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Correa endorsed for Congress by the O.C. Business Council

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Democratic Party, Lou Correa, Orange County Business Council, Santa Ana 1 Comment

For Immediate Release: March 31, 2016

Contact: Dave Jacobson, (818) 943-2348, Shallman Communications

CORREA GETS TWO THUMBS UP FROM POWERFUL COUNTYWIDE BUSINESS ORG.

Orange County Business Council says “Correa is the ideal candidate to represent the region in Congress” in backing his CA-46 bid

SANTA ANA, CA— Keeping up his torrid pace of locking down important endorsements, today former State Senator Lou Correa landed the sought-after support of the Orange County Business Council in his campaign for California’s 46th Congressional District seat.

In announcing their support, the Orange County Business Council wrote: Continue reading→

The OC Business Council will host an Election Day Lunch at Disney’s Grand California Hotel on 11/4

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Anaheim, Curt Pringle, Lucy Dunn, Orange County, Orange County Business Council Leave a comment

The Orange County Business Council is hosting an Election Day Lunch on November 4, 2014 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, in the Sequoia Ballroom, located at 1600 Disneyland Dr., in Anaheim.

What is there to do after hitting the poll boxes and waiting for election returns? Join OCBC, in association with Iger and Associates, at the annual Election Day Lunch, sponsored by Disneyland Resort. The event will feature side-splitting entertainment and political banter from Peter Buffa, Former Mayor of Costa Mesa; Don Hansen, Former Mayor of Huntington Beach;Kate Klimow Fmr. VP Government Affairs, OCBC; Curt Pringle, Fmr. Mayor of Anaheim; Jim Leach of Santa Margarita Water District; Rep. Linda Sanchez, 38th District; and OCBC’s Lucy Dunn. More surprises to come! Continue reading→

Elect, not Select the OCTA Board

Posted on July 10, 2013 by John Fields Posted in 2014 Elections, ACC-OC, Anaheim, Anaheim Streetcar, ARTIC, Curt Pringle, Kris Murray, Lucy Dunn, Masters of the Universe, OCBC, OCTA, Orange County, Orange County Business Council Leave a comment

smoke-filled-room

Monday’s OCTA Board decision to “continue studying and planning the [Anaheim] streetcar proposal, with a warning to get the costs down” (per Tuesday’s Register story, outside Paywall here) underscores the political quality of the Board’s leadership and composition, its process of consensus vs. common sense decision making, its ignorance of simple technical concepts and a considerable lack of fiscal responsibility by not acknowledging that Anaheim’s $319 million streetcar project is unnecessary, unjustified, REDUNDANT to two existing bus systems and an absurd waste of Measure M tax money.

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UnAmerican: Murray, Kring & Eastman

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Anaheim, Gail Eastman, Kris Murray, Lucille Kring, Orange County, Orange County Business Council, SOAR Leave a comment

2012 Anaheim City Council
Photo: LA Times

“If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. ” ― Margaret Thatcher

We wish it was that simple to explain these three women who would claim to be in service to the public. But it’s not really a compromise they made last week denying the voters of Anaheim the opportunity to fairly and legally select their own District representation on their own City Council. Continue reading→

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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The special interests at the OC Business Council back Baric for the 73rd AD

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Orange County, Orange County Business Council, Rancho Santa Margarita, Steve Baric 1 Comment

I wrote a post recently explaining how the overlords at the Orange County Business Council are not to be trusted and do not have the public interest in mind. Today they announced their endorsement of Rancho Santa Margarita Councilman Steve Baric for the 73rd Assembly District. Suffice to say that the OCBC endorsement is proof that this guy simply cannot be trusted – and he is beholden to the usual special interests.

Here is the press release: Continue reading→