Justice Breyer Coming to Nixon Library Next Month
Hat tip to the South County Progressive Group for this tip. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will be a featured speaker at the Nixon Library in Yorba […]
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Okay Hatch, What Are You Afraid Of?
What is it about Costa Mesa City Manager Tom Hatch that makes it so difficult to follow simple guidelines laid out in a policy? I thought reading comprehension was a basic skill required for his job.
NY Times on Sexual Predator Laws: Do They Really Protect Children?
With a number of Orange County cities placing new laws on the books to ban sexual predators from city parks in addition to county parks […]
Sorry Janet; You can’t justify adding Fountain Valley to the First District
The addition of a portion of Fountain Valley to the final recommended map from the Redistricting Committee is an overreach of epic proportions. It opens up the maps to significant and justified legal challenge.
Waiting for Michele (and Tom?) in AD 69
Last week, Santa Ana councilmember Michele Martinez pre-announced on Facebook that she was formally announcing a campaign to run for AD-69 in the state assembly […]
Outsourced Legal Services mean Leaky Faucets for Costa Mesa City Hall
For the past couple weeks I’ve been trying to track down how a draft copy of a confidential report from Talon Executive Services regarding their investigation of City employee Huy Pham’s March 17, 2011 suicide at City Hall was released to Jon Cassidy of the Orange County Register.
Redistricting and Rightwingers: Careful what you asked for
As the lines for Congress, state senate and state assembly are finalized as a result of the citizen’s commission established by Prop 11 and Prop […]
Molly Ivins on Rick Perry
The late Molly Ivins, a political columnist and devioted student of Texas politics, has provided us with one last relevent gift — an analysis of Texas […]
Monahan: Desperately Seeking Something To Complain About
Yesterday came confirmation of what I have suspected for months; Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan may actually be a moron. Monahan was criticized by Orange County Employees Association General Manager Nick Berardino earlier this year for his secret meetings with Field Marshal and Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer to draft the illegal scheme to outsource the jobs of almost half the city workforce.