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Mansoor, Rush debate issues at forum in Laguna Beach
LAGUNA BEACH — Two State Assembly candidates for the 74th District espoused nearly identical fiscal positions at a forum Friday night, but diverged sharply on social issues. Democrat Bob Rush played well with the left-leaning audience at an event...Tags: Allan R. Mansoor, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Elections, Interior Policy
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Newport council approves pension changes for firefighters
Newport Beach firefighters will pay more toward their pensions, and newly hired firefighters will receive less in their retirement, according to a union contract the City Council unanimously approved Tuesday. With the increased contributions and a less...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Politics, Collective Contract, Interior Policy
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For The Record
Painting: In the May 22 edition, one of the photos from Sunday's Balboa Island Art Walk incorrectly listed Christine Hooker as the artist of a "tall two-piece painting" depicting a woman in a dress. It is Stephanie Godbey's work. Pensions: The May 19...Tags: Politics, Interior Policy
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Newport to end the year with a surplus
The current fiscal year should end with a surplus, the Newport Beach City Council learned Tuesday. City staff is projecting a $4.4-million surplus in the current year's budget. For next year, plans are to eliminate eight positions, all but one of them...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Interior Policy, Finance, Heart Attack
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Wu: What if we outsourced police, fire?
When I was a kid, one of my favorite comic books was "What If … "What If Phoenix Had Not Died?"?" If you remember the movie "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006), you might recall that Jean Grey/Phoenix (Famke Janssen) dies in the end. The comic book...Tags: Republican Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Dana Rohrabacher, Politics, Orange County Register
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Commentary: I run in the tradition of Bergeson, Brewer
Editor's note: The following piece is excerpted from a recent speech Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle, a candidate for the 74th Assembly District, made to the Newport Harbor Republican Women. * Two significant factors overshadow this contest....Tags: Allan R. Mansoor, Labor Markets, Politics, Customs and Tradition, Interior Policy
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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: Government, Public Officials, Politics, Interior Policy
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Commentary: In this scenario, Goliath is the unions
Wendy Leece, my City Council colleague, recently wrote about the "grassroots movement" that's formed to oppose the proposed city charter and improvement it brings. Let me take her assertions one by one. "It is truly a David vs. Goliath battle about...Tags: Unions, Career and Workplace, Politics, Interior Policy
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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: Republican Party, Disasters and Accidents, Fires, Government, Labor Legislation
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Commentary: Pension discussion must compare apples to apples
There has been a lot of rhetoric lately about the "outrageous" pensions being paid to some retired public employees, and the "ridiculously" high compensation being paid to some Costa Mesa city employees. These claims deserve closer scrutiny. One of the...Tags: Government, Politics, Public Employees, Interior Policy
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Commentary: McCarthy put politics ahead of pension facts
The most interesting feature of Colin McCarthy's commentary, "Can Costa Mesa affords $300k firefighters?" isn't that he gets so much wrong, but that he describes himself with such humility. At the end of his essay, published in Sunday's Daily Pilot,...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Labor Legislation, Fires, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Market performance drives up Newport's pension costs
Weak investment returns will cost the city of Newport Beach around $1.73 million in additional annual pension costs starting next year, officials have calculated. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERS, revised its earnings...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Interior Policy, Earnings Forecasts, Employees
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