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Pardee Homes Charged $340,857.42 Mello Roos Taxes for Empty Lots in Area 8E

Beaumont is Charging Mello Roos Taxes on the Same Lots that Pardee Homes is Suing the City for Not Getting Mello Roos Bonds. In 2015 the Beaumont City Council ‘Approved’ Mello Roos Bond Debt for Parde … more

Nationwide Search to Find Another Corrupt City Manager

“Parton is for Anything the Developers and Builders Want and a Master at Massaging Budgets and Statistics.” The Beaumont City Council announced that a Nation-wide search was conducted and 42 Applicant … more

Press Release: Beaumont’s New City Manager

Hand Picked by City Attorney Pinkney; Todd Parton has Zero Knowledge or Experience in California State Laws. Posted on: September 16, 2016 Beaumont City Council Will Consider Appointing New City Manag … more

Beaumont corruption case: Who will manage defendants’ assets?

The judge overseeing the complex felony corruption case involving former Beaumont city officials appointed a receiver to manage the frozen assets of four of seven defendants in a court hearing Friday. … more

Council Agenda September 20, 2016

Appointment of Todd Parton from Texas as Beaumont City Manager Item 01 – Appointment of Todd Parton as City Manager for the City of Beaumont tem 02 – Appointment to Board of Administrative Appeals Ite … more

Karee Keyser Signs as Beaumont Finance Director

Melana Taylor Signed as ‘Finance Staff’ and Customer Service Coordinator Karee Keyser Signed City Document as Finance Director. When the City transferred the Mello Roos Bond Principle and Interest Pay … more

LAFCO Continues Potrero Interchange Warehouse Annexation to November 10, 2016

The Provisional Plan Submitted Contains Virtually the Same Information, Some of it based on 2006 Municipal Services Review. LAFCO Continues Warehouse Annexation to November 10 From the LAFCO Staff Rep … more

Hidden Canyon Letter to the Editor

Written by Geoffrey Wilson, Reprinted from the Record Gazette. To the Editor, Last Tuesday I attended the Beaumont City Council meeting where a massive warehouse project of 2.8 million square feet cal … more

Water Board Grants Will-Serve Letters and 30 Day Extension for Pardee Homes

Pardee Homes received another 30 day extension because Pardee Homes’ Lawyer, Michael Tidus from the Law Office of Jackson Tidus faxed a few hours before the Meeting. The Board agreed to Continue Item … more

Brenda Knight Flashback: False Police Report

On June 10, 2014, Beaumont Mayor Brenda Knight Filed an Appeal on the TUMF Judgement and Filed a False Police Report Against Judy Bingham. On June 10, 2014, was the day that the Western Riverside Coun … more

Union Bank Still Bond Trustee

Bonds Were to be Transferred to Wilmington Trust in June. What Happened? On June 21, 2016 the Beaumont City Council Approved changing Bond Trustee from Union Bank to Wilmington Trust: http://www.ci.be … more

Beaumont Cherry-Valley Water District Meeting Tonight – September 14, 2016

BEAUMONT-CHERRY VALLEY WATER DISTRICT AGENDA REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 560 Magnolia Avenue, Beaumont, CA 92223 Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 Regular Session 7:00 p.m. Agenda Item 5. … more

Beaumont Police Department Targeting Antique Row Businesses

I received ANOTHER phone call this morning from a Small Business Owner located in Antique Row on 6th street. Once again the Police are targeting the Small Businesses in the first three blocks of 6th s … more

Beaumont Special Fund Balances

Mike Busch Never Presented the Special Fund Balances to Council, Nor has Council Asked for the Balances. Richard Warne: “I’m going to be upfront with you; because we have this Deficit, the way the Cit … more

Asset Coverage Certificate

An Asset Coverage Test Determines a Company’s Ability to Cover Debt Obligations with its Assets after ALL LIABILITIES have been Satisfied. John Knox, from the Law Firm of Orrick Herrington, was paid $ … more

Are Beaumont residents overtaxed for public works projects?

Just a few blocks from Ron Roy’s Beaumont home, heavy machinery last week moved earth for a new phase of the Fairway Canyon development. The houses about to go up may be similar to those already part … more

Stockton and San Bernardino Named Worst Cities to Start Business in America

Urban Futures and Bob Deis took Cali Cities from Troubled to Destroyed, So Who Called Them into Beaumont ? Once considered the nicest Cities in America; a new pole lists Stockton as the #1 worst place … more

Beaumont Can Not Back Up Potrero Interchange Lies

Multiple Statements were Made to Push the Potrero Interchange. Now City Can’t Produce any Documentation to Validate Statements. On August 16, 2016, the Beaumont City Council approved continuing with t … more

Ernie Egger Invoiced from Mark Thomas in October 2015

http://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/ernie-egger-invoiced-mark-thomas-october-2015 Judy Bingham picked up the Mark Thomas Invoices that were paid on August 16, 2016. Turns out that the Invoice … more

Purchase of Land for Potrero Interchange $1 Million Value

Agenda Item 18. Approval to Purchase Land that LAFCO Refuses to Annex Into City Limits. Agenda Item 18: Purchase of Property from ASM Beaumont Investors LLC:http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/D… Beaumont … more