Cotsa Mesa Council member and former Mayor Jim Righeimer was appointed to the OCTA Board last November, but when it was discovered by the County of Orange that OCTA staff had violated the Brown Act, the results of the November action were cancelled. With new mayors sworn in and a new vote scheduled last week,…
Summer is coming. That could well be the tagline for the contest taking shape for the June 7, 2016 primary for the Democratic nomination to replace retiring US Senator Barbara Boxer. In just two weeks we have already witnessed been several twists and turns. Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom has stated he will not run. Billionaire…
Hat tip to OC Weekly (see Gustavo, that’s how it’s done) for the news that former President Bill Clinton arrives in Irvine today and Vice President Joe Biden will come to Irvine tomorrow as part of two day Patient Safety & Technology Summit at the Hotel Irvine (the former Hyatt) off of Main Street and…
Hot off the press from Democracy for America: BREAKING: Kamala Harris Tops Democracy for America, Courage Campaign’s 2016 CA Senate Pulse Poll Harris’ strong showing demonstrates CA grassroots is looking for leader who will stand up for working families against rich, powerful CALIFORNIA – Attorney General Kamala Harris has placed first in Democracy for America…
So, get this. Tuesday night at the HB City Council meeting, middle school kids from Pegasus School, a K-8 private school in Huntington Beach, came to the city council and spoke in favor of keeping the reusable bag ordinance, as they have done several times since the issue came up in 2010. Part of Pegasus’…
From the State of the Union speech I heard, you’d hardly know the Democrats lost the Senate last fall. President Barack Obama’s 6th State of the Union was masterful in its delivery and his message reasonated with the majority of the American people via a cool tool used by CNN. Here’s the speech in full. …
President Obama will deliver his next to last State of the Union address and his first before two Houses of Congress with Republican majorities — so no matter what ideas he offers to better the nation the Republicans will be against it. From new programs that benefit the middle class by raising taxes on higher income…
With Monday being Martin Luther King Day, the easy and painless post to do is to simple repost MLK’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech which is clearly powerful and important. But there’s a argument to be made that his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” is equally as important to the Civil Rights movement as…
Update: Surfrider is asking that people who support the plastic bag ban in Huntington Beach to attend Tuesday’s HB City Council Meeting at 6 PM. During my tenure as a Huntington Beach City Councilman, I stopped counting the number of times we debated the issue of banning single-use plastic bags at 17. 17 times that…
The recently completed Consumer Electronics Show just gets bigger and bigger every year with massive new convention space in the Venetian and Sands Expo spill over into the Aria, not to mention three main halls in the Las Vegas Convention Center. You leave the show thinking all of your electronics are terrible and can’t wait…
