37 Years Ago Today; Nixon Quit
August 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon, the pride of Yorba Linda, stepped down and became the only U.S. president to resign. And 37 years […]
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Berardino calls for forensic audit of OC Fair Board
From the Daily Pilot we finally have news that isn’t a waste of their reader’s time. Newly appointed member of the OC Fair Board Nick Berardino has called for an audit of the activities of the Fair Board for the past three years in order to restore transparency and accountability to the board.
Some Top County Executives Facing A Reversal of Fortune
Almost two months after the County of Orange Performance Auditor Steve Danley issued his scathing report on the failure of the County Human Resources Department to follow policies and procedures governing management pay and benefits, the Board committee tasked with responding to the report comes back today with a few recommendations.
Do you like Apples? Debt Agreement, Downgrade, Stock Market Fail to Make Applesauce
As today’s brutal day on Wall Street spills overseas to a downer Far East market, how do you like that Republican gun-to-your-head debt ceiling deal […]
The FFFF’s Finest Hour
It’s no secret there is little love between this blog and the Friends for Fullerton’s Future blog, but we tip our hat to Tony Bushala, […]
Michele Martinez to run for State Assembly
Santa Ana council member Michele Martinez has pre-announced that she will announce her candidacy for State Assembly in AD-69 later this week. The council member […]
Righeimer on the road to China. For an Outsourcing Learning Tour?
I just about fell out of my chair on Friday when I read that Field Marshal (Mayor Pro Tem) Jim Righeimer was going on a “trade mission” to the City of Ordos, in Inner Mongolia, China. According to the press release Righeimer, City Public Affairs Manager Dan Joyce, and Susan O’Brien Moore,Vice President of the Executive Board of the Convention and Visitors Bureau (VCB).
Cancelled SA City Manager search not reported because it was a “procedural action”
I would love to tell you that I got to the bottom of things and all is well but, when it comes to getting information out of the Banana Peel Republic of Santa Ana, it’s never that simple.
Exactly how much lower will the Costa Mesa Boys go?
Yesterday we witnessed another example of how low the Gang of Four are willing to go in the City of Costa Mesa to promote their agenda of smearing their public employee workforce.