These Fresno businessmen and women will be on hand to tell their stories at the press conference. These businesses have been neglected and abused by the City and County of Fresno as well as the High-Speed Rail Authority.

The lost revenue to the city and county of Fresno will be in the tens of millions of dollars. This is revenue that the city and county rely upon for essential services for all citizens. One business represented pays over a million dollars monthly in sales tax alone. Another Fresno business pays the county over a million dollars annually for truck licensing fees.

These direct losses of tax base do not include similar losses from each and every employer. The number of employees lost is another unreported issue. Many of the companies effected will be leaving Fresno altogether – many to other counties and several to other states. It will be nearly impossible to relocate these businesses to locations with similar freeway access inside of Fresno.

The displacement costs on top of the lost revenue will never adequately replace the active business dollars these businesses have built over generations of being in the right location. Eminent domain seizure of these properties is already planned by the High-Speed Rail Authority and the only recourse of these businesses may be a class-action lawsuit that could tie up the project for years.

Here is a partial list of Fresno businesses who have signed a letter against high-speed rail:
Fresno Commercial Neon
John R Lawson Trucking
Thermo-King
La Quinta Inn
Discount Tire

Subway
Bob’s Mini-Storage
Riverside Nursery
The Cosmopolitan Restaurant
Dustin Pest Control

Klein’s Truck Stop
Fresno Rescue Mission
Romo’s Towing
Allied Waste
A&R Transmission

Yukon Jack’s
Rosenbaum Rockery
United RV Storage
Bulldog Recycling
Valley National Express

WHAT – WHEN – WHERE:
“Mayday! Mayday! Stop the Train”
100 Fresno Businesses Opposed to High Speed Rail
Tuesday May 1st
At Klein’s Truck Stop
(Herndon and Freeway 99)
12 noon (Lunch Served).

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Dr. Paul Edward, founder of Edward Professional Advisors, says, “The Sheriff’s Department has done a great job during the past ten years in Compton, but research clearly shows that cities with strong community-based police departments are better places to live and work. The police-community relationship is crucial for quality law enforcement and we are excited to be working on this historic project.”

The opponents of Compton’s transition to local control of their police services say Compton will not be able to afford the costs that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department currently spends on the police services they provide for Compton.

Compton’s City Manager, Willie Norfleet, says, “Not only will we gain local control of our police services, but our efforts will cost the citizens of Compton less while providing top quality police services.”

“As one of the few African American owned consulting firms, it is an honor to be helping Compton improve its police services. Compton is a place of great importance to the African American community and it feels wonderful to be collaborating with the citizens of Compton to improve their safety and quality of life,” says Dr. Edward.

Compton’s successful transition to locally controlled police services will not only be significant for this African American community but will serve at the blueprint for other communities around the world.

About Edward Professional Advisors:
Edward Professional Advisors is a consulting firm specializing in working with public safety agencies. The firm’s founder, Dr. Edward, is an award-winning author, experienced organizational psychologist, certified business coach, and popular university lecturer. He has made ground-breaking contributions to our understanding of how people and organizations develop and make sustained progress. Dr. Edward’s award-winning book, “Moving Forward: Turning Good Intentions into Great Results by Discovering Yourself, Your Place, & Your Path,” has helped hundreds of people live better lives.

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Paul Edward, founder of Edward Professional Advisors and contributing author to the feasibility study that recommended the establishment of a community-based police department in Compton, says, “Last night’s vote was a giant step forward for the citizens of Compton. Our research clearly shows that cities with strong community-based police departments are better places to live and work. Police departments do more than impact crime levels. When managed properly, they can drastically improve the quality of life of the citizens they serve.”

Eric J. Perrodin, Compton’s current Mayor and a former Compton Police Department sergeant, cast the deciding vote after spending 30 minutes emphasizing the benefits of local governments controlling their dedicated police resources. “This is not about the sheriff’s department being bad,” said Perrodin, “This vote is about improving the quality of life for all citizens of Compton. I’ve always said that if we can afford it, we should move toward owning our own police department. I made that pledge as a mayoral candidate, and tonight I am proud to deliver on my promise.”

In 2008, Compton commissioned a study to examine the feasibility of establishing a municipal police department. Joseph T. Rouzan, Jr., former police chief of the Inglewood and Compton Police Departments, and Paul Edward, organizational psychologist and author, spent a year conducting the study. “In addition to conducting empirical research,” says Edward, “We spoke to community leaders and residents of Compton. Five key themes emerged: responsibility, accountability, stability, results, and respect. When we compared the quality of police services under the current contract with the sheriff’s department to what we projected the quality to be under a community control model, it was crystal clear that establishing a municipal police department was the best option for the citizens of Compton.”

Perrodin, responding to concerns about alleged corruption under Compton’s former administration, said, “There is a lot of confusion about us bringing back the old Compton Police Department. But let me set the record straight; tonight’s vote is about creating something new. Just like we are in the process of ‘Birthing a New Compton,’ tonight’s vote is about creating a new police department that is accountable and responsive to our needs as members of this community.”

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department provides contract law enforcement services to 42 cities in the Southern California region. When asked if he thought last night’s vote would spark a similar move among the other contract cities, Edward said, “As the mayor said, this was not about how well or how poorly the L.A. Sheriff’s Department is doing. The L.A. Sheriff’s Department is one of the finest law enforcement agencies in the nation. What our recommendation boiled down to was an indisputable fact: communities that have ownership of their law enforcement resources are better able to direct and deploy those resources where they are needed. Rather than being subject to the decisions of L.A. County officials several miles away, Compton police assets will be controlled by Compton officials. That makes a lot of sense on so many different levels. If other cities are leaning the same way and they can afford it, I don’t see why they shouldn’t at least explore their options.”

More information: http://www.edwardprofessionaladvisors.com/publicsafety .

About Paul Edward:

Paul Edward, PhD, is the Founder and Managing Advisor of Edward Professional Advisors, a full-service organizational development consulting firm that specializes in helping public safety organizations run better. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, Regent University, and Trinity College. Paul is an active member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and teaches courses in the graduate-level Emergency Services Administration program at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of the award-winning book, “Moving Forward: Turning Good Intentions Into Great Results.”

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Through “Enterprise Facilitation,” civic leaders learn how to capture local intelligence. The program trains a full-time, local advisor – the Enterprise Facilitator – to introduce the fundamentals of good management to aspiring entrepreneurs and small business operators within the community. Imagine your community could consult a free and confidential “Family Doctor of Business?”

Dr. Sirolli said. “It’s terrific to be going back to Lincoln County on November 23rd 2009. with the people who trusted me and sparked my imagination, so many years ago The people of Lincoln County showed they had the passion and commitment to achieve something great from something very little – and communities have recognized this and have followed suit in a big way.”

“The idea I had was to help people do what they had a passion for. I started with respect, for their energy and determination, and then I did anything I could to see them succeed, to create real and profitable business ventures,” Sirolli said.

In 1989, Dr. Sirolli and Master Facilitator, Brian Willoughby from Australia’s first project in Esperance in 1985, trained the volunteer Board of Management and the Enterprise Facilitator Vince Robinson and the Lincoln County Enterprise Development Corporation has managed beautifully since then.

Says Vince Robinson: “It never ceases to amaze me how so many people in our little corner of the world can have such passion for being business owners. It is always such a thrill for me to work with individuals who are able to turn a yearning for a better life into rewarding business ventures. It has been a great privilege for me, to have had the opportunity to work with such wonderful people over the past twenty years. Their enthusiasm and perseverance are what keep me motivated.”

One of the cornerstones of the Enterprise Facilitation program is to engage a local advisory group to help support the Enterprise Facilitator’s role in the community. This group becomes the facilitator’s point of entry to the people within the community and it provides the collective genius and network in support of a multitude of new and expanding local businesses.

Joyce Dass from Lincoln County says: “Being a founding member of the steering committee that resulted in the creation of Lincoln County Enterprise Development Corporation, I am gratified to look back on the many positive impacts we have made in the last 20 years. We are proud of the accomplishments of the entrepreneurs we have served and look forward to a bright future by continuing to assist the enterprising people of Lincoln County.”

Dr. Sirolli said that no entrepreneur can “do it, sell it and keep the books” equally well and that Enterprise Facilitation is about stopping entrepreneurs from “dying of solitude.”

Dr. Sirolli says that Enterprise Facilitation teaches clients to form a team to produce the product (or service), market it and manage the finances. The team is probably easily assembled in the community and the power of it is immense. “After all this is the way Wal-Mart started. It was Sam, his wife Helen and her father who started the business and people tend to forget that every successful company from Disney to Google has been set up by more than one person,” Sirolli says.

More information: www.sirolli.com .

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The problem is serious. The number one rising trend in youthful drug use in the U.S. is in pharmaceutical, prescription and over-the-counter. Kids get some of these drugs from the internet but mostly from home – the medicine cabinet. But what about the environment? Flushing or dumping these toxins is not a good idea. However, says Mayor Judy Mitchell of Rolling Hills Estates, representing the South Bay Council of Government, “to prevent water and landfill pollution, we announce today a new way of disposing of prescriptions that have expired or that you don’t want anymore.”

The simple solution is to provide special “mail-boxes” to “drop off” drugs, which will be destroyed by the Sheriff’s Dept. (incineration, most likely). Even illegal drugs can be dropped off voluntarily. This will be piloted at first, said Sheriff Baca, at the Sheriff’s Office in the town of Lomita. Once the public show they support this, drop-off mailboxes across Los Angeles County will be provided.

Baca invited Teddy Chambers of Narconon International to provide a drug education and awareness back-up. “For this to work,” Chambers said, “children and parents will need to know about it. Narconon drug education lecturers, who present to tens of thousands of youth yearly, will describe this program and distribute flyers to get back to parents. We sincerely hope they will take advantage of this opportunity.”

“Not just young people have the misconception,” Chambers added, “that there are ‘good’ drugs and ‘bad’ drugs. Too many kids think that pharmaceutical drugs can provide a safe high. False, false, false. Scrips and over-the-counter are for specific conditions, specific dosages, specific amount of time. Abuse any of these and you may get nauseated, have seizures, become addicted, or even die.”

“It’s no longer necessary to have this accumulation of drugs in our medicine cabinets,” said Sheriff Baca. “They should be brought here safely, disposed of anonymously, and we will deal with them appropriately.”

For more information on the Safe Drug Drop Off Campaign, contact Teddy Chambers at (323) 962-2404 or visit www.narconon.org .

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As SCL-LEA moves through the certification process and defines its enforcement methods, municipalities and state governments across the U.S. are watching closely. Sunshine Canyon Landfill Local Enforcement Agency may serve as a national model for similar JPAs in communities struggling with the complex issue of waste management.

Mr. Honda was appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and will serve the interests of the people of the County of Los Angeles.

“I am humbled by the trust and faith the Board of Supervisors have vested in me in regard to Sunshine Canyon,” Honda said. “And I’m especially grateful to Supervisors (Mike) Antonovich and (Zev) Yaroslovsky for the opportunity to serve my fellow citizens of Los Angeles in this critical capacity.”

Mr. Honda says his goal as a member of the local enforcement agency is to bring 21st-Century ideas to the landfill in order to make it an energy asset, and “more than just a dump.” His ideas for the future of Sunshine Canyon Landfill range from introducing revolutionary methods of carbon sequestration, to refuse-decomposition-based energy production.

“We also need to ensure and enhance the integrity of the innovative double-liner at the landfill, which residential neighbors fought so hard to win,” Honda added. “The landfill must not contaminate the water table beneath it.”

David Honda is a resident of the City of Los Angeles, living in the neighborhood community of Northridge. He is president of D.S. Honda Construction and D.S. Honda International, LLC.

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