Medical Device Tax Concerns Overblown
The Orange County Business Council’s Lucy Dunn posted a blog item on the OCBC’s blog expressing concern about the Medical Device Tax that its part […]
Month: February 2013
Idaho Legislator Wants “Atlas Shrugged” Taught in Schools
In Idaho, a Red State bastion, a state legislator has introduced a bill that would make reading “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand required reading for […]
Fifty Shades of Beige: Irvine Drops out of the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in America
When current Irvine council member Christina Shea was mayor of Irvine in the late 1990s and the battle against the then proposed El Toro Airport […]
In Case You Missed it…
Over the past week we learned of the termination of the County’s popular Green Fair, NRC held a hearing on the reopening of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and Nick Berardino pushed back on an Orange County Register editorial attacking organized labor.
Gus Ayer – Someone Everyone Loved, Gone too Soon
Gus loved the fight, he loved to mix it up but not from the dais and even though he served as Mayor of Fountain Valley […]
The State of the Union
In case the coverage in Big Bear distracted you from the State of the Union, it was an ambitious speech by President Obama with a […]
Obama: They Deserve A Vote!
Last night’s State of the Union address by President Barack Obama covered a long list of domestic and foreign policy initiatives common to such messages. The President called on congress to pass entitlement reforms and other legislative initiatives rather than moving from one manufactured crisis to another.
Santa Ana Interim City Manager Named and Walters Parachute Opened
On Monday the Santa Ana City Council named Kevin O’Rourke as it’s Interim City Manager, replacing Paul Walters until a national search for a replacement is completed. O’Rourke has extensive city management experience as the former manager of the cities of Buena Park and Stanton in the 80’s and 90’s.
Time Magazine Forced to Re-Do This Week’s Marco Rubio Cover Story
Senator Marco Rubio delivered the GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union address to congress this evening. Meanwhile Time Magazine rushed to re-do this week’s cover story.