COLTON COURIER Weekly
Vol 148 , NO. 43
October 08, 2020
City Talk Award presented to Eloy Sanchez By Dr. G (Dr. Luis S. Gonzalez)
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n Friday, Oct. 2 Colton City Council Member Dr. G (Dr. Luis S Gonzalez) presented the October CITY TALK “Community Impact Award” to Eloy Sanchez, long-time resident of Colton, and a community icon who has devoted 30 years of service in coordination with Immaculate Conception Church and benefactor Bruno Gutierrez. This award was established to recognize the great efforts that people make behind the scenes to make our community, the city of Colton, a better place.
Tr i b a l y o u t h r e cogni ze d fo r advocacy ef f or ts with 30 Under 30 Pg. 5
“For 30 years,” explains Dr. G, “Mr Eloy has led a collaborative effort of dozens of volunteers to provide food distribution for those who need support, and a very popular weekly ‘dinner hour,’ to anyone who needs a hot meal.” Dr. G has attended many of his events, and occasionally Sanchez , cont. on next pg.
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Dr. G (right) presents Eloy Sanchez with the City Talk Award in recognition of his decades long food distribution efforts with Immaculate Conception Church.
Measure U will significantl y cut County Fire ser vices By Maryjoy Duncan
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he League of Women Voters hosted an informational Zoom meeting on “Measure U the Repeal of Fire Protection Distrit 5” with speakers who oppose the measure County Fire Chief Dan Munsey and Fire Captain and president IAFF Local 935 Jim Grigoli, and in favor of the measure - Natalie Zuk from the Red Brennan Group on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Annual Scouting f or Food event this Saturday Pg. 6
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Background of FP-5: Helendale and Silver Lakes residents introduced and approved special tax FP-5 in 2006 to fund their own full time fire station. The Board of Supervisors in 2018 approved the expansion of FP-5 to all unincorporated areas of the county and cities that subsequently annexed fire services to the County - Needles, San Bernardino, Twentynine Palms and Upland. According to Munsey the expansion of FP-5 was to maintain a sustainable funding mechanism to County Fire that was underfunded by property taxes.
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The League of Women Voters hosted an informational Zoom meeting on “Measure U the Repeal of Fire Protection Distrit 5.” Pictured clockwise from top left: LOWV Program Chair Helen Tran, Fire Captain and president IAFF Local 935 Jim Grigoli, County Fire Chief Dan Munsey, Natalie Zuk from the Red Brennan Group, and LOWV board member John Longville. FP-5 comprises over $41 million of County Fire’s $201 million total revenue. Munsey’s presentation illustrated the repeal of FP-5 would cause closures of up to 19 fire stations across all county districts that include the Valley, Mountain, North Desert and South Desert regions, compro-
mise effective response times and reliability, and decrease the number of firefighters from 623 to 457. Secondary impacts include the decrease of ISO rating (homeowners insurance rate increases due to lack of nearby fire services), fewer public education/prevention outreach,
elimination of technology platforms used to provide crew safety and situational awareness, and a decrease in the ability to respond to all 911 calls and firefighter safety training. “Responding to calls isn’t our only job, it’s preventing the Fire Services, cont. on next pg.