Below are two Examiner articles I would really appreciate you reading and subscribing, etc. I will be getting more up in the next week but don’t expect much more from the blog.
I expect to be out of commission for the next week or so blog-wise but will try to get to the library as often as possible. Bill will moderate comments as he can but expect lengthy delays.
The current five members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors have made an effort to shift responsibility for running the county from themselves to the County Administrative Officer Greg Devereaux. This shift clearly violates the Charter of the County of San Bernardino.
It doesn’t seem to matter if we are discussing Jeff Burum, the Lewis Family, or any other of a number of successful, wealthy businessmen in our community, they are all “corrupt.” I don’t mean that they are really, truly corrupt, but they are “corrupt” in the minds of the less successful. The common thought seems to be that if one has money, then one has no integrity. Our community doesn’t allow for making an “honest” hundred million or so. Hard work, sacrifice, intellect, college education, and just plain good old-fashioned luck can all be damned. If one is successful, then one must be a crook.
I’m sure there is a term for this mentality, and with our current corruption scandal, that mentality has become very frustrating. Otherwise intelligent people seem to be more interested in finding blame than finding truth. The fact that so many have bought into Batman and Robin’s conspiracy theory is proof that logic and critical thinking have given way to hysteria and enjoyment in the fact that someone with power may be taken out, not for wrongdoing, but because they have power and wealth. I suppose the weak hope to bask in the demise of the powerful.
InlandPolitics.com has learned that incoming San Bernardino County Administrative Officer Greg Devereaux is looking at outside talent for key positions in his new administration.
Which positions are being looked at by Devereaux is not clear, but county supervisors appear to be allowing the incoming chief full authority to manage and get the house in order.
By all accounts Devereaux is doing just that.