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Mission Viejo’s new law will keep perverts out of city parks and playgrounds

Posted on by Posted in Crime, District Attorney, Mission Viejo, Orange County, Public Safety, Tony Rackauckas 3 Comments

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: January 4, 2012
TONY RACKAUCKAS, District Attorney
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408,  Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405,  Cell: 714-323-4486

SANTA ANA – The City of Mission Viejo enacted a law yesterday to create child safety zones to protect children from registered sex offenders in city parks and playgrounds. The Mission Viejo City Council voted unanimously Jan. 3, 2012, to pass the ordinance. The City Council includes Mayor Frank Ury, Mayor Pro Tem Rhonda Reardon, Council Members Patricia Kelley , Dave Leckness, and Cathy Schlicht. There will be a second reading of the Ordinance on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, making it effective 30 days after that reading. Continue reading→

Yorba Linda Council wisely exploring options as police costs have soared

Posted on by Posted in Brea, Labor, Orange County, Police, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Yorba Linda 2 Comments

A Facebook group of just over 200 residents of Yorba Linda is opposing the idea of ending the City of Yorba Linda’s contract with the City of Brea’s Police Department.  There are 64,500 residents in Yorba Linda, which means this group of 200 is numerically insignificant – they aren’t even 1% of Yorba Linda’s population!  Some of them also apparently set up a website too.  Their site notes about 325 supporters – again a pittance compared to the entire population of Yorba Linda.

The real question, which has been raised by famed FFFF blogger Tony Bushala, is why in the world the tiny City of Brea is providing police services to the City of Yorba Linda in the first place!  What the heck is that all about?  If the Brea police have too many officers, can’t they just cut the extra ones?  Or, as has been suggested by one of the Yorba Linda Council Members, shouldn’t the two cities be running the police in conjunction, under the auspices of a joint authority?

The Brea police groupies fail to mention that costs have absolutely skyrocketed over the past few years, as illustrated in this graphic: Continue reading→

Presidential candidate Gary Johnson topped Ron Paul on liberty report card

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party, Republican Party, Ron Paul Leave a comment

The American Civil Liberties Union launched a new campaign this year — ACLU Liberty Watch 2012 — to be a watchdog on the U.S. Presidential candidates of all parties so that the Constitution is defended throughout the election campaign.  They announced the results of their Liberty Watch Campaign Report Card on Dec. 30, 2011 – and the results were not what you might expect.

Most of the Republican Presidential candidates scored very badly – the worst being Mitt Romney, Michelle Bachman and Rick Santorum (no surprise there).  Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman scored rather well – and surprisingly so did President Barack Obama.  But the clear winner was Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, the former Governor of New Mexico. Continue reading→

Kimberly Edds is the latest O.C. reporter to leave the news business

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The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) announced on Dec. 27 that they have hired former Orange County Register reporter Kimberly Edds.  That is a great move for them as she is a terrific reporter and I am sure she will excel as their new Director of Communications.

Edds is just the latest of many fine Orange County news reporters who have quit the newspaper industry in the last few years.  Jean Pasco, who covered political news for the L.A. Times, retired to go work for Orange County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly.  Jennifer Delson took an early retirement from the L.A. Times too and she now owns her own public relations firm.  And Jennifer Muir, who wrote for the O.C. Register, now handles communications for the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA). Continue reading→