Month: February 2012

Thinking about the state of leadership in the country right now I recalled this thought from Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and the Chrysler Group: “…. Leadership is not a quantitative thing…people either smell it in you or they don’t…People need to trust you that you’re going to pull them out and they will follow you when you pull them out. If they don’t get that comfort, they’re going to drop you.

It wasn’t very pretty Tuesday night for the three members of the Anaheim City Council who voted to give away $158 million in future bed tax revenues to the developers of two hotels in the troubled Garden Walk district. A couple hundred residents showed up to express their displeasure over the decision…

For the past couple of weeks Orange County Public Administrator John Williams has been fighting to keep his job even though he tendered his resignation last year. He He’s finally surrendered to the reality of his situation.

The United States Ninth District Court of appeals ruled today that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Their ruling upholds the landmark decision by U. S. District Court Judge Vaughn A. Walker declaring that Proposition 8, the voter approved California Constitutional amendment banning same-gender marriage, is unconstitutional.

On February 2, 2012, the FPPC released their investigation findings regarding a complaint filed against Councilwoman Alvarez. Their investigation confirmed that Alvarez did violate a provision the Political Reform Act.