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The Register gets one right — NO rent control for HB

Posted on August 15, 2014 by John Fields Posted in Huntington Beach, OC Register, Orange County Leave a comment

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We know the Orange County Register’s been swirling the bowl for some time, so it’s refreshing to see their Editorial staff get one right once in a while, and on a local issue and especially when they’re taking a Libertarian stance for a FREE MARKET. Unfortunately, they didn’t mention the principal in this editorial from yesterday, but there’s still some comfort to be had among who’s left in their R. C. Hoiles following: H.B. council right to keep rent control off ballot.

Their lead,

In a surprising reversal, the Huntington Beach City Council voted rightfully Monday to remove a ballot measure that would have asked voters to allow them to place rent controls on mobile home parks in the city. The council voted 4-3 in July to place the measure on the November ballot, but in another 4-3 vote this week the council overturned that decision. Switching their original positions, Council members Jill Hardy and Jim Katapodis voted to remove the ordinance, while Councilman Dave Sullivan voted to keep it. Mr. Sullivan originally voted against placing the measure on the ballot because he disagreed with changes. Continue reading→

HB: Reason Foundation asks How Green is that Grocery Bag Ban?

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Joe Hill Posted in Huntington Beach, Orange County Leave a comment

Plastic Bag Manufacturers Fight Back Against Proposed Local Ban

We won’t expect the Huntington Beach City Council liberals OR any Democrat State Legislator (or the Moonbeam for that matter) to actually sit down and read something sensible, truthful and well-researched, so all we can do is promote the information and hope their staffs might do the right thing and at least drop a copy in their In Basket. Continue reading→

HB Libs Challenge Residents to Vote Them Out

Posted on April 23, 2014 by John Fields Posted in 2014 Elections, Connie Boardman, Joe Shaw, Orange County 1 Comment

Huntington Beach as seen by four nanny council members

To no one’s surprise, last Monday night the HB Nanny Council refused to allow its adult residents a choice for the innocuous, tree-saving, dog poop-collecting plastic shopping bag — their Ban on them (the only one in Orange County) imposed by the liberal Board majority last year, continues. They’ve denied thousands of taxpayers the right to make a decision by a city-wide vote because they know better and give not a crap about their constituency. Continue reading→

Surf City Tea: End The Huntington Beach Bag Ban

Posted on April 20, 2014 by John Fields Posted in Connie Boardman, Huntington Beach, Joe Shaw, Orange County, Surf City, Tea Party Leave a comment

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I’m not a big fan of the Surf City Tea Party group as they seem too rigidly organized and demand a fee to attend, but we can respect this email that arrived over the weekend and the ACTION they’re seeking tomorrow to protest the plastic bag ban in Huntington Beach:

The opportunity is now at hand – finally – to allow the public to decide by getting the issue on the ballot for November of this year. This opportunity will likely not come again … ever! We need each of you to come to City Council Chambers Monday at 6pm for a show of support for this effort.

We have lived with this odious and ridiculous ordinance in Huntington Beach since November 1, 2013. Everyone likely knows someone who now prefers to shop anywhere but HB because they resent Government interference in their daily lives. Many have found themselves carrying their purchase individually in their arms to their cars because they refuse to spend a few pennies to buy a bag ,,, its not the cost I assure you. Don’t we already have more than enough of this kind of nonsense from Washington? Continue reading→

Updated: Asm. Travis Allen: Just say NO to the HB City Council’s Sytrofoam Ban TONIGHT

Posted on January 21, 2014 by John Fields Posted in Huntington Beach, OC Register, Orange County, Travis Allen Leave a comment

BANNED in Huntington Beach?

NOT in the print edition of the failing Orange County Register today is the following commentary from Huntington Beach Assemblyman Travis Allen. The HB City Council votes on the ban this evening (their regular meeting yesterday was rescheduled due to unproductive MLK government holiday). Allen, a Republican who was elected in a landslide to the 72nd Assembly District in 2012, just posted on Facebook:

TONIGHT the Huntington Beach City Council will vote on a ban of styrofoam products in Huntington Beach. The council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 2000 E. Main St. Please read my piece in the Orange County Register speaking out against the proposed ban!

Verbatim, here is Asm. Allen’s plea to stop this nonsense: Continue reading→

Updated: AD72’s Travis Allen Balks at Bag Ban

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Editor Posted in Huntington Beach, Orange County, Travis Allen 6 Comments

6a00d8341c630a53ef017ee89880cd970d-640wi Assemblyman Travis Allen has effectively used a Sunday piece in the Register (here, from our Docs library, side notes here) to speak to Huntington Beach’s proposed plastic bag ban with actual SCIENCE.

From Brian Joseph’s article:

…unlike other critics who have argued that the bans are simply unnecessary, “nanny-state” laws,

Assemblyman Travis Allen

Allen says they are far more insidious, hindering water-conservation efforts and exposing Californians to dangerous bacterial, food-borne illnesses. “It seems that there are a lot of well-intentioned politicians that are paying more attention to sound bites than sound science,” said Allen, who describes himself as a lifelong surfer and a conservationist. “To make reusable bags safe from bacteria they need to be washed. You take a typical front-loading washing machine, you’re going to use 27 to 40 gallons of water,” and California needs to spare all the water it can.

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