By: Richard L. Roque

Richard L. Roque — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:29:17 +0000

I honestly believe Hesperia and all high desert cities need to get rid of City Manager Government. I am for electing a strong Mayor form of Government for Hesperia and other high desert cities. A strong Mayor will be elected direct by the people for a term of 4 years and paid a modest salary. In return he or she will do the will of the people and not be influenced by special interest dollars. The current mayors in the high desert all nothing but figureheads who serve as ceremonial mayors and have no power or veto power to serve their communities. They look pretty in suits with golden shovels at groundbreaking ceremonies. Instead we need to become strong mayor cities that get the ball moving. San Bernardino, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco all have strong mayors. I believe the time is now to eliminate city manager government and put strong mayors into local office. If the support is there I will run for mayor of Hesperia.
last I would like to see the underpass at Mesa Street and Hesperia Road re-opened as a way to get to the eastern city limits and to avoid the nightmare of driving through Main or Bear Valley. This tunnel was in use when I moved here 15 years ago and it made a difference and it helped with traffic congestion. I propose bringing back this needed tunnel. if elected mayor I will do this as well as improve and build more parks and horse facilities. Come on Hesperians let’s get the ball rolling!

By: Karen Brown

Karen Brown — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:59:39 +0000

I am commenting on the new Oak Hills High School being built on Ranchero Road in Oak Hills. I have been watching its progress now for several months. However, recently, I have discovered that the school district is not such a “good neighbor and good citizen”of our lovely Oak Hills. This morning I drove by the high school and was shocked at the odiferous stench of several tons of fresh cow manure. This evening, the smell had permeated for several square miles. This is the desert and the Hesperia School District should be (one would think) sensitive to our desert habitat and excessive water useage during this continued drought. Our tax dollars are being spent on manure and water, a waste in the high desert area that doesn’t support lawns anyway. They could have zero-scaped the high school with rock and junipers, and plants local to this area and weather extremes.

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