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Friday, March 04 2011
Despite Cuts and shortfalls, Lancaster School District Board Ignores Staff, Parents Protest And Give Superintendent A Raise
By Fran Paolinelli
LANCASTER – In spite of protests from staff and parents, the Lancaster School District voted to give Superintendent Howard Sundberg a $20,000 raise. The vote came after Los Angeles Fire Department officials told some protestors they would have to leave the room, which was s…
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Monday, February 28 2011
Palmdale School District To Pay School Sites $1.2 Million for Misusing Federal Funds
By Fran Paolinelli
PALMDALE – The Palmdale School District must pay back $1.2 million and layoff more than 30 librarians and media technicians because the district misused money slated for a program for low-income and non-English speaking students.
Federal Title I funding is a program for k…
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Monday, November 22 2010
AVTA Investigation Turned Over To District Attorney
By Fran Paolinelli
LANCASTER – The Antelope Valley Transit Authority board of directors is working closely with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office in the investigation of alleged misconduct of three administrators who resigned last month.
Auditors are also examining t…
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Sunday, November 21 2010
Interim Director Wants To Axe AVTA Investigation
By Fran Paolinelli
LANCASTER – During the Antelope Valley Transit Authority’s Oct. 28 Special Board Meeting, directors voted unanimously to hire an investigator who is experienced in transit authority matters.
Deborah Riley was chosen to investigate the allegations of misconduct an…
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Saturday, November 20 2010
Was AV Transit Agency Board Asleep At The Wheel?
By Tricia Tighe and Fran Paolinelli
LANCASTER – Recently, three Antelope Valley Transit Authority administrators resigned amid allegations of misconduct and misappropriation of funds.
however, the allegations and complaints were not news to the board of directors. Employees had been not…
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Wednesday, September 29 2010
City Council Approves Urgency Ordinance Prohibiting Criminal Street Gangs From City Events
By Fran Paolinelli
LANCASTER – What began as heated discussion of a proposed urgency ordinance Tuesday night, ended with two unlikely groups getting together to solve a problem.
Lancaster City Council members Marv Crist, Sherry Marquez and Ken Mann with Mayor R. Rex Parris were scheduled to…
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Thursday, September 16 2010
Citizens Say Sheriff's Department Guilty Of Racial Profiling
By Fran Paolinelli
Palmdale — There were no names and no addresses allowed and leaders advised everyone to remain calm in what they described as an emotional time.
Following an announcement of the results of the Merrick Bobb Report on black and Hispanic arrests in Antelope Valley, some commu…
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Thursday, August 26 2010
The War on Crime
By Tom Bryant
AV News Editor
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The Conservative Curmudgeon
Birth Control Revisited
By Harry Brodock
It is very pleasing to receive comment and/or criticism on something the author has written. The subject of the comments was the column on attempting to deal with the societal problem of teenage mothers and unwed mothers. So to answer some of the gen…
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Friday, August 13 2010
Raids Continue in Palmdale as "Crime Assessment Center" is deployed for the first time
By Fran Paolinelli and Tom Bryant
Palmdale — In Palmdale Station’s continual fight to further drive down the crime rate in the Antelope Valley; they have teamed up with the Sheriff’s Department’s Crime Assessment Center (CAC) and the Crime Analysis Program (CAP), to implement a pilot program th…
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