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- How to Evaluate Claims About IVDC: A Source-Checking GuideStrong opinions are easy. Strong sourcing is harder. This guide gives residents a repeatable method for checking claims before sharing them. Source…
- Como Evaluar Aseveraciones sobre IVDC: Guia de Verificacion de FuentesEn temas polemicos, la calidad de la fuente importa mas que el volumen del titular. Tipo de fuente Fecha y etapa del proceso Nivel de detalle…
- The $4 Billion Poison Pill: How IID Killed the Valley’s Best Shot at Rate ReliefIID tells you they need to raise your electric rates by 69% because the grid is broken and there is no money to fix it. What they do not tell you is…
- Text Messages Expose Cardenas-Z-Global Connection: The IID Board President Who Played Both Sides“Honesty, integrity, and transparency.” That was Alex Cardenas’s mantra when he served as IID Board President in 2023-2024. Text messages cited in a…
- Mensajes de Texto Exponen la Conexion Cardenas-Z-Global: El Presidente de la Junta de IID Que Jugo en Ambos Bandos“Honestidad, integridad y transparencia.” Ese era el lema de Alex Cardenas cuando fue Presidente de la Junta de IID en 2023-2024. Los mensajes de…
- La Pildora Venenosa de $4 Mil Millones: Como IID Mato la Mejor Oportunidad de Alivio Tarifario del ValleIID le dice que necesitan aumentar sus tarifas electricas un 69% porque la red esta averiada y no hay dinero para repararla. Lo que no le dicen es…
- Greenmail: How CEQA Extortion and Senate Bills 886/887 Threaten Imperial Valley’s $10 Billion FutureWhen environmental groups demanded $83 million in mitigation fees from the IVDC developers as the price of their silence, the real motivation behind…
- Greenmail: Como la Extorsion CEQA y los Proyectos de Ley SB 886/887 Amenazan el Futuro del Valle ImperialCuando grupos ambientalistas exigieron $83 millones en tarifas de mitigacion a los desarrolladores del IVDC como precio de su silencio, se revelo la…
- Sebastian Rucci – The Story the Media Won’t Tell YouThe headlines write themselves. A nightclub raid in Youngstown. An FBI seizure in California. A developer with a “checkered past” trying to build a…
- The $83 Million Question: What Is Comite Civico Del Valle’s Business Model?Comite Civico Del Valle has done real work in Imperial Valley. Over its history, the organization has conducted air quality monitoring, documented…
- The City of Imperial Is Fighting a Project It Has No Authority Over. Why?If you are a resident of the City of Imperial, a specific question is worth asking: your city government has spent significant public funds — your…
- Z-Global and the IID: Who Is Really Blocking Imperial Valley’s Energy Future?In a region where the utility controls the grid and the grid controls who can develop, access to that grid is not just an engineering question. It is…
- The Non-Profit Industrial Complex: How Environmental Organizations Became Real Estate PlayersNon-profit organizations are tax-exempt on the theory that they serve the public interest rather than private financial interests. The designation…
- Following the Money: Who Benefits If the IVDC Never Gets Built?When a political campaign is organized against a project, the first analytical question is not whether the stated objections are valid. It is: who…
- Greenmail Is Holding Imperial County’s Economic Future HostageHostage-taking in economic development doesn’t require masks or weapons. It requires a credible litigation threat, an organization with nothing to…
- Katherine Burnworth and the Politics of Blocking Jobs That Aren’t Hers to BlockKatherine Burnworth is a City of Imperial council member. The Imperial Valley Data Center site is in unincorporated Imperial County — not within the…
- Luis Olmedo, CTR, and the $83 Million That Changed How We Should Think About CEQA OppositionThe Desert Sun ‘s investigation into Comite Civico Del Valle’s dealings with Controlled Thermal Resources was a significant piece of regional…
- Dennis Morita’s Phone Call: The Alleged Sabotage of Imperial Valley’s Water DealWill-serve letters are not glamorous documents. They are utility commitments — written statements from a service provider confirming that it can and…
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