We’ve written about the City of Irvine’s iCHP program before. It’s a terrific program where the city works with several organizations to identify families of limited income and kids under 19 access affordable or even free quality healthcare for their…
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Power Play at Irvine City Hall? Lalloway has a Chief of Staff; No One Else Does
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
Social media tools like Facebook and Linked In are fantastic for networking and they are telling in making suggestions about who else out you might want to connect with. My LinkedIn account suggested I connect with a David Cordero, so…
CostaMesa-fication of Irvine Continues with Hiring of New Interim Law Firm
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
The Republican council majority in Irvine has awarded the Fullerton based law firm Jones & Mayer, LLP a no-bid contract to act as the interim city attorney after parting ways with Rutan & Tucker LLP which represented the city since…
Choi’s Folly: How to Pay for The Great Park Library
by Dan Chmielewski • • 20 Comments
Irvine Mayor Steven Choi’s central vision for Irvine’s Great Park includes the construction of a 200,000 square foot central library, and the library was a central theme in his State of the City address in late February. What’s missing from…
Why Won’t Mayor Choi Join “Mayors Against Illegal Guns?”
by Dan Chmielewski • • 18 Comments
Past Irvine Mayors Beth Krom and Sukhee Kang were members of the group “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” with the key word in the group’s name being “Illegal.” So far, despite being urged by members of the public to join and…
Is the Solar Decathlon in Trouble?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 8 Comments
On Monday, the new Irvine Republican city council majority, in a 3-2 vote, will start charging $10 per adult and $5 a kid for the Great Park Balloon ride and likewise charge for the carousel rides to raise revenue to…
Irvine’s Ezra Klein crowned “Prince of DC Media” by The New Republic
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Ezra Klein of the Washington Post is the subject of a fantastic profile in The New Republic. You may have seen him substituing as a host on various MSNBC shows or as a policy wonk on different news programs. What…
