"I was a hard-working cop. I never hurt anybody. I never kidnapped anybody. ... I never did any of this." ---Ex-NYPD officer Louis Eppolito told U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein while being sentenced to life in prison. It's been over a month and still no news from the Governmental Affairs Committe...

The Human Resources Board of Riverside met at City Hall and was to discuss the letter it was sending to the city council regarding actions taken by the dynamic duo to block their receipt of statistical information involving lawsuits filed against the city by its employees. It's a head scratcher why ...

"The crime-scene trampling investigators are coming!" This mantra has been sounded so many times of late by assorted characters in the story of Riverside's foray into civilian oversight that this posting will begin with a tribute to the pop culture examples which represent the latest chapter of what...

In court, the lawyers involved in the ongoing case involving the future of the Chinatown site in Riverside have stipulated that no trash will be removed and no dirt moved on the property until the next hearing is conducted. If you recall, the city council denied an appeal filed by a local organizati...

"The city manager is running the city not the city council and that needs to stop." ---Ward Four city council candidate Paul Davis at the Friday Morning Club. ****UPDATE**** Save Our Chinatown Committee seeks restraining order on Saturday Members of the Save Our Chinatown Committee stated through an...

It rained in Southern California today. After a dry as dust January, the rain season picked up a bit in February. People are still talking about the Governmental Affairs Committee meeting which took place at Riverside's City Hall almost one week ago. The one where the fate of the investigative proto...

It was a busy week in Riverside with two meetings that addressed the scope of investigative powers of two of the city's boards and commissions. And when the dust was settled by the end of the action-packed week, what was learned was the difference between a commission having its powers inscribed in ...

"Ralph Brown did away with that." ---The Group Chair Jennifer Vaughn-Blakely at the Governmental Affairs Committee meeting in response to the creation of a not-officially-an-ad hoc committee which will meet privately. The California "sunshine" open meetings law is named after Brown. The Governmental...

But February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn't take one more step. I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride, But something touched me deep inside The day the music died. ---Don McLean, "America Pie" The day the music died... (Feb...

"What behavior was taking place, I don't know. We've just come to the conclusion that he was definitely not a suspect." ---Michelle Van Der Linden, a spokeswoman for the Chino Police Department after officers shot and killed an innocent bystander. The Human Resources Board in Riverside found out tod...