Month: April 2011

At this point I’ve all but given up on Miguel Pulido and the Santa Ana City Council ever figuring out how to comply with California’s open meetings law, the Brown Act. No matter how many times I bring it up, no matter how many emails and inquiries sent, Miguel, and his City Attorney’s just don’t get it.

Voice of OC reports today on an altercation between appointed Costa Mesa City Councilman Stephen Mensinger and school teacher Joel Flores over the planned outsourcing of city jobs.

I have lived in Costa Mesa for 33 years.  I consider myself a local even though I wasn’t born here.  In my neighborhood, we care […]

At the latest meeting of the Costa Mesa City Council, the Costa Mesa Taxpayers Association (CMTA) announced the results of a push poll. Colin McCarthy crowed about the results, but take a closer look. The poll doesn’t ask about the basic policy voted on by the Costa Mesa City council – outsourcing services and laying off nearly half of the City’s workforce to balance the budget.

COSTA MESA — Appointed City Councilman Steve Mensinger has a problem with people who don’t live in Costa Mesa voicing their opinions about the plans […]

Repair Costa Mesa has dropped their third TV spot in response to the arbitrary, hasty, and misguided decision of the Costa Mesa City Council to outsource virtually all of their staff other than their police department.