Okay, so it wasn’t an actual Irvine Republican but an actor playing one on TV, but considering people in town like Allan Bartlett, Steven Choi, Christina Shea, Pat Rodgers, Lynn Schott, Jeff Lalloway and many others, it wasn’t exactly a…
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A Matter of Trust
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
The enormity of the Kindee Durkee scandal still hasn’t completely sunk in. A number of elected Democrats and Democratic candidates are still assessing the damage to their accounts. But for Durkee, the damage is done. The local newspapers are doing…
NY Times on Sexual Predator Laws: Do They Really Protect Children?
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
With a number of Orange County cities placing new laws on the books to ban sexual predators from city parks in addition to county parks raises some interesting questions — the most important being: do these new laws actually protect…
IPSF gets Grants from Google and Montesorri International
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
August 18, 2011, Irvine CA – Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF) announced today that it has been named the recipient of grants from Google, Inc. and Montessori International. Both grants will support IPSF’s efforts to ensure educational opportunities in the…
Tax dollars on Wellness Save Taxpayers Money
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
It’s seldom that I have time in my schedule to attend Irvine City Council meetings, but a small debate two weeks ago over a proposal by Mayor Pro Tem Beth Krom to look into a citywide wellness program turned into…
Progress at the Great Park
by Chris Prevatt • • 7 Comments
Adam Elmahrek from Voice of OC reports this morning on the progress unveiled at the Great Park this weekend on the six-year anniversary of the 1,347-acre park. Thousands turned out to mark the unveiling of the 19.5-acre North Lawn and the Palm Court Arts Complex.
Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang to run for Congress
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
Irvine mayor Sukhee Kang is throwing his hat into the ring and will challenge the John Campbell-Dana Rohrabacher GOP fistfight winner for a seat in Congress in 2012. If the proposed Huntington Beach-Irvine-Newport Beach-Laguna Beach district holds in the proposed redistricting, the top…
