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Oops, she did it again. Claudia Alvarez Violating the Brown Act That is.

August 10, 2010 12

Here you have Mayor Pulido, letting a rogue Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez run public comment, along with the entire purpose of the Brown Act (Accountability) into the ground while he is sitting there playing a fiddle or something. Note to the Santa Ana City Council; If you can’t handle a little public criticism you’re in the wrong fracking business.

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Time to stop demonizing public employee’s, their pay, and pensions!

August 9, 2010 5

Last week, the OC Weekly’s R. Scott Moxley wrote about the roaring debate over public employee pensions in “Death and Taxes.” While I appreciate his highlighting the contributions of myself and Dan Chmielewski to the debate with Steven Greenhut and Supervisor John Moorlach, I do have to take issue with the way he presented some of my comments, including the attribution of some statements out of context.

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Van Tran acting like a Racist and Gay-baiting Homophobe

August 7, 2010 5

I remember the days when people assumed you were gay if you had gay friends. I remember when many would say that a man wearing a pink striped shirt, like the one Van Tran is sporting at left, was “a little light in the loafers.” But today few people would make such assumptions.

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Obama Weekly Address: Medicare on a sounder financial footing because of Health Care Reform

August 7, 2010 3

“According to a Medicare Trustees report, the steps we took this year to reform the health care system have put Medicare on a sounder financial footing. We’ve made Medicare more solvent by going after waste, fraud, and abuse – not by changing seniors’ guaranteed benefits. In fact, seniors are starting to see that because of health reform, their benefits are getting better all the time.”