About The Author Bill Effinger lived in Desert Hot Springs from May 2005 to November of 2008 and was active in civic affairs and local politics for the duration of his time living in Desert Hot Springs. Bill began writing a regular column for the "Valley Breeze" the local bi-weekly paper in 2005 and continued for two-years. He also wrote Op-Ed pieces for the Desert Sun, the Gannett-owned daily for all of Coachella Valley and authored more than 300 articles for the online local paper the Desert Local News. Bill's wife Diana worked for the city of Desert Hot Springs as assistant to the deputy ci...