968, land- tennis player, competing aired during the 1985- his crew member was around 11,300 feet, Mar- ing in the Top 30 twice, in a junior competition at 1986 television season, enduring. and was working on a pi- He was an esteemed lot for Fox Television, “A pilot and had achieved Single Man,” at the time the rank of captain in the of his death. National Guard. Co-existent with his On March 21, 1987, he life of privilege, Dean brought his son Alexan- der to March Air Force Paul Martin had a seri- home to see her son per- Base to allow him to wit- tin’s plane dropped off ous side, having attended form in Las Vegas. ness the preparation for the radar screens. It had UCLA as a premedical Dean Paul Martin is his take-off on what was apparently clipped Mt. student and working to buried in the Los Ange- to be a routine flying ex- San Gorgonio and then achieve his instrument les National Cemetery, a ercise. With his weapons streaked into the side of rating as a pilot. He was U.S. Department of Vet- officer, Ramon Ortiz, 39, a granite mountain about among a coterie of Hol- erans Affairs cemetery aboard, Captain Martin, five-and-a-half miles to lywood luminaries in- in Los Angeles. cluding John Travolta, himself 35, went air- the south. Wallace Beery, Jimmy borne in the company of The plane was car- Stewart and Wayne Mor- ris, who took flying very seriously. ASN Depot, Inc. 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theater in the northern islature to get Fontana a tutoring . I believe on Baca from front didates are vying in the man. Fontana does not portion of Fontana. We University of California the west side we should page Fontana mayoral race – have a ten-year plan. It also need another sports campus. We have access bring in a a national au- Baca, incumbent Acqua- has not updated its gen- There hasn’t been a mas- complex to allow bas- to the 15 Freeway, the 19 tomobile training center netta Warren, Luis Va- eral plan since she has ter plan for the past ten ketball, volleyball and Freeway and the 210. I associated with NAS- quera, Daniel Quiroga, been mayor. There are years. The city should wrestling to take place would love to see down- CAR for vocation train- and Jason O’Brien. For a lot of positive things have been preparing for indoors for our youth. town Fontana become a ing for mechanics. We many political observers, about Fontana, but she where it is going. Major Right now, to get that, cultural center for fash- could make it an attrac- the race is deemed to be was not the one who in- problems facing us here you have to lease ath- ion and the arts. We need tion. We should attempt one between Warren and stigated those. It was the in Fontana are we are letic facilities from the an amphitheater. With to bring professional Baca, the two who boast mayors before her. She experiencing higher and high school. I would like the right retails stores we soccer to Fontana. We the greatest name recog- has been mayor for four higher water rates and to see us build a hotel can make it so we have need to work with kin- nition as well as the most years. We should have a traffic congestion. I be- in the northern section something like Rodeo dergarten through 12th experience in office. new general plan or be lieve with the population of the city. In the Dun- Drive and Palm Springs. grade education and a Baca compared him- well into the process. We growth we have to have can area around Citrus We should bring the university to make sure self to Warren. have to look at growth a vision. San Bernardi- we need a retail square. Kaiser Museum, which our kids are prepared not “The incumbent has and our population and no’s population is down I would like to see an is currently located in only for the jobs of today no vision,” he said. “This see how we are going to to 203,023. Fontana is opera theater outdoors Rancho Cucamonga, to but the jobs of tomorrow. city must deal with its meet our needs in the fu- up to 206,000. We are to attract people from our downtown area. I We need a collaboration, growth. It has grown, ture.” now the largest city in the surrounding com- think we need a movie a partnership with busi- but that was because of the county. We need a munities, Redlands, San theater and retail stores nesses. Teamwork will the efforts of the two plan that is worthy of Bernardino, Rancho Cu- in the south part of Fon- make the dream work.” previous mayors, Mark our status as the county’s camonga, Upland and, of tana. We need recreation This year, five can- Nuaimi and Dave Eshle- major city. We have to course, Fontana. I would facilities for our youth. deal with the growth. We like to see a California We have no urgent care need a plan to take Fon- University in Fontana. In facilities in Southridge. tana to a higher level. We San Bernardino County We have Kaiser Hos- need a plan that is inclu- we have community pital but there is noth- Derry from front the last several months Aguiar. After Aguiar left sive of the whole city and colleges and a Cal State ing on the other side of page put up and expended ap- the Statehouse, Derry its diversity.” University and private the freeway. I would proaching $100,000 to found work in the pub- Baca offered a universities but we don’t like to see us reach out keep Derry from assum- lic relations division of glimpse into his vision have a UC system cam- and put an annex of the reestablish himself with ing a position on the city Southern California Edi- for the city. pus. I was instrumental boys and girls club on voters after a mercurial council there. son. While there he ven- “We have to focus on in helping Merced when the south end of town. decade with his hand on A former Marine tured into politics on his what is important to each they got the University We have one in the north the helms of the county’s and a Republican, Derry own, successfully seek- of the city’s different ar- of California to come but nothing in the south. two largest governmen- landed a job as a field ing election to the San eas,” he said. “We need in there and I believe I Boys and girls clubs are tal jurisdictions, he has representative for Fred roads and infrastructure. could utilize my experi- of assistance with after garnered the enmity of I’d love to see a movie two groups who have in ence with the state leg- school programs and Continued on Page 5

spent $156,886.56 on his trust controlled by devel- gave him $7,500. Hae Political War Company of Upland, ternational made loans campaign so far. oper David Weiner. Reg- Park donated $5,000 to Chests from page 2 $5,000 from Frontier of $156,886.56 to his Councilman John gie King provided him him.TAB Communica- Finance Company of campaign. He has paid Roberts has collected with another $10,000. tions of Fair Oaks pro- sponsible Government, Rancho Cucamonga, back $30,000 of that, and $90,768.06 for this year’s The San Bernardino vided him with 2,188.20. $2,500 from Geoffrey $,3,000 from Burrtec forgiven $16,886.56, but campaign. Roberts took County Professional and Nancy Stack of Ir- remains $110,850 in ar- $22,500 of that from a Firefighters Association vine, and $5,000 from rears to himself. He has Richland Construction $1,500 loan from Wapner Wapner also received in kind contri- bution in the amounts of $2,876.06 and $3,038.44 from Firefighters For Re- sponsible Government. Bowman also made a total of 32,401 in loans John Roberts to himself and claims he Waste Systems, $5,000 is entitled to accrued in- from the San Bernardino terest of $9,909.22 as of Professional Firefight- September 30. ers Association, $1,5000 In Fontana, the three from F.F. Gomez, Inc. incumbents in this year’s of Whittier, $10,000 race have made a run for from Richland Manage- the money, too. ment of Irvine, $10,000 Mayor Acquanetta from David Wiener, and Warren has pulled down $2,500 from Kirk Jensen $173,622 in donations of Upland. for her reelection bid Councilman Michael this year. That includes Tahan has received $10,000 from Hae Park, $213,865.45 into his the owner of the Bel Air campaign coffers. Reg- Swap Meet, $50,000 gie King, the owner from Reggie King, of Young Homes, put $10,000 from YKA De- up $26,562.09 of that velopment Group Presi- sum. Hae Park provided dent Yoon Kim, $2,500 $5,000. Tahan, the senior from Lewis Investment vice president of Hill In- Friday, October 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 5

Derry from page 4 Two years later, Der- Council on September think any of that was incumbents Foster and county assessor Bill Harrison. The Harrison Bernardino City Council Postmus, who had plead- ry, who had moved to 26. appropriate. They have Redlands in 2009, tossed James Ramos gave been able to operate out- committee also received in 2004. ed to 14 felony charges $1,000 from the San In 2008, Derry ran relating to a political his hat in the ring for a $1,000 to the California side of much media scru- position on the Redlands, Homeowners Associa- tiny or any scrutiny at all. Manuel Band of Mission successfully for county corruption scandal, told Indians, of which Ra- supervisor in the Third investigators with the challenging incumbents tion PAC. Vanessa Ra- I think we need to open Paul Foster and Jon Har- mos, a member of the the books on these deci- mos was formerly chair- District, dislodging district attorney’s office man. Not coincidentally, the incumbent, Dennis that in 2007, during the rison. The field is round- San Manuel Tribe gave sions. I pushed through ed out by Paul Barich, $6,000 to the California a sunshine ordinance at it seems, Harrison and Hansberger, another Re- run-up to the 2008 elec- Foster have proven to publican who had served tion he used his political Jane Dreher and John Homeowners Associa- the county. A lot of peo- Montgomery. A seventh tion PAC. Theresa Ra- ple consider that to be be the two candidates as Third District Super- action committee, Inland in the race most criti- visor for 20 years over Empire PAC, to launder candidate, Tabetha Wit- mos, a member of the important. People who tenmyer, dropped out of San Manuel Tribe, gave live here and are doing cal of Derry. Both have the previous 38 years. a $5,000 campaign con- denied that the money Hansberger was a firm tribution to Derry from the race, but too late for $6,000 to the California business in the city want her name to be taken off Homeowners Associa- to know that business is provided to them by the fixture in the Redlands Highland developer tribe and James Ramos political establishment, Arnold Stubblefield. the ballot. tion PAC. Desiree Ra- not being done behind While Redlands City mos, a member of the the scenes and behind have had any impact on which for nearly a cen- Stubblefield, Postmus their political opposition tury had dominated said, had been reluctant Council races in the past San Manuel Tribe, gave closed doors. Decisions have occasionally been $1,000 to the Califor- need to be made with to Derry. San Bernardino County to contribute directly to For his part, Derry politics. Though Derry Derry in 2007 because spirited ones, they have nia Homeowners As- public input.” generally not involved sociation PAC. Alaina Derry said he was sought to avoid being resided on the eastern at that point, Derry was pointedly critical of the side of the city of San not yet in office and huge monetary expen- Mathews, a member of highly conscious of the ditures. Derry’s venture the San Manuel Tribe, campaign that was being others in the electoral Bernardino and thus was was challenging the in- field, geographically rooted in cumbent, Hansberger. into the race, however, gave $5,250 to the Cali- run specifically against in the gentrified munici- fornia Homeowners As- him. “I believe all of the the Third District, much Postmus combined the candidates in the race of his financial backing $5,000 he had received pality that is host to one sociation PAC. In ad- “That kind of money of the oldest and largest dition, Josie Gonzales, being spent in a cam- are well intentioned,” he in the 2008 election was from Stubblefield with said. “I am not angling provided by the nouveau $5,000 of his own po- affluent neighborhoods who served on the board paign, particularly in the county – Smiley of supervisors with against a single candi- my campaign at any one riche entrepreneurs on litical funds to make a of them. I think the vot- the western end of the $10,000 contribution Heights – where gen- Derry and is now on date, is unprecedented in erations of the county’s the board with Ramos, Redlands,” Derry said. ers’ analysis should go to county, development, from his political ac- an evaluation of experi- commercial and profes- tion committee to Derry. movers and shakers had donated $1,000 to the “Sixty to 65 percent of gravitated and where the California Homeowners the money is coming ence and effectiveness. sional interests in Ontar- Derry had reported the Mr. Foster and Mr Har- io, Rancho Cucamonga money as coming from vestiges of the Redlands Association PAC. The from the San Manuel Political Establishment California Homeown- Tribe. Another major rison are asking for four and Upland. Derry’s vic- the political action com- more years. I think some tory against Hansberger, mittee rather than Stub- remain, galvanized the ers Association PAC portion of the money is opposition. In the last received $49,750 from coming from a developer of the programs the cur- himself a Republican blefield. rent council has been and the scion of wealthy District attorney two-and-a-half months, Fieldstead & Co. in Ir- who was very close to the political machine vine and $49,750 from Bill Postmus. You have involved with are a little developer Leroy Hans- Mike Ramos, who was misguided. I think the berger, represented a a member in good stand- that put Mike Ramos, The Tait Family Trust members of the board of a Republican, into of- in Santa Ana. It provide the Redlands Centennial city is spinning its wheels changing of the guard ing of the same Redlands with its sustainability or- and what was for the political machine in fice as district attorney $48,000 to Taxpayers Bank, who ran that in- in 2002 and saw him For Ethical Government, stitution into the ground dinance. Mr. Montgom- time seen as the eclipse which Hansberger was ery is a businessman of Old Money and the involved, forwarded the reelected again in 2006, an effort targeting Der- and bankrupted a lot of 2010 and earlier this ry, on September 15. It people in this commu- who has had to deal with Old Order. information amassed the city’s regulation and For a time, at least, by his investigators to year, and which crossed also spent $10,704.50 on nity, who are involved in party lines to elect James a direct mail campaign funding the effort against code enforcement in his Derry progressed up- the California Attorney business venture. That ward, forming what General’s Office, which Ramos, a Democrat, as against Derry. me. There is a lot of vin- supervisor in 2012 has The group calling it- dictiveness involved. makes him very aware proved to be relatively in April 2011 initially of some of the issues that short-lived ruling co- charged Derry with two reinitiated operations, self Redlands Residents There is a lot of personal functioning in the guise Against Corruption, politics involved. You are hurting the city. Mr. alitions on the board of felonies – filing a forged Barich has built a suc- supervisors, first with or false document and of two independent ex- Opposing Neil Derry have a member of the penditure committees, for City Council 2014, board of supervisors,” cessful business. Ms. then-Second District Su- perjury – and with mis- Dreher has had experi- pervisor Paul Biane and demeanor filing of a the California Hom- has amassed more than Derry said, in reference eowners PAC and Red- $40,000. to James Ramos, “who ence in the public sector Fourth District Supervi- false campaign report. as a spokesperson with sor Gary Ovitt and later Four months later, Derry, lands Residents Against Derry this week told is taking a very active Corruption, Oppos- the Sentinel that his role in Redlands poli- SANBAG, the county’s with then-First District through his attorney, Raj transportation agency. I Supervisor Brad Mit- Maline, stuck a plea ar- ing Neil Derry for City continuing political am- tics. I have tried to run Council, 2014. bition and the sugges- a positive campaign. I believe that my experi- zelfelt, like Derry a for- rangement by which the ence in government, in mer Marine. The major felonies were dropped The California Hom- tions of others “who re- have been talking about eowners PAC is based quested that I consider where the city needs to the private sector and in achievements during his and he pleaded no con- public relations matches first two and a half years test to the campaign re- in Willows, California running or asked me to go. I’ve been knocking (i.e., Northern Califor- run is what made me to on doors, talking to peo- or exceeds that of all of as supervisor included porting violation. my opponents Any one the passage of a county That plea figured nia). Redlands Residents decide to give it a shot. I ple about what is impor- Against Corruption, Op- have a background as an tant to them. This cam- of them brings to the sunshine ordinance and prominently in the cam- table something. I have the ouster, in a 3-2 vote paign former San Manuel posing Neil Derry for open government type of paign should be about City Council, 2014 is guy and I take the facts the future of the city and had experience in deal- that included Derry's Tribal Council President ing with local issues. I and those of supervisors James Ramos waged based in Redlands. and try to make a deci- what is best for its resi- Reggie King, chair- sion without personal dents. Unfortunately, it am not challenging any Ovitt and Mitzelfelt, of against Derry the follow- one of them, but I would Mark Uffer as county ing year. In November man and CEO of Young animus. I believe I can has become about per- Homes in Rancho Cu- do the right things for sonalities.” say, hey look at what I administrative officer 2012, staggering under have accomplished at and his replacement by the onslaught of Ramos’s camonga, contributed Redlands. In the last In addition to infus- $20,000 to the California few years the city has ing the political action several levels. I think Greg Devereaux, upon repetitive charges that my knowing what to do whom was conferred the Derry had engaged in Homeowners Associa- engaged in some con- committees standing tion PAC on September troversial actions. They in opposition to Derry, and in many cases what title of county chief ex- political money launder- not to do could be very ecutive officer. ing, Derry was voted off 24 and $20,000 to Red- have used trash fees to James Ramos is among lands Residents Against pay for roads. They have the most substantial do- valuable to the city of In March 2011, how- the board after having Redlands.” ever, former county First served a single term as Corruption, Oppos- considered tax measures nors to the campaign District Supervisor and supervisor. ing Neil Derry for City for flood control. I don’t funds for Barich and the Friday, October 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 6

Mendenhall To ficial processes, but with council. Thomas, who owned, JP Construction, to Pomierski’s way of do- he was receiving a base Leave from page 4 little authority beyond had been first elected in as well as the construc- ing business, into retire- salary and add-ons of the relatively limited 1990, reelected in 1994 tion business owned by ment and arranged for a $368,529 with benefits tember 8 council meet- staff she immediately and again in 1998, re- one of his associates, newly promoted captain of $92,096, for a total ing, two members of supervised. For some, mained on the council. John Hennes, Pomierski on the force, Steve Ad- annual compensation of the city council, Debbie her selection to the posi- Pomierski, then seeking worked with two others, ams, to take his place. $460,625, making him Stone and Gino Filippi, tion was suspect in that to build a ruling coali- Jason Crebs and Antony Quincey was hired on among the highest paid sought to effectively she lacked the ability to tion, welcomed Thomas Sanchez, the co-owners April 4, 2005 and given city managers in the terminate her from the type by touch, and in- into the fold rather than of Venture West Capital, a five-year contract with state. city’s employ by elimi- stead used her two index excluding him. Thomas in perpetrating extortion an original annual salary Key to providing nating the position she fingers to hunt and peck became a part of Pom- and pay-off schemes. of $195,000 and a guar- Quincey with those sal- now holds as part of an on the keyboard. This iersk’s “Team Upland,” Those shakedowns tar- anteed pay raise each ary add-ons, which in- amended city staff reor- lack of a basic secretarial through which Pomier- geted applicants for January 1 equivalent to centivized his coopera- ganization. That effort skill in the individual ski would dominate the business, operating or the highest percentage tion in and the enabling failed, for the time be- entrusted with the city’s city for ten years. construction permits afforded any other city of Pomierski’s viola- ing, though there were clerical functions raised In establishing his re- in Upland who would executive management tions of the public trust, indications the move a few eyebrows. Never- gime, Pomierski sought be approached and in- employee. Additionally, was the function of the would be resurrected in theless, Rios garnered to advance and promote formed that by securing Quincey was granted city clerk’s office. Un- a different form in rela- the favorable notice of existing or hire new staff the consulting services extraordinary autonomy der Stephanie Menden- tively short order. some of the members members who would ei- of Hennes, Crebs or San- and authority as city hall’s stewardship of the Mendenhall’s rise of the city council, in ther do his bidding or tol- chez, approval of those manager, including what department, three of the through the ranks at Up- particular then-coun- erate his manipulation of applications could be was referred to as a su- eight salary and benefit land City Hall has been cilwoman Sue Sundell, city operations in keep- guaranteed. Hennes was per-bonus, that is, job enhancements made to a remarkable one. She who on occasion spoke ing with his own interest Pomierski’s appointee to security in the form of Quincey’s contract were began with the city in highly of the young em- and the advancement of the Upland Housing Ap- protection from termina- done without any vote by the 1990s, having been ployee, referring to her his political machine. peals Board. tion on a simple majority the city council. Instead, brought in from a pre- as “indispensible.” One of those selected Quincey, who had 3-2 vote of the council. documents authorizing vious municipal assign- Sundell would soon for advancement from been city manager in Rather, to fire Quincey, those raises were gener- ment in Temple City to be eclipsed, however, within was Stephanie Hesperia, was hand- four votes were required ated, Pomierski signed serve as city clerk. Previ- in the 2000 election Rios, who, after she be- picked by Pomierski in of the council. He was them and they were then ously the city clerk posi- when instead of seek- gan dating Jeff Men- March 2005 to succeed also given the author- processed through the tion had been an elected ing reelection as a coun- denhall, a fast-rising Upland’s previous city ity to hire and fire all city clerk’s office as if office but had been con- cil member, she sought sergeant in the Upland manager, Mike Mil- of the city’s department they had been properly verted to a staff position, the mayoralty, running Police Department in hiser, whom Pomierski heads upon his own au- ratified by the entire with its occupant serv- against her council col- the early 2000s, married together with his then- thority without previous council even though no ing at the pleasure of the league Tom Thomas him. supporters on the coun- council authorization. vote had been taken. The city council. Mendenhall and an upstart member One of those brought cil forced into resigning. This enabled Quincey document would then be had been chosen to the of the city’s housing in from the outside was Milhiser, an experienced to pressure city staff to passed through to the post by the council then commission, John Pom- Pomierski’s handpicked city manager who had conform policy and the payroll department. headed by mayor Bob ierski. Pomierski, with choice as city manager, previously led the cities approval process to Po- For Stephanie Men- Nolan. Her last name at the backing of much of Robb Quincey. of Montclair and Ontar- mierski’s dictates. denhall’s acquiescence that time was Rios. In the city’s business com- By 2004, Pomierski io, had proven less than Over the more than in this arrangement, Po- her early years, she sub- munity, pulled off an had begun shaking down fully accommodating five-year span Quincey mierski saw to it that she sisted rather than thrived upset of the two more local business owners of Pomerski’s approach worked for Upland, he was richly rewarded. By as a municipal function- established, experienced and operators and others toward governance. Si- was provided, primarily 2010, she was one of the ary, laboring quietly and and credentialed candi- with projects pending at multaneously, Pomierski at Pomierski’s behest, a highest paid city clerks without fanfare, a custo- dates. Sundell, whose City Hall and before the pressured police chief series of salary and ben- in the state of California, dian of the city’s records council term ended that Upland City Council. Marty Thouvenell, who efit enhancements such receiving a base salary and the matron of its of- year, had to leave the Utilizing a business he had similar reservations that by January 2011 and add-ons of $175,606, plus benefits of $55,624 for a total annual com- pensation package of $231,230. Advertise in the Sentinel In June 2010, Pom- ierski’s manipulation of the machinery of Upland government for his per- Reach 34,000 Readers Throughout San Bernardino County Weekly. sonal enrichment was severely compromised Our Reasonable Rates Make Advertising Affordable. when more than a doz- en FBI and IRS agents swarmed into Upland City Hall to serve search warrants, while teams of Quarter Page Three Columns by Half Page $300 their colleagues made si- multaneous raids on Po- Half Page Three Columns by Full Page $400 mierski’s home and busi- ness office, as well as the Half Page Six Columns by Half Page $400 offices of Hennes, Krebs and Sanchez. The raid Full Page Six Columns by Entire Page $500 at City Hall also forced into the open question- able activity involving Quincey. A six month lull ensued, but in De- All rates weekly Black and White in our print edition Color in our cember 2010 then-police chief Steve Adams went on-line version out on stress leave, at Continued on Page 7 Friday, October 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 7

Mendenhall To nent city manager and would be addressed at certification with regard degree in public admin- mierski scandal had yet in an energetic house that time and Dunn, as to the AR-15 entirely Jump Before She istration and was par- to penetrate City Hall. cleaning, laid off or ter- city manager, would in- at their own expense Is Pushed from tially relying on the con- Her husband’s function- minated 26 employees, tervene to alleviate the and on their own time, sideration that Pomierski ing as the highest law page 6 including four depart- conflict. and that the department and the pernicious influ- enforcement officer in ment heads, among them The city had no nep- would not cover the cost which point Menden- ence he represented was the city compounded the the director of the city’s otism policy in place. of their ammunition hall’s husband, Jeff, who no longer present at City impression that the city community development Previously, the city had used in the training and had risen to the rank of Hall. The title of admin- and its officials were not department who had re- faced similar, though not certification, that they captain, was promoted istrative services direc- serious about undoing sponsibility for the city’s identical circumstances. would not be reimbursed to serve as acting police tor was conferred upon the tarnish and discredit land use decisions and In the 1980s, while Frank for their mileage in chief. Simultaneously, her. She was given no that Pomierski had shed planning function that Carpenter was a member achieving recertification Upland was rocked salary increase beyond upon the city. Some citi- had been exploited by of the city council, his and that they would not with a series of revela- the $175,606 she was zens and city employees Pomierski in his shake- wife Dee had been city be paid for the time they tions about the depth of already making, along grumbled about it, but no downs of project and clerk. In the 1990s, while spent attending AR-15 corruption at Upland with $55,624 in benefits. one was willing to speak permit applicants. It was Gail Horton was a mem- classes and the certifica- City Hall. The follow- In September of that openly about it, given the widely anticipated at ber of the city council, tion testing. ing month, the council year, when police chief power the Mendenhall’s that time that Stephanie her husband, John Scan- When the officers placed Robb Quincey on Steve Adams officially shared and the support Mendenhall, given her lon, was fire chief. learned that the sergeant administrative leave. retired after having re- for the arrangement by closeness to Pomierski Resentment over this conducting the training On February 1, 2011, mained on stress leave the city council. and involvement as city incestuous relationship for the department was, Sanchez and Crebs were for ten months, Jeff The Pomierski con- clerk in processing the in Upland simmered per chief Mendenhall’s charged by federal pros- Mendenhall was chosen nection aside, the place- personnel and promo- below the surface for orders, being paid for ecutors with involve- to serve as police chief. ment of the married tional items put forth by more than three years, conducting the classes ment in political corrup- This made the Menden- couple at the top of the Pomierski without full and then erupted into and was being reim- tion in Upland and days halls Upland’s premier pecking order in the City council authorization, the open this summer, bursed for all his inci- later entered sealed plea power couple, as they of Gracious Living re- would also be terminat- putting the Mendenhalls dental expenses, several agreements. In the last monopolized two of the sulted in a professional ed. In an action which and the concentration of of the more vocal mem- week of February, Pom- three most far-reaching conflict that ate at mo- Dunn now acknowl- authority over internal bers of the department ierski resigned as mayor positions in Upland mu- rale in the city. edges as “a mistake,” he municipal administra- began to openly speak and the next week, on nicipal government. At the time Jeff Men- decided to keep Men- tive processes in their about favoritism in the March 3, Pomierski and With Jeff Mendenhall’s denhall was function- denhall in her position hands in sharp relief, to department and what Hennes were indicted base salary and add-ons ing as acting police and as city clerk, he said “be- the embarrassment of they insisted were viola- on extortion and brib- of $229,724 and benefits Stephanie Mendenhall cause I needed someone city officials the poten- tions of the employment ery charges in an alleged totaling $76,898 for a to- was promoted to the po- who knew how things tial legal detriment of the contract the city has scheme to extort money tal compensation pack- sition of administrative were run. A significant city and possible finan- with its police officers and campaign contribu- age of $306,621 annually services director over- number of our staff had cial liability of the city’s through its union, the tions from two business- added to Stephanie’s to- seeing human resources been let go or had left.” taxpayers. Upland Police Officers es seeking city permits tal annual compensation in which she functioned Conscious that her exor- Because of the Upland Association, as well as and other government package of $231,230, as the de facto head of the bitant salary as city clerk Police Department’s use California labor law. approvals. Upland’s taxpayers were city’s personnel division, would be a sore point, of the AR-15, a light- Though the filing of Upland City Hall, paying the couple more there was concern that Dunn in electing to keep weight, intermediate a grievance was dis- which was already in than half of a million this entailed potential le- Mendenhall rearranged cartridge magazine-fed, cussed, ultimately no disarray, was thrown dollars per year for their gal peril for the city and the line of command air cooled rifle, as back- such action was taken into chaos. City officials services. its taxpayers. When Jeff over her so she was now up to its officers’ 9 mil- because the entity with sought to avoid further That circumstance Mendenhall was made answerable to the city limeter or .45 handguns, whom such grievances negative publicity as the was fraught with dif- actual police chief, those manager directly instead the officers are required are lodged would be city council attempted ficulty. Many who were circumstances were ex- of to the city council and to maintain certification Stephanie Mendenhall in to carry on, pinning its troubled by Stephanie acerbated. Essentially, he added to her assign- for the weapon, which her capacity as the head hopes on a series of re- Mendenhall’s advance- filling the administra- ments responsibility for the department has out- of human resources, i.e., form initiatives by Ste- ment under Pomierski tive services/finance/ information technology, fitted its patrol cars with. personnel. phen Dunn, the city’s and the seeming rewards personnel director/city human resources and fi- Traditionally the de- Dissatisfaction over finance director who she reaped by her role in clerk post and the police nance, while having her partment had paid for the matter was so point- had been elevated to act- his domination of mu- chief position, which on retain control of the city the periodic AR-15 use ed that it ranged beyond ing city manager after nicipal procedures saw occasion require some clerk’s office. Dunn was training the officers had the usually tightly-knit Quincey had been put on her continued place- degree of articulation partially relying on the to undergo, provided administrative leave. In ment near the pinnacle with one another and/ consideration that Men- them with the means, May, Quincey was fired. of city operations as a or superintendence of or Continued on Page 9 denhall had in the recent i.e., the ammunition and The following month, sign that full reform in answerability to one an- past obtained a master’s shooting range availabil- Dunn was made perma- the aftermath of the Po- other, with individuals ity, required to complete who were married to one that training, paid its of- another raised the spec- ficers for the time they ter of favoritism or the attended the range cer- possibility that standards tification and the classes that would otherwise related to the AR-15 use, be applied to conduct, and reimbursed them for actions and the review Prudential whatever mileage costs California Realty thereof might be com- they accrued in driv- promised. Richard S. Morda ing to the range and the City officials, how- class. Realtor/DRE License ever, sought to down- This summer, police # 01734177 play such concerns, chief Mendenhall, in indicating that arrange- California Realty keeping with budgetary ment would be permit- 1063 W. Sixth Street restraints imposed on his Suite 101 Ontario CA ted since such conflicts department, informed 91762 Business 909 983 were merely theoretical 9933 Fax 909 984 5664 the officers under his or potential. They sug- Cell 213 713 8849 command that they gested that if such a con- would need to complete E-mail: richardmor- flict were to manifest, it their retraining and re- [email protected] Friday, October 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 8

Lease Of Court- The Barstow Court- courts. Driving distance sisting of 341 square 31, 2019 under the same 30-days’ notice.” house Space To house remains open on from Needles to San feet. The Superior provisions as the current Thompson said the Assessor Signals Tuesdays, Wednesdays Bernardino is 212 miles, Court of California no agreement.” county will pay the Judi- and Thursdays, but only with an average one-way longer has a need for It thus appears that cial Council of Califor- Continuation of traffic cases are heard traveling time of three top county officials do nia $23,568 annually to Realignment from the room but still in- there. hours and nine minutes. curs its pro rata share not anticipate the Big utilize the office space, front page In the years prior to Critics of Slough’s of building expenses for Bear Courthouse being or $1.09 per square foot the May 2014 realign- plan held out hope that reopened for another per month or $4,464 forum for the family law the space. The joint oc- ment, courts in Red- once it was implemented five years. That commit- monthly, which he said cases from nearly all of cupancy agreement pro- lands, Chino, Needles, and the problems with ment is not absolutely is “low-range for com- the county. vides that one party may Twin Peaks in the San it manifested, the plan etched in concrete, how- parable facilities in the The Fontana Court- license to the other party Bernardino Mountains, would be rescinded. De- ever, since, according Big Bear Lake area per house is now the stage any exclusive space. On and in Big Bear were spite the inconvenience to Thompson, “Either supporting lease compa- for all small claims, October 14, 2011, the shuttered. and logistical difficulties party may terminate the rables on file.” landlord tenant disputes county executive officer Many questioned the county’s residents license agreement with and traffic/non-traffic approved a short term the wisdom of Slough’s and their attorneys have infractions from the San month-to-month license transformation of the experienced the past five be taken if there were Bernardino, Fontana and agreement, No. S11-002, county court system and months, it does not ap- no funds to work with. Rancho Cucamonga dis- with the Judicial Council the centralization of civil pear Slough has recon- Siringoringo Dis- The firm typically asked tricts. The lion’s share of California. The origi- courts in downtown San sidered her decision. from front for $3995.00 to initiate of criminal cases from nal term of the license marred Bernardino. At the October 21 page work and would bill cli- Fontana have been trans- was from November 1, Slough, however, said board of supervisors 2011 to October 31, 2014. ents $135.00 each month ferred to Rancho Cu- cated it has received 796 the changes were neces- meeting the board en- The assessor requested thereafter. When em- camonga, with a lesser additional complaints sitated by the state’s re- tered into a lease agree- the real estate services ployees were pressed number of the Fontana regarding alleged mis- duction in funding for ment with the Judicial department negotiate by clients about what criminal cases now conduct by Siringoringo. the court system. Council of California a new five-year license action had been taken, heard in San Bernardino. Those clients may be eli- Far flung San Ber- covering the period from agreement for the con- they would be met with The Victorville gible for reimbursement nardino County, which November 1, 2014 to tinued use of the office claims that the process Courthouse remains a by the State Bar’s Client spans 20,105 square October 31, 2019 for space. 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1125 E California St, Ontario (909) 983-9695 Friday, October 17, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 9 Parents Ask Upland Council To Restore Crossing Guards In Wake Of Child’s Death At the October 27 Jeep Cherokee driven, “We need to protect our safety.” She then remind- meeting for the last two erywhere. Hopefully this Upland City Council police later said, by Ja- children. Everyday thou- ed the city council about years, which he attribut- will wake everybody meeting, a sizeable con- son Fehr, 25 of Rancho sands of our children the upcoming election. ed to malaise on the part up.” tingent of residents, pre- Cucamonga. walk the line of life and “Think about losing of the city council and Billy Velto said he did dominantly concerned Fehr, 25, was arrested death. Think about it your jobs for crossing city management. They, not understand why there parents, turned up to and booked on felony carefully.” guards,” she said. as much as anyone, he were no crossing guards address the city council hit-and-run charges at Melinda Aguirre said, Todd D’Braunstein, said, “failed to act to re- at present, given that on the need for crossing the West Valley Deten- “There are 11,665 stu- a member of the city’s store the crossing guards they had been in place guards in the aftermath tion Center. dents in this school dis- traffic advisory com- to save these kids.” when he was a student a of the death of Isaiah In 2009, the city of trict going without pro- mittee, said that he and Neil Jacoby, a certi- relatively few years ago. Shelton, a sixth-grader at Upland reprioritized its tection every single day his colleagues “respect- fied public accountant Anthony Smith, who Cabrillo Elementary. public safety budget, until we solve this. Please fully” looked for input who rides his bike to in had coached Isaiah in a Young Shelton was eliminating paid cross- honor Isaiah. Let’s pro- from the community on the morning said that youth sports league, en- killed in a hit-and-run ing guards in favor of tect our students. These the issue of improving the traffic on Benson at couraged the council to accident on his way to upping police officer and are your kids, too.” pedestrian safety. that hour of the day is “get out into the commu- school October 23 as he firefighter pay and ben- Christy McKenzie D’Braunstein’s col- heavy and dangerous. nity and meet the kids stepped off the southeast efits. No action to restore said she was “outraged. league on the committee, “This is horrible,” Ja- you are supposed to be curb on Benson Avenue that funding has taken You say you are going Rod McAuliffe, lament- coby said. “The Bonita protecting.” to cross Arrow Highway. place since. to do everything except ed that the commission Unified School District He was struck by a white Maxine O’Neill said, care for our children’s had not held a single has crossing guards ev- Continued on Page 12

poised to consider the the reorganization pro- councilmen Glenn Bo- but were not prepared to the council in December. proposed reorganization posal such that the city zar and Brendan Brandt rush into such a change It was Brandt’s opposi- Mendenhall To of the city’s executive would eliminate the voted against it. They as Stone had suggested tion to Stone’s expanded Leave from page 7 staff, which included the position of administra- approved the reorganiza- on short notice. Both reorganization motion in elimination of an execu- tive services director tion proposal. indicated they see po- September that appeared collection of officers tive assistant in the city altogether. Saying he be- In the ensuing weeks, tential conflicts in hav- to dissuade Bozaer and and spilled over into the manager’s office, filling lieved elimination of the Stephanie Mendenhall’s ing the police chief and Musser from supporting realm of public discus- the vacant position of ac- administrative services grip on the position of administrative services it. sion in September. counting supervisor in position would, ironi- administrative services director positions filled On October 27, in a On September 8 came the finance department cally, help to meet chief director has grown ever by a husband -wife team. memo to Rod Butler, the first indication that and arranging it so that Mendenhall’s call for the more tenuous. Both Bo- Moreover, Brendan who has been function- the city council was the finance manager re- hiring of more police of- zar and Musser, who Brandt, the last remain- ing in the capacity of city ready to act to end the ports directly to the city ficers, Councilman Gino were caught by surprise ing member of Pomier- manager for less than Mendenhalls’ familial manager. Filippi seconded Stone’s by Stone’s September 8 ski’s “Team Upland” rul- two months, Mendenhall monopolization of au- When that item came motion and supported it motion, have indicated ing majority in the first said she would be retir- thority in Upland. At up for a vote, council- with his vote. The mo- they are not averse to decade of this century, that evening’s council woman Debbie Stone tion died, however, when further reorganization is not seeking reelection Continued on Page 11 meeting, the council was made a motion to amend Mayor Ray Musser and of the city’s top echelon, this year and will leave Friday, October 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 10 San Bernardino County Coroner Reports

Coroner case #701408087 On October 30, 2014, at 1100 AM, the California Highway Patrol emergency dispatch received a 911 call reporting a single vehicle accident had occurred on the Interstate 15, north of Alvord Mountain Road in Landers. Upon arrival, California Highway Patrol personnel found that 29 year-old Rosemead resident Xiag-Xu Li had been traveling northbound on the Interstate 15 when for unknown reasons the vehicle went into the center median. As the vehicle entered the center median it began to roll and caught fire when it came to rest. Li and his passenger were pulled from the vehicle by an off-duty Las Vegas Metro Police Officer. Li was pronounced dead on scene by an off-duty registered nurse who was assisting with life saving efforts. The passenger was transported to a medical center for treatment. The California Highway Patrol is investigating this incident. [103114 0732 SY]

Coroner case #701408040 On 10/28/14 at about 5:00 PM the Montclair Police Department received a 911 call reporting a shooting in the 4500 block of Canoga St. Officers and paramedics responded to find a 20 year old male had been shot by unknown suspects. He was pronounced dead at the scene. When positive identifica- tion is completed his name will be released to the public. Montclair Police Department is investigating this incident. [102914 0751 SY]

Coroner case #701408010 On 10/27/2014 at 6:27 PM, a 911 call was received reporting a head on collision between a semi tractor trailer and a passenger car. 75 year-old Kingman, AZ resident Judith Ann Hernandez was the front seat passenger in a 2011 Ford Fusion which was traveling northbound on US Highway 95 S. In Vidal, at 0.2 mile south of mile marker 20, the Ford attempted to pass a northbound tractor trailer and collided with a southbound semi tractor trailer. Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene. The California Highway Patrol is investigating this incident. [102814 1113 SY]

Coroner cse #701407943 On 10/25/2014, at 10:29 AM, the California Highway Patrol emergency dispatch received a 911 call reporting a single vehicle traffic incident had occurred on Mount Baldy Road near Ice House Canyon Road, Mount Baldy. Upon arrival, California Highway Patrol personnel found that a 1995 Chev- rolet pick-up had been travelling southbound on Mount Baldy Road when it left the roadway. The vehicle continued down the mountainside rolling several times. 50 year-old Chino resident Hugh Geyer Hartman was pronounced dead at the scene by San Bernardino County Fire Department personnel. The California Highway Patrol is investigating this incident. [102814 1051 SY]

Coroner case #701407975 On 10/17/14 at 10:07 PM Fontana Police received a 911 call reporting a single vehicle collision on Beech Ave., near Durango Way. Officers and paramedics arrived to find a 1997 Honda Civic had struck a tree. A passenger, 16 year old Fontana resident Jordan Nicholas Nababan, was trans- ported to Arrowhead Regional Hospital where he died on 10/26/14. The Fontana Police Department is investigating the collision.[102814 0921 SY]

Coroner case #701407963 On 10/25/2014, at 8:01 P.M., 7 year-old Victorville resident Seth Wiley was the passenger in a white 1998 Saturn traveling north on Interstate 15 just north of State Route 138 when the Saturn was struck from rear by a black GMC 2500 pick up. Wiley was transported to Desert Valley Hospital (DVH) where he later succumbed to his injuries. The California Highway Patrol is investigating this incident.[102814 0915 SY]

Coroner case #701407897 On 10/23/2014 at approximately 0750 hours, 11 year-old Upland resident Isaiah Shelton was a pedestrian crossing the street at Benson Ave. and Arrow Route, in Upland. Shelton was struck by a vehicle which fled the scene after the collision. Shelton was transported to San Antonio Com- munity Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Upland Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Division is investigating the death. [102414 0742 SY] The Coroner Reports are reproduced in their original format as authored by department personnel.

Frank Guzman Attorney at Law

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(951) 274-9798 (P) 3633 10th Street Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 274-9036 (F) Friday, October 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 11 Subscribe to County Wildlife Corner the Sentinel Never miss an issue. Read it weekly from the Turkey Vultures: Cathartes Aura comfort of your own home. steady in the air. Circling The Turkey Vulture, by bald eagles, great to rid itself of bacteria Ordering your one year email subscription is above treetops and up to Cathartes aura, engages horned owls, raccoons, and bring its tempera- quick and easy. 200 feet high, they are a in what many people oppossums and foxes. ture up from its night master at flying. Turkey Send a check or money order for $30.00 pay- consider to be disgusting Turkey vultures have time almost hypothermic vultures frequently cir- able to the Sentinel, to: 10808 Foothill Blvd., behavior. weak, chicken-like feet, degrees to save energy. cle and gain altitude on Suite 160-446, Rancho Cucamonga, Its name is derived which are suitable for pockets of rising warm CA 91730. Include your name, city of resi- running on the ground dence, phone number and email address. air, or thermals. When but not for grasping and they reach the top of cannot lift or carry food the thermal, they glide with their feet. They can Mendenhall To husband is police chief across the sky at speeds only step on their food Leave from page 9 and she is the adminis- up to 60 miles per hour, to hold it in place while trative services director, gradually losing altitude eating. Without a voice ing as of July 31, 2015. so it is not a direct viola- all the while. When they box, turkey vultures ei- Butler this week told tion of policy.” need to gain more alti- Efficiency a standard, the Sentinel, “She ba- Nevertheless, Butler from the red skin on and unable to sweat, on sically submitted her said, “Always as a city its head and dark body warm days, urinating resignation in a memo manager, I try to be sen- feathers that resemble on its legs cools the vul- to me earlier this week. sitive to situations where a turkey. This carrion ture as the urine evapo- It came as a little bit of there may be an appear- feeder is common to the rates. In addition, this a surprise to me. I am ance of a problem in the United States and seen urine contains strong into week number six organization, which is a in habitat from wood- acids from the vulture’s here.” Butler’s hiring longwinded way of say- lands and farms to the digestive system, which effective September 29 ing I was sensitive to it, desert. Gliding over may kill any bacteria was finalized in August but because it is not a open country, looking that remain on the bird’s and all that month he direct violation of stated for food which it finds by legs from stepping in its had been familiarizing policy it was not some- its scent, it often roosts meal. himself with the city in thing I saw as an issue in flocks, and many birds tude, they locate another Their most disgusting ther hiss or grunt, or preparation for taking on that needed to be acted will converge to feed at a thermal and so begins behavior is vomiting at sometimes growl around the city management as- upon. I can see why carcass. It prefers meat another sequences of will. Usually this is done food, which gives them signment. He said he was people see some sort of to be ripe, making it eas- circling, rising, and then as a means for vultures their only appearance “not aware” of the depth problem there.” gliding. Turkey vultures to off-load some weight of aggression. Though of discontent with Steph- Butler said he under- can cover many miles as predators approach anie Mendenhall’s func- stood the seriousness going from thermal to when the vulture has eat- tion until “the events at of the action relating to thermal without ever the September 8 meet- Pomierski’s usurping needing to flap. ing. I was not on board the authority of the city Twenty-five to 32 yet. I heard reports about council by signing with- inches long, with a it.” out a full council vote wingspan around 6 feet a Butler said he was not documents to up Quinc- healthy adult turkey vul- certain whether Stone’s ey’s compensation and ture can weigh approxi- motion to eliminate then having Stephanie mately 5 to 6 pounds. Nesting on the bare Mendenhall’s position Mendenhall process it in en too much to fly. But ground, in caves, rock the bulk of their food is had motivated her to re- her capacity as city clerk they will also regurgitate outcroppings, hollow carrion, they sometimes sign. “She did not men- “I was aware through ier to strip off the bones, under stress or to keep trees and even empty eat rotten fruit and veg- tion that in her corre- media coverage of the and for the bare head anything threatening at buildings, these avians etables, stranded mus- spondence to me,” Butler several increases made to be bacteria free after bay. Also semi-digested have few predators. Ex- sels, shrimp and fish, and said. “I suppose that’s a to Mr. Quincey’s con- engorging on a bloody food can be offered up cept man, golden eagles even coyotes and sea lion possibility. You would tract and that several of mess. to a predator as an easy and large mamals that feces. need to get comment those appeared to have Soaring birds hold meal instead of attacking may take adavantage Standing in a spread from her on that.” been done without votes their wings above their the intended vulture! of their presence on the wing pose, the turkey The Sentinel’s efforts by the city council. I back in a shallow V ground, their eggs or vulture warms and dries to reach Stephanie Men- did not know Stepha- called a dihedral and nestlings can be taken itself in the morning sun denhall, by means of nie Mendenhall’s role in rock side to side as if un- messages left at each of signing those documents the phones at her three as a witness or being in- the city of Bell clean- to maintain the trust desks at City Hall as well volved in the creation up action. I am trying of the city’s residents. Chino Chiropractic Office her cell phone, were un- of those documents. to be sensitive to ethics “As we look to replace successful. Now that I have come laws and to make sure Stephanie next year, we Dr. Dean Kerr As to whether Men- on board, I am certainly our officials and staff are are going to be looking Palmer Chiropractor denhall and her husband trying to create a situa- aware of those laws and for professionals in the or the city in general had tion where there are poli- regulations. We are do- city clerk’s role, man- engaged in any impro- cies that deal with direct ing things that prevent agement, administration prieties by having them conflicts or violations of conflicts in those areas.” and human resources Phone: 909 627-3633 serve in their conflicting ethics laws, including the Those he will hire to who are familiar with Pager: 909 464-7246 capacities, Butler said, reforms that have come take over Mendenhall’s those regulations and “I think that would de- into place after the city various roles when she have worked in an envi- pend on what the city’s of Bell scandals. Those leaves, Butler said, will ronment where there has Serving the entire Chino Valley nepotism policy is. The salary increases that be called upon to do a been an emphasis on eth- city has no comprehen- happened without coun- better job than she did ics and helping officials sive nepotism policy. cil votes were a problem. under Pomierski and to follow the law regard- The only prohibition is That situation involved be mindful of the legal ing conflicts of interest, against individuals who actions that are much and ethical rules city financial conflicts, that 13039 Seventh Street are spouses being in the more clearly a violation staff and elected officials whole realm of law,” Chino, CA 91710 same department. Her than they were before must adhere to in order Butler said. Friday, October 31, 2014 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 12 California Style Accessories And The Blouse By Grace Bernal the classic white blouse has been revived, it has become the staple ac- cessory of the season. It It’s been a sad week comes preferably in silk, in the fashion world due along with some lace and to the passing of Os- car de la Renta , but he would love for the show to go on. With that said, autumn is in full bloom

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