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OC Taxpayers Association and OC Business Council endorse Daigle for the OC Water Board

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Editor Posted in Leslie Daigle, Newport Beach, Orange County, Orange County Water District, Water 2 Comments

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TAX WATCHDOG, BUSINESS GROUP ENDORSE DAIGLE FOR WATER BOARD

The Orange County Taxpayers Association and the Orange County Business Council have endorsed Leslie Daigle for the Orange County Water District board.

The endorsements of OC’s premier tax watchdog and business groups reflect Daigle’s commitment to fiscal restraint and her deep knowledge of water issues. The two-term Newport Beach councilwoman has led efforts to dredge Newport Harbor for the first time since it opened in the 1930s, as well as helping oversee dredging and other watershed-related efforts in the Back Bay.

“The OC Business Council is proud to endorse Leslie Daigle for the Water District board,” said OCBC President and CEO Lucy Dunn “Leslie has a proven track record of effective leadership, needed now more than ever. Clean, safe drinking water is paramount and effective management of Orange County’s water supply is critical for our families and economy. Leslie can do the job and do it right!” Continue reading→

Newport Beach Councilwoman Daigle running for the OC Water District

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Irvine, Leslie Daigle, Newport Beach, Orange County, Orange County Water District, Water 9 Comments

Sheldon’s Folly – the proposed OCWD Anaheim Power Plant

Newport Beach City Councilwoman Leslie Daigle (R) is challenging incumbent Orange County Water District (OCWD) Board Member Steve Sheldon (R) in Division 5 of the OCWD, according to the OC Political blog.

“The water board has lost its way,” Daigle told the Daily Pilot, of her decision to seek the Division 5 seat, currently held by Steve Sheldon.

She pointed to what she described as the board’s frivolous and costly lawsuits and the board’s pursuit of a power plant near a residential area in Anaheim. Continue reading→

What we really learned about the 74th A.D. candidates at the Feet to the Fire Forum

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Allan Mansoor, Anila Ali, Barbara Venezia, Emanuel Patrascu, Jack Wu, Keith Curry, Leslie Daigle, Matt Harper, Newport Beach, Norberto Santana, Orange County 2 Comments

Feet to the Fire 74th AD Forum

Did we learn anything about the candidates running for the 74th Assembly District when they debated at the first “Feet to the Fire” forum last Thursday? The event was sponsored by the Daily Pilot, the Orange County Register and Voice of OC, and featured what turned out to be a pretty lame panel, that included Voice of OC Editor-in-Chief Norberto Santana Jr., Register and Daily Pilot columnist Barbara Venezia, Daily Pilot editor John Canalis, Register columnist Jack Wu and Daily Pilot City Editor Alicia Lopez.

The candidates at the forum included several Republican candidates: RINO Newport Beach Councilman Keith Curry; Huntington Beach Mayor Matt Harper, who talks conservative but acts otherwise; Emanuel Patrascu, district director for Assemblyman Travis Allen; and two Democrats – small business owner Karina Onofre and public schoolteacher Anila Ali. Continue reading→

Fight promoter to run for NB Council

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Newport Beach Leave a comment

Roy Englebrecht
Photo: OC Register

Per the Orange County Business Journal today,

Boxing promoter Roy Englebrecht said he intends to run for an open seat on the Newport Beach City Council in 2014. Englebrecht is a longtime Newport Beach resident and currently serves on the city’s Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission. He also owns Fountain Valley-based Roy Englebrecht Promotions, which runs the Fight Club OC shows. Roy Englebrecht Promotions is among the largest prize-fight promotions company in California, and regularly stages cards at the OC Fairgrounds among other venues. Englebrecht said frustration over the way the council handled the issue of beach fire rings led him to enter the run…The seat Englebrecht is eyeing is currently held by Leslie Daigle, who plans to step down when her term expires in November 2014.

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Daigle says Curry’s LPG beach fire pit idea belongs on “Arrested Development”

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Editor Posted in AQMD, Fires, Keith Curry, Leslie Daigle, Miguel Pulido, Newport Beach, Orange County 4 Comments

Keith Curry

Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle has had quite enough of the anti-fire pit shenanigans of her city’s Mayor, Keith Curry. She blasted him today in an email that stated that the “Mayor’s fire ring proposal belongs on “Arrested Development.” That is a reference to a very funny TV show, set in Orange County, that currently appears on Netflix.

Here is Daigle’s email message in support of keeping the fire pits as they are, in Newport Beach:

“I’ve been in Newport Beach long enough to develop a love affair with the City, but not long enough to understand all of her underlying passions. The fire ring examination has revealed to me an overwhelming love and respect for this outdoor tradition that I didn’t fully appreciate when we began our public policy review. As emotional as this review has been, I believe it has helped the public and its representatives better understand the possible health risks associated with this time-honored ritual. Continue reading→

Mansoor vs. Steel death match could split the OC GOP

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Allan Mansoor, Bill Hunt, California, John Moorlach, Michael Schroeder, Michelle Steel, Orange County, Republican Party, Scott Baugh, Shawn Steel, Todd Spitzer, Tony Rackauckas, Tyler Diep, Van Tran 3 Comments

Supervisorial candidate Allan Mansoor

Ex-Costa Mesa mayor and current California State Assemblyman Allan Mansoor might challenge Michelle Steel, an elected member of the State Board of Equalization, for a soon-to-be open seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, according to the OC Weekly.

Mansoor fought a tough campaign last year to win his seat in the State Assembly, against Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle. He can stay in the State Assembly for up to twelve years, so why would he want to leave? Continue reading→