I got a call the other day, out of the blue, from a former elected official I had not heard from in quite awhile. She was upset about a post that fingered public affairs consultant Roger Faubel. But we eventually got to talking about Curt Pringle and she was amazed to find out that a
Are we in a golden age of Orange County Mayors?
Many of Orange County’s longtime Mayors have termed out in recent years – particularly some of those who also were lobbyists or political consulants, or who otherwise appeared to be self-serving, such as Curt Pringle, in Anaheim, Larry Agran, in Irvine, and Jerry Amante, in Tustin. The newer crop of Mayors who have been elected
Irvine GOP Council Majority Rejects New Fees, Increases
Per this piece in today’s FlashReport, Agran Era “Study” Being Used To Try And Jam Through $1M++ in New Irvine Public Fees, Irvine Councilmembers Lalloway, Shea and Choi have rejected any increases. Irvine Finance Commissioner Allan Bartlett (who was the only resident to speak on the issue) just tweeted from their Council Chamber: Allan Bartlett
Is Krom considering a run for the State Assembly in 2014?
From the Irvine News Blog Is Irvine Council Member Beth Krom considering a run for the State Assembly? That is what a young man at the Democratic Party table at this Saturday’s Bruin Day event told me. The fellow said he lived in Mission Viejo and that he had heard Krom talking about this
Deadline coming for claims under O.C.’s General Relief Program
PRESS RELEASE Deadline Approaches for Claims Under Orange County’s General Relief Program IRVINE, Calif., April 9, 2013–Past applicants and recipients of Orange County’s General Relief program have only four weeks left – to May 8– to make a claim under a consent decree in Mankinen v. County of Orange. General Relief is cash aid of last
Anti gun protesters go after U.S. Rep. John Campbell
Anti gun protesters go after U.S. Rep. John Campbelld:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″> A bunch of anti gun protesters showed up this evening at Shady Canyon, where U.S. Representative John Campbell lives. Apparently the Republican House Speaker, John Boehner, was at the home of one of Campbell’s friends, who hosted a
Supervisor Spitzer to host crime victims’ memorial unveiling on 4/24
For Immediate Release: April 3, 2013 Contact: Carrie O’Malley, 714-834-3330 Spitzer to host crime victims’ memorial unveiling (Orange County, CA) — Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, on behalf of his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors and the OC Parks Department, will host a crime victims’ memorial unveiling and inaugural candlelight vigil on Weds., April
Irvine: Cut your losses, back out of the Solar Decathlon
Wouldn’t you think if the Solar Decathlon was such a good idea that the Obama Misadministration might want to hold it in a northern State during winter? If solar technology is such a great advance for residential housing as they use this event to tout, what better way to prove it by heating homes and
O.C. DUI Summit set for Feb. 27, in Irvine
MEDIA ADVISORY: OC DUI SUMMIT SET FOR FEB. 27 IN IRVINE Nearly 30% of OC Fatalities, Injuries in 2011 Crashes Involved Alcohol WHO: The Orange County DUI Task Force (Automobile Club of Southern California, County of Orange Health Care Agency, MADD-OC and a coalition of community groups/agencies working to prevent alcohol and drug impaired driving in county),
Updated: Fullerton to drop $300k on useless transit study — more streetcars?
As reported in the Register last week (Fullerton to study transit line from downtown to CSUF), and flagged on the FFFF Blog, a Fullerton city bureaucrat and an “18-member steering committee” plans to spend $300k to decide why an existing OCTA bus route would be a less effective transportation mode than a slower streetcar or
