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April 2010
Coto de Caza's Own Climate Change – An Inconvenient Truth: a Big Snow Job
Posted by CotoBlogzz March 24-2010 08:00 PM
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The president of Coto de Caza’s local governance reports that certain residents are surprised the community is doling out subsidies of over $3 million/year, mostly as a result of the board’s misguided decision to build a dog park at the time it is facing a fiscal tsunami of its own making.
At the same time, the
local governance reports having worked for “most
of the past year to identify the various long term
governance options available to the community”.
It fails to report, that the local governance has
also been working with an un-elected, unchecked
body, LAFCO. Not unlike, the unelected,
unchecked Air Resources Board declaring today that
AB 32 will not change the economy: .” these
bodies are tax-payer funded bodies acting more like
unregistered lobbyists, which is why we often
referred to them as parasitic bureaucracies and one
of California’s Triple Threat.
While the local governance refers to a “recent poll conducted wherein residents overwhelmingly responded that there was no interest in doing anything that would require new taxes,” it also mentions that a working group which includes LAFCO and the city of RSM would require the community to pay new taxes.
For reference, this type of studies is RSM council member, Gary Thompson’s specialties.
Rancho Santa Margarita's council member and suspended Menifee Fiance Director G. Thompson
The Menifee City Council recently suspended Finance Director Gary Thompson’s contract and will hire an auditor to probe the city's internal financial controls. The audit is supposed to focus on the city's supplier management process and controls.
Arrogantly, the local governance concludes that “..the opportunity to be placed in the sphere of influence (SOI) of RSM, thereby establishing the groundwork for the potential annexation into the City of RSM, is the preferred option for the residents of Coto de Caza” - very similar to the recent activity by the US Congress asserting that it knows better than the taxpayer and ramming down its throat health care legislation, for instance.
In light of the various allegations floating around, including the “good old boys network”, We asked Mr. Thompson to comment on two different cities with supplier management issues – he is involved in both. We also asked him about his role with LAFCO and the Coto de Caza’s local governance drive to annex Coto. The latter has the appearances of a conflict of interest. We also asked Orange County LAFCO’s Executive Director Joyce Crosthwaite and Coto de Caza President Xochitl Yocham to comment on Mr. Thompson’s involvement with annexation. Not a peep from anyone.
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Rancho Santa Margarita’s Council Member Thompson’s Suspended Contract
Rancho Santa Margarita – CA. The Menifee City Council has suspended Finance Director Gary Thompson’s contract and will hire an auditor to probe the city's internal financial controls. The audit is supposed to focus on the city's supplier management process and controls. Mr. Thompson is an incumbent Rancho Santa Margarita council member seeking reelection
From the Jesse Petrilla for City Council Campaign: RSM Councilman Thompson is Gone Fishin'
Please see the following article originally posted in Orange County's Red County blog:
By Don Draper |
03/14/10 | RedCounty.com
Rancho Santa Margarita Councilman Gary Thompson has
found himself under fire in recent days, but not
because of anything he's done in any Rancho related
capacity.
Rather, Gary, who has set out his own shingle as a
consultant to municipal governments in the western
parts of Riverside County, finds himself under the
microscope of investigative journalists for conduct
that led to his recent suspension as Finance Director
in the City of Menifee. According
to accounts, Gary appears to have badly
bungled his duties as Finance Director, overpaying
contractors to the tune of around $100,000 over the
past year - bungling which last week resulted in his
suspension.
Making matters worse, this
report (coming all the way from the North
County Times - a San Diego paper) notes that one of
the companies that benefited from the overpayments had
contributed $1,000 to Thompson's RSM re-election
campaign just days after inking a contract with
Menifee.
And after being asked about the whole ordeal, what was
Thompson's response to a reporter? "I'm going
fishing. I've got things to do."
Before this is over, I'm going to guess that Gary is
going to have to do a little better than that in
explaining this whole ordeal.
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