Month: April 2013

I noticed this morning when I reviewed the agenda for the Santa Ana City Council meeting on April 15th that my friend Phil Bacerra has been nominated by Councilman David Benavides to fill the vacancy in his appointed representative on the Planning Commission.

Unintentional Comedy at Irvine Council Meeting: Choi asks OCTA about Traffic Jams at Rush Hour

Disgraced Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona Seeks Early Release from Big House

Listening to Irvine Mayor Steven Choi manage an Irvine City Council meeting is a lot like getting a root canal without adequate pain killers; it takes longer than you want and after a while, you’re numb to the pain. But every so often, he’s the source of great unintentional comedy.

Yesterday Orange County Superior Court Judge Franz Miller delayed the start of the trial over a voting rights lawsuit seeking district elections for city council members. Judge Miller agreed with the city that the committee debating the issue should be allowed to complete its work before he makes his ruling.

The Republican majority Newport Beach City Council recently approved a deal with a developer to push through a new space for a park as part of the Banning Ranch development. This model of public-private partnership is something that Irvine Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Lalloway is looking to do as well with the Great Park.

You work hard for a living, don’t you?  You give your employer 110 percent every day and they take the toils of your labor and […]

In the “good news, bad news” department, Mariner’s Church in Irvine is prominently featured in a page one story in this morning’s Wall Street Journal (and […]

The Voice of OC story of retired Santa Ana Police Department executive Inspector Hank Couisine receiving a payout of more than a year’s worth of vacation, sick, holiday, and comp-time pay upon his retirement caught my eye this morning. My first reaction was; “I know the guy!”