OC Budget Battle Begins Today
Today, June 9, 2009, the Orange County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to begin hearings on the more than $5 billion county budget. With anticipated […]
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OCTA Cuts Budget by 25%, Will Layoff 400 Workers
Earlier today OCTA workers rallied before the Board Meeting to protest proposals to cut 400 jobs. The OCTA Board didn’t hear them. The OCRegister filed […]
OCTA Employees to Speak Out Against 33% Workforce Cuts
Orange, California – Teamsters Local 952 Coach Operators, mechanics and service workers and Veolia Transportation employees urge the OCTA Board of Directors to forego drastic […]
Seniors Tell Supes to Cut Perks Not Services
From Norberto Santana over at Total Buzz. Scores of senior citizens were out in force this morning in front of the Hall of Adminstration in […]
Pumping Paychecks – Update
If you were to walk into the county economic development agency (or any economic development agency for that matter) and tell them this story, they […]
OCEA Hits Cable: Tells Board to Chop at the Top
This just came in to us from Orange County Employees Association: New TV Ad Urges Supervisors to Layoff the Perks, Not Public Safety Officers, Child […]
Berardino & Moorlach on the Layoffs
Below is a message that OCEA’s General Manager Nick Berardino sent out on Tuesday afternoon. On Friday I had the opportunity to debate Supervisor Moorlach. If you […]
Patriotism from the School Cafeteria
My son, Ethan, attends Raymond Elementary in Fullerton and last night was “Movie Night.” It was raining very hard and I told him that there […]
Groundhog Day 2009
Today February 2nd is Groundhog Day. The official history of Groundhog Day can be found here and starts out like this: Groundhog Day, February 2nd, is […]