Laptop and Cell Phone Theft?

Back when Melendez was still in office he claimed that he needed a cell phone and laptop to conduct city business. So the city went ahead and purchased this equipment for him. Now that he has been kicked out of office, wouldn't it seem fair for him to return these items back to the city? I think so. Several of our city officials have confronted him about this and he is now claiming that these items were gifts from the city and he is entitled to keep them. I wonder if this could be considered theft. We'll find out.

http://www.shafterchevron.com/resources/060806_Cell.pdf

http://www.shafterchevron.com/resources/060806_NB.pdf

McFarland School Board Election

In the upcoming November election there are a few seats on the McFarland school board that are up for grabs. Here is a list of the people that are set to appear on the ballot for the school board election.

http://www.shafterchevron.com/resources/Election+Candidates.pdf

News Clips for August 15th

Here are some news stories that aired on our local television stations on the evening of the election. In one of these clips as I was being interviewed, the former mayor Melendez was behind the reporter making a scene and accusing me of lying to the community. I don't understand how he came to that conclusion since I simply used documents that were provided to me by the city. As I walked to my car that evening, Melendez had a small team of his groupies that were yelling at me and threatening me. They are such sore losers and they demonstrated how childish they are.

www.shafterchevron.com/resources/092106_Clip1.wmv
www.shafterchevron.com/resources/092106_Clip2.wmv
www.shafterchevron.com/resources/092106_Clip3.wmv
www.shafterchevron.com/resources/092106_Clip4.wmv
www.shafterchevron.com/resources/092106_Clip5.wmv
www.shafterchevron.com/resources/092106_Clip6.wmv
www.shafterchevron.com/resources/092106_Clip7.wmv

Proposed Action Items from Dennis Martin

Here is a good summary of proposed action items that councilman Dennis Martin shared with me. The list of issues and problems that our city is faced with are long but with the new council that we have in place I anticipate that many of these issues will be tackled in a more productive and professional manner. The top items on this list that really interest me are the reduction of lawsuits against our city and the AES Delano Energy plant.

The Delano Energy power plant is owned and operated by AES, a large global power company. When I drive to Delano in the evenings, just as I pass next to the Delano Energy plant I often have the urge to hold my breath due to the awful smell coming from this plant. I wonder what this smell is and if it is harmful to our residents. I also hear that Delano Energy may be out of compliance on some of their Title V air quality permits. This may justify further investigation. This energy company is also beginning to make plans to build an ethanol plant on the southern end of the existing plant. Before this new ethanol plant is approved I think the people in this area should make sure that the existing facility is operated responsibly and any air quality violations should be corrected.

Here is a link to the AES website:
www.aes.com

Here is a link to an article by KEDC that mentions plans for the ethanol plant:
http://www.shafterchevron.com/resources/091506_KEDC.pdf

Here is Mr. Martin's list of action items:
http://www.shafterchevron.com/resources/Report+Card.pdf