Here’s the start of a great compilation of docs that discuss soon-to-be-former Irvine Councilman (and ex-Mayor and ex-Great Park Chairman) Larry Agran’s corruption, cronyism and malfeasance at Irvine’s Great Park: AgranAudit.com. Agran made over $200 million disappear.
The domain is registered by a proxy service, so it’s owner is unknown. H/T to Allan Bartlett and Al Tello. Continue reading
Longtime Irvine resident John Jaeger has started a website about the Great Park Forensic Audit. His initial post is great and will get most folks up to speed of what the people of Irvine have been dealing with in Agran’s majority for the last 12 years prior to 2013, according to Irvine Finance Commissioner Allan Bartlett’s Facebook Page.
Here is an excerpt from John’s new website: Continue reading
Over the high-pitched squeals of Agran and his robotic council sidekick, Beth Krom, the new Irvine City Council majority ordered an independent audit to answer a question the Democratic political machine didn’t want answered: How did Agran spend more than $200 million in Great Park funds, but yet after more than eight years of alleged planning there was (and is) no park? (As reported by R. Scott Moxley at the OC Weekly).
Well now we know how Agran and Krom blew the Great Park money and it isn’t pretty. Continue reading
From the Irvine News Blog
The Irvine City Council’s Republican majority approved the Great Park development deal late early this morning. Here are a few reactions from city and community leaders, on Facebook:
Great Park’s builder’s good offer needs more scrutiny
By: Irvine Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Lalloway, from his Facebook Page
I ran for Irvine City Council in 2010 because I care about my community and because I believe that many important decisions in government take place at the local level. One of the most important local issues relates to the future of the Orange County Great Park. While lofty promises were being made to the public about the Great Park, the previous council majority wasted an opportunity to start construction of important features for the benefit of the public. Continue reading
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 collegiate teams, representing five countries and four continents. (Credit: Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy)
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 generating power where and when it’s most needed?
From their website, the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon:
…challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency. Continue reading