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Wu: Sanitary district case built on old grudges
Newport Beach-centric issues are in my wheelhouse. The $150-million symbol of government decadence (new Civic Center), the $2-million Bridge to Nowhere, or the Newport Beach City Council. If you ask me any of those issues, I'll have an opinion. But if...Tags: Justice System, Board of Directors, Orange County Superior Court, Judges, Dana Rohrabacher
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Holland, Newport Beach reach agreement on ship project
Newport Beach officials and shipwright Dennis Holland came to an agreement Friday that, if approved by a judge, will allow him to keep restoring his 1916 wooden ship at his West Bay home. As long as Holland moves the Shawnee out of public view and...Tags: Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Cancer, Justice System
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Commentary: One party budget scam failed voters
Reform is necessary to restore voters' faith and enforce forfeiture of legislator pay. The lawsuit filed by Assembly Democrats challenging the state controller's decision to rightfully withhold legislator pay is a slap in the face to every Californian...Tags: Justice System, Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Democratic Party
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New Port Theater 'feels young and hip'
With the veil lifted, theater buffs were some of the first to see inside the renovated Port Theater during the building's sneak preview Saturday. The historic Corona del Mar film house hosted filmmaking seminars during the annual Newport Beach Film...
Tags: Movies, Festive Events, Entertainment, Lobbying, Arts and Culture
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Irvine council approves letter for safety, licensing
The Irvine City Council approved an advocacy letter this week lending its support to increased safety regulation and licensing measures surrounding the reopening of San Onofre. The letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC) called for new...Tags: Larry Agran , Metal and Mineral, Mining, Nuclear Power, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Council may move public comments
Costa Mesa Mayor Eric Bever wants to push public comments from the beginning to the end of City Council meetings. Critics, however, are calling the proposal an attempt to stifle community voices. The City Council is slated to vote Tuesday on whether to...Tags: Freedom of the Press
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Residents seek to intervene in city charter lawsuit [Corrected]
Deadlines are deadlines — that's the edict two longtime Costa Mesa residents have chosen to uphold by intervening in litigation over whether their city's ballot initiative should be permitted despite being filed a day late, according to court...Tags: Justice System, Public Officials, Judges, Local Elections, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Commentary: I am not affiliated with unions, as Righeimer suggests
Re "Residents seek to intervene in city charter lawsuit," March 21: In the article about my and Katrina Foley's intervention in City Clerk Julie Folcik's Mandamus Petition, Costa Mesa Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer suggested that I was somehow involved with...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Business Enterprises, Local Elections, Lawyers
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Commentary: Charter opponents are grass-roots people, not partisans
Re "Commentary: City's unions are Goliath," March 11: Councilman Steve Mensinger's attacking Councilwoman Wendy Leece? Really? We are a grass-roots group. Steve, there are a great many citizens of Costa Mesa who are angry with the way you are doing...Tags: Public Officials, Pension and Welfare, Government, Interior Policy
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Planners send Banning Ranch review to council
Plans for the proposed development of Banning Ranch cleared a major hurdle this week, with the Newport Beach Planning Commission's endorsement of a voluminous draft environmental impact report. The commission approved the document 4 to 1 Thursday for the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources, Lobbying, Wildlife
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Commentary: Charter would allow 'virtual takeover' of C.M.
Following a blitzkrieg assault on the governmental process, on March 6 the four-man super majority of the Costa Mesa City Council voted to place Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer's Charter on the June 5 ballot. This document, barely nine pages long, was...Tags: Local Government, Dana Rohrabacher, Republican Party, Tom Hatch, Elections
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Commentary: Can Costa Mesa afford $300,000 firefighters?
Last month, I wrote about the city of Costa Mesa's pension recipient list and pointed out that the number of city employees earning six-figure pensions had increased by nearly 50% in just one year. On the heels of that news, the city has now published its...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Disasters and Accidents, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare
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