By Kerry Henard
Kerry has highlighted numerous A.D.A. deficiencies on properties owned by the Town of Apple Valley, but wait, there are more!
Author Archives: Greg Raven
Vote No on Measure F
By Kerry Henard
For the Town of Apple Valley, the appropriate way to handle pile of trash is to distribute some of it over a larger area and bury the rest, so it does not look like a pile of trash anymore. The trash and rubble are still there, but they are spread out to hide what you have done.
Your piece of the Apple
By Kerry Henard
Want a piece of Apple Valley’s better way of life? You are in luck. Apple Valley Public Works leaves pieces all over the place.
Does anyone know where the Town’s pipes are?
By Kerry Henard
Bad asphalt patch, and a missing pipeline marker. Maybe Public Works just wanted the new work to match the existing deteriorated roadway? Public Works doesn’t care: They just drive right by while Kerry is recording this segment.
Public works starts and stops
By Kerry Henard
Who is in charge of the Public Works Department in Apple Valley? Why, Greg Snyder, who the Town now says can run our water system. He probably can … into the ground, like everything else the Public Works Department touches.
Economist [John Husing]: ‘Risks of a (water system) takeover are extremely high’
By Matthew Cabe, Daily Press
APPLE VALLEY — A new analysis of the town’s ongoing water-system acquisition effort shows that water rates could be significantly higher under municipal ownership, a conclusion that contradicts assertions made by public officials.
Letter: The devil’s in the details (Schepis)
According to the Daily Press (3/28/17) the Town of Apple Valley will ask voters to approve Measure F in June to facilitate their takeover of Liberty Utilities Water Company by issuing bonds in the amount of $150 million dollars, payable over 30 years at a rate of 12 percent.
Continue readingA shining moment for Public Works
By Kerry Henard
If God is in the details, as Gustave Flaubert is credited as saying, nothing says incompetence like Greg Snyder’s Public Works Department.
Guest commentary: Government takeovers of water systems don’t deliver results — study
The City of Claremont has been trying to take ownership of the local water system from Golden State Water Co. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge recently rejected the takeover effort, finding that the city could not provide water at lower rates and would not invest more in infrastructure than Golden State Water.
A great example of Town planning
By Kerry Henard
You buy them books and they eat the covers. Try to guess how much of your tax money the Town spent to do this park improvement all wrong.