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ACROSS THE VALLEY THE DESERT SUN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 B3 Cruisin' down Route 66 Bentley hopes fifth time's the charm 9 -1 1-ih)V'k'A rniirn iiln.i Him in Immiil Jn -n. gH Kevin Gallavan of La Quinta, drives his 1965 Chevy Malibu convertible at the 22nd annual 201 1 Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino on Thursday. Route 66 runs through San Bernardino, photos by wade byarsthe desert sun Kate McGinty talks with Desert Hot Springs mayoral candidate Robert Bentley during a session of Political Chat and Chew on Friday, marilyn chungthe desert sun Right: Stewart Hill of Rancho Mirage sits in his 1949 Chevy Suburban at the Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino. The four-day event takes place on 35 closed blocks as more than 1,600 pre-1975 classics, muscle cars, hot rods and trucks cruise for an audience of 500,000. By Kate McGinty The Desert Sun Four-time Desert Hot Springs City Council candidate Robert Bentley denied Friday ever being last in a Desert Hot Springs election, despite vote counts that show he was fifth out of five candidates in 2009.

Bentley interrupted a question during Political Chat and Chew, the noontime video series The Desert Sun is hosting this election season, to repeatedly dispute the vote tally. "I never came in last," said Bentley, who is running for Desert Hot Springs mayor in the Nov. 8 election. "That's news to me. Who came in before me?" In 2009, Bentley lost election to incumbents Scott Matas and Jan Pye.

With 312 votes, Bentley also finished behind challengers Russ Martin and Terry Scheurer, whose votes totaled 893 and 365 respectively. During the hourlong chat on Friday, Bentley who is the curator of an online doll museum and also represents clients in workers' compensation appeal cases laid out few specifics for running the city but stressed civility and his belief in marketing a positive image. WATCH THE CHAT With key mayoral and tax measures on the ballot this November, mydesert.com is hosting a monthlong series of live video chats for voters to join the debate. We've invited mayoral candidates in Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs to join us. Catch the next Political Chat and Chew live at noon on Monday with Palm Springs mayoral candidate Bridgette Sullenger.

Visit mydesert.com201 1 election to submit your questions for the candidates and to see the chat schedule. MORE ONLINE View more photos from the Route 66 Rendezvous at mydesert.comphotos. Valley personalities don their dancing shoes for fundraiser desk of a hotel for instance, people will call down and complain, "Oh, there's bubbles in my water." What you have to tell them I mean you really have to sell it and if there's one person that knows how to sell Desert Hot Springs, without selling out Desert Hot Springs, it's me. Because I would tell them, those are miracle bubbles. That is fantastic water.

That is our mineral water. That is water that stands supreme over basically every other water that I've ever heard of. If I didn't feel it in my heart that those were miracle bubbles, I wouldn't say it, but I love Desert Hot Springs. Kate McGinty is a reporter for The Desert Sun. She covers public safety and the city of Desert Hot Springs.

She can be reached at (760) 778-6451. kate.mcginty9thedesert-sun.com, or flTDSKateM. sues, but the words I say are powerful. You often criticize council and city staff. Could you work with them? Absolutely.

You saw that again on Tuesday when I brought up the stuff that we had fought for. They each echoed the very same things that I said. It was a very, very strong it's almost like I'm an alternate member of the council in certain ways. I'm in many ways their conscience, and so I will get up and remind them of the different things that we have fought for, and although I wasn't elected, we've still been fighting for these things. How do you plan to help increase tourism and sell the "Spa City" image? I worked in the local spa industry, and if you've ever worked at the front IF YOU GO What: Dancing with the Desert Stars When: 6 p.m.

tonight Where: Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N. Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs Cost: General admission is $40, VIP admission is $100. Proceeds benefit the Desert AIDS Project Information: (760) 323-2118 For tickets: (760) 322-3554 QUESTION: You've lost election three times. Why do you keep running? ANSWER: Well, I'm a very effective person, and that's what irritates certain people. I've been reading biographies of George Washington and although I was resistant to it, some of the things that he was, I see in myself, and that is that I don't speak a lot.

I don't speak on a lot of different is- City News Service PALM SPRINGS Local personalities will pair up with professional dancers today to raise money for Desert AIDS Project client services. "Dancing with the Desert Stars" will be held at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with singer Thelma Houston, actress Leslie Jordan and Anya Fuchs, a professional dancer featured on the television show "Dancing with the Stars," on the judging panel. The dancers are Kevin Bass, president of Coachel- Plus in Palm Springs; Ginger Jeffries, KESQ Channel 3 chief meteorologist; and Jill Langham, who runs Boomer in Bloom. "I think everyone's going to have a great time while they're also benefiting client services at Desert AIDS Project," said CEO David Brinkman. la Valley Homecare; Elizabeth Beaubien, co-anchor of KMIR Channel Nathan Clardy, a Palm Springs firefighter; Dr.

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