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Commentary: There is hope this season for C.M. employees
It's been a long time since the holidays looked so hopeful in Costa Mesa. Last year at this time, more than 200 city employees were still reeling from receiving their fourth pink slips. The city had already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Holidays, Crime, Law and Justice, Job Layoffs
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Mailbag: CalPERS, council should split Taj Mahal costs
As a longtime Newport Beach resident, I am furious, although not surprised, at the outcome of the city's new pride and joy, the Taj Mahal. Let's look back for a moment. The original reason for a new City Hall was that Newport Beach had hired more...Tags: Politics, Taj Mahal, Labor Legislation, Government, Personal Service
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New mayor reflects on tumult, looks forward
Fourth in a series of profiles about those in the trenches of Costa Mesa's political battles. * Each Sunday the new mayor of Costa Mesa prays to God to help him forgive others, to help him not hold a grudge, to give him guidance for the week before...
Tags: Interior Policy, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Mountains, Politics
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Commentary: Charter government suits Costa Mesa's personality
Democracy and sausage-making have often been "linked" (sorry) as really ugly processes that produce good things. But having just passed through one of the nastiest local election cycles I can remember, I'm not feeling the parity between the two anymore....Tags: Politics, Economic Policy, Government, Local Government, Elections
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City manager, clerk raises on Tuesday agenda
Raises for two of Newport Beach's top city administrators, another round of proposed tidelands rent increases and a discussion of city employee compensations are on Tuesday night's jam-packed council meeting agenda. The council will vote on a 3% raise...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Politics, CEO Pay, Government
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Costa Mesa fight heads into the final round
For the "City of the Arts," the most talked-about ticket hasn't been to a Segerstrom stage; it's been to the political theater spreading from the Council Chambers off Fair Drive and beyond. Costa Mesa — population 111,000 — faces an...Tags: Parties and Movements, Mountains, Republican Party, Interior Policy, Politics
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Commentary: A vote for the '3Ms' is a vote against unions
Costa Mesa voters have a clear and simple choice this election. Vote for the 3M candidates: Councilman Steve Mensinger, Planning Commission Chair Colin McCarthy and myself, Councilman Gary Monahan. We believe in public employee pension reform and...Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Unions, Government
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Commentary: The '3Ms' put taxpayers ahead of labor
The voters of Costa Mesa have a clear choice to propel this great city forward. Planning Commission Chairman Colin McCarthy and City Councilmen Steve Mensinger and Gary Monahan are improving this city in a fiscally responsible manner, seeking to...Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Tourism and Leisure, Government
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Commentary: Average Costa Mesa salary is too high
The average total compensation for Costa Mesa city employees in 2011 was $146,863. A substantial portion of that amount was for pension contributions. For those of you who are average taxpayers, let that sink it. The median Costa Mesa household (more...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Politics, Labor Legislation, Government
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Commentary: Charter would give us more control
During the last several years, there has been little our city and its residents have been able to rely on. As the economy faltered, incoming revenues were uncertain. Government services have been cut due to a lack of funds. Yet one fact remains as...Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Elections
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Harlan: More questions about charter arise
Costa Mesa City Councilman Gary Monahan's latest campaign pitch for Measure V ("Charter frees Costa Mesa from the state," Sept. 19) is much like the proposed charter document — vague, long on platitudes and short on specific substance. Let's...Tags: Politics, Government, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Commentary: Charter would free Costa Mesa from state control
Can you remember the last time Sacramento passed a law that made our city better off? Neither can I. However, I can think of plenty of laws Sacramento politicians have approved that imposed costly mandates on our city, dictated how we spend our...Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Employees
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