October 21, 2026

Ridgecrest, California

Was it Phillip Hall, or Keith Lemieux, or Kyle Brouchard? Who is Kyle Brouchard? He’s the lead litigation attorney in the Comprehensive Adjudication lawsuit called Mojave Pistachios. The video of Kyle Brouchard and Scott Hayman at the AB 1466 committee hearing in Sacramento is below.

Was their failed “legal strategy”, which was sponsoring and writing AB 1413 and AB 1466, an Obstruction of Justice? Was the entire legal strategy a Conspiracy to Commit Fraud? Did the GA’s Board of Directors violate the Brown Act? The answers to all questions are arguably yes, and that’s why we have judges and courtrooms. The Brown Act violation is a prima facie case. They did violate the law and they haven’t been held accountable yet, but they will be held accountable.

Tonight’s Ridgecrest City Council meeting should be very interesting. Ron Strand and Scott Hayman should be censured. Kyle Blades should not only resign as Mayor Pro Tem, he should resign from the city council all together. Hayman and Stand should withdraw their respective candidacies, go home and hire their own attorneys.

The three attorneys above should be the subject of a complaint to the California State Bar.

The Kern County District Attorney should continue their investigation of the City and the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority.

The Attorney General’s office should take over the case for prosecution.

Until that happens, and none of it is likely in the next 12 days, the top priority is to vote down Strand and Hayman and send them packing. Ridgecrest doesn’t need them, there are at least 4 candidates that can restore integrity, honesty, trust and transparency to the city council, and Stan Rajtora and David Saint-Amand are good friends of mine. Both of them are willing to spend four more years on the Indian Wells Valley Water District Board, where they’ve been villified along with the rest of the board for far too long. They deserve better.

The residents of Ridgecrest should all be mailing in their ballots or showing up at the polling places on Tuesday November 3rd, and please do not vote for either the liars Strand and Hayman. Demand that Kyle Blades resign and hold a special election in January or February to replace him.

Just do it. Put an end to this clown show and do it now. It’s time for the division and lies to stop. That isn’t going to happen unless you send Strand and Hayman to their shameful destinations so they can prepare for their prosecutions, which will be justice for the people of Ridgecrest.

The Mystery Deepens

Video Below is of the April 8, 2025, meeting of the Water, Parks and Wildlife meeting in Sacramento. Who paid for the attorney, Kyle Brouchard, to be there and why was he there?

Watch as Councilmen Scott Hayman and Kyle Blades are introduced and how giddy Kyle Brouchard looks when he smiles at Kyle Blades, who’s sitting in the second row of chairs on the aisle. They look like they’re really good friends, but how would he know the lead litigation attorney for the GA? How is that possible? This attorney should certainly know they’ve violated the Brown Act at the GA merely by sponsoring AB 1466. This is their “legal strategy” in action.

AB 1413 would have side-tracted an ongoing adjudication trial in which Kyle Brouchard was the lead litigation attorney. Judge Claster should be informed of this action.

Kyle regularly enjoys trips out of town on the taxpayer’s dime and goes to Las Vegas every year on City business for the economic development convention.