With all respect due Charles Dickens, I have heisted his title for this column. I recently returned to Solana Beach (our home for ten years). Usually I am happy to go there to see old friends and star … more

Amazing as it seems; by a 4/1 vote the City of Beaumont has Approved more Bond Debt and more houses to be built in Fairway Canyon, Area 19B, the Development Area that is 15 minutes from Fire and Safet … more

Beaumont is stepping up its efforts to investigate how bond proceeds were used in the past. Rocked by a raid of City Hall last year by the FBI and the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, and … more

There used to be a joke in the Pass Area that the City of Beaumont couldn’t get worse representation than the Law Firm of Aklufi/Wysocki, but the joke isn’t funny any more. John Pinkney, from the Law … more

Union Bank has provided financial documents to Beaumont a week after being subpoenaed by the city, according to city attorney John Pinkney. The subpoenas, approved by the Beaumont City Council on Marc … more

Beaumont city officials have agreed to authorize the city attorney to issue legislative subpoenas in the city’s quest to trace how bond money was spent. The City Council on Tuesday, March 15, voted 5- … more

he City of Beaumont made a big production of issuing a legislative subpoena to compel union bank to release their records. The fantasy story was that Union Bank does not use computers, all of their do … more

No one has operated Beaumont’s Sewer Plant except Urban Logic since 1993. The City was supposed to replace Utility Partners, which morphed from Urban Logic Services, in May, 2015, but the Bid disappea … more

At the February 22, 2016 Beaumont “CFD 101” Workshop I submitted a Public Records Request for the amount of money Beaumont City Councilman Authorized for the (2) Lawyers and three (3) Consultants to s … more

Union Bank of California has provided the city of Beaumont access to financial records needed to determine how former city officials spent hundreds of million of dollars in city bond funds. On March 1 … more

On March 4, 2016 the City of Beaumont released a Bid proposal naming Elizabeth Gibbs-Urtiaga as ‘Director of Development Services’, a title invented by former City Manager Kapanicas for Kyle Warsinski … more

Have You Ever Heard of a Bank that Allows Outsiders Access to their Computers ? Union Bank was issued a Legislative Subpoena from the City of Beaumont to produce all of the City’s Bond Fund Accounts a … more

The Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District Board has unanimously approved Will Serve Letters for 981 houses in Heartland, Area 5. In 2003, when Beaumont had a population of 15,000, Heartland was grante … more

Last week, the city of Beaumont issued a legislative subpoena to Union Bank of California as part of an ongoing investigation on how millions of dollars in bond funds have been used. While the city ha … more

On March 8, 2016 the Headhunter Agency hired to find a City Manager for Beaumont met with Citizens to get input. The ‘Citizens’ consisted of Judy Bingham and Dr. Ball. The Agency stated that they expe … more

Libi Uremovic P.O. Box 2894 Rancho Cordova, CA 95741 (702) 503-2022 li**@li********.net March 8, 2016 IRS – Department of Treasury 501 W. Ocean Blvd. 2nd Floor Long Beach, CA 90802 Internal Revenue Se … more

Municipal Bond Funds must be spent within three (3) years of acquisition. One of the many problems with Beaumont’s bonds is that money was requisitioned from the Bond Fund Accounts long after the thre … more

Municipal Bonds, like any other loan, must have collateral to secure the loan. Beaumont’s Sewer Bonds were secured with promises of Sewer Fees collected. For the rest of the Bonds Beaumont used the Ap … more

Beaumont Standing Financial Committee Agenda Monday, March 7, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. Regular Meeting: Public Comments II. Resignation of Rebecca Carr III. Seat Sean Balingit to replace Carr IV. Discussion … more

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA Beaumont City Council Closed Session (5:00 p.m.) Beaumont Finance Authority Beaumont Utility Authority Beaumont Conservation Authority Beaumont Successor Agency (Formerly RDA) P … more