Attacking the messenger doesn’t change the fallout from your poor behavior. Your tantrums are an embarrassment that harm this community and distract from important issues while wasting time, money, good will and energy. If you could manage to do business without brushing up against the law over and over, I would gladly stop writing about your antics.

Excellent comments Xavier besides most if not all Tulareans love and respect Barnes Memorial not just for their good work ethics and exceptional products but because they are good people who love this town. One gets as good as they give and Barnes earns everything they receive.

Alex
I don’t make any money or gain any value of any kind for service on both boards . You also know that I do not accept the $100 stipend per cemetery board meetings . The TLCHD Attorney all ready told me I have no conflict at all . You keep trying to make a connection with the old board . How do I and the other board members even compare? We don’t. Not one of us has gained anything in any way from our service. Also don’t just make wild accusations with out backing it up with proof. Can you point to one thing the board voted on the was a personal benefit to us ? The answer is you can’t but please try

Van Hallman
The reason why the cemetery only allows one company to do the headstones is because of quality issues. The business is between the monument company’s and the paying families. The cemetery regulates who can set headstones at both cemetery’s. The cemetery makes no money off these transactions. Contractors need to be licensed and bonded etc . We have rules to follow . The thickness and quality of the concrete , size etc . We were having some issues with quality and placement. Lots of off aliments , the stones were not lining up straight. Barn’s was the only company that followed the rules . They were the only company that placed the headstones exactly where they belong. They use a long string that runs across the entire section to insure its straight. They used the right amount of concrete. The cemetery staff was to busy to police the work of the other company’s . The groundsman said that barns did excellent work. The final point of frustration was when one company put a head stone out into the row where the mowers go . Barns offered to straighten out all the crooked headstones. Barns has to give the cemetery a price list , so the cemetery can compare prices from barns with other good companies to make sure they do not price gouge . Barns sets veterans headstones for free . Barns has a stellar reputation. The cemetery did this to protect the families from below standard work and to keep all the rows of headstones nice a straight. Some other cemetery’s only allow one company for the same reasons , so this arrangement is not unusual. Many companies may be cheaper but that’s because they cut corners that may result in a cracked headstone in a few years . I hope this answers your question

You know a lot about toilet issues it seems. More of a pot calling the kettle black. Shame? Et tu LindaLoo perhaps?

It is also exactly what Sarsfield and Melo eluded to when they contested Xavier being on two boards (Chair of Tulare Cemetery and Secretary at TLHD) and the possible conflict of interests that could arise. Why has the CA AG not reviewed this nor the TC BOS or the TLHD attorney and Cemetery’s counsel? Maybe people in positions to act just don’t care that much about addressing possible conflicts, I hope that’s not the case. Conflicts should always be taken seriously to try and avoid illusions of preferential treatment or personal gain. We, as a Tulare community, organized and fought to reject this approach. Now the situation is more complicated and the future of where the TLHD is to go hangs in the balance. Our TLHD mirroring the examples of the last few years at the Tulare Cemetery District would be devastating.