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2003B Bond Requisitions

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The City of Beaumont Received $800,000 for TUMF, a Fire Station, and Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades 2003B Area 17A Tournament Hills $10,930,000 T … more

2003A Bond Requisitions

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Half of $21 Million Bond Accounted for: $4 Million to Water District to pay Mitigation Fees, $3.6 Million to Sewer Fund. CFD 93-1 2003A AREAS 9, 10, 1 … more

2002 A Bond Requisitions

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com $94,224 Transferred to City for “TUMF-CFD & Non-CFD TUMF” 2002 Requisition Highlights : $2,400 paid to William Aylward for “Administrative Costs” … more

Water District Meeting With City Regarding Sewer Plant

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The Meeting will be Held at the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District Board Room on Monday, November 30, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Notice and Agenda of a Joint … more

2000A Bond Requisitions

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Park West Landscaping: $121,513.15 for Oak Valley Greens 2000A Bond was $14,725,000 with liens attached to Development Areas 3, 11, and 14. $1/2 Milli … more

City Used Bond Money to Attack Private Sector

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com In 2004 the City Paid $3,400 for ‘Hypothetical Conditions’ Targeting Bingham and Corbett Properties from 2003A Bond Accounts. The City of Beaumont upl … more

1994 Bond Requisitions

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Requisitions Prove that the Beaumont Misappropriated Mello Roos Funds and City Employees Paid their Own Companies. 1994 AB HIGHLIGHTS: February 18, 19 … more

Arbitrage Services Paid to GGMS

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Bond Requisitions Reveal that the City Paid GGMS for Arbitrage Services Arbitrage Services Paid to GGMS A Beaumont Special Council Meeting held Septem … more

The Night the Circus Came to Town – How did Knight and Pinkney know all those people were there to Oppose the Initiative?

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont City Council Meeting Transcript November 17, 2015 3:00 Mayor Brenda Knight asks Mike Taylor of Pardee Homes leads the Pledge of Allegiance 5: … more

Debt Watch Compares California Mello Roos Bond Debt

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Riverside County has more Mello Roos Bond Debt than other County in the State. Mello Roos Bond Debt Overview Debt Watch Compares California Mello Roos … more

New Debt Watch Website Unveiled by State Treasurer

State Treasurer John Chiang unveiled a new open data website today, providing important details about $1.5 trillion in debt issued by state and local government entities as part of his ongoing efforts … more

Proposal to limit building permits draws mostly oppposition

By: Craig Shultz | Original Article at pe.com In 2000, Beaumont had a population of 11,000, a count that had hardly changed over the previous decade. But by 2005 it had reached 20,000. The population … more

Agenda Item 4.b. TITLE 22 UV VALIDATION WWTP $73,214

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Invoices for parts BILLED to the City, but SHIPPED to Utah, Hawaii, and Canada. Throughout the Summer and Fall of 2014 we listed to Kyle Warsinski sta … more

Beaumont’s Financial Fiasco

By: Elaine Morgan | Original Article at patch.com The Beaumont City Council has made, and continues to make, great strides in getting to the bottom of our financial issues. Misinformation continues to … more

Council Agenda November 17, 2015

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont Council Agenda November 17, 2015 4.a. Planning Commission Appointment – jason Rearick residing in Area 8 Sundance 4.b. Title 22 UV Validation … more

Beaumont audits foreshadowed drama

By: Cassie MacDuff | Original Article at pe.com Beaumont’s fiscal debacle illustrates the danger of elected city councils overly trusting appointed city managers and rubber-stamping what the managers … more

Area 7D Charged Services and Facility Tax without Bond

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Area 7D makes the 5th Development Area that is being charged Mello Roos Taxes without Bond Debt On May 20, 2014 Council passed Agenda Item 7.c. Public … more

Mello Roos Scam Listed by WRCOG & State Controller

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The WRCOG Judgment and the State Controller’s Office Report both reference the Mello Roos fraud perpetrated against property owners that have purchase … more

Beaumont’s fiscal controls still poor

Editorial | Original Article at pe.com In a new review, California Controller Betty Y. Yee found Beaumont’s administrative and internal accounting controls contained “weaknesses” and “numerous deficie … more

Potrero $13 Million Taxpayer Scam

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The City of Beaumont has spent $13 Million under the guise of ‘Potrero’. Most of the $13 Million was paid to Urban Logic Consultants and Natures Image … more