Posts Tagged ‘ Great Park ’

Happy Birthday Larry Agran

February 2, 2010
By Dan Chmielewski
Happy Birthday Larry Agran

The man those on the right love to hate is celebrating a birthday today.  Democrats who support him are sometimes accused of “blind loyalty” but it’s hardly the case.  I met Larry Agran in 1998 when he was touting the Millenium Plan and a commercial airport at El Toro was still a very real...
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State of the Great Park Address this Thursday

July 7, 2009
By Dan Chmielewski

I plan on going!  See you there. 2009 STATE OF THE GREAT PARK ADDRESS When: Thursday, July 9, 2009 10:00 AM Where: Irvine City Hall (corner of Harvard and Alton) Light reception at 10:00 AM, presentation at 11:00 AM. For those who can not attend, the presentation will be telecast on Channel 30 and streaming video will be...
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Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Shea/Choi on Great Park CEO Search

July 2, 2009
By Dan Chmielewski

An interesting opinion by an appeals court judge, which basically says that two parties who settle a dispute one of those parties is entitled to reimbursement of legal fees.  Huh?  I think the decision should be appealed because it frankly discourages settlements and encourages more costly litigation through the courts. From Sean Emery’s story in...
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Local Budgets Approved: with somewhat different approaches

June 24, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Local Budgets Approved: with somewhat different approaches

The cities of Anaheim and Irvine approved their budgets for next fiscal year on Tuesday. Each city took similar approached to address projected shortfalls in revenue and public service needs with one Mayor vowing to travel to Sacramento to resist state efforts to raid city revenues. Two reports from Wednesdays’s Orange County Register… Irvine OKs $145 million...
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The Great Park: Begging for Stimulus Dollars or Getting Our Fair Share

March 30, 2009
By Dan Chmielewski

Leave it to the Register’s Steven Greenhut to interpret a column by Irvine council member Larry Agran as “begging for tax dollars” for the Great Park.  Steve took exception to a column Agran wrote in the Daily Pilot.  Steve wrote: “As the Times reported in 2002, Irvine’s then-Mayor Larry Agran, who failed in his efforts...
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Lies, Arrogance and Christina Shea

October 30, 2008
By Dan Chmielewski

My TeamIrvine 8 page color budget-buster mailer arrived today and its worth several posts/  But the first goes to Mayoral candidate Christina Shea, who was mayor from 1996 to 2000; took two years off and was elected to the City Council again in 2002. During her time out of office, Larry Agran and Beth Krom...
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“Alice’s Restaurant Moves to the Great Park”

August 29, 2008
By Dan Chmielewski
“Alice’s Restaurant Moves to the Great Park”

Legendary American folk singer Arlo Guthrie is set to perform at the Orange County Great Park on Saturday, August 30th at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Great Park Night Flight Concert Series. Attendance and parking are free to the public.
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