After last Monday’s Great Park Board meeting, Irvine Mayor Steven Choi wondered why there were no supporters for the Irvine Republican majority in attendance and made a quip that perhaps all of their supporters “were working at their jobs.” According…
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Agran and Krom Offer OC Register Op-Eds on Great Park Facts
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
While Irvine Republicans have been fast to use the costs of developing the Great Park and complain about the slow pace of park development, the OC Register has opened up their editorial pages for some rare equal time when it…
Shea Threatens City Employee in Advance of her New Term on Irvine City Council
by Dan Chmielewski • • 21 Comments
Christina Shea is about to be sworn in for her third go-round on the Irvine City Council, a new four-year term to go along with 16 previous years of service. We’ve documented here before how in her two previous stints…
The Trader Joe’s Encounter – Part I
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
Some last minute shopping sent me to Trader Joe’s in Irvine’s Woodbury shopping center Sunday evening and I noticed a couple of Steven Choi signs close to the door. And as the clerk was scanning my purchases, I turned and…
Irvine City Council: Character Counts and Choi Lacks It
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
This is a tale of a former Irvine Mayor and a candidate who wants to be. And a tale of character — of who has it and who lacks it. As the economic hub of Orange County, Irvine plays host…
Shea: Gone from the Dais but Not from the Sphere of Influence
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
 Irvine councilwoman and former Mayor Christina Shea was fetted with praise and farewells from her seat on the dais in Irvine City Hall where she’s winding down her second term of her second tenure on the Irvine City Council. …
