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City Council recap: Oct. 20, 2008

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October 21, 2008 6:29 PM

By Aaron Aupperlee, city editor

BARSTOW • The Barstow City Council took the following actions at their meeting Monday night.

LENWOOD RAILROAD BRIDGE • Julie Hackbarth-McIntyre reviewed where the money to build the nearly $40 million bridge is coming from and how the city spends money on its local streets. In the next two years, the city has about $14 million budgeted for local streets, she said. Council member Tim Silva talked about the importance of the project to Barstow’s future growth.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT • The Council unanimously awarded a $1.1 million contract to Pacific Hydrotech Corporation to construct the first phase of improvements to the wastewater treatment facility. Mark Murphy, a senior analyst on the wastewater project, told the Council that these improvements will bring the facility into compliance and meet the deadline imposed by the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board.

BARSTOW SENIOR CENTER • The Council reissued a request for bids to install solar panels at the Barstow Senior Center. During the first round of bidding, the city received no bids that it accepted.

BROKEN WATER PIPE • Mayor Lawrence Dale also offered to pay for work city employees did over the weekend to stop a water leak at a campaign fundraiser he held. Dale rented Foglesong Park for the event, and a water pipe broke during the event. City workers on call for the weekend came out and fixed the pipe, said John Rader, spokesman for the city. The mayor is under no obligation to pay the city for the repair work.

The entire meeting can be viewed online at www.barstowca.org.

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buenavista

8:45 AM on October 22, 2008

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Barstow growth...????? BARSTOW GROSS!!!!!! Why invest money for Bridges and roads. The Barstow population consists of NO GOOD CRAP. They are in the majority, and will grow everybody else out. Because the only thing working in this town is a fake welfare system that let everybody who knows abuse it. And the crooks know how!!! The few desent poeple on it can not survive on welfare anyway, because they to honest. And what business in this world hires drug addicts????? Does anybody remember when Home Depot opened in Barstow?
This town need some fresh and good leaders. Not this corrupt Clique they have for God knows how long. If nothing drasticly is going to happen soon, Barstow will be the next Ghost town. Or like on TV. Ruled by the Crooks. This money for the Bridges and Roads will be funded by the Government and we all know that City Counsel will find a way to use it for their projects in the end. Because there is always a way around. If I remember right, Barstow already had funding for Roads and Bridges in the past. Where did it go? Think about it and wake up BARSTOW.

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joevh04

1:09 PM on October 22, 2008

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Sadly, buenavista proves its own statement "The Barstow population consists of NO GOOD CRAP", negative people who are holding back the city and are not taking into account that there are people that do want to make a difference but are pushed into oblivion by statements made by buenavista. Most people are "can't do" and no longer "can do". The city has many things going for it; a well respected college, tourist interest with sites like the Harvey House and Route 66 Musuem, the Center of Space and Technology to be located on the Barstow College Campus, a diverse population, clean air, plenty of sunshince and a lot of caring people that I have come into contact with. If the citizens of Barstow were to be more optimistic and visionary alot more would get done. But unfortunately, there are many who are negative and are not capable of getting past whatever agendas they may have.

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barstowjohn

3:27 PM on October 22, 2008

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Well Joe..maybe she is tired of the "we will do" and the "I promise" that never is fulfilled. I wasn't here when the last batch of leaders were elected and I would be interested to see what progress has been made and what promises were fulfilled. To be optomistic I am glad that 12 inch pot hole isn't 30 inches. It's great our college is well respected and our youth have a place to learn close to home..but after teaching them..they have no where here to go.
Maybe it's time to have the change of the guard here in Barstow..and if they don't fulfill our needs then we move them out. Maybe the candadites and city leaders need to listen to those that are disgruntled...instead of catering to those that will tolerate and be glad it isn't worse than what it could be.
This city is capable great things and I don't think we have found the people that can or are willing to work hard for it.
I may be seeing the glass 1/2 full and I'm looking for someone to fill that glass.

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buenavista

2:15 PM on October 23, 2008

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Thank you barstowjohn, and you are 100% right.
I lived in Barstow for almost 20 years, raised my children (both moved way and doing very well)and I still have some property in Barstow. The reason why I still involve myself in Barstow business. Barstow was not bad...a nice little town, with some problems, but not more than anywhwere else. I've seen a lot of promises for better opportunities, education, places for our children to go, so they are of the streets etc, not one came true! Specially when it comes to business coming to Barstow. For ever I hear the promise of a Idustrial Park....where is it. A casino would have brought in jobs for people to make enough money to pay for a living. Not the minimum wage, no benefits jobs we have plenty of.
I'm not saying all the people in Barstow are bad, there are many good ones, but more bad ones are coming to town and more of the good ones leaving. Where is this going to go in the next 10 years?
I would run for Counsel, but to my disadvantage I have no family or relatives in California, less in Barstow. So my chances to do something are very slim in Barstow. I have to be satisfied doing this comments and hope somebody wakes up and does some for Barstow, not for their own pockets.
City Counsel find a way to "fire" new members if they don't apply to there rules. Happend many times before, when finally some new blood made it into Counsel......I could write a very long story here, but maybe I got you to think about it, or even check out what I was saying yourself,joevh04. By the way...I worked on both sites of Barsow. The business and minimum wage crouwd.
I do have a very good job and could work in Barstow, but choose not to. I like to go on walks in the evenings or early mornings without being scared to be mugged, robbed or shot........

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joevh04

12:30 AM on October 24, 2008

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I think that the problem is that people over exaggerate. Yes there are problems here, but to say that you will be mugged and etc by walking is pressing it. My family and I walk outside here every evening and do not fear of being mugged. The industrial park is here and there are businesses that want to locate there, Wal-Mart for example, sadly is being blocked by a group that is sketchy at best. And see, they worked very hard for the Casino, yet, to be hampered by the other tribes and the state. So, it's not entirely true that the city, and the Mayor, did nothing. At least they have tried to get jobs here instead of doing nothing.