SNAP snapped on November 1; Where to Get Help
As the government shutdown enters its second month with no end in sight, the Trump White House has announced that SNAP benefits will end on […]
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Sheriff Hutchens Implements Management Layoffs
Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens announced after the Board of Supervisors cut the Sheriff’s Department by $28 million that she would be laying off two […]
Hutchens Gets It! She Chops staff from the Top Down.
Well, it looks like we finally have a major department head, Sheriff-Coroner Sandra Hutchens, who understands what it means to Chop at the Top. In […]
Supervisors trim their own pay… a little
At the close of their budget hearing the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to cut the overall county budget by around 18% and to […]
OC Employees Assn. Declares a Cease Fire
On Thursday, Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) General Manager Nick Berardino sent a message to his members. In effect, OCEA has declared a unilateral cease fire […]
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 […]
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 […]
The TRUTH Will Be Publicized
It seems that whenever the Board of Supervisors, Tom Mauk, or his executive management team, get backed into a corner on something, rather than […]
Sometimes they just write it for me…
Wednesday evening I came across this headline on OCRegister.com: County managers take $4.4 million in cash perk. Register investigative reporter Tony Saavedra dug up the […]