• Wildomar Turns Eleven

The city of Wildomar officially turned 11 years old today.

John Lloyd keeps the line of bell ringers moving in an orderly fashion.

Wildomar Elementary had about 30 to 40 people in attendance, around its historic bell, for this year's ceremony.

The crowd was addressed by former Mayor and City Councilmember Bob Cashman, who is currently the president of the Wildomar Historical Society... which was serving up slices of watermelon and root beer floats.

Wildomar's first mayor, Bob Cashman, gave a brief history of the bell.

Here are some interesting facts about the bell
• It weighs 640 pounds. 
• The bell is made of cast iron
• It had to be lifted about 40 feet in the air to be installed in the belfry. They built a structure next to the tower, and along with a crane, got it up to a platform and then slid it across to a structure that resembles the existing one, that was atop of the old school.
• The bell used to be rung at the beginning of school. It alerted the students to line up for class. The bell was also rung at recess, the end of recess and at the end of the school day.
• There are two time capsules under the Bell to be opened in 2058.

Link to Wildomar Historical Society write up of event

Local cub scouts listen attentively.

Wildomar will be having a birthday celebration on Saturday, July 13th... I think this day was chosen because it's my mom's birthday too. ☺

It's going to be a great time at Marna O'Brien park to be sure. Live music (Cougrzz Rock), TapSnap Photo Booth, face painting, car show, local vendors, carnival games, and more... mark it on your calendar now! 

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A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
– Hesiod

Wildomar Rap tip of the day: If you're the former, it's never too late to become the latter.

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• City Council Meeting December 2017

The last regularly scheduled city council meeting of 2017 didn't have any surprises, but will be known for having beaten back Stonehenge of Wildomar... I'll highlight that where it came up in the meeting.

PRESENTATIONS 
1. Holiday Decorating Winners 

A montage of the three category winners.

1) Griswold Category: 25011 Cinnabar Court
2) Traditional Category: 35690 Woshka Lane
3) Judge's Recognition: 21504 Coral Rock Lane

Plug those addresses into your GPS and be sure to drive by and take a look. There are quite a few spectacular displays throughout Wildomar to be seen this year. Don't miss them. 2. Stan Smith Planning Commissioner Plaque 
It's hard to believe that it's already been four months since all around good guy Stan Smith passed away. The city presented his son, Kevin Smith, with a plaque for recognition of his contributions to the city of Wildomar. 
3. Five Year Employee Pin – Matt Bassi
Matt Bassi hits a milestone with Wildomar and is presented with a five year pin.

4. Miss City of Wildomar 
Jessie Taylor spoke to the crowd as Mayor Walker looked on. Her ultimate goal is to compete for Miss America.
PUBLIC COMMENTS (non agenda items)
• George Taylor spoke about the worsening conditions of Bundy Canyon. 
That is one horrible road.
• Glenn Copple thanked the council on behalf of the youth of Wildomar.
• Scott Scharpen (sp?) pastor at Rock Valley church and a ministry called gomobileforlife that offers free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds to women. 
• Ken Mayes spoke for 6 minutes (with donated time from Martha Bridges). He talked about the dismal condition of the city's current website. 

WR Notes:

The website issue has been ongoing for quite awhile.

There is a blog from March of 2016 that quotes Janet Morales as saying they hoped the new website would have been completed last December.

Link to Blog covering the topic

Just like the live streaming, the city website is something that should have been given more importance from the get go. 

I'm sure there are a ton of reasons why the city's website has been so poorly run over the years, but none that couldn't easily be refuted. Sorry city fellers, but them is the facts. 

Much of the second half of Ken's comments were directed at Wildomar Rap... but of course not by name.

Normally I'd just ignore this, but this is too fun to let go by the way side. 

He seemed to take umbrage with my assessment of Kathleen Hamblin's outrageous claims, at the most recent planning commission meeting, that the city was trying to somehow keep the populace in the dark about the inner workings of the city by not live streaming of meetings.

Seriously? Do you think that the city council is the yard duty, and that you quoting things to them is supposed to get me sent to time out or something?

His quotes and misquotes only proved the original point I made. They bent the truth (commonly known as lying) to make a point. They were called out on it, and then didn't like being exposed. Bummer man. 

Part of the accusation was that I'd never even spoken to Kathleen before. Probably not. However, when her new bestie is Martha "Park Slayer" Bridges (sitting side by side and chatting throughout the meeting) connecting the dots is child's play.

Who doesn't love to play dot-to-dot?

Kathleen, if you'd like to talk sometime, let's do it. I'll be at the Breakfast With Santa event this Saturday, and would enjoy saying hello to you. Heck, the city council and many of the staffers will be there too. 

More WR Notes:

My favorite part of his diatribe was when he said that Wildomar Rap used "Gestapo tactics".  

Let's do the math here. 

I go to city meetings and city events and I write about what I saw... from my perspective. (This has NEVER been a secret)

I have a facebook page that allows comments, and I answer nearly all of them. Same for this blog. I allow comments, and I respond to nearly every single one of them. 

"Gestapo tactics" is childish, and typical of what a worn out intellect comes up with when faced with a different point of view.

• Kathleen Hamblin talked about the need for live streaming of city meetings.
• Mason Ballard showed off his festive sports coat and talked about his wife Lisa being elevated to president of Wildomar Little League.
• Miss Miller sang for the council before getting into a diatribe against Christmas. I actually agree with many of her points about it. Her part starts at the 15 minute mark of the video.

3.1 Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez Update on State Issues
I've included the video of the good assemblywoman for those that would like to hear her assessment of things at the state level. 

There were about 2000 bills signed into law this year.

As a non partisan myself, that has plenty of reasons to strongly dislike BOTH parties (especially the further out on the fringes one travels) I was stunned once I heard about Bill AB 1448 (Elderly Parole Program). 

It will allow convicted felons, that are at least 60 years old and have served 25 years, to be up for early release, no matter what crime it was that they committed.

This is what happens when we have one party rule for decades... Hey Liberal, are you really that enamored with convicted felons that you want them running around the community instead of behind bars? Shameful!

3.4 Temporary Storage of Brown House Cornerstones at Marna O’Brien Park 
Here's the skinny on this. 

The Wildomar Historical Society wanted to store some old stones (purported to have been from a local quarry) at Marna O'Brien park. 

City Manager dubbed the collection of stones as "Stonehenge". The moniker was picked up by both Mayor Walker and Councilmember Nigg during the discussion.

The area selected is across from the wheelchair swing (also known as the Freedom Swing). 

It seemed like a slam dunk, until the council started discussing it. It also didn't help their cause (WHS- Wildomar Historical Society) to be a complete no show at the meeting.

This item, like many other agenda items dealing with the Brown House over the years, took FAR TOO LONG, but ended up getting voted down anyway. 

At first it appeared that it would get tabled until more information came in, but the Mayor made a good point when he said, "Let me ask you this, who want's it in the park?"

Marsha Swanson said, "I just think what we're seeing there is not pretty. If there's something they (WHS) really want there, they could show us how they could put it together there and what kind of plaque they're going to put up [...] or take them somewhere else."

Dustin Nigg made the motion to deny, but that led to more discussion. Which led back to the Mayor's first point about wanting it in the park or not.

It was a 5-0 vote to deny.

I don't understand why members of the Wildomar Historical Society don't just have them moved to one, or more, of their own rural properties. It made no sense to have a temporary pile of rocks at the park, even if the WHS was paying liability insurance on them.

As the discussion mentioned, "temporary" in connection to the Brown House can become a decade in a blink of an eye.
3.5 Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem 2018
This was a quick item. 

Mayor Walker nominated Mayor Pro-Tem Ben Benoit for mayor and was voted in 5-0.

I was surprised when Dustin Nigg then nominated Marsha Swanson to be Mayor Pro-Tem... all along I anticipated that spot to be going to him. My guess is that it'll be his (if he wants it) this time next year.

2018 being an election year, makes me think that Marsha Swanson will be running again since she took the mantle of Pro-Tem here. Just a guess, but can see it coming to fruition.

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Don't be so humble - you are not that great.
– Golda Meir

The conundrum continues since Wildomar Rap is neither humble nor great.

• Prepping For Memorial Day

Summer might as well be here. The temps are in the mid 90s, schools are just about out, families are gearing up for the coming long weekend, and the Wildomar Historical Society spearheaded a headstone cleaning event in preparation for next Monday's annual Memorial Day service.

Mary Haire supervises her crew as they remove the dirt from this grave marker.

I caught up with city councilmember Bridgette Moore as the activity was wrapping up and asked her for her thoughts.

"We had a great turnout today. We had Scouts from pack 332, and Troop 332 and Crew 332, we had Interacters* from Lakeside High School, we had our incoming post commander [Steve Regalado] from the Wildomar VFW. There were between 40 and 50 volunteers. 

We cleaned all the cemetery headstones in about 45 minutes. Then afterwards we enjoyed chocolate milk from DeJong's, while listening to some history about the Wildomar cemetery.

This was all in preparation for the Memorial Service that will be Monday May 29th, at 10am at the Wildomar Cemetery, and the public is invited and encouraged to come be part of it."

*Interact is a high school club sponsored by the Rotary Club.

The volunteers take a moment to pose for a picture after they'd finished.

There has been a Memorial Day observance at the cemetery for many years longer than Wildomar has been a city. It had previously been done by a local baptist church, and I always found their program very well done (other than for a few political barbs that would get tossed in during the keynote, that I found distasteful in such a setting.) 

link to 2015 blog covering the Memorial Day observance

In fact, they were slated to do it again this year, with official approvals in hand, when they abruptly changed their minds. Opting to have their own observance at their church from now on. 

The story is that they were worried that the event was getting too big.

Fine, it's a free country, but whoever it was that pulled the trigger on that last minute decision needs a lesson in civics. Like it or not, the yearly Memorial Day service at the cemetery had become a city event... on the city calendar, with the public invited and everything that comes with it.

It had been a poorly kept secret that a problem was cropping up between the leaders of the church in question and the fact that Wildomar, now a city with codes —and what used to be done with a wink and a nod, now needed to be done with the proper paperwork in order. 

Instead of bowing out of the event gracefully, they waited until the eleventh hour to cancel the event by letter... oh, I mean "move the event" away from the cemetery to their property. 

Classy move there, don'tcha think?

Hmmm... if ever there was a WWJD moment, you'd think it be when a church is involved with a Memorial Day ceremony.

Leave it to the heathen to point out such obvious things.

That left the city scrambling to put an event together in just about a month's time. I'm not expecting anything elaborate in 2017, but give them a year and I'm guessing that the 2018 annual Memorial Day observance at Wildomar cemetery will be better than ever.

If you're not out of town on Memorial Day, be sure to attend the annual observance at the Wildomar cemetery. It starts at 10:00am, but show up early so you can park and find a seat.

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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a cause for withdrawing from a friend.

– Thomas Jefferson 

Wildomar Rap draws a distinction between the existence of the differences that TJ stated, and pushing such differences.

• City Council Meeting February 2017

An unexpectedly long meeting that didn't really have any earth shaking decisions coming out of it.

PRESENTATIONS 
1.  Swearing in of new police chief Daniel Anne. A five minute video is included below, which includes some remarks from the new chief.

2. Wildomar Soccer – Wildomar U12 Champions. 
They went undefeated in the final tournament, beating their unnamed nemesis along the way.

.3. Wildomar Elementary School's Mr. Hoffman gave a detailed power point presentation about the school, its teachers and students.
4. Elsinore High School Academic Decathlon Team was recognized for taking first place in the recent event. Click this link to read Press Enterprise article about it.

Note to the mayor and staff, that microphone is great for presentations, but lousy for pictures. Allow me to suggest that you have groups larger than 3 stand in front of the dais like in the past.

5. Elsinore High School's new co principals (Robbin Hamilton and Sarah Arredondo) talked for about five minutes about what's going on at their campus. They have a new baseball field, and there will be a ribbon cutting for it March 14th. They will be one of the few schools to have night games.

6. Fire Department Update: The January report had 230 total calls with 90% of those being medical. A double wide mobile home on Paradise Lane burned, displacing one adult.

PUBLIC COMMENTS (non agenda items)
• George Perez discussed problems on Beecher St (it was impossible to know what he was referring to as he wasn't specific) and Mayor Pro-Tem Ben Benoit offered to meet with him to help.
• Joanne  Pann-Kydd of the American Cancer Society invited the council and the public to join the Relay for Life event that will be April 1st and 2nd at Elsinore High School. There is also a Bingo fundraiser ($25) that will be at the Elks Lodge on Sunday, February 19th.
• Kenny Mayes spoke about government forms needing to be filled out, and how his "services were not needed" when he volunteered for the PIT count (Point In Time, which tries to count the homeless all in the same narrow window of time). 

I was in the same boat. Went to the same two hour training course he did, leaving my warm home on a stormy day no less, to learn how to interview homeless people and give them a goody bag with clean socks and granola bars, just to be told a couple of days before the count, "thanks, but no thanks," unless I wanted to travel to other parts of the county. 

Still, I don't share his conspiracy theory that suggests skullduggery was involved. 

"Because a city without a pot to piss in, or a window to throw it out of (here comes the olympian leap) somehow has a private group to count the homeless. This smells highly of a conflict of interest, as this private group and the city stand to reap additional federal benefits depending on the count. Do I mistrust this city? Absolutely."

—Kenny Mayes

Come on Kenny, this is part and parcel as to why you're not taken seriously. You come with fair points, at times, but then obfuscate them with laugh out loud foolishness like this. 

• Miss Miller, in her "Not My President" shirt, sang again! 
The tune started out like the old Enjoli perfume commercial, but then went off the rails into her usual incomprehensible caterwauling.  

She did sing about Metrolink ♪♫You can connect San Diego to Canada, San Francisco with Peru♫♪.


Sorry, but you couldn't pay me enough to sit on a train from here to Frisco, much less Frisco to Peru.

• Andy Morris, President of the Wildomar Rotary Club discussed the clubs assistance with the Water Safety Awareness 5K that will be at Marna O'Brien park on April 29th, and the yearly BBQ event they put on. They are aiming for a July date.

• Stephanie Maldonado spoke about issues (syringes in her yard) in her neighborhood, North Ranch Community, that she attributes to a nearby homeless enclave. 

1.6 and 1.7 
As a reminder, usually agenda items that start with a 1, are not discussed in the open meeting. However, if a member of the council or a member of the public wants to discuss one of the items, they can. 

Miss Miller exercised her rights, and we sat through three minutes of fingers on a chalkboard. She didn't sing to us this time, but she did look in my general direction because some of the evil developers happened to be sitting behind me. 
2.1 Nova Homes Residential Project
This passed 5-0 on all five resolutions that it entailed. The funny part (ok, more like the predictably pathetic part) was that there was another last minute letter citing the same "concerns" as before. 

To get the details on the Nova Homes project use this link to the October 2016 blog discussing it.

Nova Homes' CEQA attorney, Charity Shiller, took less than four minutes to calmly and thoroughly debunk the baseless "concerns" found in the last minute letters.

Have no fear, Miss Miller is here... she took another four minutes punishing all those with ears about something or another (she had the clock started over after someone thought they'd help her out, handing her a copy of the agenda — that didn't go well, just watch the video to see it yourself). She let us know that "so many people ask me to speak because they can't come in here."

She talked through the red light and took 15 seconds to quiet down... eventually she was shushed by the mayor.
3.1 Public Nuisances and Code Enforcement Cost Recovery 

This will give the city code enforcement some added teeth to deal with properties that are continually out of compliance. An example is Wildomar's second most famous eyesore that is easily seen from the freeway by countless thousands of people everyday.

This abandoned house on Monte Vista, next to Cornerstone Church, is constantly hit with fresh batches of graffiti. You can also see the ignored citations, many of which blew away in the recent storms, as the remaining ones dance in the breeze.

Mayor Pro-Tem Ben Benoit and Councilmember Bridgette Moore commented on this.

"This is something that I'm glad we're finally bringing forward. This is something that helps our code enforcement, it's time we really start cleaning up a lot of [areas]. There've been a lot of times where people would thumb their nose at the city, and it's time we start cleaning up. This helps that, it helps the code enforcement do their job, and I'm all for it."
—Ben Benoit 

"...and I'm hoping that number one [on the list] is the house that is adjacent to Cornerstone Church, it's such an eyesore."
— Bridgette Moore

3.2 Faith Baptist Church Memorial Day Service Event 2017
This was actually handled in the Wildomar Cemetery District portion of the meeting at the end of the evening. This is worthy of it's own blog in the near future.

3.3 Brown House Space at Baxter Village
This item took up the most time. 

For some it's been an emotional issue. 

How people can get so attached to someone else's ramshackle former home is something I'll never understand. Seriously, have we cured cancer and have nothing better to wile away our time with now?

It started with Wildomar Historical Society giving a power point presentation that lasted about four minutes and then they talked to the council for the next ten or so minutes (it's in the video). 

It's rather long, and includes everything my camera caught (it stopped moments before the vote). Including a kindly old woman from the Lake Elsinore Historical Society speaking on behalf of the WHS. 
I'm not sure what to make of what I witnessed. 

It was sad really. 

I saw a well intentioned person, tackling something that was obviously beyond her grasp, and seemingly not having put in the requisite preparation. 

Here is a recap of first exchange between WHS spokesperson Kristen Lloyd and the council.

It started with councilmember Marsha Swanson asking, "What exactly are you asking the city to do?"

Lloyd answered, "Well, it's up for discussion. There were several options and I'd like to actually —what I wanted to hear was what you thought benefits for— and how you can come alongside us."

Mayor Pro-Tem Benoit jumped in with, "But you haven't told us what it is you want us to do yet."

With a strange emphasis in her voice, Kristen Lloyd followed up with, "No, I haven't. I don't want to tell you to do anything. I want to see what kind of benefits you are[sic] and then (trailing off then talking over councilmember Swanson) If you really want to know, I want you to do the whole thing, but I know that's not an option."

"I'm throwing out a bone [to you] and I'd like to hear [your responses]. I would like pie in the sky, and then we'll go from there."

Not long after this George Cambero, president of the WHS, came to Lloyd's aid. 

He started off by thanking the council and staff for their help, something that really should have been done in the first sentence of the presentation (if only there were Mulligans for such things). Soon however, Kristen Lloyd retook the reins.

The next memorable exchange started with councilmember Dustin Nigg making the point, "I can't vote on this, or I can't give you full fledged support for the simple fact that [you haven't been clear] —that's the unknown piece right now. So what would be the conditions to deed it to the city?"

Lloyd replied, "I think this is open for discussion. This is what we're here for."

I couldn't help but think that this may be being played out right in front of me.

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Coucilmember Swanson added, "I'm in complete agreement with Dustin. Until you guys have the property and have a plan, and can tell us dollar wise what you want us to contribute, or how we fit into it... the way this is written here, this is nothing I can vote on or even get my thoughts around completely... I love the idea, but we can't vote on an idea. We need the facts and the dollar amounts and all of that."
 

I was nearly expecting Kristen Lloyd to say, 
"You have to pass it to know what's in it".

Benoit added these thoughts before it was opened up for public comments, "I'm just looking at the amount of money, we're talking long term. When we have people come into council and ask for basic services, "can you help us with our roads?" that makes it hard. Especially when we have twenty-seven acres of parkland right up the street that need some basic improvements, like a trail system and a parking lot, and that is twenty-seven acres we could be using. Those are the priorities I see us having."

Public Comments
• Kenny Mayes had a lucid moment when he expounded on why the city should not be part of this deal.
• Joseph Morabito had a lucid moment too... asked how could a city, that can't even afford its own free facebook page, afford this, and that we are still renters and don't own our own city hall. I was against this entanglement.
• Kristen West was enthusiastic for the potential of a community center.
• Miss Miller put in a speaker slip at the last moment, and it was obvious that she wasn't prepared for the topic. If you haven't had your fill of her for this edition, click this link to jump to the part of the video she's in. Truth be told, maybe it was because the council members were a bit punchy by this time, but she was able to get all of them to laugh a couple of times.

Coucilmember Moore said, "I honestly feel that this is out of left field. Did the historical society meet with any of us (as she looked at her co-council members) before tonight?" 

Benoit answered, "I had a couple of phone calls from Kristen."

"When I read the staff report I [thought] where did this come from? Because we've never been told you wanted to give us this land or the property," Moore added.

You'd think that if you really wanted to do something involving parks in Wildomar (which this was about), that you'd go to the key Wildomar leader when it comes to all things parks, namely: Bridgette Moore.

In the end, the council agreed to help them store bits and pieces of the Brown House on city land, but had to direct staff to come up with a written agreement before voting on it.

The amount of professional man hours the city has put into the Brown House over the years, through meetings and consultations, is substantial. Especially considering this is a venture between two private entities and the city really doesn't have a direct interest. Let's hope this is it.

CITY MANAGER REPORT

• Bundy Canyon Update
This will be in a stand alone blog in a day or two. Interesting information. 

LINK TO BLOG

• Budget Season and Budget Workshops/Dates
First meeting is February 15th, 6:30pm. Follow up meeting is February 22nd at the same time.

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"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
– Mark Twain 1835-1910

Wildomar Rap reminds you that it's ok to talk to stupid people, just let them "win" if they get confrontational.

• Brown House Solution Nears

January 17th, 2017 is D-Day for the Brown House
That is when the Wildomar Historical Society (WHS) must come to some agreement with Strata Equity Group (developers of Baxter Village).

In less than a year, the ground under this "landmark" will be graded for a new development (Baxter Village).

The Wildomar Library (AKA Mission Trail Library) was the site of a meeting for concerned citizens, in regards to the fate of the Brown House. 

The only notice of the meeting that I saw came from a Facebook update.

Though the meeting time was shared by the Mayor, the audience still only had 7 people in it, that's counting the librarian that dropped by for a spell. 

The meeting lasted about an hour. 

There was a PowerPoint presentation, discussion and opinions that ranged from how the house got to its current location, to the various options that the WHS is mulling over.

It came down to the three proposals that are on the table.

A: Relocation Onsite

• Applicant will donate the property to (WHS).
• Move Brown House and Water Tower off property for grading.
• Remove hazardous materials in the house.
• Renovation of the house and tower.
• Funding and contracts for project [in place] within 10 months.
• 2 month notice to remove and relocate if can't accomplish.

This plan comes with an estimated price tag of $520,000 and is the least realistic. 

Though WHS point-[wo]man Kristan Lloyd would prefer "the whole kit and caboddle" (meaning a refurbished Brown House, and tower, as the center point of the coming development), there isn't enough time to raise that kind of capital.

B: Offsite Relocation

• Applicant agrees to construct a public gathering space within the commercial area of the project.
• Applicant would enter into an access agreement with WHS for approximately 7500sf of property.
• WHS would be responsible for completing the community space with displays/kiosks that represent our Americana Era to present.
• Remove the Brown House and Tower within 6 months and completed within 9 months after the execution of this agreement.
• Applicant will provide $5500 for documentation of the buildings.

This had a ballpark figure of between $30,000 and $80,000 that would need to be raised to complete. With about an equal split, according to the paperwork handed out, going to the removal of the current buildings and constructing the displays.

In this option, whatever parts of the Brown House and Tower are not salvaged by the WHS, the developer will dispose of.

C: Offsite Relocation

• Applicant agrees to contribute a cash payment of $30,000.
• WHS responsible for disposal and removal of buildings within 9 months of the agreement (Jan 17, 2017), including hazardous waste disposal. (Estimated to be $45,000)

This has to be the least desirable option. 

Though Strata would be chipping in $30K, the WHS would still need to raise $15K just to end up with nothing. No Brown House, no water tower (well, more on that in a minute) and no dedicated space in Baxter Village.

Seems like a no brainer to nix Option C, and with the costs and general lack of community concern, plan A is out too.

Through the process of elimination that leaves Option B

In a little more than 5 weeks, one of the above deals has to be agreed to, and it looks like the Brown House will finally be off that corner, where it's stood for nearly 11 years, by the end of next year.

The WHS would like community input on which plan you like best. They are planning to conduct an online poll at their facebook page.

Link to WHS facebook page

One of the images in the paperwork handed out at the meeting.

Link to WHS website

They will be making the final decision at their next board meeting which is just after the new year. If you have an opinion, or would like more information, I'm sure they'd love to hear from you.

Valley News Article on the Brown House from 2006

2013 PE article (which sounds eerily like it could have been written last month)

There is another place where the tower might go next, and it's not all that far from where it originally was. There is a new development near McVicar and Grand where it may end up.

It was said that Planning Commission Chair Veronica Langworthy had suggested her property as a place for the water tower to go to if need be. Also, at this meeting, Kenny Mayes said the tower could go on his land too.

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“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.”

— Tom Stoppard, 1972

Wildomar Rap basically hates "modern art." That term has become nothing more than a hackneyed euphemism for "100% mind-numbing garbage."