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Happy New Year

‘Readers Speak Out!’ is your chance to sound off on ongoing community and political issues around the Antelope Valley that have not been covered by The AV Times.

We only ask that you refrain from using obscenities or racial slurs, from engaging in personal attacks on other commenters (name-calling) and from knowingly posting false information.

Additionally, comments made solely to point out someone’s grammar or spelling errors will be removed, and so will blanket condemnations of entire races, ethnicities, religious groups, etc.

What are your New Year’s resolutions?

Let your voice be heard… Speak Out!

 

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295 comments for "Readers Speak Out!"

  2. @Jamie, Phil and others. During the war in Bosnia in the 1990s, soldiers would rape women from other side and keep them captive, forcing them to term. They were apparently ‘PRO-LIFE’. How are you different in wanting to force women ‘to term’ with an unwanted pregnancy?

    “Many reports stated that the perpetrators said they were ordered to rape. Others said that the aim was to ensure the victims and their families would never return to the area. Perpetrators told the female victims that they would bear children of the perpetrator’s ethnicity. That they would become pregnant and then be held in custody until it was too late to get an abortion. Victims were threatened that if they told anyone they would be hunted down and killed” from Wikipedia.

    See. How was their ‘forcing pregnancy to term’ any different than the right wing extremists in this country? I wanna hear you rationalize that.

    And, don’t give me the rape/incest exceptions because some legislators want to ban abortion in all cases. Remember the jerk, Rep. Todd Akin (R) MIssouri, that talked about ‘legitimate rape’? He was a pro-life right wing nutjob. If abortion is murder, then it’s murder in all cases.

    So, give it a rest, Jamie, Phil and others. It’s not your body nor your decision to make. You’ve got enough problems with your own lives. Stay out of others lives.

    • Wow! Sunday evening, beautiful weather, and you’re cramped up by your computer typing away on your pro-abortion rants. Good for you big guy! Nice tie-in with your history lesson also. We get it, I’ve seen your comments littered all over this site, and it doesn’t seem anyone will change their views. It seems you literally think that someone will stumble upon your triumphant rhetoric and say to themselves: “Whoa! This William guy is awesome, I think I will change all my views now!” Oh, and did you list Wikipedia as a source? Hmmmmm… I’m not doubting you’re an articulate person, but have some integrity buddy. Why don’t you Google some late-term abortion photos while eating your cheerios, I’m sure that’ll give you some great fuel for your next rant. Actually, what am I saying!? Get the photos from Wikipedia!

      • @Wow! What are you doing cramped up on your computer late Sunday night, Mr. Hypocrite?

        You really didn’t address the substance of my comment because you’re not so bright, I guess, and you just ranted.

        For this purpose, Wikipedia sufficed as I recalled those reports in the media back in the 1990s and wanted to confirm them.

        Then, Mr. Hypocrite, YOU suggested that I use Wikipedia to view photos.

        1. Abortion is legal in this country.

        2. If your objections are ‘faith-based’, we don’t legislate regilious dogma in the United States (or we shouldn’t).

        3. Are you a woman’s health expert or a doctor or what? Yet you want to force you amateur opinion on others, y’know, women who have to make that decision.

        4. I’ve worked in hospitals and have seen many types of surgeries up close and they are ugly and bloody. So? They are between the patient and the doctor and NOT YOU, Mr. Hypocrite. We have to stand behind the line at the pharmacy to protect patient privacy but you want to invade a woman’s most intimate privacy with your authoritarian mentality.

        BTW I had a great dinner at BJ’S Brewhouse and Restaurant at the Antelope Valley Mall earlier this evening and enjoyed the sunny weather while you were probably drinking. How’s that for ‘articulate’? I write these while watching teevee most times. It doesn’t take all my attention to reply to people like you.

        Nice try, though. But, you get an ‘F’ for going off topic which was ‘forcing pregnancies to term’ against the will of the women as was done during the war in Bosnia. Those soldiers were no worse than right wing nutjob legislators that want to use laws to ‘hold women captive’ when they are pregnant, forcing them to carry their pregnancies to term. Discuss that.

        Move to Texas. They’ve all but shut down every Planned Parenthood facility there and now women are going to Mexico for abortions or to buy drugs to induce them with some tragic results. But, you know best.

        And, then, there’s Hobby Lobby which while wanting exceptions for certain contraceptives in their employees health care plans based on their religious beliefs and took their case to the Supreme Court, they were simultaneously investing the company’s retirement funds with companies that make those very same contraceptives and drugs used in abortions.

        See, they are hypocrites just like you and so many others. They are no better than those soldiers in Bosnia when it comes to treating women.

        Aren’t you glad you replied to my comment, Mr. Hypocrite? You really need to get out more and pay attention to the issues more broadly than your current ‘tunnel vision’ would suggest.

        Now drink. I anxiously await your thoughtful reply, if that’s possible for you.

        • @Wow!
          I forgot to ask you if Texas should imprison pregnant women so they can’t go to Mexico for abortions instead of having safe ones at the now closed Planned Parenthood facilities in the state.

          Of course, they’ve gone crazy in Texas but they are aligned with your views, so……………………………….

          We can draw a conclusion from that.

          Do you ever think things through before you comment?

        • @William
          My comment, I’ll admit, was rude and immature. To be truthful, some of your comments seem harshly rude at times as well. That being said, I sincerely apologize. The Cheerios comment I made was very distasteful. Now, to clear up some things: I rarely drink, and last night wasn’t a ‘drunken rant’ (I admit it seemed like it). It was just an ill-willed comment that is regrettable.
          I noticed you made several assumptions concerning my views on abortion. Yet, I never really truly stated my views. The comment was pertaining to you ‘kicking a dead horse’. Looking back, who am I to judge what the dead horse is? It just seemed like you were either venting, or trying (in vein, I thought) to convert others to pro-choice. Now, Wikipedia? Well, I’ll admit: I was just being mean-spirited. Ok! Now on to the subject at hand.

          Truthfully, I actually agree with SOME things you say. I’m a bit of a hybrid when it comes to abortion. My initial reaction to abortion is that it’s wrong. The thought of a human life being terminated is hard for me to grasp. (On a side note: I would like to hear your thoughts considering charges of double murder or manslaughter, when a pregnant woman is murdered, or killed in an auto accident. How does that compare to an abortion? I’m not asking in a critical tone, just curious. ) However, I’ll admit that I lean towards the pro-choice side. It’s hard to justify direct government involvement in this matter. You make a valid point, considering illegal abortions. Whether we like it or not, If abortions were made illegal, then the black market would be flooded with ‘back door abortions’.
          One of my concerns is abortions being used as birth control. Please understand, I’m not saying that all abortions are in this context. Teens having sex, knowing in the back of their minds that if there is a pregnancy, that the clinic is right around the corner–that is a problem. Today’s pop culture is unrelentlesy revolved around sex. My point being, I’d like to see an emphasis on education and opportunity. Parents need to pull the plug on MTV and get involved! Here’s an interesting factoid, according to the CDC, Black women were 3.7 times more likely to have an abortion in 2010 than non-Hispanic white women. That figure is alarming. Just like poverty, could it be attributed to lack of education and opportunity? Do I think abortions should be outlawed? No. But, are we as a society doing our part to avoid the scenario where abortion is deemed necessary? No. I would love to have an open discussion on this matter William. However, I just don’t want to get into a battle of harsh name calling.

          • @Wow! I really appreciate your apology and your willingness to discuss the issue in a new light.

            My main point was that in the modern age, it is hard to accept the government forcing women to carry to term against their will whether it’s ‘sanitized’ by passing laws forcing them or whether it’s barbaric soldiers forcing them. It still mistreats women either way. Forcing a woman to carry to term against her will or even when her own health and well-being is at risk is just as horrible whoever makes her do it.

            Much of the pro-life view is faith based and we aren’t supposed to legislate religious dogma in this country, however noble it sounds.

            Yet, there are those in and out of government who want to do just that. Even though abortion was made legal after Roe v Wade, there has been a persistent effort to reverse that. It’s interesting that the woman in that case later changed her mind and became pro-life which unwittingly undermined her new positon. She ‘chose’ to have an abortion when she wanted it and then ‘chose’ a pro-life position later. That’s called ‘choice’. She only wants ‘choice’ for herself but not others. I think it was Bristol Palin who, when she got pregnant without being married, said she ‘chose’ to have the baby. That, too, is pro-choice, yet she and others can’t see that. Amazing. Pro-choice isn’t always ‘choosing’ an abortion by its very definition. Always choosing an abortion would not be a choice. So, people who say ‘pro-abortion’ aren’t being honest.

            It has become a hot button political issue for the right and it’s simply outrageous to hear ignorant legislators talk about ‘legitimate rape’ or ‘women’s libidos’ and making other uninformed statements. Apparently, Rush LImbaugh thinks that women have to take the ‘pill’ each time they have sex as he trashed Sandra Fluke for advocating for contraceptives for college women. These mostly ignorant men who aren’t experts in women’s health want to legislate their beliefs, yes their beliefs, and force them on women. That is unacceptable in my opinion. Some extremists kill abortion doctors with the silent blessing of those who should know better.

            Plus, we’ve heard of staunch pro-life men who we discover have had their wives or girlfriends have abortions adding a layer of hypocrisy on top of a controversial issue. I mentioned the case before the Supreme Court with Hobby Lobby and their blatant hypocrisy.

            I sometimes wonder if the vigorous assault on Roe v Wade exacerbates the problem of unwanted pregnancies followed by abortions. Some of the same pro-life people want to restrict contraceptives and/or sex education. Then, these same people on the right want to cut school lunch programs and health care for children and the poor (women included) making not having an abortion an even more difficult burden on a young woman and children. That is so outrageous on its face and yet we have to debate it with silly, ignorant people in elected office.

            So, that is why I jumped all over you and I apologize as well. I’ve just had it with those that I’ve described above and have a zero tolerance for their ignorance and drive to dominate women in that way.

            I’m always fascinated by extremists on the right who are so absolutely certain about their ‘beliefs’ when the nature of ‘belief’ is that it’s unprovable. Yet, they challange that which is provable and based on science. Seems totally backward.

            In earlier times, they put a scarlet letter on women for ‘adultery’. Nowadays, some want to do the same only for ‘abortion’. Imagine going to a clinic while people are protesting and shouting at you as you enter to have a procedure that was the result of rape or incest and is a difficult decion to have to make. It’s not a cosmetic procedure.

            I heard someone recently describe how Iran encouraged women to have babies back during its war with Iraq so as to have a large military in the future. Once the war was over, the religious leaders said that there was nothing in the Koran prohibiting women from using contraceptives. The population leveled off and it turns out that there are more women in college in Iran than men. Plus, couples have to have a class on having children and what it costs to raise and educate them before they can marry. Women who are educated in Iran put off having children till they are older which is a smart form of birth control. Iran? Of all places. Funny how we are both uninformed about Iran and we continue on our own destructive path regarding such issues. We spend too much time fighting among ourselves and the rest of the world will leave us behind someday. That stuff about Iran, I’m just recalling from memory and it was only a week or so ago that I heard that and can’t remember the guy’s name.

            So, the most intelligent thing is to focus on educating young women especially poor and minority women. Are we doing that? Or what?

            As for the Cheerios comment, normal live births are messy to watch while eating breakfast too. Then, there’s a a Caesarian section. Or a breech birth. Or triplets. Or, wait for it, an episiotomy. I’ll just have coffee, thank you.

  3. 1. Lust
    2. Gluttony
    3. Greed
    4. Sloth
    5. Wrath
    6. Envy
    7. Pride

    Yup, count ’em. That’s seven.

    Now, how many do you think Rex has committed…………………today?

  4. Front page of the Valley Press says a Chic Fil A is coming to the Antelope Valley Mall area along with other new businesses.

    I recall people here a while back hoping one would go to the BLVD. Fat chance, that.

    Krispy Kreme is coming back too after a spell in the corporate wilderness. A Sears Outlet and more.

    Apparently, Palmdale attracts investment while Rex gets rid of businesses, i.e. Smart n Final, Fresca II, Starwoods, K-Mart, Home Town Buffet and BYD is on shakey ground before it even started.

    I bet Rex ‘krapped’ his pants when he saw the the Press today.

    Meanwhile, a custard shop is opening on the BLVD.

    It just seems that the gap in retail/shopping/dining is growing ever wider between Lancaster and Palmdale. Be sure and tip your server and thank Rex Parris for stumbling out of the gate…..face first…..again.

    Like I’ve said before, the money new Lancaster homeowners will save from solar roof panels will be spent in Palmdale. Thanks, Rex.

      • Yeah, Palmdale can have Chik-Fil-A. And every other new place that comes up here. Watch the line of cars as they beline to Palmdale. Shoot, if Lancaster could get a Chik-Fil-A Rex would declare a holiday and throw a parade. But, hey, we are getting a custard shop.

        • I think the ‘Sour Grapes’ belongs to the person you replied to. Or, maybe she should be called ‘Green With Envy’.

          Remember to vote Tuesday.

  5. For your enjoyment.

    INTERESTING WORD GAME
    Did you know that the words “race car” spelled backwards still spells “race car”?

    And that “eat” is the only word that, if you take the first letter and move it to the last, spells its own past tense, “ate”? And that “strengths” is the longest English word with only one vowel?

    And that if you rearrange the letters in “Tea Party Republicans,” and add just a few more letters, it spells: “Shut the hell up you pathetic, progress-blocking, benefit-grabbing, obstructionist, out-of-the-closet-racist, resource-sucking, anti-tax, homophobic, violent hypocrites and mindless non-compromising unrealistic fools; and deal with the fact that you’ve nearly wrecked the country and that our president is black, so get over it.”

    Isn’t that interesting?

    • William- What an asinine post. Most of those who align themselves with the Tea Party want the government to stop meddling in people’s lives. They don’t care about your asexual preference, religion, ethnicity, race etc. They do want to limit taxation (Taxed Enough Already) so you are right on that one, and only, point.
      You’ve bought into the liberal media stereotype hook, line and sinker.

      • Yeah, right, had it up to HERE. The tea party gave rise to the term ‘astroturf’ because it’s been funded by some rich guys that are using you for their own purposes while you think it’s ‘grass roots’.

        The tea people have screwed the Congress so bad that’s it’s worst Congress in forever.

        Keep the government out of peoples’ lives??? You mean like the ‘vaginal probe’ governor or other instrusions into the lives of women? Do you speak out against those attempts?

        And, your candidates? Dear God. Where do you find them? What asylum?

        Yeah, spend the rest of your life fussing about taxes and then you die.

        • For the sake of conversation, when you say “speak out,” what exactly does that pertain? Writing your congressman? Picketing? Crying? Squealing? So if someone isn’t in sync with your views, they should ‘speak out’ against any shortcomings of their side of the aisle? Lets not forget, both sides have several examples of hypocrisy, and your immature rhetoric is actually a great example. I sure hope you’re doing your share of ‘speaking out’…

          • I am. You just replied to my comment, silly.

            Plus, you make a big, fat mistake.

            The 2 political parties are not symmetrical in their faults. The tea party republicans have kicked moderate republicans to the curb and mostly what’s left is the right wing nutjobs. An endless source of entertainment, damage and damage control.

            It’s the tea people who want less goverment intrusion while they belong to the party that wants to intrude on women’s health and other issues that’s none of their business. Plus, they want to suppress votes cause they can’t win otherwise. It’s not just ‘shortcomings’ like your dishoneslty pretending, it’s their intention to intrude on personal and private behavior.

            So, for whatshisface to state that the tea people or tea baggers as they originally called themselves are just concerned about tax relief is a BIG FAT LIE.

            You know it. I know it. But, he doesn’t seem to.

          • Reptilians run the government. The Republican/Democrat party is just theater to distract you from who is really in charge. One of their main underground bases is near Edwards. William is one of their PR officers.

          • @Eric
            ‘Reptilians run the government”???

            And, here I thought cats were the apex of evolution.

            And, so do they.

        • And William spelled backwards with a few letters added spells “out of touch with reality”. Progressives like to profess their love of “womens’ rights” and they love the idea of abortion, in which half the lives ended are womens’. Gotta love these low-level thinkers.

          • “…love low-level thinkers.”

            Well. Phil, I guess I love you and didn’t even know it. I guess you’re into forced vaginal probes as well, smart guy, as you wandered sideways from the topic.

            The topic was that tea people want less taxation, supposedly, while they are legislating voter suppression, forced vaginal ultrasounds, closing Planned Parenthood facilities and generally being the worst possibity elected officials among other things.

            Progressives don’t ‘love’ the idea of abortion as you mistakenly wrote. You just make **** up, don’t you? They want women. in consultation with their doctors, to be the ones deciding, not you or the government. But, the tea people want the government to ‘intrude’ into their personal, private decisions which makes them hypocrites.

          • Pro Choice is Not Pro Abortion. I am so tired of hearing that twisted logic. Pro choice means women have the option if they need it. It’s nobody’s business why a woman ends up at that decision, especially not some politician a thousand miles away who is totally clueless. Abortion is a Private Issue between a woman and her family and her doctor and does not even belong in the political arena. STOP STOP STOP this misinformation that we are in favor of abortion. Nobody wants an abortion, nobody makes that decision cavalierly. Leaving it legal prevents women from dying from botched illegal abortions, which happened regularly before Roe v Wade. If there’s plenty of family planning available, there are less abortions. It’s reality, like it or not. I, thank God, have never been in a situation where I had to make such a tormenting decision, but it is Not Our Place To Judge these people. It’s a medical procedure and a privacy issue. Leave it ALONE!!!

          • Yeah right, Lancaster Lady- A “private decision” that doesn’t involve the person who is at the center of the situation. I bet you you are all for animal rights, and at the same time don’t care about the rights of the kid.

          • @Jamie and others.

            Abortion is LEGAL. Now ponder that for a moment until it sinks in.

            As for those who object to paying for abortions other than they are LEGAL, there’s the Hyde Amendment.

            “First passed by Congress in 1976, the Hyde Amendment ensures that abortion is not covered in the comprehensive health care services provided by the federal government through Medicaid. Congress has made some exceptions to the funding ban, which have varied over the years. At present, the federal Medicaid program mandates abortion funding in cases of rape or incest, as well as when a pregnant woman’s life is endangered.”

            Do we all get to decide where each of our tax dollars go? I don’t want MY tax dollars to pave the street in front of Eric’s house. Let him do it. See how that works.

        • William – I am whatsHERface and have not had my rights intruded on in any way shape or form by any Tea Party member. Please give examples of what you’re referring to so I can understand. If you’re going to bring up birth control or abortion let me stop you there. If you want the government out of your bedroom tax payers should not have to pay for what goes on in there. I don’t want to be forced to pay for abortions, legal or not, through taxes.
          Suppressing votes? Would you be referring to requiring ID to vote? Why is that so wrong?
          No, taxes are not my only concern but my taxes are currently being spent on many things I disagree with so why would I want to give the government more of my hard earned money?
          If you want to talk about intruded on how about my 1st, 2nd and 4th amendment rights?
          Yeah, I’m one of those gun wackos too.

          • You are wasting time trying to argue with this guy. Take a look at this handiwork all over this webpage. Another police state supporter who is guided by the need to “protect” those who can’t “protect themselves”. The 1st and 2nd amendments are a threat to his ideology. As far as the 4th, that one has been gone for a long time ma’am.

          • @Whatshisface
            I thought I told you to wait in the car. Apparently, you aren’t well-informed and need to be brought up to speed and I don’t feel like it right now.

            I’ll catch you later.

  6. Might want to check this out, especially Lancaster drivers

    http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2014/03/31/bicyclists-rally-support-for-law-that-would-punish-bad-drivers

    “Too many Californians have been injured on our streets or are mourning the death of a loved one due to distracted or negligent motorists. Protecting all people who ride bikes, walk, run, ride horses, scooter, skateboard, and work on California streets is vital to make California a better place to live.”

    Please, I know most of you will comment something bad, but please spend some time to think about another persons life, not all people who ride bicycles disobey the law,,

  7. The update on the Lancaster City Council meeting this week (March 25) and previous meetings did not mention that I got up 6 times on the 25th to speak against or about various items on the agenda. Cap N Lancaster should be a little more factual in his/her reporting of the meetings. There were 5 city council candidates present at the meeting: Crist, Smith, Mejia, Paul, and me. Smith muttered a few words, Crist ran the meeting cause the Mayor was gone, and Paul gave his end of the meeting commentary. I appreciate the fact that Crist gave me me extra time to speak on 2 agenda items because they were lengthy. If you want to be on the city council, you should attend city council meetings and discuss the issues with them. If you cannot find time to attend meetings as a candidate or a citizen, will you be at the them when you are elected?

    • Perhaps instead of criticizing his coverage, the city should do a better job of transparently displaying what happened in the meetings. Some of us have work schedules that don’t coincide with council meetings, the fact that our information is being drawn from a concerned citizen isn’t helping.

    • I appreciate your opinion Mr. Rives and thank you for being at every meeting and speaking up about the issues.
      I do not attend the meetings and since the AUDIO IS SO TERRIBLE, I don’t even watch them on the local channel.

    • Well at least they let you get up and talk. At the last planning commission meeting the bailiff (?) took two of my speaker cards ( thought he was being nice) but when items came up and they said ” no speaker cards” (after they saw him take them from me earlier in the meeting) and I stood up and asked where my cards went and why I was not allowed to speak on land use issues, I was told to sit down and be quiet or I would be escorted out and arrested. When asked why, what had I done wrong ( and by the way the only other person there to speak) I was told to get my things and leave immediately and the sheriff came over and practically pushed me out after about 10 minutes and council deciding to take a break until I left) and yes the police were called and yes they were going to arrest me. Maybe because at last meeting i Discussed land use issues as well as human rights violations amongst other things. At the last Architectural design and planning commission meeting I also called out the commission on the activities they were engaged in asking for an investigation into their activities. When i showed up at their next meeting , they did not. They have not had a meeting since. Seems ALOT of their meeting are cancelled. Is this permitted for a commission or committee or is that a stupid question?

  8. ATTEN HUN! CAP’N LANCASTER HERE WITH YOUR LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL UPDATE.

    WELL, WELL, WELL. HERE WE ARE JUST ONE COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THE BIG ELECTION IN APRIL. STILL CAN’T FIGGER OUT WHY WE HAVE OUR ELECTION IN APRIL AND WHY WE DON’T HAVE SOME OUTSIDE AGENCY OVERSEE OUR BALLOT COUNTING. BY HOLDING THE ELECTION ON ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER AND HAVING AND INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE AGENCY LIKE THE COUNTY OVERSEE THE BALLOTS, IT WOULD REMOVE ANY POSSIBILITY OF CORRUPTION AND INCREASE TURNOUT. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT CORRUPTION WOULD NEVER HAPPEN HERE IN OUR BELOVED LANCASTER, DON’T WE?

    EVEN DESPITE THE FACT THAT MAYOR REX WAS NOT AT THE MEETING, THERE WAS A STRANGE DARK CLOUD OVER THE MEETING TONIGHT. METHINKS IT ON ACCOUNT OF ALL THE BACKLASH FROM THAT BUTT WHOOPIN OLE REX GOT FROM THAT CHANNEL 9 NEWS STORY LAST NIGHT. WOWIE ZOWIE BABY! DID OUR MAYOR LOOK LIKE A RACIST FOOL OR WHAT? THERE’S AN OLD LAW OF HOLES THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN BASIC TRAINING. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A HOLE, STOP DIGGING! LOOKS LIKE OLE REXIE DIDN’T LEARN MUCH FROM HIS MILITARY TRAINING. OH, WHAT’S THAT? REXIE HAS NO MILITARY TRAINING? MAYBE THAT’S WHY WE NEVER SEE HIM ‘ROUND OUR VALLEY’S MILITARY AND VETERANS EVENTS. ANYWAYS, JOHNATHAN ERVIN LOOKED COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED WHILE REXIE GOT SO RED YOU’DA THUNK YOUR TELEVISION SET WAS GOING HAYWIRE WITH THE COLOR BALANCE. EVEN A BLIND MAN COULDA SEEN THROUGH REXIES BLANTANT MOVES OF BEING FILMED BELOW A PHOTO OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FELLER AND WALKING DOWN HIS HALLWAY WITH HIS AFRICAN AMERICAN STAFFER. WHAT A CROCK.

    IN A CHANGE OF EVENTS—NOT!—THE SELF CONGRATULATORY BLOVATING WAS IN FULL MODE DURING THE MEETING. LANCASTER TOOK CREDIT FOR THE AIRSHOW WHICH COMES AS NO SURPRISE. MARV WAS MARVELING AT HOW THE SHERIFFS FIT 100,000 PEOPLE INTO 10,000 SPOTS. BEING AN OLE FIREGUY, MARVIE SHOULD KNOW A LITTLE SUMPTHIN ABOUT OCCUPANCY LIMITS. BUT HEY, HE DID LOSE HIS CLEARANCE AT PLANT 42. MAYBE IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH COUNTING.
    THE MUCH BALLEYHOOED (BY REX ANYWAY) UNVEILING OF THE ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY WAS ANNOUCED. IT WILL BE PLACED AT MOAH, WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GO EACH WEEK AND THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY IS ASTRONOMICAL. BARF! THE CLAIM WAS THAT THIS STORAGE SYSTEM WOULD SAVE ABOUT $3500 A YEAR AND NOT COST THE TAXPAYER A DIME BECAUSE IT WAS FUNDED BY A CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION GRANT. EARTH TO LANCASTER! EARTH TO LANCASTER! WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION GETS ITS MONEY FROM? THE TAXPAYER!!!!!! THESE “FISCAL CONSERVATIVE” WHO RUN OUR CITY CONTINUE TO AMAZE ME. THEY LOVE THEM THERE SUB-SIDIES. ONLY IN LANCASTER IS IT FISCALLY PRUDENT TO SPENT $10 MILLION ON A STUPID SPY PLANE, GO INTO HUGE DEBT, HAVE JUNK BONDS, GET EMBROILED IN LAWSUITS AND SO ON. THAT IS “FISCAL CONSERVATISM”? HOT DAMN, I’M GLAD I AIN’T ONE OF THEM LIBB-ERALS!

    SPEAKING OF LAWSUITS, I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE SHOCKED, BUT THERE ARE MORE LAWSUITS THAN BLVD PANHANDLERS ON THIS MEETINGS AGENDA. THEY ALL HAVE PRETTY MUCH ONE THING IN COMMON: SOMETHING STUPID SAID AND DONE BY OUR PRECIOUS MAYOR AND HIS BAND OF YES MEN. THANK YOU REX, MARV AND RON FOR THE CONTINUOUS STREAM OUR TAX MONEY GOING RIGHT OUT OF OUR TOWN AND INTO SOME SLICK LAWYERS POCKET! YOU’D ALMOST THINK OUR COUNCIL WAS MADE UP OF LAWYERS WITH ALL THIS SUING! GENTLE SOUL THAT HE IS MIKE RIVES BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE CHECK REGISTER REGARDING LAWSUITS (SORRY MIKE, BUT I AIN’T VOTIN FOR YA.) BUT ENOUGH OF MY GROWLING, HERE’S WHERE WE ARE WITH OUT LAWSUITS:
    1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (2) – four potential cases.
    2. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: consideration of initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (4) – one potential case.
    3. Conference with Legal Counsel–Existing Litigation – Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (1)
    4. Coalition for Open Government v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BC499047
    5. Quartz Hill Cares v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BS 122336
    6. Lancaster v. Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) Case No. MC023649
    7. Rubin v. Lancaster – United States District Court Case No. CV 10-4046 DSF (JCx)
    8. Save Our Neighborhood Group v. City of Lancaster, et al. Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS 121501.
    9. Shabazz v. Parris, USDC, Central Case No. CV12-5803 SVW (JEM)
    10. ANTELOPE VALLEY GROUNDWATER CASES
    Included Actions:
    Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co.
    Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC325201;
    Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co.
    Superior Court of California, County of Kern, Case No. S-1500-CV-254-348

    Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. Palmdale Water District
    Superior Court of California County of Riverside, consolidated actions;
    Case Nos. RIC 353 840, RIC 344 436, RIC 344 668

    Santa Clara Case No. 1-05-CV 049053

    NOW ONTO JOBS AND EKIN-NOMICS. BOY OH BOY, BYD IS SURE OFF TO A ROUGH START. FIRST THEY DAMN NEAR GET RUN OUTTA CHINA FOR ALL THE BATTERY POLLUTION. THEN THEY COME HERE TO LANCASTER AND PAY THEIR ENGINEERS A BUCK FIFTY AN HOUR AND GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. (OK WITH THE HOUSING AND FOOD IT COMES OUT TO 15 BUCKS AN HOUR. FOR ENGINEERS. FROM CHINA.) NOW BYD IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN WITH THEIR CONTRACT IN LONG BEACH. EVEN THE AV PRESS WENT TO BAT FOR THE BELEAGERED COMPANY IN A RECENT EDITORIAL. HEY, BYD! HERE’S SOME SIMPLE ADVICE AT NO CHARGE: WHEN YA COME TO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY TO DO BUSINESS FIND OUT WHAT THE HELL THE RULES IS! I KNOW RED TAPE AND BUREAURACY AND ALL THAT, BUT LITTLE THINGS LIKE MININUM WAGE, 4O HOUR WORK WEEK, BIDDING PROCESSES, NOT MEETING WITH AVTA BOARD CHAIRMAN AND WORKING OUT DEALS BEFORE HAND, STUFF LIKE THAT. IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MEAN A LOT. SPEAKING OF LITTLE THINGS, THERE’S A SIGN ON THE BLVD THAT SAYS A CUSTARD SHOP IS GONNA OPEN SOON! HOT DAMN! WHO DON’T LIKE CUSTARD? IF YOU DON’T THEN YOU CAN JUST KISS MY CAP’N ASS! NOT SURE WHAT STORE CLOSED THAT THE CUSTARD SHOP IS MOVING INTO, BUT I SURE LIKE MY CUSTARD!

    WELL, THIS HAS BEEN CAP’N LANCASTER WITH YOUR LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL UPDATE. AT EASE!

  10. WAKE UP LANCASTER!

    Oh my goodness! Did you happen to see the KCAL Channel 9 story on Lancaster’s election tonight? Oh my goodness! My incoming emails and texts are blowing up from business associates in LA who are asking…what the hell is up with your mayor?

    WAKE UP LANCASTER!

    If you get the chance to see the KCAL Channel 9 story, SEE IT! Rex comes across as a tired, angry racist. (Nice touch, Rex, having your camera shot below a painting of a black man. Idiot. We’re not that stupid.) Rex backtracks faster on his racist flier than Willie Mays did on his amazing catch in center field back in the day. Johnathan Ervin comes across as a gentleman, with class, elegance and dignity.

    WAKE UP LANCASTER!

    This moron we elected mayor is KILLING us locally, regionally, and now nationally. He bring shame and ridicule to the Antelope Valley, painting us as a racist community, which we are NOT. He may be a racist and his mailers certainly prove that, but most of us who live in Lancaster are not racists.

    WAKE UP LANCASTER!

    We can continue down this road of Rex destruction. We can continue with racist hit mailers, ridiculous spending on things like the failed Eye in the Sky, watching our debt grow and our bonds end up in the junk pile, an obsession with the BLVD to the detriment of the rest of our city, ramming a Walmart up the asses of people on the westside who don’t want it, polluting our air with valley fever and suing our local businesses. Or we can do something: VOTE REX AND HIS FRIENDS OUT!

    WAKE UP LANCASTER!

    • I saw the piece on the news. He looked totally frustrated, but knew that he couldn’t back down, and he couldn’t go forward. I’m sure he’s polling like crazy to see if MSgt. Ervin is getting any traction out of this. It was so obvious that he never expected the backlash that he’s getting. Also, Johnathan Ervin is looking more and more like a statesman every day.

      MSgt. Ervin couldn’t buy this much positive press….

      • @Wow!

        ” Also, Johnathan Ervin is looking more and more like a statesman every day.”

        Exactly. And, Rex is going in the other direction. I can’t believe he’s that stupid, yet does does stupid things constantly.

        How can anyone admit to having voted for him?

    • Mr. Ervin has served our country and wants to continue to serve.
      While I’m not a democrat and don’t live in Lancaster (I live in Quartz Hill) we border on Lancaster and they are terrible neighbors (the politician’s, that is.) I would recommend you vote for Ervin and other new candidates. Throw the incompetent rats out. This is your chance.

  12. Life imitates art imitates life.

    “You know what the Ukraine is? It’s a sitting duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It’s feeble. I think it’s time to put the hurt on the Ukraine.”
    – Kramer, close to victory in Risk, in “The Label Maker”

  13. I’m not sure how many of you are on Facebook, but take a look at how many certificates Steve Knight is giving away all of a sudden. Keep in mind that those certificates are about $5 a pop, and he gave away 300 at one event. Gotta love incumbency! Your tax dollars at work.

  14. ATTEN HUN! CAP’N LANCASTER HERE WITH YOUR LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL UPDATE.

    WELL, THEN THERE WERE THREE. ONLY THREE COUNCIL PERSONS SHOWED UP LAST NIGHT: MARV CRIST (WHO SHOWS UP WHEREVER THERE’S A CAMERA OR MICROPHONE THESE DAYS), SANDRA JOHNSON AND RUNNIN’ RONNIE SMITH. NOTICIBLY ABSENT WAS THE RINGLEADER AND PUPPETMASTER R.REX PARRIS AND KEN MANN. (MANN IS OFTEN THOUGHT TO BE ABSENT FROM MEETINGS ANYWAY, BUT THAT’S ANOTHER DISCUSSION.)

    MARV TOOK THE REINS AND RAN A FAIRLY NON CONTROVERSIAL MEETING. AS REX’S RIGHT HAND MAN, MARV IS BEING VERY CAREFUL NOT TO DO OR SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULD COST HIM RE-ELECTION. SO LONG AS NO ONE KNOWS THAT MARV, REX AND RON ALL VOTED TO SPEND $10 MILLION ON THE STUPID EYE IN THE SKY, VOTED TO PUT A WAL-MART ACROSS FROM QUARTZ HILL HIGH SCHOOL, AND WANT TO PUT TWO ROUNDABOUTS WHERE NO ONE WANTS THEM, HE SHOULD BE FINE. UNLESS PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT CHINESE BIRTH TOURISM AT AV HOSPITAL, BYD’S TROUBLES WITH LABOR LAWS, ALL THE DUST AND VALLEY FEVER FROM THEIR SOLAR PLANTS, THE CITY’S DEBT AND JUNK BOND STATUS, THE CLOSURE OF STARWOOD (THANKS FOR SUING THEM REX), AND ALL THE ATTENTION TO THE BLVD TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE REST OF THE CITY, MARV AND RON WILL BE SHOO INS.

    NEVER MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRUMP UP THE SELF PROCLAIMED TITLE OF SOLAR CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT A VOTE SOLAR INITIATIVE, AND HOW SOLAR CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY HIGHER RATES BECAUSE THEY ARE ON SOLAR, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. LISSEN, AND LISSEN GOOD: SOLAR IS A GREAT THING, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE ON SOLAR DOESN’T MEAN YOU ARE OFF THE GRID, NO MATTER WHAT OUR LUNATIC LEADERS SAY. FUNNY THING HAPPENS WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN—YOU GO ON THE GRID! YOU USE FOSSIL FUEL POWERED ELECTRICITY FROM THE GRID, AND THE GRID IS MADE UP OF WIRES, POLES, TOWERS. THEY CALL IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT TAKES MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE DON’T GROW ON TREES! SO,CONGRATS FOR ALL THE SOLAR. NOW PAY YOUR ‘LECTRIC BILL, TOO!

    NO LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS COMPLETE WITHOUTTHE USUAL SELF CONTRATULATORY VIDEOS AND COMPLIMENTS ABOUT HOW GREAT THE EVENTS ARE. THIS MEETING WAS NO EXCEPTOIN. TO BE FAIR, IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE VIDEO OF THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE WHICH SHOWED PEOPLE RUNNING DOWN THE BLVD. THEY WEREN’T PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY FROM PANHANDLERS OR CRIMINALS. THEY WERE RUNNERS. HAVEN’T SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE ON THE BLVD SINCE HALLOWEEN.

    LOOKS LIKE LANCASTER IS TAKING OVER THE AIR SHOW TOO. WONDER HOW THE COUNTY FEELS ABOUT THAT? HOW CAN WE AFFORD IT WHEN WE’RE SPENDING A MILLION BUCKS A YEAR ON OUR SPY PLANE? NO WONDER WE HAVE JUNK BONDS!

    NICE TO SEE THAT LADY STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND TELL THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY TO DUMP THE STUPID EYE IN THE SKY FARCE AND GIVE THE MONEY TO PUBLIC SAFETY. WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP. THEY SHOULD RENAME IT FOR WHAT IT IS: WALMART’S UNFUNDED SECURITY SYSTEM, OR “WUSS” FOR SHORT. REX, MARV, RON AND THE BOYS HAVE COST US TAXPAYERS OVER 10 MILL FOR THAT FLYING PILE OF BOLTS!

    A LANCASTER COUNCIL MEETING IS NEVER COMPLETE WITHOUT A LONG TRIP INTO THE BACKROOM TO TALK ABOUT THE HUGE NUMBER OF LAWSUITS FACING OUR CITY, THANKS TO THE UNBRIDLED TONGUE AND WACKY ANTICS OF OUR FEARLESS MAYOR. HERE’S WHAT’S COSTING US TAXPAYER DOLLARS, COURTESY OF REX, MARV AND RON THESE DAYS:

    1.
    Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (2) – four potential cases.

    2.
    Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: consideration of initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (4) – one potential case.

    3.
    Conference with Legal Counsel–Existing Litigation – Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (1)

    4.
    Coalition for Open Government v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BC499047

    5.
    Quartz Hill Cares v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BS 122336

    6.
    Palmdale v. Lancaster – Case No. BC443280

    7.
    Lancaster v. Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) Case No. MC023649

    8.
    Rubin v. Lancaster – United States District Court Case No. CV 10-4046 DSF (JCx)

    9.
    Save Our Neighborhood Group v. City of Lancaster, et al. Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS 121501.

    10.
    Shabazz v. Parris, USDC, Central Case No. CV12-5803 SVW (JEM)

    11.
    ANTELOPE VALLEY GROUNDWATER CASES Included Actions:

    Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co. Superior Court of California, County of Kern, Case No. S-1500-CV-254-348

    Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. Palmdale Water District

    Superior Court of California County of Riverside, consolidated actions; Case Nos. RIC 353 840, RIC 344 436, RIC 344 668

    Santa Clara Case No. 1-05-CV 049053

    SOME GOOD NEWS – SINCE OUR ILLUSTRIOUS MAYOR SUED STARWOODS AND THEY LEFT TOWN FOR KANSAS, NO OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYEERS HAVE CLOSED. THIS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HELP OUR DOUBLE DIGIT UNEMPLOYMENT. STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO EAT WELL ON THE BLVD.

    WELL, THIS HAS BEEN CAP’N LANCASTER WITH YOUR LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL UPDATE. AT EASE!

      • William, just a question. You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to, but do you occasionally go by the name of Bill in another social media wonderland? If you don’t feel comfortable answering, that’s fine.

    • Ha ha!Ha ha!See?See?The people want no more LEAPS.The people want no more LEAPS!No to LEAPS.No to LEAPS.

      • Folks are wondering why there are no arrests related to LEAPS. The reason you are not hearing about them is that there are NO arrests related to LEAPS. They don’t WANT any arrests related to LEAPS. As soon as they make an arrest, there will be an immediate 4th Amendment Challenge. With a 4th Amendment Challenge, the validity of LEAPS is called into question. If the validity of LEAPS is called into question, no more money for Frank Visco from the taxpayer trough. Don’t expect to see anything from LEAPS anytime soon. It’ll just keep flying overhead going cha-ching for the powers that be at $90K per month.

          • Think about it William. A Fourth Amendment Challenge would probably ground the program, would it not? One can’t have a fourth amendment challenge unless there’s an arrest or some documented invasion of privacy. If it’s just flying around up there, it’s nothing but a flying boondoggle. Since Frank Visco wasn’t making enough money on land, he had to take to the sky.

          • @LEAPS is money.

            Thanks for the info. This is the first I’ve heard that. Does this mean, that if LEAPS ‘sees’ something, it’s reported to the sheriff’s department and then it’s processed as though the patrol car did the sighting and investigating and LEAPS isn’t in the report?

            So, a photo shot of a criminal coming out of a building, taken by LEAPS, won’t be used in court. Is that how it works to avoid the lawsuit?

            I wonder what the ‘workaround’ explanation for that would be.

          • Valid questions, William. The question is, where are the arrest records associated with LEAPS? What has it done? What is it supposed to do? The only thing that I know of that it did as far as law enforcement goes is, they found a sex offender in a vacant lot. A police dog would have done that for the cost of a bag of dog food. Also, a sex offender can’t claim 4th Amendment rights if they’re on parole since they can be searched at any time. They do not WANT any arrests upon which they relied on LEAPS. Cha-ching, Cha-ching, Cha-ching……

    • marv crist is a not so bright rex yes man and ron smith is desperate. time to move forward with two fewer yes men for rex.

    • Thank you for the run-down Cap’n Lancaster. You always have the “inside scoop!” I would gladly give up the “Eye in the Sky” to have a “Fly on the Wall” in the back room when they’re talking about the lawsuits! In fact, there’s another stink coming out of that room, that I’m sure flies on the wall are a constant problem.

      • …to cross the road, er, I mean so Rex could pocket half a million or so.

        When Lancaster residents finally get that Rex is hurting them more than Mayor Ledford, Palmdale, Santa Clarita or Quartz Hill, he’s done for.

        And, so are his tools like Crist and Smith.

        Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Antelope Valley Mall is nearing completion and there will be more businesses in the old Gottschalks building leaving Lancaster and its ‘world famous’ BLVD further in the dust as far as shopping, dining and living.

        I’m guessing that most of the employees working at Morton will be shopping and dining in Palmdale. So, it’s all good.

  15. Now there is a third video and it shows who is in charge with our city council. Hilarious !

  16. Are Lancaster residents who post here registered to vote and will be voting in the city council election in April?

    • i am not and never will cast a vote for paris shills marv crist and ron smith. ervin all the way. ervin had the guts to stand up to paris over walmart and it cost him. time to set that right.

      • In an odd way, because the election is in April and there’ s likely to be a low voter turnout, your’s and everyone’s vote counts even more.

        • Absolutely! There are too many candidates. We have more to overcome. The blind followers will vote for their standard 2 clowns. The rest of us have too many candidates to choose from. It would be a lot easier if it was just 2 candidates against 2 clowns.

          • Exactly. Was the debate last night designed to ‘spread out’ the votes for the non-incumbants? Everything the ‘good ol’ boys’ do is suspect.

            It’s a shame cause debates are useful.

            There is a lot of complaining from Lancaster residents about things in Lancaster, so they really should vote out Crist and Smith for starters. Or, it will just be more of the same, lawsuits, fighting with Palmdale, nepotism, etc.?

  17. ‘Net Zero’???
    I keep hearing Rex talk about ‘Net Zero’. Is he referring to the shopping, dining and ethical leadership in Lancaster? His integrity???

    What?

        • The funniest thing about the second video was to find out who really tells Rex what to do. Nice job….. LOL

          • Can you imagine what the ‘voices’ in Rex’s head are constantly saying?

            Well, you don’t have to. He speaks them out loud, y’know like a mentally ill person person wandering down the street talking out loud to no one in particular.

            However, that mentally ill person has the good sense not to be mayor of a large city.

  19. Mystery solved.

    Rex is the ‘love child’ of Chris Christi and Daryl Issa.

    What other explanation could there be????

    • You made my day, wonderful comment. By the way, whatever happened to Issa? Mr. Cummings deserves an apology and I am still holding my breath waiting, ugh, I’m turning purple. HELP!! (:

      • @EducateEveryone
        I heard Issa apologized yesterday but didn’t hear the apology itself. He is such a corrupt and disgusting person. It’s a shame that the House isn’t able to discipline him. Boehner thought he did fine?????? Well, Boehner is an untreated alcoholic so what did anyone expect.

        Watching Issa lead the hearings reminded me so much of Rex’s antics in the Lancaster council meetings including shutting down the sound during public comments a while back.

        If Jonathan Ervin or someone other than Crist or Smith is elected in April, those council meetings will be ‘must see teevee’. No more unanimous votes all the time and everyone kissing Rex’s ring.

        • Rex is evil, I can’t believe the community named a school after him. Rex, how much did you fork out for this little pleasure???

          • he bought the name for that school. nothing would be named for him if he didn’t pay for it. just like the bulk of his inner circle. he either employs them, empowers them, or bullys them. in each case he uses them for his purposes. when the day comes and his deeds are exposed watch his supporters run for cover.

          • Where are all the Rex supporters? Or the Crist and Smith supporters?

            Are they embarrassed to comment publicly?

          • they are all one in he same. Parriscristsmith. Rexmarvron. no matter how you spell it means bad news for residents and more deals for the good ole boys.

          • Rex’s name is plastered everywhere, on billboards, his offices, the fairgrounds, a school.

            He’s like a gangbanger spraying graffiti all over town or a neighborhood cat spraying on people’s property or a dog doing his stuff on neighbor’s lawns.

            Yeah, he’s like that. Gotta put his ‘nasty, stinky scent’ everywhere. What cologne does he wear ‘Springtime in the Kennel’???

    • How does Rex get away with being mayor and having a law firm. Does he suit hiself? I wonder what is the Department of Justice take on this? How would this look if it made it toCNN?

  20. Thursday night, Rachel Maddow is having a special on MSNBC called “Why we did it”.

    It answers the question “If the reason for going into Iraq really wasn’t for WMDs, then why did we go?”.

    In previews, she said that there are now documents and interviews with people who knew but couldn’t or wouldn’t talk till now.

    She also said that there are 2 million veterans of the Iraq war in the U.S. now and she’s sure that they would like to know why, as well as their families and those of people we lost in Iraq.

    I’m really curious as we’ve heard all kinds of speculation and accusations and this special will give us a closer and more accurate look into the decisions made from sources other than pundits. Dr. Maddow does pretty rigorous research on her topics.

    For those that think this is old news, that war is still impacting our foreign relations, especially when Secretary Kerry said that what Putin is doing was wrong (even though we did much the same thing in Iraq).

    Rachel’s show is usually on at 6PM but check your listings.

  22. @William,
    “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, er, I mean ‘Kay’?”
    I think we all know there was no such “Kay”. Or, perhaps when she sprinted (?) after the “one panhandler” she saw on the Blvd, pretenting to be a Veteran asking for money… maybe she fell and broke a hip! Ever since I read that remark from “Kay”, I have been trying to get the visual and all I keep getting is Jonathon Winters.

    • @Nancy P.
      Kay showed up as an innocent ‘newcomer’ to Lancaster. But, a few comments/replies later, she(?) was calling supporters of the Palmdale power plant ‘troglodytes’ and the BLVD, a ‘DESTINATION’ (her caps).

      Yeah, she had all of Rex’s talking points down. She musta swallowed hard.

      • Swallows good one Willy. Something your an expert in I’m sure.

        Kay NewToLancaster-1
        Williams-0

        Just sayin’-1,000,002
        William-0

    • No, I stopped commenting here bk I sensed I’d get answers like this. Jerks

      • Now, Kay, just whom did you call ‘troglodytes’ prior to this comment?

        Some of us took you seriously at first till you gave yourself away.

        If you want to continue ‘giving yourself away’, please proceed.

  23. “The ants are my friends……………………………………………………….they’re blowin’ in the wind”

    • Great. This will undoubtedly be added to the Lancaster Mayor’s board of trade presentation next year so he can preach about this AND global warming together. Instead of blabbing nonsense for an hour and putting all of us to sleep he’ll go for two.

      • @Resident Cynic.
        Did Rex wave his hands in circles like a cheerleader without the pompoms? That cracks me up. I wonder if he does that in front of a jury.

        What a silly, silly man. An empty beard.

  25. Just sayin’ is like 1 of 6 blind men, who upon touching an elephant’s tail thinks it’s a rope.

    An old Indian parable.

    Just sayin’ probably slept through that in debate class.

      • Did ‘Just Sayin’s’ debate teacher tell him about setting up a false premise and then running with it as though it were true.

        This ISN’T a debate format, Just sayin’

        You lose at your own made up game.

        As for Richard, there was no debating him anyway. It would be like debating Sarah Palin who had crib notes on her left palm, by the way.

          • @Just sayiin’.
            I don’t know where your nose has been. Mind gettin’ it outta my b*tt?

            Just sayin’ -4
            William – 0

            Oh, what the heck.

            Just sayin’ – 1,000,000
            William – 0

            There! Fixed it for ya.
            You’re welcome.

  27. Kay shows up here recently saying her neighbors scrunch their faces when Rex’s name is mentioned.

    With one or two exceptions, replies gave her reasons why.

    She ignores and/or disputes everything and writes what appear to be her already formed opinions from before she arrived on this site.

    What does that tell ya?

    She’s like a creationist in a geology or a biology class. Nothing will convince her.

    And, she didn’t convince us how wonderful the ‘Boulevard’ is either.

  28. please vote for change on April 8 2014. I am a hard working man who cares about the future of Lancaster and its opportunities for us, the residents. Get to know me and help me give the people their voice. 12 year military veteran. my wife is disabled. my kids go to public schools. I commute to work. I graduated from CSULB and CSUN using my GI BILL. Lancaster city council news a new vision and point of view. please get to know me.

  29. @kay.

    I first noticed your username as ‘kay’, then ‘Kay new to Lancaster’ and now ‘Kay NewToLancaster’.

    Are you typing in different usernames or is someone else using your comment to write their own under a different name?

    I replied to ‘kay’ the first time but I don’t know about the other names.

    Thanks.

  30. What About The Boulevard?
    People keep saying businesses are closing on The Boulevard, and it’s getting empty, but that is not what I’m observing. I got here in June 2013 and came here in part bk I’m sick and first six months I barely got out. I think Lancaster is actually helping me get better, in part bk I walk on the Boulevard every day. My observation is there are more people walking on it, it seems that week to week it gets more crowded, and people on it are having a good time.
    If I had money I would open a business there that appeals to foot traffic and Does Not Have High Prices as most of us out walking on The Boulevard are not looking to pay $300 for a used aka antique lamp. It’s bad decisions that are making Boulevard businesses close, as they seem to think they can draw wealthy people in to shop, and they ignore all the working class people who are right there and want to spend that few dollars in their pocket.
    I see hope for the future here. I think for me, walking on the Boulevard every day with the music and the sun and So Many Smiling People around me is helping me get healthy again.
    So so far, I don’t understand the criticism of The Boulevard at all. I mean, was it thriving before they made the changes? If they would get the parked cars out of the middle, it would sure be nicer.
    I get that Parris is a difficult personality. I do not understand the power plant issue at all. I do wish the whole Valley would go solar, if the one in Palmdale is burning fossil fuel, then I am on Parris’ side to try to stop it. It’s a mistake to build more fossil fuel burning power plants in this century, but if someone can explain more about that to me, I’ll listen.
    I appreciate everyone responding and helping me get educated. I am a semi-retired journalist, I still work a bit in TV production, I like to know what is going on in the towns where I live, that is my only motive. Honest.
    (Moved this up from a reply to make it a new topic…)

    • The Boulevard reminds me of Melrose in the 1990s in L.A. and it could become that popular and thriving.

      • I have been on Melrose. Many times. The BLVD is no Melrose and never will be anything remotely close to Melrose. There has to be something in the water or air in Lancaster. The mayor says all sorts of nutty things. He even called the BLVD better than Disneyland. I can hear the little bird that pops out of the clock about now.

        • Is it possible that ‘Kay’ is really Rex or Crist in drag? She does the ‘talking points ‘ just like those 2 and plays the ‘victim’ just like those 2.

        • @I have been on Melrose.
          My favorite Rex words are>

          The BLVD is the ‘safest place in the universe’.

          The BLVD is the ‘heart of the Antelope Valley’ (get the defibrillator)

          People from all over California will come to buy cars at the Lancaster Auto Mall.

          Oh, and the BLVD is ‘world class’. (in that alternate universe Rex inhabits) Paris, Rome, Florence, New York, San Francisco, New Orleans are so jealous of the BLVD.

          If we hooked Rex up to a lie detector, the fire department would have to be present when the machine explodes.

          His poor, poor defenders come here like members of the Flat Earth Society. Some, never to be seen or heard again. Oh the HUMANITY!!!!

    • @Kay NewToLancaster. The owner of Barone’s restaurant opened a second one on the BLVD but it closed within a year. It was in the same location as Britney’s which closed after a short time as well before it. They were both nice places but couldn’t survive on the BLVD.

      The owner of Barone’s was on the local Time-Warner Channel 3 News saying that the foot traffic wasn’t what he expected. Several other business owner’s on the BLVD that were still open said similar things and they were managing somehow. They didn’t seem too happy. I saw the video.

      So, Kay, when do you do your walks down the BLVD? I’ve been there at noon and in the afternoons during the weekdays and sometimes on the weekends many times and have never ever seen a lot of pedestrian traffic. Sundays are really dead and you’d think that it would be the perfect time to do the BLVD but some restaurants and stores are closed on Sundays or have limited hours. It is not the vibrant ‘heart of the Valley’ that Rex Parris kept telling everyone. There are shopping centers with more activity.

      As for the Palmdale Power Plant, here goes. I attended a 6 1/2 hour hearing a while back on whether the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District should approve the transfer of credits from the San Joaquin Valley area. The California Energy Commission has very strict standards and after about 4 years of study approved the power plant. Lancaster opposed the plant ostensibly because they said that the wind would blow emissions over East Lancaster and ‘kill the children’. Rex Parris and Marv Crist tried everything they could at the hearing to oppose the plant including sending deceptive fliers that quoted an interim report that was corrected for the final report but they didn’t say that. They lied.

      The plant is to be the cleanest one being built. Deputy Mayor Marv Crist argued for hours with the representatives from the CEC about their findings and was told repeatedly that the board was to accept the findings as they were and it was not to re-litigate them. Then, Crist argued that the transfer credits weren’t valid. He was told that it didn’t matter until the power plant was going to use them and that there were many other credits available if those weren’t acceptable at that later date. That’s how it works despite Rex and Marv not liking it.

      It was like watching someone try to put a small child to bed at 8PM and the child kept asking for a glass of water, to be read story, and everything he/she could come up with to not go to bed. That is how Crist spent the day, one thing after another looking for something the opponents could hang their hat on. But, that wasn’t their task. Crist, Councilman Mann and others on the board had already decided to vote ‘NO’ on the plant and were looking for excuses. It was embarrassing, to say the least. Rex Parris even spoke directly to one of the undecided board members pleading his case like he was before a jury (Parris is a lawyer, a sue happy lawyer) even admitting he was at fault for not bringing forth evidence of harm during the 4 year study. Well, the board isn’t a jury and throwing yourself on the mercy of the board just didn’t cut it.

      Kay, do you have a natural gas stove, water heater and furnace in your house? Around the time of the hearing, it was reported that the new Walmart that Rex Parris supported across from Quartz Hill High School would produce about as much or more pollution as the natural gas power plant in Palmdale which he hypocritcally opposed. The plant is in an industrial area and not across from a school like the proposed Walmart. There are older natural gas plants in Burbank and elsewhere that are right in the middle of residential areas. The closest homes are about a mile from the Palmdale plant.

      That’s why Rex Parris gets so much criticism here in the Antelope Valley. His hypocrasy, arrogance, sue-happiness and grandstanding are a royal pain for nearly everyone but a small handful of his true supporters.

      Hope that answers your questions.

      • PS Got food poisoning the one time I ate at Barone’s so … think other places there with outdoor seating appear to be doing well.

        • Kay-I personally enjoy the BLVD. Went to BEX’s last Saturday night. Food’s good, service was exceptional. Every seat in the place was taken. Lots of people strolling the BLVD. I especially like the BLVD Cinema (www.blvdcinemas.com) big leather seats that recline and great movies. IMO-the BLVD is much improved from what it used to be.

          • BREAKING NEW…..BREAKING NEWS….BREAKING NEW….BREA

            BeX was full on a SATURDAY NIGHT!!!

            In other news, also on Saturday night, a local McDonald’s had 5 cars lined up in the drive-thru.

            Back to our scheduled program.

          • My college debate teacher always said: if they start to mock or call you names you know your winning.

            Richard-2
            William-0

        • Just came from a stroll on The Boulevard, in the small break in the rain, and this place has become a Destination. Since November I’ve walked on The Boulevard almost every day and I see more people, the numbers are growing weekly. Those who post here that it is failing seem to want it to fail, maybe bk they predicted it would fail. but it is not failing. Smart business people will find a way to exploit this venue. It’s a really positive place. Oh and in all this time, I have only been approached once by a panhandler, who claimed to be a veteran outside the VA clinic, but I think he was lying. I chased him down the street hollering at him for asking a sick old lady for money and shocked him, I think. . . other than that, I love The Boulevard and think it’s only going to get better.

          • @Kay
            Have you talked to your neighbors yet? You asked us why they scrunched their faces at the mention of Rex’s name.

            We gave you various answers.

            Yet, you seem to be defending Rex, solar and the BLVD, etc.

            You are starting to lose credibility. Since we don’t know who you really are, as someone else suggested, you might be a shill for Rex and Co.

            You wouldn’t be the first one here doing that.

            Over and out.

          • just being honest. everyone who agrees with Parris is not a shill, just a person who agrees with him.

          • Re: The Boulevard, most reasons given here for not liking it are not true. I go there every day and see no panhandlers, see lots of people enjoying themselves, see some businesses closing and others opening, but the ones staying open appear to be thriving to me. Reasons given here for disagreeing with Parris on power plant were not at all convincing, were in fact troglodyte. I think The Boulevard is the best thing happening in Lancaster. Now the solar farms, that’s another thing I’m wondering about. . .

          • i believe you are onto something william. there have lots of “new” people here and elsewhere who coincidentally are golly shucks supporters of parris. happens every election time. what a coincidence.

          • Sorry, Kay. When I saw your first comment, I thought it was a genuine inquiry regarding your neighbors’ reactions to Rex’s name.

            But, as you continued writing, it became apparent that that might not be the case.

            It finally seemed that you had already made up your mind about Rex Parris and ignored the various comments that you asked for. Especially telling was your use of the word ‘troglodyte’ regarding the power plant. Rex and Crist lied and exaggerated its impact beyond belief. You weren’t at the hearing but our criticisms ‘aren’t convincing’. Well, it’s hard to convince a brick wall of anything.

            With each of your comments you reveal more and more inauthenticity. Ultimately, your comments praising Rex and the ‘Boulevard’ are not believable and likely counter-productive, just like Rex’s praising of it. It’s funny how people who have little to be proud about tend to be so proud. Yet, truly successful people tend to be more modest. See Donald Trump versus Warren Buffett.

            “Please continue, NewToLancaster”*

            *I’m paraphrasing President Obama’s election winning comment during his second debate with Mitt Romney.

            As for the ‘Boulevard’ being a DESTINATION, surely you jest. Solvang is a DESTINATION. So is Disneyland, the beach, Lake Tahoe, even the Antelope Valley Mall or Valencia’s Town Center.

            But, the ‘Boulevard’? That’s no more a destination that a shopping center or a mini-mall near your house. And, the fact that you used the word ‘DESTINATION’ shows that you’ve bought the Parris line, hook and sinker. I’ve been there during the day and it’s a ghost town…. on nice sunny days and not during a break in the rain. BeX might have 2 or 3 tables occupied at LUNCHTIME. Same with most of the other restaurants. The rest of your comment is just Rex PR fantasy about how wonderful the ‘Boulevard’ is. Yeah, it’s the ‘heart of Valley’…..Death Valley.

      • If reason Parris et al oppose power plant is bk solar makes more sense than natural gas, then I’m with Parris et al, and praise them for fighting for what is more intelligent. Why build a natural gas plant in Palmdale where solar is so vastly available and much cleaner and safer, and a much better decision. If that’s what you are telling me, then kudos for Parris and Crist.

        • Solar, wind and other renewable sources of energy make up less than 20 percent of the electricity we use. Renewables are incapable of meeting total demand on their own. Natural gas is the cleanest and most plentiful source available to meet the need while renewables come on line. Storage of renewable energy is a long way off despite what Parris claims. He is a trial attorney who thinks he is a climate change expert. He and Crist are phonies. They use fossil fuels for their large multiple houses, sports cars, private planes and businesses, yet preach the evils of fossil fuels. They are not experts by any means. Follow them to your own detriment.

        • @Kay
          Please ask your neighbors why they scrunch their faces and let us know what they say. That was your original question and we’ve provided some answers from having lived here much longer. And, they live in Lancaster if you might think that non-residents have a bias against Rex Parris that isn’t justified. We do have a bias and we’ve explained it.

          He’s more than a ‘difficult personality’. He sued a call center in Lancaster before it re-located to Kansas and pocketed a lot of money while hundreds of Valley residents lost jobs. Yet, he brushed off an investigation of electric bus builder BYD for not paying the appropriate wages. He negotiated to bring BYD to Lancaster. These 2 stories, side-by-side show what a hypocrite and troublesome person he is. Same thing with his promoting a Walmart despite objections from Quartz Hill residents while trying to stop Palmdale’s power plant. He wants it both ways and it doesn’t work for Quartz Hill or Palmdale. Not good for an elected official. Hence, all the criticism.

          If you do talk to your neighbors more about the various issues involving Rex Parris, I’m sure they can add much, much more. Previous mayors of Lancaster didn’t raise the ire of so many in the Antelope Valley as Rex Parris has. It doesn’t have to be this way, yet Parris can’t help himself, it seems.

    • I gotta call BS on this Rex, I mean Kay. But great cut and paste job there “Kay”. I read your February 28th letter posted in here at 3:08PM and then this one at 3:22PM. Heck, you even had the exact same mistakes. One example:

      “So so far, I don’t understand the criticism of The Boulevard at all. I mean, was it thriving before they made the changes? If they would get the parked cars out of the middle, it would sure be nicer.”

      I’d put in some more but what the heck, the folks in here can scroll down and see what I mean. Whats up? I even noticed that you used a different name in these two posts. I mean, who is this, really?

  31. What about April election date for Lancaster? I hear there were shenanigans surrounding change of that date. Since I was out of state three years before coming here, I know nothing about all that either, so can you guys continue to educate me on that topic? Thanks for the great stuff you are telling me so far.

    • Kay-notice all the non-Lancaster people trash talking Lancaster on here? Be weary of their motives. Ask questions as to why they have so much interest on the goings on in Lancaster. In other words why do they care so much? Parris isn’t their mayor so why so much interest in what’s going on in Lancaster? Is it just cross town rivalry or is it more?

      • @Charley
        Kay’s first comment asked why her neighbors in LANCASTER scrunched up their faces when Rex Parris’s name was mentioned. Yes, Charley, those were LANCASTER residents.

        As for others who don’t live in Lancaster, Palmdale residents have a good cause for saying what they say about Parris because he’s sued Palmdale over its at large council elections and tried to stop its proposed power plant.

        Quartz Hill residents have a good cause because Rex pushed for a Walmart right acroos from their high school despite their strong objections.

        You are right, though, Charley,. It IS more than rivalry. Rex Pzrris is a bad neighbor.

        I notice you didn’t have anything good to say about him in your comment.

        Any questions?

      • Non Lancaster residents have no horse in the race, so believe what they say.
        Kay, are you a scout for the Parris for Mayor campaign?

        • Not working for anyone, just a curious new resident, honest. I do want to respond to one answer. People keep saying businesses are closing on The Boulevard, and it’s getting empty, but that is not what I’m observing. I got here in June 2013 and came here in part bk I’m sick and first six months I barely got out. I think Lancaster is actually helping me get better, in part bk I walk on the Boulevard every day. My observation is there are more people walking on it, it seems that week to week it gets more crowded, and people on it are having a good time.
          If I had money I would open a business there that appeals to foot traffic and Does Not Have High Prices as most of us out walking on The Boulevard are not looking to pay $300 for a used aka antique lamp. It’s bad decisions that are making Boulevard businesses close, as they seem to think they can draw wealthy people in to shop, and they ignore all the working class people who are right there and want to spend that few dollars in their pocket.
          I see hope for the future here. I think for me, walking on the Boulevard every day with the music and the sun and So Many Smiling People around me is helping me get healthy again.
          So so far, I don’t understand the criticism of The Boulevard at all. I mean, was it thriving before they made the changes? If they would get the parked cars out of the middle, it would sure be nicer.
          I get that Parris is a difficult personality. I do not understand the power plant issue at all. I do wish the whole Valley would go solar, if the one in Palmdale is burning fossil fuel, then I am on Parris’ side to try to stop it. It’s a mistake to build more fossil fuel burning power plants in this century, but if someone can explain more about that to me, I’ll listen.
          I appreciate everyone responding and helping me get educated. I am a semi-retired journalist, I still work a bit in TV production, I like to know what is going on in the towns where I live, that is my only motive. Honest.

          • Kay, in all seriousness, I am glad the BLVD is helping you healthier. I wish their were more Kay’s and less panhandlers and drunks there. Maybe then I would take a date there. Not now though. No way. I have yet to see the BLVD you described.

          • The only business that would thrive for any length of time on the Blvd, would be some type of Social Services or free medical clinic for homeless teens. No, it was not thriving before all the money was spent on the project and it is certainly not thriving now. The money should have been spent on education, traffic lights, sports complex for community or something approved by the community.

        • Nancy- How long have you lived in Lancaster? I’ve been here over 30 years and it’s a lot better than it was 20-30 years ago. We already have a sport complex and it’s half empty half the time. As far as education, California super majority Democrats spend a boat load on education already. Yea, the blvd isn’t Rodeo Drive but it’s certainly better than what is was.

          • A city of over 150,000, and the BLVD is a big deal???

            It would be a big deal in Barstow or Mojave.

            But, once you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it.

            “Is That All There Is?” – lyrics sung by Peggy Lee

          • My college debate teacher always said..if they start to mock or call you names you know your winning.

            Richard-1
            William-0

          • What does the length of time I have been here have to do with anything? I am making an observation just like “Kay” who says she walks on the beautiful friendly Blvd everyday. What a crock.
            The Blvd is scary and empty most of the time. Except for the homeless people hanging around the Library and the tunnels, or the occasional person crossing from north of the Blvd to south of the Blvd to buy dope or the skaters flying past.
            I am someone who tried to support the business there when I could, rather than shopping at the mall in Palmdale. I wanted it to be successful, but it’s not.
            There is a real disconnect between the King and his court to the rest of the Kingdom.

          • @Nancy P.

            “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, er, I mean ‘Kay’?”

            It seems that she wasn’t who she pretended to be and then she disappeared.

            If she (or whoever pretended to be a Kay) wanted to make us think the BLVD was wonderful and Rex was a good mayor, it certainly backfired.

            Plus, whenever I’ve commented that I’ve been to the BLVD during the day and it was dead, someone will invariably reply “You have to be there at 10PM Saturday night” or some such reply. Y’know, always moving the goalposts. If it’s dead on Saturday night, you gotta go during the farmer’s market. If that doesn’t work, then it’s some other time.

            A friend of mine emailed me a video from his iPhone on a Saturday night about 8PM a while back and it was deserted except for the beer/wine places. There was a Letter to the Editor Sunday or Monday in the AV Press saying how wonderful the BLVD is. Are these people getting paid by Rex or what? Or have they never been outside the city limits?

            If a place is really wonderful, it speaks for itself. It doesn’t need lying liars boasting about it which only makes matters worse.

            Hopefully, April’s election will replace Crist and Smith. It will be a good start.

            Correction. It will be a GREAT START.

  32. @Kay
    Re: the upcoming April council election, Jonathan Ervin is running for a council seat. He is independent and will bring some fresh air to the Lancaster City Council.

    Currently, the council is a rubber stamp for Rex Parris. Nearly all votes are unaminous unless someone is absent or has to recuse.

    You might want to discuss the election with your neighbors and see if Mr. Ervin is a candidate who aligns with your own values for running a city. He says he wants to cooperate with Palmdale instead of what has been happening up till now, which is Rex Parris and his ‘deputies’ such a Marvin Crist have persisted in fighting with Palmdale over the years. Voting for the incumbents will only continue the actions that have caused your neighbors to ‘scrunch’ faces.

    If you talk to your neighbors, you’ll hear about the ‘Cactus Curtain’. It refers to Avenue M which divides the 2 cities. There has been historical rivalry between the 2 cities for years but Rex Parris took it to a new level of outright public nastiness on his part and interference with Palmdale’s own elections, the building of a power plant and other issues.

    Palmdale has been doing fine over the last couple decades despite severe downturns in the economy. Anyone who has been paying attention can easily conclude that Rex Parris is envious of Mayor Ledford and the results he’s produced for the City of Palmdale. In council meetings and other public appearances, Rex deliberately avoids saying Mayor Ledford’s name and sometimes does the same with the name ‘Palmdale’. It’s quite childish and telling. And, he makes no apologies for it.

    Again, Kay, don’t take my word for it or the words of others on this site. Ask your neighbors if they are tired of Rex fighting with Palmdale while their own needs and concerns get neglected.

    The upcoming election is important for the reasons others and I have listed. Since you took the time to inquire and respond to our comments, I hope you will get involved in the April election as you seem like someone who cares about your new city.

  33. ATTEN HUN! CAP’N LANCASTER HERE WITH YOUR LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL UPDATE.

    NOT A VERY EXCITING MEETING LAST NIGHT. THERE WAS THE USUAL SELF CONGRATULATORY REPORTS AND JIBBER JABBER ABOUT HOW GREAT LANCASTER IS, HOW GREAT THE COUNCIL IS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. MARVIN CRIST PROCLAIMED THAT CITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE COPIED LANCASTER’S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAM, BUT OFFERED NO PROOF. HIS COMMENTS WENT UNCHALLENGED AND ARE UNVARIFIED.

    IN FACT THE BIGGEST STORY IN THE PAPER THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS THE DISMISSAL OF ALL CHARGES IN THE ALLEGED AVTA CORRUPTION CASE. AFTER TWO YEARS, THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS SPENT, SEARCHES DONE WITHOUT WARRANTS, AND MUCH CHEST POUNDING AND BLOVIATION BY REX AND MARV CRIST, THE DA DROPPED THE CASE LIKE A HOT POTOTO. WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THAT EVIDENCE? APPARENTLY THERE WASN’T MUCH OF A CASE. BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP OLE MARV FROM BLABBERING ABOUT IT TO THE AV PRESS. CRIST SAID THAT THE “OLD POLICIES ARE TO BLAME FOR CREATING A GRAY AREA AND THAT THE OLD BOARD WASN’T VERY GOOD AT SETTING THE POLICIES AND PROCEEDURES.” UH, HELLO MARV! EARTH TO MARV! THOSE WERE FELONY CHARGES YOU BROUGHT AGAINST THE ACCUSED, NOT “POLICIES.” TRANSPORTATION BOARDS DON’T MAKE LAWS. THAT WOULD BE CONGRESS. NOW WE KNOW MARV AIN’T THE BRIGHTEST BULB IN THE LAMPSTAND, BUT THEY EITHER DONE WHAT YOU SAY AND BROKE THE LAW OR THEY DIDN’T. APPARENTLY THE DA DIDN’T HAVE A CASE. SO ON BEHALF OF ALL US HARD WORKING FAMILIES WHO PAY TAXES, THANKS FOR THE WITCH HUNT AND WILD GOOSE CHASE. MORON!

    IT APPEARS THAT OUR BELOVED MAYOR MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON THE ATTENDEES AT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY BOARD OF TRADE CONFERENCE LAST WEEK. OVERHEARD AROUND THE TABLES WERE COMMENTS LIKE ‘HE IS SURE FULL OF HIMSELF’, ‘WILL HE EVER STOP TALKING?’, AND ‘HE’S FULL OF IT.” BUT THE COUP DE GRAS OF HIS LONG WINDED, BLOVIATED TALK WAS FORGETTING MARVIN CRIST’S NAME NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES. REX COULDN’T EVEN REMEMBER HIS OWN LAP DOG’S NAME! MAYBE ALL THE CLIMATE CHANGE HE WAS PREACHING ABOUT HAS KILLED THE MEMORY CELLS IN HIS BRAIN. CARBON DIOXIDE CAN DO STRANGE THINGS TO YOUR MIND.

    WITH THE CITY ELECTIONS JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY, IT IS BECOMING CLEARER THAT CRIST IS BEING PUSHED OUT FRONT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON VARIOUS CITY PROGRAMS, WHILE ‘RECALL’ RON SMITH SITS SILENTLY ON THE SIDELINES. CRIST, WHO WOULD SUFFER MAJOR DAMAGE TO HIS NASAL AREA IF REX EVER STOPPED QUICKLY, SEEMS TO ENJOY THE SPOTLIGHT. HE HAS AVOIDED THE NUMEROUS EMBARRASING GAFFES HE MADE WHILE CARRYING REX’S WATER ON THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO STOP THE PALMDALE HYBRID POWER PLANT.

    THIS MAY COME AS A SHOCKER TO YOU, BUT THE LIST OF LAWSUITS THAT OUR CITY IS EMBROILED IN IS STILL QUITE LARGE. COULD IT BE A COINCIDENCE THAT OUR MAYOR IS A LAWYER AND HE HAS A BIG FAT YAPPER THAT RESULTS IN LAWSUITS? WE THINK NOT. WELL, HERE THIS LIST AS OF NOW:

    1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (2) – four potential cases.
    2. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: consideration of initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (4) – one potential case.
    3. Conference with Legal Counsel–Existing Litigation – Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (1)
    4. Coalition for Open Government v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BC499047
    5. Quartz Hill Cares v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BS 122336
    6. Palmdale v. Lancaster – Case No. BC443280
    7. Lancaster v. Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) Case No. MC023649
    8. Rubin v. Lancaster – United States District Court Case No. CV 10-4046 DSF (JCx)
    9. Save Our Neighborhood Group v. City of Lancaster, et al. Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS 121501.
    10. Shabazz v. Parris, USDC, Central Case No. CV12-5803 SVW (JEM)
    11. ANTELOPE VALLEY GROUNDWATER CASES
    Included Actions:
    Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co.
    Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC325201;

    Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co.
    Superior Court of California, County of Kern, Case No. S-1500-CV-254-348

    Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. Palmdale Water District
    Superior Court of California County of Riverside, consolidated actions;
    Case Nos. RIC 353 840, RIC 344 436, RIC 344 668

    Santa Clara Case No. 1-05-CV 049053

    SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE BLVD. NO BUSINESSES HAVE REPORTED CLOSING SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. HOWEVER ACCORDING TO A RECENT TV REPORT, SEVERAL BLVD BUSINESSES ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE OVERALL FOOT TRAFFIC. THAT COULD ALL CHANGE WHEN THEY BUILD THE NEW BOUTIQUE HOTEL, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN A WEEK AFTER THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE.

    UNTIL NEXT TIME, THIS IS CAP’N LANCASTER WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL UPDATE. AT EASE!

    • Thanks, Cap’n Lancaster. The overall foot traffic on the BLVD is about the same as it was 20 years ago when Lancaster Boulevard was a ghost town. It’s not so charming to stroll by empty storefronts and there are only about 2-3 blocks that are ‘stroll-worthy’, where the restaurants are clustered.

      The overwhelming presence is of the cars and trucks parked in the median giving it a parking lot feel rather than a ‘ramblas’ experience, as Rex fantasized in dreams.

      There is more foot traffic in the main corridor of the Antelope Valley Mall from Sears to Macy’s during any day than the entire length of the BLVD. Sometimes, you can stand on the sidewalk and look down either direction and not see 1 pedestrian for a short time.

      • @William, no one goes to the Blvd when you’re there cuz yr such a bummer. I do not like Rex but I still enjoy the Blvd. You really need to get a life, this Rex obsession is getting to u. I go to the Blvd almost everyday, I enjoy it. I don’t have to agree with someone politics to enjoy something they backed. U have the ultimate control of your life and happiness.really u have nothing better to do than live in palmdale, spy on the Blvd & hate on Rex.

    • Thank you for the update Cap’n Lancaster. I found the dropping of all charges against the erstwhile AVTA boss quite interesting. He may have found it very helpful to know where all of the bodies are buried, especially when charges are brought…….just sayin’.

  34. Gov. Jan Brewer (R) of Arizona has vetoed SB 1062.

    Nutjob heads are exploding all over the countryside.

    In a way, I almost wish she would have signed it and then the NFL would have cancelled the Super Bowl and other corporations such as airlines and hotel chains and even the Chamber of Commerce would have really come down on Arizona. Then, maybe, those nutjobs that voted for it would have been replaced next election.

    As it is now, they are still in office and get to brag to their base that they voted for it and play vicitm. Boo Hoo.

    • Super Bowl was never in any danger of being cancelled there no matter the amount of hand wringing being done about it. Why? There is a reason that they are awarded years in advance, the planning that is required necessitates it.

      That said, it was a horribly written law and should have been vetoed. You have to give Arizona credit for at least trying to do something about the issues that are dragging this country down. No, I am not talking about homosexuals, they have every right to be as unhappy as the rest of the country, but illegal aliens are costing this country mightily.

      • @Chris, fyi it was highly probable the super bowl would be moved, Arizona lost much than just a super bowl when they refused to honor MLK day, they do now

  35. Saw this comment on Media Matters, a website that exposes right wing lies and disinformation and they never run out of stuff.

    ” Avatar
    Imbecile Stevennnnn • 7 hours ago

    You want an honest Obamacare horror story? Fine. I’ll share mine with you, but I don’t think you’ll accept it as true, because that’s all libtards do, is deny the truth.

    But, here’s my Obamacare horror story.

    I spoke out against Obama the Tyrant in 2008, long before he ever became president. After his inauguration, I was suddenly “audited” by the IRS and found guilty of massive tax evasion. I was sentenced to 15 years hard labor at Alcatraz. Because I wasn’t going to be a victim of King Obama, I made several escape attempts, causing the prison officials to send me to a psych hospital for “observation” shortly after Obamacare passed.

    The warden made all the inmates sign up for Obamacare, and then I was sent to a mental hospital, run by Obamabot Doctors and nurses we were allowed to keep.

    While I was there, I met this gigantic Indian guy who had to fake being a mute because Obamacare wouldn’t cover his mental illness otherwise. There was also this nurse there, Nurse Hatchet (or something like that) who made us all take this hypno-pills that said “Hope” on one side, and “Change” on the other. I think they were some kind of drugs meant to kill us.

    I kept speaking out against Obama, so they gave me shock treatments, until one day, they went too far, and they turned me into a vegetable. The Indian felt bad for me because he thought I was going to escape, so he killed me and threw the marble water fountain through the window and escaped himself.

    Everyone thought it was me.

    No, go ahead and call me a liar, but the truth is right there for you to read. Obamacare killed me.”

    So, there you have it. Is it from someone who might be named……oh, say, Richard or something or is it a satire? It’s hard to tell.

  36. What Is the Deal with R Rex Parris?
    I just moved to Lancaster and found all this controversy about the mayor. What is the story? Why are so many people anti-Parris?
    I ask this bk when I needed to come back to California last year, I went online and decided on Lancaster and, to be honest, it was this mayor and solar energy and The Boulevard that attracted me here. I watched City Council meetings online and thought Parris was very forward thinking and a good leader. Then I arrive here and all my neighbors scrunch their faces when I say his name.
    So I’m putting this question into the mix here at AV Times Readers Speak Out. Can you please give me some history on Mayor Parris, why he is so controversial when he also seems to be very effective?
    I appreciate it if responders LEAVE HATE OUT of your answers and instead give me facts, decisions, links, and other forms of untainted truth.
    Thanks
    Kay
    New to Lancaster

    • @Kay. Welcome to the Antelope Valley. I suggest you ask your neighbors in Lancaster specifically what troubles them about Rex Parris so you get a more accurate picture.

      I am a resident of Palmdale and wouldn’t have any problems with Lancaster except for Rex Parris. He has joined a lawsuit of Palmdale to force the city to go to district elections for council members instead of the at-large elections that the Palmdale voters approved years ago. It’s on appeal right now. Meanwhile, he had his own ‘expert’ determine that Lancaster doesn’t have the same issues which is laughable. Many of us find that hard to believe.

      Rex Parris has a chip on his shoulder regarding Mayor Ledford of Palmdale and has publicly called him a ‘doofus’ which appeared on the front page of the Valley Press. He opposed Palmdale’s proposed natural gas power plant and sent out deceptive fliers prior to a hearing from the air quality managment board.

      He pushed for a Walmart across from Quartz HIll High School despite intense opposition from QH residents. Lancaster gets the sales tax revenue while Quartz Hill gets the traffic, litter, associated crime and other problems. There’s more to that story as the broker for the Walmart property is now on the planning commission and after the property’s zoning was changed from residential to commerial and after people bought homes expecting it to stay residential. Truly fishy.

      He has been a bad neighbor to the surrounding towns and cities. He has used legal loopholes to lure an auto dealership from Palmdale which was against the law but was dismissed because of a time limit. All this can be Googled if you would like more detailed information.

      He has pushed his pet project, the BLVD, despite many Lancaster residents wanting attention to other issues. Have you noticed all the empty storefronts on the BLVD. Even well-established businesses that opened a second place on the BLVD closed after less than a year. It’s not what’s it’s been cracked up to be.

      He actually got into an altercation with someone at a local gym.

      Hopefully, others will fill in the many other reasons Rex Parris has become a joke in the Antelope Valley and beyond and by his own words and actions. His obnoxious and arrogant behavior is no small matter despite the appearance of ‘forward thinking’ otherwise your neighbors and acquaintances in Lancaster wouldn’t scrunch their faces at the mention of his name.

      There is a council election coming up in April, instead of November, because low voter turnout enables Rex to more easily win his own election as well as those who he supports for the council. Does that seem fair and just to you? He runs the city as though he’s the ‘boss’ of a small southern town.

      But, don’t take my word for it. Keep on asking around and doing some research. There are a lot of reasons for ‘face scrunching’ as far as Rex is concerned. You may have been misled by Rex’s own PR but your neighbors have seen things up close and personal and they don’t like it, solar farms and BLVD or not.

      I hope you’ll come back here with what you’ve found and tell us.

      • Damn William… you broke it all the way down to the ground on Rex Parris. I love it! I can’t disagree with anything you have posted, but Rex’s antics are no different than any other power hungry leaders in small towns across this good nation. Nothing will change until we put more TRUE forward thinking young people in power.And these ole timers will not go quietly into the night…

        • Not to mention the controversy surrounding his office space on 10th St West, and HIS decision to pay his friend for The Eye in the Sky.
          Does it seem strange that all of the votes at City Council meetings pass unanimously, everytime?

        • Thanks, Letlow. I’m sure there are many others who could add lots more stuff.

          I forgot to tell Kay, that although she expressly didn’t want HATEFUL comments, she will soon learn that the things Rex has done aren’t simply minor disagreements over a city ordinance here or there but truly obnoxious actions that have infuriated Lancaster residents as well as Quartz Hill and Palmdale residents. No small feat in just a few years.

          As far as ‘forward thinking’, Russia’s Putin was forward thinking with his Sochi Olympics, spending $50B, but also undermined it in so many ways. Rex has been like that only in a smaller pond.

          Consider that Mayor Ledford has been mayor of Palmdale for 20+ years and hasn’t done one one millionth of the things to upset Valley residents as Parris has. That’s why Mayor Ledford keeps getting re-elected and my neighbors have never complained or scrunched up their faces when his name is mentioned.

          Nor does Mayor Ledford need a bodyguard and a bulletproof vest to walk around town. He’s loved by most residents and for good reason.

          In a short while, Kay will learn more about Rex and I’m anxious to hear what she thinks.

          We aren’t making this stuff up. Rex is.

      • Let’s be honest, Ledford is a doofus but he certainly has not raised the ire of his constituents like Parris has managed to. Of course, Parris doesn’t really care how the residents feel, his actions have made that fairly obvious. He reminds me of another politician, Al Gore.

    • He truly doesn’t care havering him as a lawyer was a mistake. Although we prevailed it was a case that you couldn’t lose their is no sole in that man.

    • Kay – If you go to the Facebook page Get Parris Out of Lancaster and scroll back to January, you will find a post that lists a lot of newspaper and news articles on Parris. It is very imformative and give the dates and sources.

    • @ Kay. Here is a comment listing many more things that Rex has done than I did. It was way down this thread from a few weeks ago.

      These are some of the reasons your neighbors ‘scrunch’. They’ve had it and it’s probably hard for them to keep track of everything but the following comment might help you get a clearer picture.

      ”
      Cap’n Lancaster
      January 29, 2014 at 8:40 pm

      ATTEN HUN! CAP’N LANCASTER HERE WITH YOUR LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL UPDATE.

      LOOKS LIKE OUR ESTEEMED MAYOR WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO LAST EVENINGS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HE WAS OUT OF TOWN ON A TRIAL. IT IS NICE TO SEE THE MAYOR SUING SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY AFTER SUING STARWOOD, PALMDALE, AND SANTA CLARITA.

      HIS PUPPET THE VICE MAYOR HANDLED THE DUTIES. THE MEETING WAS NON CONTROVERCIAL. LOTS OF SELF CONGRATULATORY TALK. MICHAEL RIVES POINTED TO EXPENSES FOR VIP PARKING AT JETHAWKS AND BUYING BEER FOR THE BEER FESTIVAL. NO WORD FROM LANCASTER BAPTIST CHURCH ABOUT THE CITY BUYING BEER.

      SADLY COUNCILMAN SMITH HAS BEEN BANISHED TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE COUNCIL PANEL. NO ONE SITS NEAR HIM. NO ONE TALKS TO HIM. HE DID SPEAK UP A COUPLE OF TIMES. POOR RON. HE HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE MAYORS FAVOR AND NOW THE VICE MAYOR IS THE GOLDEN BOY. TRYING TO TEACH MICHAEL RIVES IS A HOOT TO WATCH. HEAVEN HELP US ALL.

      WITH A MAYOR IN THE SUING PROFESSION, IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT THE LIST OF LAWSUITS CONTINUES TO GROW, MANY OF THEM DUE TO THE MAYORS BIG YAPPER. HERE IS THE LIST AS OF NOW:

      1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (2) – four potential cases.

      2. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: consideration of initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (4) – one potential case.

      3. Conference with Legal Counsel–Existing Litigation – Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (1)

      4. Coalition for Open Government v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BC499047

      5. Quartz Hill Cares v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BS 122336

      6. Palmdale v. Lancaster – Case No. BC443280

      7. Lancaster v. Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) Case No. MC023649

      8. Rubin v. Lancaster – United States District Court Case No. CV 10-4046 DSF (JCx)

      9. Save Our Neighborhood Group v. City of Lancaster, et al. Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS 121501.

      10. ANTELOPE VALLEY GROUNDWATER CASES

      Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co. Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC325201;

      Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co. Superior Court of California, County of Kern, Case No. S-1500-CV-254-348

      Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. Palmdale Water District Superior Court of California County of Riverside, consolidated actions; Case Nos. RIC 353 840, RIC 344 436, RIC 344 668

      Santa Clara Case No. 1-05-CV 049053

      11. Shabazz v. Parris, USDC, Central Case No. CV12-5803 SVW (JEM)

      ON A SAD NOTE, OR SHOULD I SAY SAD NOTES, IN ADDITION TO STARWOOD CLOSING ITS DOORS (WHICH OF COURSE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT OUR ESTEEMED MAYOR SUED THEM AND WALKED AWAY WITH A COOL HALF MILL- SUCH IS THE PRICE OF DOING BUSINESS IN LANCASTER) THERE WAS YET ANOTHER CLOSURE ON THE BLVD.

      ON THE BLVD, JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER BARONES CLOSED MOLLY KATES IS ALSO CLOSING ITS DOORS. IN A TV INTERVIEW BARONES AND ANOTHER RESTAURANTEER NOTED THE LACK OF FOOT TRAFFIC. PERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE STARTED SELLING BOOZE BECAUSE THE TWO BARS/RESTAURANTS SEEM TO BE DOING JUST FINE.

      THIS IS CAP’N LANCASTER WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL UPDATE. AT EASE!
      Reply”

      Thanks to Cap’n Lancaster for making the list for us. It’s much appreciated.

      As a Lancaster resident, Kay, you must know that while Rex keeps himself busy suing everything in site, your potholes and other city services might go unattended to. And, while Rex has been mayor the city’s bond rating was lowered. I know it hard to know all these things before you move to a ctiy ahead of time. I was lucky in that I moved to Palmdale without checking anything about the local government but fortunately, while I commuted to the San Fernando Valley during most of the 90s, Mayor Ledford has been hard at work bringing desirable businesses to Palmdale and continues to do whatever he can to improve the lives and quality of life in Palmdale. You must also know, that Rex Parris has fought him constantly at every opportunity. You’ll see as he’s unlikely to stop doing that.

      Kay, I’ve given you a lot of ‘what happened’ and I acknowledge that Rex Parris thoroughly disgusts me for his words and actions over the last few years, so I am biased. But, there are facts on my side. Too many Valley residents are so busy working and commuting that they aren’t able to keep up with everything, so Rex does whatever he can get away with. I’m retired and I can’t ignore what he’s been doing because it impacts my city as well. And, not in a good way.

    • Thanks, this is all real informative.
      Now I am wondering how the city council election ended up coming up so fast in Lancaster. It’s this April? How did that happen? I’ll look for stories, but since AV Press has No Internet Presence At All, it is hard to read about Lancaster online… that’s why i love The AV Times. .
      any comments on the election being in April, anyone?

      • @Kay The AV Press does have an online edition but it comes with a paper subscription cheaper than just an online subscription, if I recall correctly. I cancelled it a few months before I discovered this site, 2 years ago.

        With the online subscription, you can do searches for past articles. But, overall, it’s an expensive local newspaper for what you get.

      • The reason the City of Lancaster has an April election is the plain and simple reason that it discourages voting. The same reason that politicians put out negative campaign mailers: discouraging voting.

        There have been a couple of attempts to change the date, but the powers that be like having a very small election where they can handle the absentee ballots and make sure it goes the way they want. Also, it’s fairly cheap to run in Lancaster which encourages a bunch of fringe candidates to run. This also tends to make the one with the most name recognition the winner. If we were to have an election for Mayor like Los Angeles, Rex would have a bit more of a fight on his hands. If it were head to head with one candidate, he would have a run for his money. If he’s running against seven, he’s got it in the bag. It’s kind of funny, all of the fringe candidates all talk about how bad he is, but they keep participating in a system that guarantees that he keeps getting elected. Go Lancaster.

        • in addition to holding elections in april to keep voter turnout low and tilt the advantage to rex and his lackeys (he owns the loyal lancaster baptist vote and even sets up a voting precinct there), lancaster runs its own election. no outside oversight. just the good ole boys and girls left alone to count their own ballots. one elected was allegedly left alone in a room with absentee ballots. the last election had a candidate that didn’t even live in lancaster. this is no ordinary city by any means.

    • @Richard, just keep believing that stuff, you’re in denial, remember in Nov when Willard mitt Romney was going to be president remember when the gop autopsy happened, you have to be dead first that doesn’t that tell you something

  38. Well. Well. Well. It only took a month or two but Richard finally was able to compose a comment with more than a couple words plus a link to ‘his’ right wing talking points.

    I’m happy to have made a difference with him.

    Now, he needs to work on content. One baby step at a time.

    And, he needs to work on projection, such as projecting snarky remarks on me while that is what he does. Projecting about talking points when all he had been doing was copying and pasting right wing talking points.
    Snarky replies? He just made one about a zoo. Disagreement? He doesn’t like it when anyone disagrees with him. And, so on.

    So, there ya have it. Everything he accuses others of doing he has been doing all along.

    Meanwhile, the GOPTP is collapsing in on itself like those old casinos in Las Vegas. But, at least those casinos implode by design. I’m beginning to suspect that the Democratic Party is behind the war the republicans are having with themselves. I’ve actually heard a republican blame President Obama for the problems the republicans are having within their own party. Unreal.

    What did republican Governor Bobby Jindal say about quitting being the ‘stupid party’? Apparently, it hasn’t gotten through.

  39. Any updates on the Ungerman/Whitman murder -suicide(toxicogy results,motive)?
    Why no one is talking about this??? The people want the truth and closure on suspicions. I smell something fishy!!!

    • I also want to know more about this case. What was the dynamic between the two men that resulted in a murder then a suicide? Are any other parties involved?

  41. We all know how concerned Rex Parris is about minorities having their fair share of voting power…..except in Lancaster. There’s an election in Lancaster in April, and Rex Parris is supporting……drum roll please……TWO WHITE GUYS! Marv Crist and Ron Smith! Maybe that’s why he needed that “expert” viewpoint BEFORE the April election! Better yet, maybe Palmdale can use the “expert” opinion in its lawsuit since the cities are so similar demographically.

    • no one has a better track record of opposing minority candidate than parris. he opposed mayfield, corrallees, and khalib among others in palmdale and he opposed and is opposing ervin in lancaster. his dumbass lawsuit in palmdale is keeping thompson out of office. maybe an expert should study parris and his ilk.

    • Didn’t you love it, Richard, when Big Birther Donald Trump got punked by President Obama at the White House Correspondant’s Dinner the night before bin Laden was killed? Then, the President pre-empted Celebrity Apprentice the next night to announce that bin Laden was dead.

      Yeah, you guys got the A-Team. In this case, the ‘A’ stands for something I can’t write on this site but you know what I mean.

      Now, Richard, you’ve got to suffer 3 more years of President Obama, so keep on copying and pasting cause it looks like you’ve got nothing better to offer.

    • You’re the sorry one, Richard.

      Your guy lost.

      And, now you’re sorry.

      Poor you. Poor, poor you.

      You’ll have another chance in 2016 to vote for one of the clowns that the GOP hopelessly nominates after some really ridiculous debates like last time. In fact, Reince Priebus wants to limit the number of debates, because, y’know, they show how insane their candidates are. You remember those debates, Richard? Dontcha?

      Late night comedians are distressed over the this news.

  46. Wow! Now, Governor McCrory (R-North Carolina) has a real scandal on his hands after a massive coal ash spill into a river.

    So, I have to laugh, given all the stupidity and corruption of the TPGOP, when someone comes here and criticizes the President. Compared to the last president who inherited a surplus, ignored warnings about a possible bin Laden attack in this country a month before 9/11, got us into 2 wars, one on false claims, and didn’t finish or pay for either one OR get bin Laden cause he just decided to forget about him. THAT decider. And, left the biggest darn recession since the Great Depression from before most of us were born.

    A slow recovery, you say? Well, since it was a world-wide recession, and we almost lost 2 auto companies and housing crashed, and, and, and, it wasn’t going to be a quick recovery cause it wasn’t a normal business cycle recession, despite how republicans and right wing pundits try to frame it that way. In fact, we haven’t had normal business cycle recessions since Reagan. It’s been one fraud, scheme, scandal, unsustainable boom after another since Reagan, the God of the GOP. And, you know how God works. He just lets things happen.

    Then, the party of that ‘village idiot’ met on President Obama’s inauguration day to plot to make him a one term president and obstruct everything he did including appointments. They even shut down the government costing about $24 billion dollars while not extending unemployment insurance for those that ran out……..TO SAVE MONEY.

    Can you believe these tea party republicans? Nothing the Democrats have done in the last 5 years has done as much damage as those folks. The U.S. auto industry is going great, housing has recovered somewhat, inflation is still low and unemployment has been going down continuously since President Obama took office. All the while, the republicans in Congress fought every inch of the way. The voted agains their own bills and/or bills they insisted on amending. I repeat. THEY VOTED AGAINST THEIR OWN BILLS THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED JUST TO OPPOSE PRESIDENT OBAMA. My favorite was one a couple years ago that the House GOP didn’t really want passed but wanted to force the Democrats to vote anyway. The clever Democrats just voted ‘Present’ and so Boehner had to hold the vote open a few more minutes so some republicans could change their ‘Yes’ votes to ‘No’ votes so the bill wouldn’t pass. These people aren’t fit to manage an ant farm.

    So, when folks like Richard come here and post their links, which they probably haven’t even read, I have to laugh at his absurd attempts to make the Democrats seem as awful as the tea party GOP. LOL. Do Democrats make mistakes? Sure, Are there Democrats who’ve gone to prison from crimes committed in office? Sure.

    But, nothing but nothing compares to the New GOP for downright insanity. Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, Fox News, and so on.

    • Oops! I forgot to mention, after ragging on all those republican governors, that California now has a surplus. Sure, there’s more to do but we manage with Democratic Governor Jerry Brown and a GOP-proof Democratic majority in Sacramento.

      Is that called a ‘truth bomb’? I doubt if Richard will reply in his own words except maybe to post a link to Breithbart or the Moonie’s Washington Times.

  47. Tea people and conservatives have much difficulty with the English language, so here is Merriam-Websters online definition of ‘liberal’. Sounds good to me.

    Full Definition of LIBERAL
    1
    a : of, relating to, or based on the liberal arts
    b archaic : of or befitting a man of free birth
    2
    a : marked by generosity : openhanded
    b : given or provided in a generous and openhanded way
    c : ample, full
    3
    obsolete : lacking moral restraint : licentious
    4
    : not literal or strict : loose
    5
    : broad-minded; especially : not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms
    6
    a : of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism
    b capitalized : of or constituting a political party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalism; especially : of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with ideals of individual especially economic freedom, greater individual participation in government, and constitutional, political, and administrative reforms designed to secure these objectives

    • Richard, you are as original as a carbon copy.

      But, that’s OK.

      Like I said before, you haven’t written an intelligent comment on this site ever as far as I can tell. Just short snarky remarks and links. It doesn’t matter if the links are liberal or conservative, you still don’t think for yourself.

      When are you gonna do some thinkin’ for yourself? Or is it too late.

      Are you with the tea partiers, birthers, evolution deniers, 6,000 year old earth people, trickle down believer, Ted Nugent fan, anti-everything but $$$$s, etc., etc. Y’know, the GOP.

      • @Richard, just keep believing that stuff, you’re in denial, remember in Nov when Willard mitt Romney was going to be president remember when the gop autopsy happened, you have to be dead first that doesn’t that tell you something

    • All the dems have to do is stand back and watch the GOP implode. The more they talk the more the more votes they loose

  50. More popcorn, please.

    Watching GOP governors goin’ down in flames is more fun than fun.

    Bob McDonnell of Virginia is indicted.

    Chris Christie wishes he hadn’t had that lap band surgery to run in 2016, all for naught.

    Now, Scott Walker is getting investigated too. He, the Koch brothers errand boy.

    The GOP field is shrinking.

    Once again, they’ll probably nominate someone they all don’t like, like a Mitt.

    The GOP establishment hates Ted Cruz for the nonsense he’s put them through.

    Maybe Sarah Palin will run. I sure hope so.

  51. Environmentalists have hit out at a giant new solar farm in the Mojave Desert as mounting evidence reveals birds flying through the extremely hot ‘thermal flux’ surrounding the towers are being scorched.

    After years of regulatory tangles around the impact on desert wildlife, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System opened on Thursday but environmental groups say the nearly 350,000 gigantic mirrors are generating 1000 degree Fahrenheit temperatures which are killing and singeing birds.

    According to compliance documents released by developer BrightSource Energy last year, dozens of birds were found injured at the site during the building stage.

    State and federal regulators are currently conducting a two-year study of the Ivanpah plant’s effects on birds, with environmental groups questioning the the value of cleaner power when native wildlife is being killed or injured.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560494/Worlds-largest-solar-k

    • Maybe the birds should fly around the solar farm, or use a different sun screen. Sheesh, common sense here folks.

    • There is no form of energy generation that doesn’t have some impact on the flora and fauna surrounding it. Some worst then others. Liberal environmentalists would have us living as primitive hunter gathers I believe.

  53. I have heard many time that back in the day when we had the gasoline shortage, trucks were actually ordered to go out in the desert and dump loads of gasoline, it keeps the supply artificially low and the price high. It seems to me to make better sense to lower the price and sell it all but coming to understand the workings of this system, I don’t doubt this is true.

    So today, we have a drought, right??? Yes, we might be having a rather long dry spell however a friend of mine works for the Co that is in charge of the aqueduct and according to him, our water is and has been disappearing by the truckload for quite sometime somewhere out of California, this drought is all about control, raising prices and making us all the more dependent, it is about Agenda 21. Hope some of you here know what that is (I have said it before, yes I know, I can’t stress it enough). This drought, is man made.

    • It’s man made by the fact that we are burning up our planet and exploiting/ using up our resources at an alarming rate. The processes involved in fracking uses a great deal of water. (Can create earthquakes. ) So does the extraction of hydrogen from our sea water. It is done by heating up the water which causes it to vaporize and disappear. Can also create hurricanes. One of the biggest problems now are the nuclear facilities most of which are deep underground ( and in places like hospitals ) using plutonium and uranium under intense heat in a reactor to produce a gas. Wonder why so many fires? Why winter has been so cold everywhere like air conditioner on at full blast in the winter? Because it takes ALOT of water (antifreeze ) to keep these centrifuges cool ; from exploding or burning up. Now you know why our utility bills have skyrocketed. Now have technology to use as ” targets” for earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires anywhere they want… If they want as an added bonus . What’s going on is uglier than anyone realizes.

  55. I am watching the Palmdale City Council Meeting on Time Warner Cable Channel 3 but I do not see the new Council Man Fred Thompson. He was elected but he is not there. Oh that is right. Rex is suing and the election is on hold. Rex was successful in keeping an African American off the Palmdale City Council. Now he is trying to do the same in his Hometown Lancaster by bad mouthing Jonathan Ervin.

  57. Listen up, kids. If you don’t want to think for yourself, just post links like Richard does.

    Does anyone actually click on his links?

    He doesn’t seem capable of writing an intelligent comment here, preferring having others do his writing and thinking for him. .

    • Yes, we should all get our “thinkin” from where you get yours, the Huffington Post.

      Why don’t you refute what he says instead of general put downs? Maybe something about the “Gish Gallup”? Or an actual original thought? Or is it that you cannot find anything to refute what the links claim on The Daily Show or Media Matters…..

      Instead you show us your “intellect” by putting people down. Brilliant. This type of empty rhetoric where people claim intelligence because of their ability to repeat the administration line and insult anyone who disagrees is the nonsense that is destroying this country. Richard, post away. I click your links and find the information refreshing compared to the non-sensical “WRECKS HAHAHHAHAHA THE MAYOR IS A DUMB CAUSE I HAS SMARTS” blathering that William does daily.

      • Oh, Todd. Todd. Todd Todd. Have you ever read an original comment by Richard that wasn’t more than a reference to a link minus his own ‘intellectual’ input?

        You keep good company.

        Continue.

          • What a surprise, a pass.

            And of course, the obligatory “kins” after my name.

            Lets see here, I can do this liberal language thing….

            “Oh Williekins, you are so cute! I don’t want to make you looks stupid so I’ll just save you the embarrassment”

            I can do it too!!!!

        • William, is that you ? I am all for posting links myself, especially videos’ sure does save myself a lot of typing. I don’t personally post stuff expecting anyone to blindly share my beliefs, I post in hopes to inspire people to see things in a different perspective and find their own truth. I believe William likes one to state ones case in detail here so he can have someone to argue with. That is just my opinion, does not mean I am right, but that is how it seems to me. Good Day!

          • William does not like one to state their beliefs, he wants everyone to state HIS beliefs. If the videos/links met HIS approval, they would be fine. And then he has the arrogance to believe that EVERYONE believes the same way.

            I gave him the opportunity to debate me on his beliefs on any topic and he added “kins” to my name and passed. If wanted debate, he would debate and not “pass” and act in a condescending manner.

          • The only thing missing from this site is Larry Hux a.k.a. cagywolf and avbornanbred. and Please keep it that way.

      • You can support ‘Wrecks’ Parris, Todd.

        Someone has to.

        It might as well be you.

        As you’ve noticed, there is growing disgust with ‘Wrecks’ and I’m happy to encourage it. It’s not like he doesn’t deserve it. He does.

        • How many times have you gotten elected William? Somebody must like him.

          I guess you could complain that the system is rigged and have them change the rules so that dissent against your viewpoint is silenced. That happened somewhere around here recently, didn’t it? Like on this website?

          Must have been some right wing conspiracy to drive and vote around in order to get Rex elected, huh? Like people driving around down voting your comments……

          Of course, you are the arbiter of who should be elected and who shouldn’t and you obviously know how to run a city the size of Lancaster because of your vast experiences…….reading the Huffington Post?

          WAIT, I know, your’e a liberal, you know how to do everything better than everyone. Obama said so.

          • Is that you, Rex?

            There are a lot of comments here critical of Rex.

            Why don’t you go after them. Is it because I’m hitting a nerve?

            Or, are you Adam Chant with a new username?

          • I don’t go after them because none are as condescending, nonsensical, and empty as you. You are hitting a nerve, however, because I cannot stand liberal nonsense from psuedo-intellectuals such as yourself who claim intelligence because you repeat what you read somewhere else. And then you make blanket comments that everyone must be tired of something because you don’t like the message being presented. You are one of the most arrogant and uneducated liberals I have ever come across, and that is saying something.

            I am not Rex nor am I Adam Chant. Same old Todd, I know you remember me. You can ask your friends with the AV Times. Same email address, same location, probably similar IP address.

          • rigged elections? now thats a stretch. is it unusual for a city to hold an election in april when there is a primary in june and a full election in november? sure. is it unusual for a city to hold its own elections and count and keep its own ballots when an outside, independent agency like the county could do it and remove any accusations of wrong doing? sure. is it unusual for a city to run and pay for infrastructure to a church and bible school that was being built miles away from any other infrastructure? sure. is it unusual for a city to have one of its voting precincts at a church/bible school that it ran and paid for the infrastructure? sure. It it unusual to build a park and ride in a church parking lot? sure. is it unusual for an elected mayor of a city with sevaeral large christian congregations to proclaim that he is building a christian community? sure. but rigged elections? c’mon.

          • No, I stand behind what I say and always sign my comments with my name. I have no desire to lend any credibility to your vendetta against all things Lancaster. It’s an old and uninspired position much like a late ’80’s Chevy station wagon with synthetic wood siding. No matter how old it gets it will never be classic and it wasn’t even worth considering when it was new.

        • Oh, Todd, Yet you defend Richard, who can’t seem to defend himself, who simply posts RWNJ articles from right wing sources. Any you buy that.

          Keep up the good work.

          • Conservative, wasn’t Rex the one who dreamed of the drone that was capable of peering into peoples windows? Conservative, really?
            Maybe Jesus saves, but the DEVIL is the one running the show here in earth it seems!

      • @Todd-that is why I do not reply to any of his comments. I refuse to engage in any conversation with him. He is an antagonist pure and simple. He comes on here to ruffle as many feathers as possible. Especially to those who disagree with him. He has nothing good to say but repeat the Libs talking points. I bet you he will even snarky reply to what I’ve said here because he can’t help himself. The signs at the zoo aways tell you “Do not feed the animals” and in his case I won’t.

    • Notice the date was 2012? If only people (voters) would have stood up and took notice then that our Lier-In-Chief lies. Oh well…

  60. “Does this orange jumpsuit make me look fat?” – Former presidential hopeful Chris Christie

    The clown car is suddenly roomier.

  61. ATTEN HUN! CAP’N LANCASTER HERE WITH YOUR LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL UPDATE.

    LOOKS LIKE OUR ESTEEMED MAYOR WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO LAST EVENINGS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HE WAS OUT OF TOWN ON A TRIAL. IT IS NICE TO SEE THE MAYOR SUING SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY AFTER SUING STARWOOD, PALMDALE, AND SANTA CLARITA.

    HIS PUPPET THE VICE MAYOR HANDLED THE DUTIES. THE MEETING WAS NON CONTROVERCIAL. LOTS OF SELF CONGRATULATORY TALK. MICHAEL RIVES POINTED TO EXPENSES FOR VIP PARKING AT JETHAWKS AND BUYING BEER FOR THE BEER FESTIVAL. NO WORD FROM LANCASTER BAPTIST CHURCH ABOUT THE CITY BUYING BEER.

    SADLY COUNCILMAN SMITH HAS BEEN BANISHED TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE COUNCIL PANEL. NO ONE SITS NEAR HIM. NO ONE TALKS TO HIM. HE DID SPEAK UP A COUPLE OF TIMES. POOR RON. HE HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE MAYORS FAVOR AND NOW THE VICE MAYOR IS THE GOLDEN BOY. TRYING TO TEACH MICHAEL RIVES IS A HOOT TO WATCH. HEAVEN HELP US ALL.

    WITH A MAYOR IN THE SUING PROFESSION, IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT THE LIST OF LAWSUITS CONTINUES TO GROW, MANY OF THEM DUE TO THE MAYORS BIG YAPPER. HERE IS THE LIST AS OF NOW:

    1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (2) – four potential cases.

    2. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: consideration of initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (4) – one potential case.

    3. Conference with Legal Counsel–Existing Litigation – Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (1)

    4. Coalition for Open Government v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BC499047

    5. Quartz Hill Cares v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BS 122336

    6. Palmdale v. Lancaster – Case No. BC443280

    7. Lancaster v. Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) Case No. MC023649

    8. Rubin v. Lancaster – United States District Court Case No. CV 10-4046 DSF (JCx)

    9. Save Our Neighborhood Group v. City of Lancaster, et al. Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS 121501.

    10. ANTELOPE VALLEY GROUNDWATER CASES

    Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co. Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC325201;

    Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co. Superior Court of California, County of Kern, Case No. S-1500-CV-254-348

    Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. Palmdale Water District Superior Court of California County of Riverside, consolidated actions; Case Nos. RIC 353 840, RIC 344 436, RIC 344 668

    Santa Clara Case No. 1-05-CV 049053

    11. Shabazz v. Parris, USDC, Central Case No. CV12-5803 SVW (JEM)

    ON A SAD NOTE, OR SHOULD I SAY SAD NOTES, IN ADDITION TO STARWOOD CLOSING ITS DOORS (WHICH OF COURSE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT OUR ESTEEMED MAYOR SUED THEM AND WALKED AWAY WITH A COOL HALF MILL- SUCH IS THE PRICE OF DOING BUSINESS IN LANCASTER) THERE WAS YET ANOTHER CLOSURE ON THE BLVD.

    ON THE BLVD, JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER BARONES CLOSED MOLLY KATES IS ALSO CLOSING ITS DOORS. IN A TV INTERVIEW BARONES AND ANOTHER RESTAURANTEER NOTED THE LACK OF FOOT TRAFFIC. PERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE STARTED SELLING BOOZE BECAUSE THE TWO BARS/RESTAURANTS SEEM TO BE DOING JUST FINE.

    THIS IS CAP’N LANCASTER WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL UPDATE. AT EASE!

    • I’ve been pointing out for several years that the pedestrian traffic on the BLVD was hardly any greater than it was 10 years ago on most days.

      People like Adam Chant used to rag on me for saying that. So, I was shocked, shocked I tell ya, when the owner of Barone’s said the same thing. He wasn’t an amateur opening his first restaurant as he had a long established one already. Most of the businesses on the BLVD would probably do better located in a good shopping center.

      It’s the BLVD, for whatever reasons-bad planning, poor design, parking, traffic flow, questionable surrounding neighborhood, inconvenient location and so on.

      But, what do I know? I just went there and looked for myself instead of buying Rex’s BS and more BS about the ‘world class ramblas’ that won awards. Apparently, the judges for those awards didn’t actually visit the BLVD.

      I can’t figure out people who buy Rex’s bull just like I couldn’t figure out why New Jersey voters supported Chris Christie or our own Arnold. Now, we’re finding out that he punished those that didn’t support him and rewarded those that did. Don’t people recognize trouble when they see it wrapped up as an arrogant bully with thin skin proclaiming he lives in a Christian community.

      “Bullies with thin skins” should be a warning like those brightly colored fish, snakes and other animals that are that way cause they are POISONOUS. Some humans really fall for those guys. They must be immune to the poison or something. They are just as big a problem for the rest of us as those politicians are.

      If you voted for Rex in the past, DON’T DO IT AGAIN. He’s killing your city in many ways.

  62. As 300 tons of contaminated water flow daily into the Pacific from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan’s government is working in crisis mode, not only has this “leak” been intentional but they actually PLAN to dump ALL the contaminated water they have stored into the Pacific.

    Thousands of people protested in Tokyo against a bill that would see whistleblowing civil servants jailed for up to 10 years. Activists claim the law would help the government to cover up scandals, and damage the country’s constitution and democracy.

    An estimated 1Million Europeans are believed to have died as a direct result of that radiation emission following the nuclear explosion of Chernobyl.

    The US Government’s statistics document an excess death rate of 20,000 US residents, mostly healthy infants, in the first 9 months following the multiple nuclear events at Fukushima. .
    As a humanitarian, strategist, intelligence analyst, father and grandfather, General Bert understands that doing nothing is, quite simply, not an option. As 300 tons of contaminated water flow daily into the Pacific from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan’s government is working in crisis mode, not only has this “leak” been intentional but they actually PLAN to dump ALL the contaminated water they have stored into the Pacific.

    Fukushima, what you are not being told. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M60ZdXCLNLY&list=PLB42F7CF3C09AA00C&feature=share&index=36

  63. Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Job Loss, Lower Wages and Higher Drug Prices

    Have you heard? The TPP is a massive, controversial “free trade” agreement currently being pushed by big corporations and negotiated behind closed doors by officials from the United States and 11 other countries – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. In one fell swoop, this secretive deal could: http://tpp2012.com/

  65. Starwood’s call center in Lancaster closed its doors and is moving some of its business and hundreds of jobs to Wichita, Kansas. Rex Parris’s law firm apparently sued the company and settled out of court.

    Meanwhile, y’all are debating traffic accidents, beauty pageants and litigating local crimes like little Perry Masons while Parris does damage to Lancaster is so many ways.

    If you are a Lancaster resident, how is suing Palmdale over its at-large council elections benefiting you? Y’all complain about how bad it is in Lancaster but are you working to replace Rex and the council or just complaining about how bad it is in Lancaster? There’s a council election coming up.

    Take your pick.

    • Most businesses carry insurance to cover them in case of lawsuits and such. Could they be leaving California because of the high taxes and strict business regulations that the California super majority Democrats love so much?

      • @Richard
        Why don’t you move to a regulation-free red state? Of course, because they are welfare states, California, as a donor state with all its regulations, will have to support those red welfare states.

        It’s a good thing that with all its terrible regulations, California if one of the world’s leading economies compared to other countries. But, you know best.

        It’s called a ‘race to the bottom’. So, start packing.

      • Plain & simple – they received incentives to come to Lancaster & now they received incentives to move to Kansas. They announced last May they were opening a center there & started taking calls back in August. Not only did the state offer incentives but the city and county also gave forgivable loans.
        I am sure that as soon as those incentives end they will move somewhere else.

        • why are you so sure about that? Starwood had hundreds of employees and was a company that was in lancaster for over 10 years. you couldn’t go anywhere in the AV without knowing someone that worked there.

          Sure, there’s other centers for them to re-locate to but they aren’t exactly a hop, skip, and a jump away. It’s not an easy process to move out of state when you have a mortgage, a family, and other attachments.

          Also, more then often when you are offered a moving incentive most companies have you commit to a position for a year or you owe that money back. I doubt starwood is any different. And you know what they’re going to use that incentive for? MOVING!

          • Remember when they came here that Starwood recv’d incentives just like most businesses that move to the AV.
            If you search this topic you will see articles in Kansas publications stating just how much they got in incentives, that they 1st announced this last May & started taking calls in August. They even have a photo of one of the managers that worked in Lancaster doing training there.
            They also state how many they have already hired, plan to hire in future & that they are hiring right now.
            Employees were given 2 months pay & the option to relocate to other call centers or hotels. They have properties in & around Los Angeles.

        • Sure, they go some decent incentives to come to Lancaster. They also got one heck of a disincentive to stay when the Mayor of Lancaster personally cost them 2 million dollars for staying (of which he got to personally line his pockets with over a half a million dollars, too)! The cost of staying in a town where the Mayor is so anti-business was too great, so they left.

          Net result: Wrecks’ unbridled greed and lack of foresight cost the City of Lancaster another 500 jobs!

          I find it particularly funny that he then turns around in the AV Press and says that its the state’s fault. Wow.

          • I know. He blames the regulations that he took advantage of to sue and line his pockets. Supposedly, Rex is a Christian but he doesn’t seem to fear hell.

            “What I do is legal even if it’s not right.” That should be the logo for his law offices.

            The upcoming council election would be a good time to elect someone not beholden to him, if Lancaster voters are smart.

            We’ll see.

          • Fiction all the way. If Rexy Poo is so corrupt, why isn’t he in jail? I think that kick backs of 500 thousand dollars would get the attention of the authorities. Go sting that.

          • “Rizzy,” you clearly have no clue of what is being posted about. The over $500K was his fee from the court case, not a ‘kick back’ as you tried to accuse me of claiming. It was fully legal for him to accept it.

            The problem is that any company trying to conduct business in any community where the Mayor is apt to sue you for millions – even if its NOT related to his functions as Mayor – will consider that a risky location to remain.

            Wrecks has made it plain that he simply doesn’t care about the City of Lancaster whenever there is an opportunity for him to pocket a lot of money, or to engage in personal vendetta. This is why so many companies are either closing in Lancaster, or deciding not to open any locations there. King Wrecks is an unacceptable risk to business.

          • @stinger. Even suing Palmdale and building a Walmart across from another town’s high school, which both got wide-spread negative publicity., can’t help Lancaster’s image’

            Plus, I’m sure Santa Clarita residents are becoming aware of Wrecks’s sue-happiness and aren’t likely to visit the ‘world class’ BLVD on their days off. He’s PR poison.

            Does anyone think that Wrecks will spend the rest of his days living in Lancaster to ‘enjoy’ the messes he’s created? Remember when he said on the local news that he was considering selling his big house and buying a condo off the BLVD. Coincidentally, that was his 1 millionth lie.

          • Does anyone actually think Rex is going to spend his time here, putting the $ back into Lancaster that he stole from it to begin with? Can’t believe people actually think he is conservative, maybe I woke up on the wrong planet and the language is different here, that is the only thing I can think of it that explains it?

      • In regards to the economy, the $ is going to crash, I do hope everyone knows this and is prepared. If you have an IRA, I would do some research SOON in regards to the GOV being flat broke and their plans to try to prolong the inevitable.

        • And, if you are incorrect, CaliGirl, will you promise to come back here and acknowledge that.

          Or, are you just crying ‘fire’ or even ‘wolf’ and never being accountable for it?

          • @Richard. Sure. But, I’ll need a ‘by when’ date of her prediction.

            We will have a downturn or even another Great Recession sometime in the future and she says she doesn’t know when. 2015? 2025? or 2035?

            Well, I predict that California will have a big earthquake but I don’t know when. How does that sound?

            Just so you know, Richard. When Bush was selected in 2000, by 2003 or 2004 I predicted that we would have a collapse and sure enough, we did on his watch.

            Americans were maxing out credit cards, had zero savings, taking out home equity loans to buy RVs and granite counter tops, were buying homes at inflated prices while jobs were being outsourced and wages remained stagnant. It was an easy prediction. I didn’t need any links to make that prediction, just keeping my eyes open to what was happening .

            All those things I listed were discussed separately at the time but no one put it all together. And, the pundits said “they didn’t see it coming”.

            People like Glenn Beck and others have been shouting ‘fire’ for years now and the economy keeps plugging along slowly. I just heard a report on the news this morning that going back to Truman, the economy does better under Democratic administrations than republican ones. So, based on past history, if a republican is elected in 2016, CaliGirl will be correct.

            That’s my prediction.

          • To be honest, I really wish I was wrong because this is not just the US, it is global and it is sadly no accident, but rather something intentional. It is expected to be the worst the world has ever seen, if this is news to you, I highly suggest watching the video, it is also part of a playlist with other videos, but don’t bother unless you have an open mind about things and can accept that much of what we have been taught simply has been untrue.

            Did you know the Vietnam war was based on a lie? An incident that never even took place and this was admitted by the president? If you respond with a claim this is not true, I will not respond as I will know you did not take the time to research the subject at all on your own, so basically it will be pointless to argue with you.

            My goal is not to instill fear into anybody but only to inform. I have 2 kids, boys, 25 and 16, I did not know what was going on when I brought them into this world, now that I do, honestly I am torn, I would do anything to guarantee they enjoy the same freedoms I have, but that is not going to be the case unless we change the direction of things and I did not bring them into this world to face the kind of future they have at this moment.

            Most say they would die for their children, but do they really mean it?

            Peace!

          • @William this is not a battle over who’s right and wrong for me, if you refuse to believe it, if you will not even research any of this beyond posting here, there is nothing I can do and arguing with you, is not how I want to spend my time, some people possibly, will listen and do some research on their own.

            If you just want me to say I am wrong, fine I am wrong, it does not change anything but if it makes you feel better, so be it.

            Agenda 21, are you familiar with that? If not I highly suggest looking into it.

            Peace!

  70. Hope and Change in the obama recovery…

    usa today: ‘employers added just 74,000 jobs in december as payroll growth slowed significantly after several months of solid gains.

    that’s the smallest number of job gains since july 2011.’

    forward

  72. This is a message that I want to reach the Sheriffs Dept. I heard that there is a Mexican Cartel family that lives in Littlerock, CA, and a guy told me that they lived in 2 different houses, but one of the families in one of the houses up and moved. I’m thinking if you don’t already know who these families are, maybe you can find out what family just up an moved within the past 6-12 months. Why did they up and move? I’m wondering if there guilty of taking that girl Michelle Russ. I seen her take the number 6 bus to Littlerock, CA before she was reported missing, so this is why I am thinking this. Because I hear about girls getting taken and used for sex slavery. Who knows someone could be making money by manipulating and getting these girls on drugs, and then sell them to these type of criminals.

  73. For 2014, can people resist the urge to speak ill of the dead? Aside from it being bad manners, it’s just bad karma. Without fail, every fatal collision covered on this website brings a stream of negative comments. If you have no sympathy for the dead, that’s fine, but at least try to have some compassion for the family members and loved ones reading your comments.

    Is your need to “speak the truth” or “tell it like it is” really that great??? Do you really think anyone is learning a lesson from your comment? Or do you simply enjoy bringing grief upon others? I hope you never have to experience the pain of losing someone you love in an abrupt manner, but when and if you do, I hope people will have some compassion for you too. * End rant!*

    • @Letlow
      I so agree with you, I have seen very hurtful things posted where that person’s family or friends will read it. People need to think of those left behind.

      Put yourself in their shoes, you would not want people to say such awful things about your loved one who was taken in any manner.

      When you speak ill of the dead it will come back to haunt you 3 fold, choose your words wisely!!.

      Like they say…Karma’s a b***h.

  75. My first resolution is keep up to date on what happens here in the AV, by checking out theavtimes every day, they are a wonderful news source, and I hope they continue to expand their news online.
    My second is to stay healthy and strong, by going on walks and learning more exercise moves, with valley fever on the rise, it’s more important now more than ever.
    Anyone else have a resolution or two they want to share?

    Happy new year everyone.