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Corona del Mar Today: City saves holiday weekend beach concessions with food trucks
The Big Corona Beach concessions stand won't be open by Memorial Day weekend as planned, but city staff scrambled and arranged for Wahoo's food trucks to be on hand from Saturday through Monday. Wahoo's owners, who also own the Rooster Cafe in Costa...Tags: Arts and Culture, Italy, Architecture, Memorial Day, Public Officials
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College district trustees back governor's tax increase
HUNTINGTON BEACH — Coast Community College District trustees have come out in support of a proposed statewide tax increase aimed at staving off cuts to classes, programs, services and staff. The Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution...Tags: Colleges and Universities, David Grant, Politics, Personal Income, Jerry Brown
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Commentary: Newport council sets appropriate staffing levels
Re. Wu: "Employee-to-resident ratio suggests big govt.," May 6): It was kind of Jack Wu to credit me with swinging a Conan-like budget ax (the Barbarian, though sometimes I feel more like O'Brien), but that's not where credit is due. The City Council...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Politics
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Corona del Mar Today: Landscaping to cover wall that featured mural
The new owner of the John Blom photography studio building at 3732 E. Coast Hwy. has painted over a mural on the side of the structure and plans to add a "living wall" that will be covered in succulents that form a design. The mural depicted pelicans...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Starbucks Corp., Public Officials
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Apodaca: Corporations have no place in public education
How far should we go to save public education? So far as to name a school gym after a corporate sponsor? Let business interests influence textbook content? Put cigarette and junk food ads on the sides of school buses? If you think these ideas sound far-...Tags: Google Inc., Charity, Finance, Business, Economy, Business and Finance
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Costa Mesa continues outsourcing efforts
The Costa Mesa City Council will consider Tuesday whether to outsource five city services, more than a year since the wheels were first set in motion amid furious protests from city workers and local activists. City staff are recommending Costa Mesa...Tags: Prisons, British Airways Plc, Career and Workplace, Company Privatization, Economy, Business and Finance
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Gray receives V.P. nomination
Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge James P. Gray, who writes a regular column for the Daily Pilot, has received the Libertarian Party's nomination for vice president. The Newport Beach resident earned the nomination at the party's weekend...
Tags: Judges, Iowa Caucus, Justice System, Gary Johnson, Elections
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Campaign rally for Gray is Saturday
Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Jim Gray, the Libertarian Party nominee for vice president, will participate in a campaign rally at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Bowers Museum, 2002 North Main St., Santa Ana. A question-and-answer session will...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Gary Johnson, Elections, Libertarian Party
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Wu: Employee-to-resident ratio suggests big govt.
I looked at this once in 2007, and again in 2010, so in celebration of May Day and International Workers' Day 2012, I am going to celebrate the People's Republic of Newport Beach city employees and the so-called republican (small r) City Council. So, let...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Dana Rohrabacher, Politics, Public Employees
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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: Judges, Cancer, Justice System, Fines, Renovation
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Mailbag: Put your columnist on trash service monopolies
For Jack Wu's next column, he might address the entire concept of "monopoly government services," i.e., why do I have to use the government's garbageman? Why can't I hire my own? I hire my own gardener. My own mechanic. My own home remodeler. My own...Tags: Justice System, Lyme Disease, Politics, Thomas Jefferson, Political Corruption
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Commentary: Egypt's constitution process parallels Costa Mesa charter process
"A constitution can't be formed according to only one political spectrum, but it should be made for all Costa Mesans and for generations to come." Stirring words that could have come from Costa Mesa. The man actually said "Egyptians," not "Costa Mesans."...Tags: Islam, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Religion and Belief
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