Desert Star Weekly Feb. 9, 2022 issue!

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February 9, 2022 Vol. 18 No. 11

Town Hall with the Huckabee’s

Mike Huckabee and Sarah Huckabee Sanders at Desert Town Hall Stories and Photos by Pat Krause The H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation presented its 30th anniversary of Youth Townhall and Desert Town Hall on February 1st. The President of the Board, Keith Goff, said the series was glad to be back after losing the 2021 series to the Covid epidemic. Executive

Director Becky Kurtz introduced this year’s first speakers, MIKE HUCKABEE, and his daughter SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS. The event was held at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa. These two very famous speakers took to the stage, asking what the program would

By Andrew Mills, Palm Springs Police Chief Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, “There comes a point when we have to just stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they are falling in.” The police spend their day pulling people out of rivers, infrequently going upstream to stop them from falling into the swift waters. Palm Springs police intend to prevent those on the bank from falling in the river by implementing Neighborhood Policing and problem-solving. A defined mission and established crime-fighting

priorities are crucial to an effective Neighborhood Policing program. Each day when our officers go into the field, they need a clearly defined focus. Without a central focus, their day becomes random, call-driven, and tedious. Unfortunately, for too many police agencies, the radio sets the strategy. Plucking people from the river is the default strategy. Often, we are too busy saving people in the river to give serious thought to reducing crime upstream. Through practical knowledge and academic

be. People asked questions, or they would just talk. It turned out they would talk about their lives. Mr. Huckabee told about why he entered politics and his time in office. He compared 1960 politics to today. Then it was people trying to destroy our democracy. Today it is at a crossroads, and it’s we, the

people, who must stand up to stop and save our country. America is an excellent place to live, and we must decide how to keep it that way. They both said it was essential to teach our children to love our country and know that America is good. Mike was Governor of Arkansas and ran for President

Neighborhood Town Hall Meeting

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in 2016 and 2020. He spoke about the political climate now. He also told stories about his daughter, her childhood, and her time in the political scene. She was instrumental in President Trump being elected in 2016 and became the Continues on Page 7


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