Supervisor Buster’s proposal to increase local control with a county charter gained the Board of Supervisors’ unanimous support at the board’s April 20 meeting. Almost all of Riverside County’s neighboring counties already have charter forms of government. Buster supports a narrow charter that would provide for local methods of filling vacancies on the board. Currently, the Governor fills those vacancies by appointment. County staff is preparing a charter and ballot measure that will go before voters for a final decision.

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Supervisor Bob Buster recognized a local manufacturer for its decades of success and its commitment to remain and create jobs in the Riverside area. Supervisor Buster joined other officials March 31 in presenting Flexsteel Industries, Inc., of Riverside, with the county’s Export Award. Flexsteel crafts high-quality furniture, exporting products to more than half a dozen countries including Canada, Indonesia and Australia. The company employs about 200 full-time workers at its plant near the Riverside Municipal Airport and plans to expand its local operations this year. Supervisor Buster applauded the firm for its loyalty to Riverside and for increasing its workforce at a time when other employers are cutting back. Flexsteel has been in Riverside County since 1978 and also has operations in Santa Fe Springs and Hesperia. It manufactures furnishings for the home, which can be found at Living Spaces and other retailers, and also for use in recreation vehicles.

Dr. Rebecca Patchin Chair, Board of Trustees American Medical Association and Dr. Nancy Snyderman chief medical editor for NBC News, presented Supervisor Bob Buster with the Dr. Nathan Davis Award in Washington D.C. This was in recognition of Buster's influence upon efforts to improve public health throughout the Inland area. He was given the American Medical Association's national award for outstanding community service in local government.

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Pursuing the entire 32-mile parkway subjects the entire project to legal and environmental challenges. Those challenges will delay the new parkway for years and threaten to derail the entire project, leaving our residents with no traffic.
 

Tavaglione and Buster balked at a request from DA Rod Pacheco that the county examine ways to the screening of defendants who request free legal counsel from the public defender's office.
 

Supervisor Buster wants Riverside County Regional Medical Center and Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP), the area's largest Medi-Cal health maintenance organization, to study emergency department use and develop a reduction strategy.

Supervisor Buster initiated adding SCAN HMO and also a Medicare Supplement plan offered through Exclusive Care for Riverside County Medicare-Eligible retirees. The SCAN plan offers a full range of medical benefits, plus the Independent Living Power programs, which provides in – home and personal care benefits to qualified members.
The Exclusive Care Select Medicare Supplement Plan is designed to fill in certain gaps in your Medicare coverage – out –of-pocket costs like deductibles, copayment, and coinsurance.

Riverside County Supervisor Bob Buster administered the oath of office to the Wildomar City Council on Tuesday at the city of Wildomar Inauguration Celebration.
"You have shown that you are a strong and unified community and you have the wherewithal to be an even stronger city," Buster said.