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Men plead guilty in real estate scam
A Costa Mesa man and three Irvine men were convicted of defrauding hundreds of victims in a multistate real estate scam, authorities said Thursday. Justin Dennis Koelle, 23, of Costa Mesa, and Jacob John Cunningham, 26, and John D. Silva, 28, both of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Crimes, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Leece seeks review of business taxes
Costa Mesa's business license tax seems poised again for City Council discussion. Following Councilwoman Wendy Leece's request Tuesday afternoon for the Finance Advisory Committee to examine the annual tax, its members decided to wait for council...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Sales, Finance
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It's A Gray Area: Lessons from Thatcherism remain relevant
As you know, Margaret Thatcher died April 8 at the age of 87 after serving as Britain's prime minister from 1979 until 1990. We owe her a debt for at least two reasons, one of them principled, the other cautionary. First and foremost, Thatcher took...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Judges, Russia, Milton Friedman
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It's A Gray Area: Minimum wages cause more harm than good
The 2012 platform for the Democratic Party promised to raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.50 per hour and to tie future changes to inflation. Just as with arguments for a "living wage," this sounds like a good and compassionate idea, but...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Judges, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Officials heading to Vegas
Earlier this week the Costa Mesa City Council gave unanimous approval for city representatives to attend an upcoming out-of-state convention, though not without discussing the intricacies of doing so on the city's dime. Mayor Jim Righeimer, Mayor Pro...Tags: Nordstrom, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Politics, Tom Hatch, Sales
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Utah, Virginia governors visit California to woo businesses
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell were in California this week on a whirlwind tour to woo Golden State businesses to expand or relocate to their states. At the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel in Costa Mesa on Thursday, both state...Tags: Politics, Rick Perry, Labor Legislation, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Bob McDonnell
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Commentary: Fire rings are falling prey to environmental bureaucrats
According to Chris Epting's In The Pipeline column, "Something fishy going on with fire ring ban," April 4, he learned the hard way what the Air Quality Management District is really all about. Those green, environmentally friendly shoes pinch when you...Tags: Environmental Issues, Jerry Brown, Politics, Environmental Pollution, Auction Service
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A vision for Irvine's future
Safety, education, a city library and local business were the linchpins of Irvine Mayor Steven S. Choi's first State of the City address Tuesday. Choi, flanked by the rest of the council, started by offering his condolences to the victims of former...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Los Angeles Police Department, Libraries, Christopher Dorner, Local Government
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Council to review city's laws
In an effort to streamline its processes and make government more efficient, the Newport Beach City Council will kick off a year-long review of the city's laws at its meeting this week. At his state of the city address earlier this month, Mayor Keith...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government, California Department of Transportation
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Residents speak up on San Onofre
Money and power were on the agenda Thursday afternoon, as dozens of area residents weighed in at a California Public Utilities Commission hearing in Costa Mesa on whether to reopen two troubled units at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and to...
Tags: Plant Closings, Southern California Edison Company, Nuclear Power, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Smith: A pedestrian mall for The Triangle
Several years ago, I called Costa Mesa's Triangle Square the Bermuda Triangle Square, as it seemed to be where businesses went to disappear. In the roughly 20 years since it opened, the center has hosted a Niketown, Virgin Records (where they answered...
Tags: Niketown, Sushi and Sashimi, Foods and Beverages, Times Square, Downtown Disney
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Newport student revives push for plastic bag ban
The last time activists brought the idea of a plastic bag ban to the Newport Beach City Council officials declined to even study the idea, but public speakers warned the issue wouldn't go away. More than a year after that 2011 vote, a group of youth...Tags: Elections, Consumers, Students, Politics, Local Elections
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