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Wee June 03, 2016 to June 12, 2016 

Weekly 

SUNDAY The Barracks beer bust 

SUNDAY Tool Shed beer bust 

Sunday OSCARS Spectacular tea party 

SUNDAY Drag me Brunch Rusty Waters @ 

Rio Azul Mexican Bar & Grill 

MONDAY OSCARS PALM SPRINGS BLUES 

REVIVAL! No Cover, New Menu, 

SUNDAY Drag Brunch Jersey Shore@Azul 

Tuesday Jersey Shore Cabaret Variety@ Azul 

Tuesday OSCARS Tuesday! Bella Da Ball 

hosts “WILD CARDS” 

Live Performance 

Ocars Hosts return of Carnival Cabaret 

Every Friday and Saturday night at Oscars, 

starring James Gypsy Haake. Palm Springs 

Comedy Club at Oscar’s going weekly on 

Thursday, 

Oscar’s Cafe & Bar. Show at 7, doors at 5:30 

for seating, dinner and cocktail service. 

Memorial Day 2016 

Monday, May 30 

May 30 Toolshed Menorial Day weekend 

party page 5. 

May 28 The barracks Patriot dance 

PSLOD! page 11 

VETERANS FOR PEACE 12th Annual 

MEMORIAL DAY AWARDS LUNCHEON 

see page 3 

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Oggi D live at Tryst! 

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“Daily What’s Happening” Page 12 

26 Adams ArtExpos’e 

33 Business Directory 

38 Classifieds 

36 Gay Resorts 

42 GayDGets & Threads 

34 GROUPS/HELP 

22 Jersey’s Journal 

38 Massage Directory 

33 Quote of the week 

47 THE LAST WORD by Greg Pettis 

04 Weekender tips 

46 that is funny 

43 The Center Schedule 

46 Weekly Guide to Stars 

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 

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Open Late and available for deliveries! 

214 East Arenas Road, PS 

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Tool Shed - Leather Bar 

600 E Sunny Dunes Rd , PS 

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The Barracks - Leather Bar 

67625 E. Palm Canyon Dr. , CC 

2:00 pm – 2:00 am 

Score - Local Bar 

301 E Arenas Rd , PS 

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Oscar’s Cafe & Bar - Inside/Outside 

125 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, PS 

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Oscar’s Happy Hour/Dinner : Jojonle-one to 8 

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Legends of Palm Springs 

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Oscar’s Dude Jones Rock Paarty Band to 11pm 

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Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 

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Street Fair Crispy Tacos $2 

6:00 PM 

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Oscar’s Dinner – Changes Feel Good Live Music 

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7:00 PM 

Oscar’s Dinner Theater: Carnival Cabaret 

Barracks Fund Raisers & Cruise Night 

Spurline show tunes 

8:00 PM 

Streetbar VJ Rob Roberts 

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SATURDAY, MAY 28 

6:00 AM 

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Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Pork Chili 

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7:30 AM 



8:00 AM 

Bongo Johnny’s 

Oscars 8a -10p Brunch until 2 PM 

$5 Bloody Mary’s, $9 Bottomless Mimosas 

11:00 AM 

Oscar’s Lunch: Jojo Leon – to 2 pm - Patio 

Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 11 


Score12:00 Noon Bingo 

1:00 PM 

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DiGS MARM-A-RAMA Spin the Wheel Drinks 

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5:00 PM 

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Bongo Johnny’s Bar and Grille 

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Spurline show tunes 

9:00 PM 

Barracks Fetish Patio Party :Cruise night on the 

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10:00 PM Toucans DJ GoGO Boys 

Tool Shed Happy Hour 

SUNDAY, MAY 29 

6:00 AM 


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$5 Bloody Marys, $9 Bottomless Mimosas 

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Hour until 8pm 


11:00 AM 

Oscar’s Brunch: Jojo Leon to 2 pm - Patio 



1:00 PM Tool Shed 8-Ball Tourn. 


Legends Karaoki Brunch 1-5pm 

SpurLine Beer Bust until 7:00 

2:00 PM 

Barracks Beer Bust All Day Long 

3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special 

$9.95 

4:00 PM 

Oscars Sunday Tea Dance to 8pm 

5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 To 7 

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6:00 PM 

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7:00 PM Pool Tournament at the Barracks 

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Hunters Service Ind. Night 

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Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special 1/2 french 

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sandwich/soup or salad $8.75 

7:30 AM 


$2.50 Well Drinks & Martini 

10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8pm 

11:00 AM 

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2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour until 8 PM 

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3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special 

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Tool Shed Free Pool 

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Oscar’s Tuesday Diner Theater – Bella da 

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Bare Chest Tuesdays with Tony at the 

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8:00 PM Tool Shed $1.75 beer all day. 

Toucans The Playgirls bring you shows every 

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Barrack’s World Famous Sunday Beer Bust 

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Tool Shed Happy Hour 

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Miracle Ranch is the brainchild of licensed therapist Dr. Heather Gaedt, The Millionaire Psychologist, 

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“Have you ever watched a movie where a horse drags its owner to safety or the countless times John 

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Richard Noble 

On Hillary Clinton 

Human Rights Advocate, Journalist The 

Indigenous Peoples Day The Rainbow 

Crosswalks Project, organizer COMMUNI- 

TY GARDENS of the LGBT Community, 

initiate HRC Palm Springs Steering Committee 

www.HRC.org 

I poured my heart out to the Clinton’s 

over the years and have enjoyed and 

loved everyone Rainbow H I have seen in 

Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton’s run for 

the Office of the President of the United 

States this year. 

Many years ago as a young man in Los 

Angeles, while many of my friends were 

dying from AIDS, I received a call from 

then President Clinton, thanking me for 

my participation in the California AIDS 

Ride. This is a bike ride in which I was 

sponsored by Dan Aykroyd at the House of 

Blues to raise money for the Los Angeles 

LGBT Community Center. 

I love hearing Hillary talk about smart 

guns and on Saturday, former president Bill 

Clinton talked about holding a million dollar 

satellite in his hands made from Nano 

Technology. 

I was with thousands of LGBT advocates 

in Washington DC this year where Hillary 

Clinton’s jaw dropped as I told her I walked 

across America asking Congress to file the 

Equality Act. My jaw dropped to hear her 

commit to making it her top priority. 

stopped the presidential motorcade in DC 

to get out and look at the AIDS Memorial 

Quilt. 

Former president Bill Clinton was the first 

president to attend an LGBT fundraiser at 

The Palace in Los Angeles. Madam Secretary 

Hillary Clinton was the first person to 

tell the world that Gay Rights are Human 

Rights in Recognition of International 

Human Rights Day in Geneva, Switzerland, 

shocking the world. That’s leadership. 

This last Saturday I got to hold former 

president Bill Clinton’s hand in Pomona 

and I said, “Thank you. I really love you so 

much”. The Secret Service took my United 

States Constitution and returned it to me 

signed by him. Now I have the only Constitution 

signed by Chelsea, Hillary and Bill. 

I am so excited to elect Hillary Clinton. 

From my head to my heart, to the voting 

booth with all my love, Hillary has my 

vote. Ladies and Gentleman, join us as we 

elect the most qualified family ever before 

us in American politics and the most qualified 

woman as Commander in Chief. 

My heart sank in my chest as I read about 

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JERSEY’S JOURNAL by Jersey Shore 

Do you ever just get sick of people 

and their behavior? Why must people 

act like douche bags all the time? 

It starts a chain reaction. I know you 

are waiting for me to say it’s up to 

you to stop that behavior and try to 

be better people. Not gonna happen. 

I’m at the point I am just going to sit 

back and realize they are dumbasses 

and watch them destroy themselves. 

It’s impossible to preach especially 

if they don’t get off their phones, yet 

they still don’t get it. You also give 

what you get, so it must be coming 

back. Bad days and irritating circumstances 

could be fleeting if you were 

a bit conscience of your actions. 

Oh, there I go preaching. I’m not a 

preacher man. Let’s change the subject 

to my favorite, sex. I wonder how 

many people text during sex? The 

mating habits of the Millenniums. I 

am officially old. I don’t know what’s 

popular in current music and/or 

trends. I don’t “get” what the younglings 

get. I use words like younglings. 

I am like my parents were when I was 

a kid. Now I understand the circle of 

life. I wonder if I’ll be wearing adult 

diapers soon. 

It will be interesting to see an old 

Jersey kicking away from her walker, 

bending over to pick up tips and 

having gas and not being able to get 

up. It’s Old Age Express and I just 

boarded the train. 

Peace, Love and Old age, 

Jersey 

Jersey can be seen performing: 

Every SUNDAY for Disco Drag Brunch 

starting Noon 

& 

Every TUESDAY For the Cabaret Variety 

Review @ 7:30 pm 

at Georgie’s Alibi Azul 

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AdamsArtExpose’ 

KEITH HARING - GAY ARTIST AND ACTIVIST 

Keith Haring passed away in New York City 

in 1990 a victim of AIDS. He was only 31 

years old as many of the other young gay 

men during that time who succumbed to 

the vicious epidemic. At this young age he 

had accomplished much and was widely 

recognized throughout the art world. His 

work has since become internationally 

famous and is found in prints and T- shirts 

as well as galleries, world wide. 

line more expressive in his art. Some of his 

art depicted explicit gay sex. One large mural 

painted in a subway bathroom in New 

York was highly publicized and is shown in 

the photo below. One of the most recognized 

and reprinted graphics he designed is 

the “radiant child” showing an infant crawling 

surrounded by radiating lines. This is 

seen in the photograph of Keith Haring 

wearing a printed shirt with this design, in 

his retail shop in SOHO. 

After being diagnosed with AIDS in 1989 

he created the Keith Haring Foundation 

to provide funding for AIDS research and 

children’s programs. He worked creating 

murals in hospitals and other public building 

in France and the United States. The 

basic imagery of his art is universally recognized 

and appreciated world wide. He was 

a friend and contemporary of Andy Warhol 

and other prominent art figures of this 

period of history. His life is an example of 

another gay artist that contributed greatly 

to the broad society in spreading enjoyment 

and appreciation of art and life. 

Growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania it 

was obvious at a very young age that he had 

skills in drawing and was especially interested 

in cartooning and line drawing. He 

started formal art training at the Ivy School 

of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, studying 

commercial art. It soon became apparent 

to him that commercial art, at least in the 

traditional sense. was not of interest to him. 

He continued his art training at the School 

of VIsual Arts in New York City. His art 

drifted from the classroom to the streets 

and subways of the city. His work was Questions, comments, suggestions please contact 

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directed toward line as a principal means 

of expression. He found matt black panels 

in the subways on which he began to create 

drawings in white chalk. He worked on 

these panels as subway passengers walked 

by and sometimes engaged him in conversation 

about his work. He said that this 

provided him a “laboratory” to expand his 

ideas and experiment with ways to make 



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Why Hillary! Will Paige 

I doubt our endorsement of Hillary comes as 

a shock to many people, as the DDG has been 

around than many Bernie supporters where 

alive. Longer then they were in diapers, and 

loner than all the other LGBT rags have been 

in business in Palm Springs California. I can 

point to multiple Hillary covers, Bill Clinton 

covers and even some Obama covers not a 

bad one in the bunch. This is also not to bash 

the Republican Party, with the exception of 

its Party leader, its anti-gay platform or its 

superficial “religiousness” protecting them 

from having to stoop so low as to bake cake 

for a fag. I can say I was with a great group of 

Hillary supporters from Palm Springs that I 

consider heroes, but I refrain from mentioning 

names because this election has unleashed 

more intro-party venom then typical. The work 

we did in Nevada was hard and long and from 

morning to night, not the drunken Vegas junket 

I was expecting. But we remain respectful 

in spite of a small group of rabid revolutionaries, 

which inspired us to work harder. 

The point is, that Bernie may be the future and 

we do not intend to debate his issues which 

are largely Democratic anyway, with a dash of 

workers having more say. On that point, only I 

will say that as a manager and observer of life, 

workers rightfully strike for fair pay and time 

off. I think we all fail to see that this nation 

has been defending its own revolution before 

1776, when the Canada cut the first trade deal 

with the French and tricked us into paying for 

it. 

If you remember when Al Gore beat Republican 

George W. Bush in the popular vote yet 

lost the 2000 election, and then decided by the 

Supreme Court. We got past that and we will 

get past this. So you’re free to disregard this 

Hillary endorsement, as we voters never put 

faith in any media generally, and it’s doubtful 

any endorsement would most drive voters one 

way or the other. 

But if you’re going to ignore the media, and 

you have not closely followed the direction of 

our own self-interests going downhill. And 

how we got to a point where some states have 

rebelled against the LGBT, calling for anti-gay 

rights legislation in a decidedly punitive way. 

If you can ignore attacks on good people by 

twisting immigration laws and citizen efforts 

and continue to threaten to defund Planned 

Parenthood’s mission to end poverty and strife 

by simply offering free counseling to people 

that would be shunned by the churches and 

other organizations. Then you may be a democrat 

after all. 

If you trust nothing but the screaming, or the 

idea that this or that could prove this or that 

with no critical link but just because it’s easier, 

you might believe any link exists. You might 

believe that building a wall is a start to fixing 

immigration, or getting tough on another 

nation, or that we are weaker by not rattling 

our swords of war. Or even all our laws, with 

all our regulations are meaningless because 

some rich guy can use his power and influence, 

to buy his or her way into everything. If 

you believe wealth and income distribution is 

a good start to fixing all our problems, along 

with break up the banks and a tax on Wall 

Street. Then you might be a dreamer too. 

Americans are very smart, the same collective 

brain that can fight HIV and put a man on 

the moon can sway public opinion with mock 

You might be surprised even Bernie himself 

outrage of even a chair agedly toss in the heat 

says it’s an impossible dream, but you may 

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Hillary continues from page 32 

believe electing him will be a good start. Then 

you will not believe anything to the contrary 

because there is no way to prove anything will 

happen if we do any or all of that. And that is the 

funny thing because Trump could put us into a 

deeper depression then we have ever seen before. 

Again could it be great, if it only helps some but 

still horrible for many. So while my endorsement 

is for Hillary and not necessarily these that contribute 

or work for the magazine they are both 

mine and Adrian’s as we are negotiating joint 

ownership of the future of the DDG. 

Again I don’t need to point out Hillary’s qualifications, 

even Bernie agrees with me on that, 

he just thinks he is better, and he should. No 

one runs and says “I am not as good as the front 

runner but I get credit for running right? Ok” he 

does say that sometimes as he claims the deck is 

stacked against him. And 45% of the nation’s vote 

proves he was not silenced. 

The reason this magazine makes an endorsement 

for Hillary is because, no other candidate has 

been there for us for all of the 21 years this magazine 

has covered the gay community. There are 

literally hundreds of pages of history supporting 

Hillary. And while no one seriously argues that 

Bernie is also a champion for gay rights that is 

not our issue. The same history, we believe the 

young are lacking, as they prance and preen on 

Pride weekend without a though of our history. 

I can tell you that it did not happen until a Pride 

existed. But if you would like to know ask me 

and I will drop my pants and show you a scare I 

have from being stabbed and a gay pride and one 

hundred other stories of people getting bashed 

and arrested for their rights. Or the story I wrote 

about Hurricane Katrina in 2005 how a man 

watched them take his lover away without a good 

by because he feared that his gayness would be 

expose to the rescue workers as they were showed 

a distinct deference to LGBT community, or just 

a few years ago on a trip to Boston in old caddie 

convertible turned ugly for us as we drove down 

the wrong street. 

You might also not notice that Hillary has been to 

the top of the mountain, we blame her husband’s 

administration that her use of the word “super 

predators” AKA hardened or repeat offender, 

launched a sea of racially motivated attacks on 

black people, poor people or other minorities. 

When the fact could be that perhaps we underestimated, 

as we want to do to this day, the level of 

racism and bigotry especially in our police force. 

As gay people can say amen to anyone who needed 

protection for gay assault. Perhaps only one 

person alive today knows that bitter truth more 

than anyone, and Hillary needs our vote next 

week to help our nation heal. 

Hillary knows this struggle and while our nations 

once again, engage a tremendous legacy of fighting 

human rights violations, a revolution even if 

it could happen, will not address the inequality 

felt by many of us in this nation. 

If you fool America by pretending that racial 

and other bias cannot be addressed, and use that 

to ask us once again stand down and let this 

revolution happen, you are no better than the 

2008 GOP who claimed the economy was more 

important right now than civil justice,. All you 

are doing is undermining those that fight for 

justice for the people. Justice after all is the only 

true genesis for revolutions. And it fucking well 

should be the only reason. When that notion 

is lost on the other sides, we must fight harder 

to make it an issue because it is always the only 

issue. 

Vote your pick June 7 



The Big RACE 

2,383 needed for nomination · 939 still 

available 

Hillary Clinton: 2305 

Bernie Sanders: 1,539 

Republican 

Donald Trump: presumptive nominee 

NEXT DEBATES 

NONE SCHEDULED 

Remaining PRIMARIES 

• Saturday, June 4 Virgin Islands (D) 12 

• Sunday, June 5 Puerto Rico (D)67 

• Tuesday, June 7 California 546 D, 172 R 

Montana 27 D, 27 R New Jersey 142 D, 51 

R 

New Mexico 43 D, 24 R North Dakota (D) 

23 

South Dakota 25 D, 29 R 

• Tuesday, June 14 

• District of Columbia (D)4 

Republican Convention Host City: Cleveland, 

Ohio Location: Quicken Loans 

Arena Dates: July 18-21, 2016 

Democrat Convention Host City: Philadelphia 

Location: Wells Fargo Center 

and the Pennsylvania Convention Center 

Dates: Week of July 25th, 2016 

NewsDemocratic Hillary wins Washington 

but delegates already decided in Bernie’s 

favor. 

Qualified Political Parties 

American Independent Party 

Dr. Mark Jerome Seidenberg, 

State Chairperson 

476 Deodara Street 

Vacaville, CA 95688-2637 

(707) 359-4884 

mark@masterplanner.com 

www.aipca.org 

Democratic Party 

John Burton, State Chairperson 

1830 9th Street 

Sacramento, CA 95811 

(916) 442-5707 

info@cadem.org 

www.cadem.org 

Green Party 

Jared Laiti, Liaison 

515 18th Street #3 

Sacramento CA 95811-1026 

(916) 549-6788 

liaison@cagreens.org 

www.cagreens.org 

Libertarian Party 

Ted Brown, Chairman 

770 L Street, Suite 950 

Sacramento, CA 95814-3361 

(916) 446-1776 

office@ca.lp.org 

www.ca.lp.org 

Peace and Freedom Party 

Debra Reiger, State Chairperson 

P.O. Box 22234 


(916) 698-8131 

debra.reiger@earthlink.net 

www.peaceandfreedom.org 

Republican Party 

Jim Brulte, State Chairperson 

1121 L Street, Suite 207 


(916) 448-9496info@cagop.org 

www.cagop.org 



The Desert Rose Playhouse 

LAST WEEKEND JUNK 

Rancho Mirage, CA - The Desert Rose 

Playhouse, the Valley’s LGBT stage company, 

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musical JUNK by Michael Penny, opening 

Friday, April 29, 2016 for a five-week run. 

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays 

at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, through 

May 29, 2016. 

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one older. They have been offered the 

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their unusual relationship to one another... 

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THAT IS FUNNY 

When I see lovers’ names carved in a tree, I don’t think it’s sweet. I just think it’s surprising how many 

people bring a knife on a date. 

Yes, money cannot buy you happiness, but I’d still feel a lot more comfortable crying in a new BMW than on 

a bike 

What do you get when you cross-breed a shark and a cow? 

I have no idea but I wouldn’t try milking it. 

9 out of 10 voices in my head are telling me that I am too fat. The last one is calmly preparing a bowl of 

chips. 

Husband brings the child home from kindergarten and asks his wife, “He’s been crying the whole way home. 

Isn’t he sick or something?” “No,” replies the wife, “he was just trying to tell you he isn’t our Frankie.” 

Two police officers crash their car into a tree. After a moment of silence, one of them says, “Wow, that’s 

got to be the fastest we ever got to the accident site 

WEEKLY GUIDE TO THE STARS 

ARIES March 20 - April 18: You 

discover that great minds think 

alike-which comes as a relief since 

you were beginning to wonder if 

you were one of a kind. 

TAURUS April 19 - May 19: 

You’re investing too much energy 

in what “feels” secure. Do the 

math and you will discover something 

that will make you secure. 

GEMINI May 20 - June 19: The 

more you get to know someone, 

the more you realize that this person’s 

a basket case. 

CANCER June 20 - July 21: Just 

when you thought it was safe to 

open up, you’re reminded of why 

you keep your feelings to yourself. 

That said you can still be 

guarded and optimistic. 

LEO July 22 - Aug. 21: A casual 

remark leaves you wondering if 

someone knows more than they 

let on. But don’t worry. It was just 

a lucky guess. 

VIRGO Aug. 22 - Sept. 21: That 

crisis in the making looks like it 

won’t materialize after all. Either 

it turns out to be a false alarm or 

it will be called off last minute. 

LIBRA Sept. 22 - Oct. 21: There 

are so many changes going on 

in the lives of your nearest and 

dearest that it’s hard to keep up. 

So don’t. They’ll bring you up to 

date as soon as possible. 

SCORPIO. Oct. 22 - Nov. 20: An 

attraction isn’t what you had in 

mind, but check it out. You might 

like it. 

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 21-Dec. 20: 

An unexpected change in travel 

plans leads you to discover something 

you’ve been seeking. 

CAPRICORN Dec. 21-Jan. 18: 

You’re entering into a creative 

period that could prove quite lucrative, 

but you have to lead with 

imagination. 

AQUARIUS Jan. 19 - Feb. 17: 

Put the finishing touches on a 

pitch or proposal and send it on 

its way. Timing is everything if 

you want success and you need to 

strike while the iron’s hot! 

PISCES Feb. 18 - March 19: Just 

because a friend didn’t mean to 

hurt your feelings doesn’t excuse 

what happened. You still deserve 

an apology. 


THE LAST WORD by Greg Pettis 

Children and teenagers. The desert has 

turned its attention to its young. 

This week the Palm Springs School Superintendent 

Christine Anderson retired. 

She led the district for a number of years, 

increasing test scores, expanding learning 

academies, building many new campuses 

and most important to me, oversaw 

the expansion of Gay Straight Alliance 

groups into every high school in the district. 

She also drafted the full inclusion 

policy for Transgendered students. 

The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership 

board of directors met in Cathedral 

City and highlighted their scholarship 

efforts. 

There was a major roll out of a new app 

allowing for reporting of human trafficking 

at SafeHouse of the Desert. Elected 

officials from Cathedral City and Palm 

Desert were in attendance. SafeHouse 

does tremendous work and provided 

valuable information to those at the event 

about how prevalent a problem that this is 

in the valley. Coincidentally this was held 

the same day as sentencing was issued for 

the Desert Hot Springs child pornography 

ring. 

The Harvey Milk Diversity breakfast took 

place with a sold out crowd. Again, focus 

on kids. Wonderful stories of our young 

people and the struggles and celebrations 

they are experiencing. Sen. Mark Leno 

and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta 

spoke as well. 

Bernie Sanders rolled into town for a rest 

stop, eating at Las Casuelas and popping 

in at Village Fest. He held a rally with 

over 5,000 people in San Diego continuing 

his message of economic revolution, 

but also focused on youth and the need to 

get them involved and engaged. 

I was encouraged with the emphasis this 

week on our young people, but am concerned 

about us grownups not maintaining 

the focus. Let’s face it folks, with the 

median age in Palm Springs being 62, we 

have to develop the next crop of leaders 

educated, engaged and excited. We must 

do it. This is too important to allow others 

to do the job. Our work hasn’t ended. 

Greg Pettis is a 22 year city councilman in Cathedral 

City. He has made his name in governmental circles 

as an expert in transportation issues and is very active 

in working on bringing passenger rail service to the 

COACHELLA Valley. Greg was the first openly gay 

elected city council members In Riverside County. He 

has served on the boards of the National League of 

Cities and the League of California Cities and as President 

of the Southern CA Association of Governments.

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