San Bernardino adopts new law to restrict parolee housing

hahaHA! Yeah, Morris said he wanted to reserve the spaces for our own sons and daughters. LOL...

Hey Andrew, What happened to Wendy's vote?

Bravo city attorney James F. Penman! Thank you Mr. Penman for persuading the city council with facts and logic that it is imperative we have restrictions in place so as not to be overrun with parolees when the state begins to release prisoners. Thank you Mr. Penman for caring about the people who live in San Bernardino who would have to bear the cost and consequences for too many parolees in our neighborhoods. Thank you and your staff for a job well done! I am voting Penman for mayor. He is honest, determined, knowledgeble and experienced.

Adelante con Penman!

Bravo city attorney James F. Penman! Thank you Mr. Penman for persuading the city council with facts and logic that it is imperative we have restrictions in place so as not to be overrun with parolees when the state begins to release prisoners. Thank you Mr. Penman for caring about the people who live in San Bernardino who would have to bear the cost and consequences for too many parolees in our neighborhoods. Thank you and your staff for a job well done! I am voting Penman for mayor. He is honest, determined, and experienced.

Adelante con Penman!

WOW and they said it couldn’t be done in our lifetime. The SB City Council agrees almost totally on a specific issue. Strike up the band and mark this day in the historical calendar of SB.

I can only hope the citizens of SB fully know and understand the importance of this issue of additional parolee or group home housing. The news of late highlighted the problems that face the City of SB in effectively monitoring these types of facilities. They can and have not managed the ones that are in the City now, how on earth could they manage more? (Referencing to the home on Golden and the abuses that were taking place).

Thank You Mr. Penman, Thank You City Council for an excellent decision for the City to take and in behalf of the voters and citizens of SB. With a bit of luck and aggressive leadership (after the Nov elections) SB just may have taken the first steps in redirecting its course to improved quality of life for all.

Pope Paul,

Councilwoman McCammack left the dais before the vote was cast.

Andrew Edwards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jason Desjardins
September 9, 2009 909-205-8029

Desjardins Blasts Baxter For
Voting Against Parolee Moratorium

Local business owner and 2nd Ward candidate Jason Desjardins today criticized San Bernardino City Councilman Dennis Baxter for casting the sole vote against a citywide ban on additional housing facilities for parolees and sex offenders which passed the Council on Tuesday night by a vote of 5 to 1.

“The city’s new parolee housing moratorium is designed to prevent soon-to-be released state prison convicts from locating in San Bernardino. Mr. Baxter’s vote against this common sense measure is simply indefensible,” said Desjardins.

“Most parolees have a high recidivism rate—meaning they are very likely to commit crimes after they are released from prison,” continued Desjardins, a former Deputy Sheriff. “Yet Mr. Baxter continues to pursue his head-in-the-sand approach to public safety by opposing measures that would help to keep these dangerous criminals out of our community.”

“The people of the 2nd Ward are suffering from some of the worst crime in the City of San Bernardino. We deserve better than the do-nothing representation offered by Councilman Baxter,” declared Desjardins.

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NEW SURVEY JUST RELEASED FOR SANBERNARDINO CITY AREA

Cross wards survey, of a large cross section of residents, in the city limits of SanBernardino were asked:
IF THEY HAD THEIR CHOICE OF ANY WHERE TO LIVE;
65% (SIXTY FIVE PERCENT) SAID THAT SANBERNARDINO WAS THE ONLY PLACE THEY WOULD CHOSE TO LIVE---------
IF THEY LIVED ANYWHERE ELSE:::: THEY WOULD BE

" IN VIOLATION OF THEIR PAROLE!!!!"

So Mr. Desjardins, the carpet-bagging candidate, speaks.

As opposed to a candidate like Baxter who has done NOTHING??? I would rather support someone who has worked here for years providing jobs than someone who has lived here for years and done NOTHING!!! and more importantly voted to allow more parolee housing. This is a no-brainer.

Baxter's vote is a major blunder. Past polling shows parolee housing to be very unpopular in the 2nd Ward.

Mayor Morris… your statement of late about every available space in the State Lockups (prisons) are filled with triple bunks due to over crowding. Are we supposed to feel bad? These individuals requested to live where they are and how they are living by committing the crimes in which they were found guilty of committing. Now we are supposed to feel sorry for them? What is wrong with you Sir? You must face it; YOU can not save the world from the criminals themselves. There have been bad apples since the apple tree grew. We as a society need to stop being so accommodating to the convicted. Again, we did not invite them to live courtesy of the taxpayer, they invited themselves to do so by living a life of crime. One way to solve the overcrowding problem that no one in this Liberal State will embrace is the way Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County Arizona handles his jails and prisons. You probably know him as “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” a name given to him years ago by the media. It’s a name he certainly has earned as head of the nation’s third largest Sheriff’s Office which employs over 3000 people. But even before he became Sheriff in 1993, Joe Arpaio was one tough lawman.
In 1992 Arpaio successfully campaigned to become the Sheriff of Maricopa County. Since then he has been reelected to an unprecedented five 4-year terms. During his tenure as Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arpaio has consistently earned extraordinarily high public approval ratings by the voters.
With over four decades experience in law enforcement, Arpaio knows what the public wants, “The public is my boss,” he says, “so I serve the public.” He has served them well by establishing several unique programs.
Arpaio has over 10,000 inmates in his jail system. In August, 1993, he started the nation’s largest Tent City for convicted inmates. Two thousand convicted men and women serve their sentences in a canvas incarceration compound. It is a remarkable success story that has attracted the attention of government officials, presidential candidates, and media worldwide.
Of equal success and notoriety are his chain gangs, which contribute thousands of dollars of free labor to the community. The male chain gang, and the world’s first-ever female and juvenile chain gangs, clean streets, paint over graffiti, and bury the indigent in the county cemetery.
Also impressive are the Sheriff’s get tough policies. For example, he banned smoking, coffee, movies, pornographic magazines, and unrestricted TV in all jails. He has the cheapest meals in the U.S. too. The average meal costs about 15 cents, and inmates are fed only twice daily, to cut the labor costs of meal delivery. He even stopped serving them salt and pepper to save tax payers $20,000 a year.
Another program Arpaio is very well known for is the pink under shorts he makes all inmates wear. Years ago, when the Sheriff learned that inmates were stealing jailhouse white boxers, Arpaio had all inmate underwear dyed pink for better inventory control. The same is true for the Sheriff’s handcuffs. When they started disappearing, he ordered pink handcuffs as a replacement. And later, when the Sheriff learned the calming, psychological effects of the color pink—sheets, towels, socks— everything inmates wear, except for the old-fashioned black and white striped uniform, were dyed pink.
Arpaio has started another controversial program, the website WWW.MCSO.org, so that all those arrested (about 300 per day) are recorded on the Sheriff’s website as they are booked and processed into jail. Just under a million hits daily come into the website, making it one of the most visible law enforcement sites on the World Wide Web.
In addition to these tough measures, the Sheriff has launched rehabilitative programs like “Hard Knocks High,” the only accredited high school under a Sheriff in an American jail, and ALPHA, an anti-substance-abuse program that has greatly reduced recidivism.
As chief law enforcement officer for the county, Arpaio continues to reduce crime with hard-hitting enforcement methods. His deputies and detectives have solved several high-profile murder cases, including nine child murders. The posse, whose ranks have increased to 3,000 members under Arpaio, is the nation’s largest volunteer posse. Posse men and women help in search and rescue and other traditional police work as well as in special operations like rounding up deadbeat parents, fighting prostitution, patrolling malls during holidays, and investigating animal cruelty complaints. The posse’s contributions are invaluable and essentially free to taxpayers.
No wonder Sheriff Arpaio has been profiled in over 2,000 U.S. and foreign newspapers, magazines, and TV news programs. His leadership and the excellent work of his staff have catapulted the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office into the ranks of elite law enforcement agencies.
On a personal note, Sheriff Arpaio and his wife Ava have been married for over 51 years and have two children, both residing in the Phoenix area. The Arpaios have four grandchildren.
Arpaio looks forward to many more years as Sheriff of Maricopa County.
So Mayor Morris, your way of today and while you were on the Bench has not made an impact to the overcrowding in California. Repeat offenders are everywhere. The bad men and women are still trying daily to get (back) into the California jails and prisons in record numbers knowing full well it is just an inconvenience and they will be back out into the mainstream of crime very soon. In Arizona, there are not many who volunteer to return to live with Sheriff Joe. His “system” works and there are numbers to prove his success rate.
It is good that the Council and City Attorney have realized that SB is full of rehab places that don’t work. Perhaps spending a little time in Arizona with Sheriff Joe instead of going to Washington would open your eyes to the reality of living off the tax payer is no pleasure in Arizona. If the troops defending our country are living in far worse conditions than what is found in the air conditioned prisons with hot meals, clean showers, TV, basketball etc, prisons, then it is time to readdress the priorities of how they are rehabilitated. Sheriff Joe appears to be on the right track as his “system” is working.

Here is an idea that Penman should like: Let the parolees live in the chicken coops, for the are just jail birds. Sounds like a perfect match.

Dennis does not support parolee housing. He did not agree with the motion. It will not hold up in court so the five that did vote yes, voted yes to something that will be overturned. Jason is making a big deal out of this to garner support.
And Dennis has supported the 2nd ward. But I'm not going to argue this with y'all...again!

Molly...How has Baxter supported the 2nd ward? Could you at least list 3 major things he has done to improve the 2nd ward? Could you at least list 2 things he has done? How about 1 thing?

Dennis has always been there when I need him. Same think for my neighbors. He always calls me back, which may not seem like a lot in other locals but when you are dealing with politicians in this city it is. He has been there when we have had issues in our neighborhood. He has worked with us to get the attention of Code Enforcement for problems on our streets when nobody would listen. He has helped get the attention of the Police Chief when we had a large number of issues occurring. He has made the quality of life in our neighborhood better so we thank him and support him for it.
Sorry that your experience hasn't been as pleasant.
Prior to being a councilperson Dennis has been involved with the Patrons of the Roosevelt Bowl, Neighborhood Association President for Perris Hill Neighborhood Association, and involved with Native Sons of the Golden West among other organizations. He has been involved in our community.
What has Jason done? Stop telling me why I shouldn't vote for Dennis, tell me why I should vote for Jason.

Molly seems confused. Mr. Baxter was the ONLY vote on the City Council in FAVOR of more housing for parolees and sex offenders. He voted in FAVOR of more crime-infested slum housing at Arden Guthrie. He has done NOTHING to stop or reduce parolee facilities from locating in San Bernardino. About the only thing Mr. Baxter has accomplished during his tenure on the City Counci is to defend Don Imus. Wow, what a legacy!

I beg to differ....Baxter said that the motion couldn't hold water in court which was why he was voting no. Maybe the City Attorney should do his job better and write up something that can be upheld in court and isn't against the law before he drags it before the city council.

Very funny guys! It seems to me that Baxter has only the fringe liberal extreme now on his side! Shame on you Dennis! You were voted in as a representative FOR THE PEOPLE! Not for a promo guy for your radio station! Word has it that, if you Don't get reelected, you'll be FIRED because your petty notariety is the only thing of value you bring to your position at the station. Your drunkeness and abuse of women will not be overlooked for too long after you are just a "Private Citizen" again. Get some help.

Sorry to dissapoint but no, I am not Dennis. I am actually a Republican but can't stand behind that hack Desjardins.
This was a very nice promo into your rant on Dennis though. Everything you said was not true but what can you expect from "the other side"? Sad, bitter people. You all should get some help.
All you do is resort to name calling when things aren't going well.

I fully agree with Mr. "Time to wake up". Hey you should run for mayor I would vote for you!!!