“On a night when there was little if any consensus among two factions of Irvine’s City Council, the last vote at 1:34 a.m. Wednesday was unanimous – all five council members voted in favor of seeking proposals from auditors to take a closer look at the Great Park’s books since 2005, a motion made by returning Councilwoman Christina Shea,” according to the O.C. Register.
“A newly elected City Council majority voted 3 to 2 to terminate contracts with two firms that had been paid a combined $1.1 million a year for consulting, lobbying, marketing and public relations. One of those firms — Forde & Mollrich public relations — has been paid $12.4 million since county voters approved the Great Park plan in 2002,” according to the L.A. Times.
O.C. Register columnist Frank Mickadeit summarized the meeting about as well as anyone could have: Continue reading
