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Desert Sun 8/14 – Palm Springs, don’t buy back the land you gave to COD. You can press them further
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Palm Springs has sent College of the Desert a $5.7 million offer to buy just under 120 acres of land in the city’s northern end once slated to become COD’s west valley campus. The condition? COD must agree to build its long-envisioned west valley campus…
UKEN REPORT 3/6 – BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF COD CAMPUS DERAILMENTUKEN REPORT
PALM DESERT — Former College of the Desert Superintendent/President Joel L. Kinnamon announced in December 2020 that he was stepping down to spend time with his mom who he had learned probably had a year to live. He retired on March 31, 2021. Almost immediately, it appears wheels were put in motion to derail the COD campus…
Desert Sun 11/28 – Flouting voters, COD board makes another questionable move
As The Desert Sun’s Jonathan Horwitz reported two weeks ago, COD Trustees voted 3-2 at that meeting to extend the contract of, and give a pay raise to, Superintendent/President Martha Garcia. Voting in favor were Ruben Perez, Bea Gonzales and Aurora Wilson. Trustees Bonnie Stefan and Fred Jandt voted no. Garcia’s annual base salary will increase…
KMIR 4/8 – Carmela Karcher-“Many of us are concerned that support is at risk. And we want to try to get it back,” Mayor Middleton said. CC/COD meeting
“This is a long awaited meeting and the community sure has a lot of comments, including myself, and I’m sure the city council has a lot of questions as well,” Palm Springs Planning Commissioner J.R. Roberts said before the meeting. And a lot of questions they had. It took one hour to get through public…
Desert Sun Commentary 2/8 – College of the Desert trustees’ secrecy suggests a hidden agenda
Why is it necessary to hire an outside public relations firm if you are doing a good job in a transparent fashion? Why put forward a toothless resolution of support for a West Valley campus if you actually plan to build it as promised, planned and funded? It seems clear that the three trustees are…
Desert Sun 2/18 – College of the Desert Trustee Bea Gonzalez alleges other board member has been leaking info
Gonzalez said Thursday she wasn’t sure what project the board was even considering for Palm Springs. “Is it the one with the hotel convention center, private bungalows, presidential suites, culinary facilities, or even local organizations that are now claiming that the former president promised them office space there?” she asked, without elaboration.