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July 6, 2011 (San Diego's East County) - East County Roundup highlights top news stories of interest to East County, published in other media. Latest Roundup headlines include:
- Region: Supervisor proposes seceding from the state
- Cajon city manager steps down
- Millions made from cars impounded at DUI checkpoints
- Amazon cuts ties with California to avoid tax
- "I bought the cop" ; Witness quotes Stanley Lloyd Jr.
- Foodnetwork "Makeover" coming to Jackson Drive
- Spring Valley man convicted of putting $3,000 bounty on daughters' boyfriend
- City inks deal with police, employees
REGION: SUPERVISOR PROPOSES SECEDING FROM THE STATE
June 30, 2011 (North County Times) --An angry Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone on Thursday proposed that Riverside and a dozen other counties secede from California, forming a new state of South California.
EL CAJON CITY MANAGER STEPS DOWN
June 29, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune)-- EL CAJON — El Cajon City Manager Kathi Henry has decided to retire after leading the East County's largest city for seven years. The 52-year-old Henry, who has worked in the city manager's department for 30 years, is leaving "because it's time to do something else," she said.
MILLIONS MADE FROM CARS IMPOUNDED AT DUI CHECKPOINTS
Number Of Cars Impounded At Checkpoints Significantly Higher Than DUI Arrests
July 5, 2011 (10 News)-- DUI checkpoints are making too much money and not doing enough to stop drunken driving, according to some state lawmakers. Those state lawmakers pushed legislation -- bills AB-1389 and AB-353 -- that aims to curb the millions of dollars that are made off the cars that are impounded at DUI checkpoints.
AMAZON CUTS TIES WITH CALIF. AFFILIATES TO AVOID TAX
July 1, 2011 (NPR)--Under a new law signed by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown, online retailers like Amazon are supposed to start collecting sales taxes, even when they're based outside the state. Amazon says the new law is unconstitutional, and it won't collect the tax. One way the company is trying to avoid it, is by severing ties with about 10,000 small businesses and individual blogs based in the state which link to Amazon.com through their websites.
‘I BOUGHT THE COP’; WITNESS QUOTES STANLEY LLOYD JR.
June 30, 2011 (Ramona Patch) -- n the preliminary hearing Thursday for a Barona tribal member accused in the murder of a Santee teenager, a woman testified that she heard the accused say last fall that he “bought the cop” after a visit by tribal law enforcement to a party they attended.
FOOD NETWORK ‘MAKEOVER’ COMING TO JACKSON DRIVE
July 1, 2011 (La Mesa Today)--A little non-descript neighborhood diner just north of La Mesa on Jackson Drive is about to go national.
SPRING VALLEY MAN CONVICTED OF PUTTING $3,000 BOUNTY ON DAUGHTER’S BOYFRIEND
Domingos Oliveira, 49, faces up to 12 years and eight months in prison when he is sentenced Aug. 1
CITY INKS DEAL WITH POLICE, EMPLOYEES
June 28, 2011 (La Mesa Today)-- The City Council has made tentative agreements with its police and employee unions and will leave salaries unchanged from the 2010-11 contracts they have been working under.
http://www.lamesatoday.com/profiles/blogs/city-council-3
http://www.lamesatoday.com/profiles/blogs/city-council-3
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