Commentary archive 2016 December Another costly day for Apple Valley A year of water bills Never satisfied Time to pay attention: An open letter to Larry Cusack November No water in Measure W More Measure W misdirection No on W, Yes on V Rebuttal to Art Bishop Measures V and W Polls and votes Another false narrative Letter to Art Bishop Future sales tax measure (Lee) Water bill help October The company he keeps Trick or treat time (Lee) TOAV can not balance numbers: FACTS (Rice) Scapegoat or conspirator? Water security F.U.D. (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) Local water Recent water bills (October 11, 2016) The business of water An open letter to Bill McDaniel Hidden future tax ballot measure (Lee) Unprepared: Wet or dry Diving into the shallow waters of Measure W Water bill surcharges September Town business practices Sewer Assessment District 98-1 (Lee) Don’t waste your vote (Carloni) Spending addiction? (Lee) Water surcharges Earth to Puckett! ‘Award-winning’ budgets MIA from the ‘Transparency Report’ Personal attacks? Support Measure V Adelanto water rates Proposed questions for the Apple Valley Candidate Forum The misdirection conspiracy Curious claim Another CYA testimonial Defending Puckett (Carloni) Good Old Boys’ Club Public Records Request: ‘Standing offers’ Public Records Request: ‘Records requests’ Public Records Request: ‘Shills’ Water won’t wash out red ink (Lee) Water system maintenance More falsehoods Public Records Request: ‘Documents supporting claims of rate reductions’ To be, or not to be … transparent (Lee) August The all-consuming council The future of transparency No respect, no local control Vague promises A tangled web Who is a ‘town employee’? (Lee) Recent water bills (August 10, 2016) Best supporters money can buy Serious omission July All things considered Conflict of interest (Manning) Do the right thing (Manning) Hot under the collar (Carloni) Vote no on the Town staff’s ballot measure proposal Better than what? Comparing transparency Drought planning One more reason to oppose a takeover June Liberty is the best alternative The truth shall set you free Recent water bills (June 13, 2016) Letter: You must be very proud, Barb Alternative water suppliers Letter: What are you going to do about this? Communication breakdown Local control will be the death of us Is your bias showing? May Turning on fact-checking April Gaffe riot — revisited Pretense and hypocrisy March Doubling the cost Sassafras Weigh your sources Corrosive centralization Rates vs. costs Shooting the lawyers first Utility bill assistance February Hook-up payments Inflated acquisition costs CPUC vs. Flint Back on track Shill crazy after all these years One PRR story: American Express (CC) About my public records requests (Lee) Why don’t conservatives embrace capitalism? Transparency for all The cost of misunderstanding The cat is out of the bag! Divide and conquer Oh, Canada! Municipal Finance 101 (CC) Gaffe riot Satire: Town Council to end rent profiteering Satire: Town moves to buy Verizon January What ‘they’ won’t tell you, Part 1 Average water use Conflating facts Rate increases Whole new situation, whole new set of lies Whole new situation, same old lies So much for all that support Political posturing Water rate recap What ‘they’ won’t tell you, Part 2 What ‘they’ won’t tell you, Part 3 Thank you, Apple Valley Ranchos What ‘they’ won’t tell you, Part 4 ← 2015 2017 →