A lot of news releases cross our inbox and when one arrives from any OC police department, I take notice. The City of Tustin’s police force, by all means an excellent police department, issued a release below about robberies at homes…
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Interviewing Tips for City Manager Candidates in Tustin
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Veteran city council watchers tell us the Tustin City Council is in the midst of interviews for its new City Manager to replace the 3 months and out David Biggs (who beat out 55 other candidates and was hired on…
OC Scariest Politicians
by Editorial Staff • • 18 Comments
Happy Halloween everyone and if you’re to the left of center, Halloween is 365/24/7 in the OC when it comes to certain politicians. Here’s our list the scariest ones. 10. Don Wagner — Mr. Wagner, the state assemblyman from…
A Paperless Council or “Angry Birds” for Tustin City Council
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
The iPad is a wonderful product and we noted, with sadness, the passing of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs last week. The iPad can do almost anything a notebook computer can do and in some cases, do it better than…
Pro-Amante Website Makes a Quiet Debut
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Mayor Jerry Amante, the Il Duce of Tustin, has his fans to but they have a twisted sense of humor when it comes to naming a website to support their dear leader. SaveTustin has next to no information and a…
Grassroots vs Astroturf in Tustin
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Our friends at Red County are starting to take a page from the Orange Juice and FFFF blogs, notably, bloggers who hide behind a pseudonym to make a point. And “City Watcher” has penned a post on the Recall Amante…
Amante’s Emergency Measure Fails; School Board Member Escorted from Meeting
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante’s emergency meeting on amending grading and excavation codes needed a super majority of the Tustin City Council last night and he didn’t get it — Council members Deborah Gavello and Becky Gomez voted no to kill…

