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Beaumont Electric: The Early Years 2000 – 2008

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Jim & Stacy Love Have Financial Amnesia, but BCRG has Documented Every Transaction for the Past 15 Years. TIME LINE FOR CITY OF BEAUMONT PARTNERSH … more

The Night of “I Don’t Remember”

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Profiteers Could Not Remember With Whom They Made the Dirty Deals. Last night’s Beaumont City Council Meeting turned into a parade of of victims that … more

Beaumont’s First Bond Followed State Law Requiring Actual Property Owners’ Vote

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The first bond the City of Beaumont acquired for housing developments was the 1994 Series A at $7,535,000 and Series B at $2,755,000; for a total of $ … more

Mello Roos Special Taxes – City Can Only Charge Special Taxes to Cover Yearly Interest and Premium Payments

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Property Taxes in California are capped at 1%. If local agencies have assessed Special Taxes to cover Bond Debt the additional property taxes must be … more

Burning Taxpayer Money

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont City Manager and Councilman Orozco Invite Everyone To Ride the Bus to Walmart With Them Pass Transit ride-along with Councilmember Mark Orozc … more

Murky Money Situation

Written by Geoffrey Wilson, Reprinted from the Record Gazette | Original Article at patch.com To the Editor, So Mayor Brenda Knight is pleased that some people called on her to keep the “free” concert … more

Beaumont Calls the Yucaipa Valley Water District to Discuss Sewage

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Today at the Watermaster Board Meeting I spoke to Joe Zoba, the General Manager of the Yucaipa Valley Water District, regarding Councilman Lloyd White … more

TFG Prepaid Credit Cards – Mostly to Police Department

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The City of Beaumont has released the long sought Invoices from the TFG Prepaid Credit Card. Citizens have been outraged since the Prepaid Card first … more

Leadership Cited in Report on Practices

By: Craig Shultz | Original Article at pe.com Auditing firm hired by city to probe internal practices presents final report on spending and accounting to City Council. A lack of leadership in manageme … more

Beaumont’s ‘Regional Approach’ to Sewage

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont’s August 4, 2015 Council Agenda contained Item 4.e: Award Contact for a Salt Disposal Feasibility Study. This is to comply with State Water Q … more

City Attorneys Con Beaumont Council

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont City Attorneys use Distraction and Phony Threat of Lawsuit to Gain Approval of Pardee Bond Debt and Mitigation Fee Reimbursement. On July 21, … more

Pardee Claims State Laws Followed, City Claims No Such Documents Exist

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont Must Produce Documents or Admit Pardee Lied and Violates State Law Pardee Claims State Laws Follows, City Claims No Such Documents Exist At t … more

Beaumont Chamber Wants $34,000 in Government Subsidies

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The City of Beaumont Can Not Afford to Sponsor the Chamber of Commerce Parties Beaumont Agenda Item 4.a is a letter dated January 26th from the Beaumo … more

Is Kenny Rogers the Last to Serenade Beaumont?

By: Bob Pratte | Original Article at pe.com Estimates of 15,000-fan audiences for the biggest acts during Beaumont’s 10 summers of free concerts may be high, but I do believe there were more than 7,00 … more

Chamber Wants $5,000 Month Contract; Urban Logic Wants 5xs More for Contract

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont City Council Agenda August 4, 2015 Beaumont City Council Agenda August 4, 2015: http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/DocumentCenter/Home/Index/33 Ite … more

Special Session: What did We Learn? – “The City hasn’t been living within its means.”

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com GENERAL FUND BANK ACCOUNT OVERDRAWN: Busch: “Everyone in the room is probably familiar with the City’s Financials; there’s a negative cash in the Gene … more

Urban Logic Referenced 6 Times by Urban Futures

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com “But what’s Critical in those Contracts is that the Profit Motive of those Vendors does not get in the way of the City’s Interest.” Urban Logic Refere … more

County Retains 75% of Annexed Land’s 1% Property Tax Revenue

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com “Riverside County retains a significant part of that property tax (75%) even when the property is developed later on.” County Retains 75% of Annexed L … more

Report Offers First Hard Look Into City’s Finances

By: Richard Montenegro Brown | Original Article at pe.com Consultants are managing other consultants; accounting methods and cost justifications are unlike most other municipalities; and officials hav … more

Beaumont’s $2.3 Million Cost Allocation Not Believable

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com “There’s a ‘reasonable test’ and some ‘standard best practices’ we can use for overhead.” The City is allowed to charge a fund for the cost of process … more