WHO WE ARE

The regional economy has evolved to the point where there needs to be a newspaper that looks at the real issues in all their complexity and doesn’t just skim the surface.

Everyone at The Public Record has lived here in the valley for many years, and we know virtually all the people who run our cities, largest businesses, and institutions. We know that issues of importance are far more complex than is usually acknowledged or presented.

Therefore we don’t practice “gotcha" journalism. We’re not looking to embarrass anyone. We’re more interested in the meaningful than the controversial. We want to be a platform for the exchange of ideas. We want to help the valley’s leaders get their messages out.

The Public Record is available by subscription for $59.95 for one year. Subscribers receive a printed paper every week and also have access to it electronically on our website.

Bob Marra, who is the president of Marra Consulting based in Indian Wells, has served in executive positions for high profile desert businesses since moving to the region in 1993. He was formerly the Director of Marketing of Maryanov Madsen Gordon & Campbell, CPAs; Director of Public Policy and External Affairs for Verizon California , and CEO of Desert Healthcare District. As an active volunteer in the community, he was one of the founders of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, serving on the Executive Committee from 1994 to 2001 and as Vice Chairman in 2000 and 2001.

Mr. Marra was the founder and president of the Coachella Valley Entrepreneurs' Forum, created the Coachella Valley Economic Summit for the Cathedral City Chamber of Commerce and created and oversaw the annual Coachella Valley Business Climate Survey for Maryanov Madsen Gordon & Campbell, CPAs. He also was a founding board member and the first president of Desert Internet Group and served as a board member for Mizell Senior Center and the Inland Empire Lenders Community Development Corporation.