Documents and reference materials
2017
January
- 20170108 Letter: Agrees with Allan (Varga)
- 20170109 Letter: Water and greed (McDaniel)
- 20170111 Claremont city manager getting a $21,000 bonus
- 20170112 Letter: Public vs. private (Henard)
- 20170114 Price tag for Claremont’s failed attempt to take over water system keeps rising
- 20170115 Letter: Kudos to Liberty (Hanson)
- 20170115 Our View: Time for foes to sit down and talk
- 20170117 Letter: Another look at water (Varga)
- 20170118 Letter: Liberty Utilities (Lecoq)
- 20170120 Liberty Utilities water rates frozen for more than 2 years
- 20170121 Editor’s Notebook: What’s up with the water?
- 20170127 Apple Valley’s eminent-domain case slow to start
- 20170131 Analysis group expert quantifies effects of contested government takeovers of investor-owned water utilities
- 20170131 The Economic Consequences of Contested Government Takeovers of Investor-Owned Water Utilities
February
- 20170203 Judgment in Lee vs. Town of Apple Valley
- 20170209 Avoiding the Claremont disaster (video)
- 20170213 Valley Voices: Apple Valley would be wise to work with Liberty Utilities (Wright)
- 20170215 Letter: Free us from Liberty … Utilities (Baptist)
- 20170216 James Belna on the Claremont eminent domain disaster (video)
- 20170220 Claremont resident talks [about] avoiding ‘disaster’ in Apple Valley
- 20170221 Judge orders Apple Valley to pay $41K in attorney fees in Public Records Act lawsuit
- 20170226 Letter: James Belna’s visit (Hanson)
- 20170226 Letter: Rice rebuttal (Trozpek)
- 20170228 Around Town: The ‘Big Lie’ is a popular tool
March
- 20170307 Letter: Liberty’s tricks (McDaniel)
- 20170308 Special meeting will set up water-system acquistion vote
- 20170311 Residents question ‘leaked’ emails calling for support of ballot measure
- 20170311 Price on Apple Valley water takeover approaching $150M
- 20170312 Editor’s Notebook: The water world we live in
- 20170313 Report takes issue with municipal takeovers of investor-owned water utilities
- 20170319 Trump EPA grants Michigan $100 million to fix Flint water system
- 20170320 Sinkhole: Effort to replace pipes to Flint homes off to slow start
- 20170320 Letter: Hoping the mayor is right (Varga)
- 20170322 Skewing the facts (Hanson)
- 20170322 LTE comment (Mueller)
- 20170323 Letter: Sit down and settle (Henard)
- 20170325 Editor’s Notebook: Wildflowers, water and Black Bear Diner
- 20170327 Apple Valley residents will vote on Measure F to decide fate of water acquisition
- 20170328 Letter: Water and $150 million (Rorex)
April
- 20170403 Water rates going up and down
- 20170406 Supervisors reject steep rate hikes
- 20170406 Guest commentary: Government takeovers of water systems don’t deliver results — study
- 20170407 Adelanto contractor incompletely monitored drinking water
- 20170407 Letter: The devil’s in the details (Schepis)
- 20170409 Letter: Who/what will remain? (Rice)
- 20170410 Letter: Infrastructure needs (Bell)
- 20170412 Review of Apple Valley Water Measure
- 20170413 Economist: ‘Risks of a (water system) takeover are extremely high’
- 20170418 Letter: Water company acquisition (Rice)
- 20170424 Letter: Shame on us (Volsch)
- 20170427 Letter: Measure F (Perdue)
- 20170426 Valley Voices: Husing’s analysis is clear — Vote no on Measure F (Allan)
- 20170427 The Economic Consequences of the Town of Apple Valley’s Attempt to Condemn Liberty Utilities Apple Valley (Smith)
May
- 20170508 Adelanto water hikes loom
- 20170512 Apple Valley has ignored its consultants’ warnings (Husing)
- 20170512 Reviving Goliath: Liberty Utilities contributes $410,000 to Measure F opposition
June
- 20170607 Voters say yes to Measure F
- 20170621 FPPC fines Measure W’s campaign committee for violating election rules
- 20170625 Letter: Of refunds and requests (Bonson)
- 20170626 Crescenta Valley Water District plans to raise bills an average of $6
- 20170629 FPPC Commission Meeting
July
- 20170717 Northern California town close to running out of water
- 20170727 Pointing to long-term savings, Adelanto approves water rate hikes
- 20170729 Redlands’ water rate increases have done what was needed, utility says
August
- 20170806 Vehicle belonging to AV town manager involved in hit-and-run
- 20170809 Apple Valley official believes Liberty could have followed him before crash
- 20170829 Letter: Ill intent by Liberty? (Christman)
September
- 20170904 Letter: Sell the water system now (McDaniel)
- 20170905 Dying for a holiday (Orr)
- 20170905 Letter: Why is Liberty delaying? (Arndt)
- 20170907 Common sense is not so common (Schepis)
- 20170907 Letter: False impressions (Carloni)
- 20170907 Hit-and-run investigation involving Marc Puckett’s Cadillac sent to DA
- 20170910 Letter: Ill intent? (Bell)
- 20170924 Hesperia Council votes to raise water rates by 9 percent
October
- 20171010 Claremont reaches $4.8 million settlement agreement with Golden State Water
- 20171017 Claremont settlement reignites Apple Valley water war
- 20171026 Claremont cuts ties with its city attorney, law firm
- 20171031 Letter: Town manager search (Schepis)
November
- 20171110 Letter: Turning a blind eye? (Dudick)
- 20171120 Letter: Insanity (Langley)
- 20171122 Rate increase a ‘fact of life’: Hesperia Council votes to raise water, sewer fees