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Synthetic Drug Sweep in Rialto

25 Aug 2013 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in City of Rialto, Flores Park, Inland Empire, Nieghborhood Watch, Public Safety, Rialto, Rialto, Rialto Police Department, SCAT, Shawn O'Connell, Street Crime Attack Team, SWAT, Uncategorized

We have received reports that Rialto Police Department SCAT team conducted a sweep of local businesses known to sell synthetic drugs like SPICE & BATHSALTS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mil_VdTabk Cpl. Nelson Rialto PD gives overview of what spice is.

A Press Release from Rialto Police Department has now come out.

What we do know that we can release is this week at Eisenhower High School a package of the Synthetic Form of Marijuana called SPICE was found in a classroom. Pictured below is the brand of Synthetic Marijuana that was found this week in a classroom on the campus of Eisenhower High School. The three businesses that were found in possession of the banned substance for sale all were right next to Eisenhower High School. There have been talks in the community that banning these types of stores within a comfortable radius of our schools.

Found in a Eisenhower classroom this week

Last year a young male almost went into cardiac arrest after consuming the Synthetic Marijuana on campus. If not for the quick response of his teacher and campus security the outcome would have had a horrible ending.

School officials and staff have yet to comment on this issue for the drug being found once again on their campus.

Issues over Rialto City Attorney Contract

24 Aug 2013 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in American Water, Barbara A. McGee, Budget, Ca, city attorney, City of Rialto, Currupt, Deborah Robertson, Ed palmer, Inland Empire, Jimmy Gutierrez, Joe Baca Jr, Mike Story, Rialto, Rialto, Shawn O'Connell, Uncategorized, Water, wwwstoprialtowaterratehikes.com Tags: government

Jimmy Gutierrez is our current city attorney in the city of Rialto. According to reports from City Hall he has operated over the last 5 years on a $600,000 a year for his base salary. What is worse is he nickel and dimes the city for every little thing he does raising the rate we pay him every year more and more.

This year with some fresh blood in the council many contracts have come under review and put back out to bid. The thought process according to Mike Story is to make sure we are getting the best bang for our buck. The city of Rialto has made changes to many contracts saving the city and the community thousands of dollars. From the contract security services, to street sweeping and technology services the fat is being cut and the city is looking to streamline services. City attorney Jimmy Gutierrez’s contract ended in June 2013. So what do we do?

Under the guise of cutting fat city council formed a committee to look at ways of reducing attorney costs for Rialto. What the Sub committee came up with was a temporary extension of City Attorney services with Jimmy Gutierrez. This was done so that the city could develop an RFP and bid out services for Attorney costs for the city. Another task was writing Jimmy Gutierrez’s extension while reducing costs. City staff reported as well as Councilwoman Lynn Hirtz over the phone that it was difficult to get Jimmy Gutierrez to make concessions on his pay to help the city further save money. It wasn’t until right before the July 23rd Council meeting that Jimmy Gutierrez reluctantly agreed to a compensation adjustment.

Joe Baca Jr. said at the July 23rd council meeting that the communities biggest issue was with the city attorney is the cost. Is that really the greatest concern of the community? I remember most recently that Jimmy Gutierrez along with City Clerk McGee gave city council direction to ignore the fact that the Rialto residents received enough signatures to remove the toxic water deal that is already hurting Rialto residents. Or how about the Super Wal-Mart that is set to increase crime and create more business blight that our city can’t or refuses to take action on. Councilman Baca seems to miss the fact that it appears our attorney has been doing his best to rip off the community under the guise of business as usual. Jimmy Gutierrez has also been arrested in suspicion of driving under the influence and was allowed to plead no contest and avoid any real consequences. Also lets not forget Jimmy Gutierrez is also the city attorney for 3 other cites.

We had the opportunity to speak with some of the players involved in this meeting:

I reached out to City Administrator Mike Story and asked who wrote this contract? It was developed by Councilman Joe Baca Jr. & Lynn Hirtz who are the subcommittee of the council looking at the contract along with Jimmy Gutierrez. So Jimmy Gutierrez and the subcommittee wrote it? Jimmy Gutierrez prepared the contract at the direction of the subcommittee. After several attempts by the subcommittee to get Jimmy Gutierrez to make their recommended changes including a reduction in fees, the subcommittee directed me (Mike Story) to make the changes they requested.

I reached out to Lynn Hirtz and she said that she only voted for the temporary contract with Jimmy Gutierrez because she felt obligated to. Councilwoman Hirtz stated over the phone that she felt obligated to vote with Councilman Joe Baca Jr. in reference to an amendment that was brought up by Councilman O’connell. Councilman O’connell brought up a very important “what if” Jimmy Gutierrez does go over the 160 hour limit each month. So mayor Deborah Robertson made a amendment that if Jimmy Gutierrez does go over the 160 limit anything over that would have to be approved by the council PRIOR to going over the limit. So due to the fact that the subcommittee that she was a part of brought this forward Lynn Hirtz & Joe Baca Jr moved and seconded the motion. She never thought of a situation where Jimmy Gutierrez would go over the 160 hours he was allotted by the temporary extension so she wasn’t sure why it was even an issue. Lynn Hirtz said she wasn’t a fan of the extension but went along with Joe Baca Jr. who was the biggest proponent of the city attorney extension. Lynn Hirtz also commented that Jimmy Gutierrez was upset that he would no longer be able to “ITEMIZE” for extra costs the gimmick he has exploited to bump up his compensation over the years.

Shawn O’Connell said July 23rd meeting I approved the contract the way it was written was never vetted by an attorney I instructed our city attorney to spend no more than 160 hours. This contract offers no way to control his ability to charge more and put the citizens at further liability which was what I was trying to convey on July 23rd. Mayor Robertson’s motion which I voted for instructed Jimmy Gutierrez to inform Mike Story before he went over the allotted 160 hours, My fear is this isn’t the way its going to work out.

The second issue is with the time line for releasing the RFP and beginning to look for other options for our city attorney. The proposed timeline for releasing the RFP begins releasing on October 1st. Mayor Pro-tem Ed Palmer asked why were we waiting until the bitter end to release the RFP. Mayor Pro-Tem said that if we run into issues like we did with security contract where there is a bump in the road. The issues was with the original RFP release schedule it would leave us without attorney services the first 14 days of January. Joe Baca Jr. refuses to look at the fact that Jimmy Gutierrez is out as our city attorney. Councilman O’Connell & Mayor Pro-Tem Palmer want to keep us from keeping someone on as our attorney that will act as a disgruntle employee.

What was most frustrating was that even though Lynn Hirtz saw an issue with the late releasing of the RFP she voted for it out of pressure to do so by Mayor Robertson & Councilman Baca Jr. because she was on the subcommittee. When I asked her over the phone about it she said she wanted to vote with Councilman O’Connell and Mayor Pro-Tem Palmer but she felt obligated to vote with her subcommittee co-member. I asked her if she thought Jimmy Gutierrez was going to mail it in these last months and try and collect as much money as possible. She said she never thought about that but since I brought it up she was so worried I was right and she may have made a poor decision.

I spoke to Councilman O’Connell prior to posting this story. Councilman O’Connell stated that the city attorney has yet to sign this contract offering the council and COMMUNITY the unique opportunity to revisit the contract and make the appropriate changes. The ACTIONABLE item is TAB 6 on the upcoming council meeting this Augsut 27th meeting at 6 pm.

So the question is do you agree with Councilman Joe Baca Jr. is the amount of the contract the ONLY issue you have with the city attorney contract? If it is do you believe that Jimmy Gutierrez waiting until the last moment to reluctantly agree to a reduction in fees then not sign the contract after a month does that sound like someone that is willing to work on price? Why does Councilman Joe Baca Jr. appear to run to Jimmy Gutierrez’s defense at every turn? What does that relationship pay the Baca family back? Where is the value for such a vigorous defense? Councilman O’Connell is right we have a unique opportunity here.

Watch the council meeting for yourself these tab items are at the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9QcQ26VvwQ

Jimmy Gutierrez can charge $225 an hour for attorney services and $75 an hour for paralegal services.

Relay For Life Rialto

24 Aug 2013 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in Uncategorized Tags: eisenhower high school

Going on right now until 9 am Sunday 24 straight hours

Relay for Life of Rialto

Relay for Life of Rialto

Eisenhower High School

August 24-25, 2013

9:00 AM Saturday – 9:00 AM Sunday

Imagine a World with more BIRTHDAYS!

Survivor Registration Opens: 7:00 AM

Survivor Ceremony: 9:00 AM

Luminaria Ceremony: 8:00 PM

Closing Fight Back! Ceremony: 8:00 AM

For more information, please contact Delynda Kobbe, Event Chair (909) 816-3364, relaykobbe@sbcglobal.net

To Form a Team: Kathleen Holm-Team Development Chair (909) 644-1902, kiholm@dslextreme.com

For cancer information, please call the 24-hour hotline: 1-800-ACS-2345.

Road Rage Turns Deadly

15 Aug 2013 3 Comments

by rialto-now in Ca, City of Rialto, Crime, Inland Empire, paramedic ambulances, Public Safety, Rialto, Rialto, Rialto Fire, Rialto Police Department, SB Sun

RIALTO — A man and woman were killed and two children were seriously injured early Thursday in a car crash police allege was due to road rage.

Rialto police say Yvette Pulido, 31, of Fontana got into a dispute with another driver at Cactus Avenue and the 210 Freeway at 12:16 a.m. That dispute continued southbound until the drivers reached the railroad tracks when a train was coming through, said Rialto police Capt. Randy DeAnda.

“The victim tried to flip a U-turn and (Pulido) intentionally collided into them,” DeAnda said.

Pulido then sped away and lost control on Cactus, sliding nearly 300 feet into a tree. The impact knocked out a large hole in the block wall behind the tree.

Pulido’s fiance, Martin Serrano, 32, of Bloomington was thrown from the car. He and Pulido were pronounced dead at the scene.

Rialto firefighters worked frantically to rescue Pulido’s 1 and 6-year-old sons, who became pinned in the back seat.

“We had to take off the whole roof and we had to move the front seat back to the front to access the kids in the back,” said Rialto firefighter paramedic Matt Payne.

Police said it appeared Pulido was trying to make a left turn onto Alru Street when she lost control. DeAnda estimated she was driving at least 80 mph.

“She was going way too fast,” DeAnda said.

The 6-year-old boy suffered broken legs in the crash and the 1-year-old received cuts and scratches.

“It’s a miracle that those children survived the crash,” DeAnda said. “The 1-year-old should have been in a child seat. He had just a seat belt on.”

Maryann Pabon and other neighbors gathered near the crash scene after San Bernardino County coroner’s personnel picked up Pulido and Serrano.

She said she heard the crash from her house nearby.

“We just heard a bang,” she said. “What really made me know something was wrong was my dog and my neighbor’s dog started going crazy with the sirens.”

Robert Hernandez, a friend of Serrano and Pulido, said the couple had been heading home, but didn’t know where they were coming from.

“They were going to get married and asked me to be the best man,” he said.

They had been engaged three months. Thursday was Pulido’s birthday.

He described Serrano as a hard worker who loaded and unloaded trucks for Kuehne and Nagel in Rialto. He got the job through an Ontario employment agency where Hernandez works.

Pulido was a homemaker.

“She was a beautiful person,” Hernandez said.

Story provided by SB Sun Newspaper at the following link http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20130815/rialto-road-rage-crash-kills-2-updated

Coffee with the Chief Re-Cap

15 Aug 2013 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in Andy Carrizales, beautification comittee, Ca, City of Rialto, Coffee Nutz, Crime, davidsMarketing, Edgar Montes, Flores Park, Flores Park Neighborhood Watch, Inland Empire, Nieghborhood Watch, Poor, Public Safety, Rialto, Rialto, Rialto Parks, Rialto Police Department, rialto unified school district, RUSD, SCAT, Street Crime Attack Team, SWAT, Uncategorized, youth Tags: current-events, politics

With yet another coffee with the chief coming and going I thought it would be nice to highlight what was talked about at the August meeting at Coffee Nutz.

Twenty four people attended the event and we had people from all walks of life and various organizations that serve various purposes for the community.

In attendance (of note) were Linda Chapman Humans Relations Commission, Michael Townsend from the Department of Mental Health, Phyllis and John Hangman from Friends of the Rialto K-9’s, Joe Britt Park and Rec commissioner, Andy Carzales Rialto Beatification Commission. As well as Captain Randy Deanda and Chief Farrar from Rialto PD & two raido personalities from Q104.7 were doing a live remote in the parking lot and decided to join us.

Chief Farrar began by thanking everyone for coming. He then began talking about the extreme success of Rialto’s National Night Out event on August sixth. Chief Farrar stated they had just over five thousand people come out to this years event two thousand more than last year. He commented on how well the event went and that it was the best National Night Out event the city or county had ever put on. He said there was room for improvement but that overall the event was top notch. The highlight was for the people who hung around to see the police helicopter lift off from the event. Chief Farrar asked the people in attendance what they thought could be improved for next years event.

The next topic of conversation were the upcoming Area Command meetings. These meetings offer the community, city and police department a opportunity to connect and dialogue. Various city departments come out and give you the information you need to easily live here in the city. For info on the meeting dates, times and locations just look for the link on the right hand side of our page.

The topic of the AB 109 Early Release program came up due to the courts ordering Governor Brown to release another ten thousand inmates. Chief Farrar told the community that Rialto PD has been working to stay one step ahead of the criminals. These ways include an full time probation officer that works at Rialto PD, using electronic advances to track criminals, applying for more grants and working with other local agencies.

The last topic spoke to who our Police Chief really is it spoke to his heart. Chief Farrar spoke about a strong passion to reach our youth. Not just the good kids that have normal nuclear families that don’t have negative contact with the police but all youth especially the under privileged youth that shy away from telling police officials their true fears and concerns. This desire chief Farrar has isn’t a fishing expedition to lock up more criminals but a true heart felt desire to show the entire community that his department truly cares. What was awesome is everyone there bought right in and began talking out the idea of how to involve our youth. This is where Annette Pulido the promotions person from Q104.7 spoke up and offered to assist the city and police department with this and other outreach opportunities.

One thing that is missing is a constant presence by School District Official. Every single meeting there are constant questions about our children’s safety. This is just an observation by me but it seems Rialto Unified really doesn’t care how we feel about school safety or our children’s safety. It is sad because Edgar Montes has attended a few times but beyond that nobody. Rialto Unified has a School Safety Department and their office can’t send down one official to listen and log the long list of issues the community has with school safety.

Here is what else is awesome when I brought up the response some of our readers had to the time of the meetings and how morning meeting during the week excludes a portion of the community. Chief Farrar said lets make it happen so all you that commented on the time of the meetings here you go.

There is a lot going on in Rialto and everyone is working hard towards making this a community to be proud of. But it takes everyone working towards the same goal. So ask yourself what are you doing to help make this city a better place and can you do more?

Coffee with the Chief of Rialto Police Department

11 Aug 2013 2 Comments

by rialto-now in Andy Carrizales, Ca, City of Rialto, City View Taxi, Crime, davidsMarketing, Flores Park, Flores Park Neighborhood Watch, Inland Empire, Nieghborhood Watch, Public Safety, Rialto, Rialto, Rialto Parks, Rialto Police Department, SCAT, youth

Coffee with the Chief is this coming Tuesday at Coffee Nutz. Come out and hear what our police have been up to, ask questions from Rialto’s Top Cops as well as meet other people in the community committed to safety for everyone.

From the Murder of a Father in Flores Park to a Family shooting at Trapp Elementary School

Chief Farrar normally is joined by other members of the command staff.

With the recent major crimes that have accorded in our city it is important to show up and take advantage of this opportunity. Bring the kids and enjoy coffee & information coloring books and comic books supplied by IEHP will be available to keep the little ones busy.

https://www.facebook.com/RialtoNow

Coffee Nutz is located on Foothill just East of Riverside Ave. Owner Andy Carzaeles is a strong community advocate and supports a strong line of communication between the community and police. Andy opens up his restaurant and offers excellent service from his friendly staff.

Come out and get informed. Bring the kids we will have FREE goodies to keep them busy.

Coffee Nutz Location

National Night Out in Rialto

29 Jul 2013 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in and the unincorporated communities of Bloomington and Muscoy, Budget, Ca, City of Rialto, Colton, Crime, davidsMarketing, Ed palmer, Flores Park, Flores Park Neighborhood Watch, Fontana, Food Trucks, Grand Terrace, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Davids-Marketing/156816741049580, IE Gourmet Food Trucks, Inland Empire, Keith Kahn, Nieghborhood Watch, Public Safety, Rialto, Rialto, Rialto Fire, Rialto Parks, Rialto Police Department, RUSD, San Bernardino, SCAT, Shawn O'Connell, SWAT, youth

National Night Out is a nation wide program co-sponsored by Target in where neighborhood watch groups come together one night a year with Target representatives, police, fire, school and city officials, to celebrate the concerted effort in fighting crime throughout the year.

Flyer from city website www.rialtoca.gov

Flyer from city website http://www.rialtoca.gov

This is National Night Outs 30th year in operation. National Night Out is the communities response to crime and crime prevention. Rialto is celebrating it’s 13th year is holding this event. It is Rialto Police Departments goal to make this a great event. This year Rialto has pulled out all the stops and created an event like no other. This years event will include:

Rides in police cars

Target Kidz Fun Zone

Home Depot Grow and Build Workshop

Seven Exciting food trucks

over 50 vendors

Video Game Truck

Jumpers

Police Vrs Fire Chili Cook Off

K9 & SWAT Demonstrations

Fly in of Rialto PD’s Helicopter

And More…………..

https://www.facebook.com/events/367102560079899/

We will have the following food trucks:

Grilled Cheese Truck: http://www.thegrilledcheesetruck.com

MeSoHungry Truck: mesohungrytruck.com

Tornado Potato Truck: http://www.mytornadopotato.com

Rolling Sushi Van: rollingsushivan.com

Suite 106 Cupcakery: www.suite106cupcakery.com

Mustache Mikes Truck: mustachemikes.com

Sweet Shop: http://www.thesweetstops.com

National Night Out is a wonderful opportunity for our community to promote police-community partnerships, crime prevention, and neighborhood camaraderie. It represents the kind of spirit, energy, and determination that is helping make our neighborhoods safer places throughout the year. It is a night to celebrate safety and crime prevention success and to expand and strengthen our commitment throughout the year.

America’s Night Out Against Crime. Free Admission. This event takes place Tuesday, August 6 from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the City Civic Center, Willow Ave. / Palm Ave., between 1st Street and Rialto Ave.

For more information, please contact Corporal Nelson at (909) 820-2515.

Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/nationalnightout2013rialto

Join our event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/367102560079899/

Missing Fontana Man Found Dead in Rialto Park

27 Jul 2013 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in Ca, City of Rialto, Crime, Flores Park, Fontana, Inland Empire, Public Safety, Rialto, Rialto Fire, Rialto Parks, Rialto Police Department

Alejandro Padilla, 40, was found dead inside the vehicle. we were on scene before any of the news outlets. We have been contacted by ABC 7 for the release of use of these images.

Alejandro Padilla, 40, was found dead inside the vehicle at flores park

Flores Park along with other parks has become a summer spot for drug dealers, illicit sex and wayward teens but a murdered body in a burning car? As you can see Rialto Fire and Police were working to extinguish the flames but according to Police Officials the body appeared to be dead prior to the car being lit on fire.

Here is an upclose image of the fire we posted on our twitter page www.twitter.com/rialtosnow

Here is an upclose image of the fire we posted on our twitter page http://www.twitter.com/rialtosnow

It’s unclear why the criminals chose to dump the victim here in a park nestled in a community right next to a elementary school. Some are speculating that the victim may have prior ties to the area and this was done to send a message. Reports from police officials are that the victim recently moved in with his brother.Anyone with information was asked to contact Fontana police at (909) 350-7700.

ABC 7 Interviwed a couple that said that the car was seen in the park an hour after he disapeared.

What’s going on at City Hall?

23 Jul 2013 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in Uncategorized Tags: current-events, government, politics

The city council meeting on July 9th was full of happiness, turmoil, confusion & accusations. No one was silent this time everyone had a bone to pick or a issue to iron out.

What we know is that there were a couple of HOT BUTTON issues on tap that night. It began with two consent calendar items. One was to move the public comment section from the end of the meeting to the beginning. This drew little controversy but did raise questions on what was the thought process. This item was placed by Councilman Joe Baca Jr. and he said his reasons for the change was to allow the citizens the ability to voice their concerns without having to sit through an entire meeting especially when they went long.

People had concerns with this move because many times the subject matter of a community members statement could change after hearing the way our elected officials act in the course of the meeting. Mr. Baca said he didn’t see any reason to not allow someone to defer to the end of the meeting if they so choose and this move in no way would eliminate the communities’ ability to comment on separate TAB items. This was only affecting the public comment section when you are speaking on an item not on the AGENDA.

Mr Joe Baca Jr. did a excellent job explaining his move and people were allowed to come up and speak their issue on the Consent Calendar item.

The other Consent Calendar item that was of contention was Mayor Deborah Robertson’s move to REDUCE the time you could speak from five minutes to three minutes. We covered this on our last post and you guys responded in a big way and you were heard. The problem was Mayor Robertson pulled this item at the last minute. This move didn’t allow the public the ability to speak on the issue.

I found the move by Mayor Robertson to be damaging to her ability to gain the public’s trust. Joe Baca Jr. was simply moving forward on a issue that multiple council members had spoke openly about. After we wrote about this issue a couple weeks ago a firestorm of comments proceeded. None in support of the Mayors idea that APPEARED to be a move to silence the community. The statement she found most damming confused me. It wasn’t people calling for a do over, it wasn’t accusations that our elected officials over the years have overlooked the decline Rialto has gone thru. She was most upset over the accusation that Ed Scott the contender she beat out for the job of mayor said that she was mirroring a move done by John Longville when he was mayor of Rialto. Ed Scott simply said that Longville ran her campaign and implyed that he was advising the mayor on these types of matters.

Joe Baca Jr made it very clear that he had nothing to do with the time limit restrictions and didn’t agree with the move at all. Mayor Robertson never gave a clear answer to why she had this placed on the consent calendar by denied it had anything to do with silencing the public. What she did next made that statement appear false.

Four people singed up to speak on the consent calendar. Richard Royce, Terry Thompson, June Hayes and David Phillips prior to coming up we were informed we could only speak on the Public Comment item and not on the time limit issue because it was pulled from consideration. Richard Royce deferred his comments, Terry Thompson spoke and seemed thrown because he probably was expecting to speak on both issues, June Hayes & David Phillips both spoke and were not at all happy that they were being silenced. Then council began speaking about the time limit issue and June Hayes taught me a valuable lesson. That opened the door for our comment to be heard and we were allowed to re approach the dais and address council on this issue.

What was eye opening was the breach of the Brown Act. The Brown Act covers meetings of public bodies must be “open and public,” actions may not be secret, and action taken in violation of open meetings laws may be voided. (§§ 54953(a), 54953(c), 54960.1(d))

What was done in reference to this action was Mayor Robertson tried to POLL the council? You see the Brown Act has rules where more than two council members cannot discuss matters concerning the public good except at an open meeting attended by the public. What Mayor Robertson did and this is from her own lips was have the City Administrator ask each members opinion on this issue and the City Administrator actually admitted that he did just that. Mayor Robertson moved forward with this action because she received word from the City Administrator that there were no objections. She didn’t entertain pulling the item until YOU the COMMUNITY blasted social media and sent emails and made calls sending a clear message that this move had ZERO support in the community.

This is the second time Mayor Robertson has directed city staff to do something that was against the proper decorum of an elected official. Where is the investigation? What is our city attorney being paid $600,000 a year to do if he isn’t looking into this?

What do you think, should our city be allowed to run like this? Comment here or go to www.facebook.com/rialtonow and join the conversation.

Public Comment time reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes

09 Jul 2013 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in Currupt, Deborah Robertson, Rialto

Item on Tuesdays Consent Calendar in the city of Rialto. Mayor Deborah Robertson wants to limit the amount of time you are allowed to speak. Read the item from the Agenda below.

E.8 Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 6302 to Provide Three Minutes for Oral Communications.

What do you think? Should the Mayor be allowed to silence the people?

We placed this question on our facebook page and the comments came pouring in. The interesting part is that it doesn’t matter if your a Deborah Robertson supporter or not no one thinks its ok to limit public speech.

Here are some of the comments:

Jeanne – No not at all….. What’s her reasoning for doing so. Sounds like she is up to her old self…serving herself. For those that can’t show, have residents write their council to say no on her wanting to shorten the minutes to talk. Shawn is only one of the council that serve the city, so we need to write every one of them. I wrote both my hub and i. As my husband said three min is nothing. He feels her intention to shorten min is not just to silence the people. but to hurry the council meeting up. She likes the title of Mayor, but don’t want put the time in to hear the people.

Ed – This is totally wrong on the City’s part while the Mayor can put what ever she wants to on the agenda there are 4 other votes. It seems like the City has gone backward not forward. I urge residents to show up and fight this move.

Matt – Wow, more of the same old politics. Apparently the Mayor thinks that citizens need only a few minutes of speaking time? Maybe they need to limit her speaking time and up hear listening time. Another political who THINKS she’s the queen and the citizens are her subjects. Vote it down.

Lynn – they only want to hear themselves and do things that only benefit themselves. What have they done for the people, really. Rialto is no better and is just getting worse. Look at Foothill Blvd, it looks horrible with all the empty buildings and trash all over the place.

Paul – Too much government not enough FREEDOM!!!

Diaz – It’s freedom of speech, not freedom of speech for 3 minutes! Vote No!

Ken – I think Robertson is getting too full of herself. She is just like the old mayor when it comes to responding to our concerns….She doesn’t!!! There is already to little time to speak now. Let’s limit the council’s reports to 1 minute since they do so little to report on. Is it too late to change my vote??

Fred – Policy at the Councils I attend as a citizen are 3 minutes per person… so I take friends and they give me their minutes when I need more time!

Join us in fighting this abuse of power by showing up Tuesday July 9th at 6:00pm at city hall. Fill out a request to speak form and voice your concerns to our council on this dangerous abuse of power. If you can’t attend the meeting call and email our elected leaders.