By Kerry Henard
Another breakdown in communication between Town Manager Frank Robinson ($340,000+ per year) and the rest of the Town staff.
By the way, these tumbleweeds are murder on bicycle tires.
Category Archives: Information
Town of Apple Valley services fail (video)
By Kerry Henard
The Town of Apple Valley claims to provide street maintenance as one of its services. Here’s another example of just how poorly they are doing.
REPORT: Documents link top Apple Valley official to #FlintWaterCrisis
The Apple Valley Citizens for Government Accountability has released a report about a key player at Apple Valley Town Hall that casts a shadow on planned Town actions and raises questions of credibility for the Town government.
Flint Journal articles published between 1999 and 2000 showed that Apple Valley Assistant Town Manager for Finance Marc Puckett resigned from his position as Director of Finance for the City of Flint, MI, after it was shown that he had failed to transfer money to the city’s pension fund for two years, costing Flint taxpayers $1.1 million dollars. A subsequent independent audit of Puckett’s Finance Department showed widespread mismanagement and a lack of transparency which ultimately cost taxpayers.
Puckett’s behavior in Flint shows a frightening pattern that is evident today in how he handles Apple Valley residents’ tax dollars. He demonstrates an utter lack of transparency, and crafts budgets that we have routinely called a ‘shell game’ for the way they obscure spending,
said Diana J. Carloni, an Apple Valley resident and local attorney.
Leaking well head at the Golf Course (video)
By Kerry Henard
The Town has only one well, and it leaks. Maybe it’s the Chinese parts they use? Maybe the Town should have used Canadian parts?
Oh, and Frank — have your guys erect a fence around this well.
480 Volts exposed at the Golf Course (videos)
By Kerry Henard
Have you ever seen what 480 Volts does to the human body? It not only delivers a potentially-lethal shock, it actually burns violently through flesh and bone, which can lead to loss of life or limb.
Warning: Contains graphic images.
Caution: Do NOT approach the panel shown in this video unless you are a highly trained electrician!
Apple Valley bus stop update (video)
By Kerry Henard
Checking out Town Manager Frank Robinson’s local control
over simple maintenance operations.
Old or new, the bus stop lights don’t work.
Apple Valley Golf Course safety inspection (video)
By Kerry Henard
This is what the Town’s award-winning
risk management department is actually doing.
Who watches theses videos? The Town of Apple Valley! (video)
By Kerry Henard
At least one person working for the Town of Apple Valley keeps a close eye on these videos, because some of the issues are addressed within days of being made public. The question is: Why does the Town ignore some of the huge maintenance issues Henard has discovered? The only one who might know is Frank Robinson, and he’s not talking. (Seems to be some kind of breakdown of communication.)
Here’s just one instance that shows that the Town knows about the issues raised in these videos, but chooses to ignore many (if not most) of them.
Teaser trailer (video)
By Kerry Henard
Some snippets of video to tease some upcoming videos that expose the Town of Apple Valley’s horrible repair and maintenance practices, which are due to Town Manager Frank Robinson.
Town of Apple Valley not environmentally sensitive (video)
By Kerry Henard
The Town gives lip service to being environmentally sensitive, but where is Code Enforcement when you need them? Stewards of the desert they are not.