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Orange County CEO says the OC Grand Jury’s report on OC Animal Care is flawed

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Editor Posted in Frank Kim, Jennifer Hawkins, OC Animal Care, OC Grand Jury, Orange County Leave a comment

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Grand Jury Report on OC Animal Care Flawed

An Orange County Grand Jury report released today criticizing management and operations at OC Animal Care was based in part on unsubstantiated allegations.

“It is our belief that the report in its totality does not accurately reflect the current OC Animal Care program or the commitment of all County staff and our volunteers to the humane treatment of animals,” County Executive Officer Frank Kim said.

Among recent improvements made to the operations of OC Animal Care: Continue reading→

OC Grand Jury applications are now being accepted

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Editor Posted in Courts, OC Grand Jury, Orange County, Todd Spitzer Leave a comment

OC Grand Jury applications are now being accepted

By OC Supervisor Todd Spitzer

(Portions courtesy of the Orange County Superior Court)

The Orange County Superior Court is now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 Orange County Grand Jury. A new 19-member Grand Jury will be empaneled for a one-year term that begins July 1.

As mandated by the California Constitution, the Grand Jury has three basic functions: weighing criminal charges and determining whether indictments should be returned; weighing any allegations of misconduct against public officials to determine whether to present formal accusations requesting their removal from office; and acting as the public’s “watchdog” by investigating and reporting on the affairs of local government. Most of the Grand Jury panel’s time is spent performing civil oversight of local government by reviewing and evaluating county and city agencies, schools, and special districts within the county. Continue reading→

SD34 Mailbag: Janet Nguyen “reformed CalOptima”!

Posted on October 7, 2014 by John Fields Posted in 2012 Elections, Caloptima, Janet Nguyen, Orange County, Republican Party 1 Comment

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I was going to ignore today’s regular SD34 mailer as we’ve been giving FBI Suspect and Senate Candidate Janet Nguyen way too many hits until I saw that one of her claimed successes was reforming CalOptima. Holy Crap —

That’s a LIE.

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Not to Miss! ARTIC Grand Opening on December 13th

Posted on October 3, 2014 by John Fields Posted in Anaheim, ARTIC, OC Business Council, OCTA, Orange County 2 Comments

High Speed Rail arrives at ARTIC Train Station in December!

$174 Million Glass Barn opens with new coffee shop in December!

Two weeks ahead of Christmas this year is this gift to the city of Anaheim from every Orange County sales taxpayer via Measure M and the OC Transportation Authority: Lucy Dunn’s Big Ass Train Station. Said Big Lucy in 2012,

ARTIC is an essential component to the investments of the Anaheim Convention Center, the greater Anaheim resort area, growth of the Honda Center, Angel Stadium areas and the surrounding commercial and residential development known as the Platinum Triangle. Transportation choices other than the personal car are critical to visitors – who spend their tax dollars here and then go home – and to residents who must otherwise endure congested roads, street parking and parking facilities at capacity. ARTIC is essential to securing a NBA team in Orange County, and enhanced transit services for Angels and Ducks fans across the region, serving more than 26 million annual visitors.

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More OC Crony Capitalism

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Editor Posted in OCTA, Orange County, Orange County Business Council 1 Comment

Les Card, CEO of LSA Associates
(click for detailed bio)

Time to Rethink and Reconstitute the OCTA Taxpayers Oversight Committee

The Register reports today on the latest bullet in the foot for the OCTA and, by extension, the OC Grand Jury and the OC Business Council. The Doug Irving story (outside paywall here) leads with:

A transportation consultant whose company is working on millions of dollars of Orange County projects won appointment this week to an oversight panel charged with protecting taxpayer money on those very same projects. Les Card, the chief executive of Irvine-based LSA Associates, said almost immediately that he would not accept the post and blamed his appointment on a misunderstanding. But the episode exposed a crack in the system that’s meant to safeguard billions of dollars that Orange County taxpayers have invested in transportation.

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Register misses the Point, but has an Opportunity

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Editor Posted in Beth Krom, Great Park, Irvine, Larry Agran, O.C. Register 1 Comment

El Toro MCAS within the Great Park Boundaries
Photo credit: Orange County Register

Last week’s great drama in local politics — the dismantling of the Larry Agran/Beth Krom Monopoly of Malfeasance in Irvine — is bound to be the OC’s 2013’s Political Story of the Year. The stranglehold these two had on the Irvine City Council and the Great Park property they ~~seized~~ annexed from the County of Orange is finished, unless they regain the Council and Park Board majority in 2014. Count on them to be candidate shopping now (in both parties) and raising plenty of money via Agran’s corrupt Hometown Voter Guide.

The Register ably covered the Council meeting and both Great Park Board meetings (good work by Kimberly Pierceall). In print today is a tepid editorial, First steps on Great Park’s new path, rehashing the three grand changes in the Park’s future. They concluded: Continue reading→