The expression is those who fail to learn from the past are destined to repeat it, and in the case of the current crop of Republican candidates for Mayor and City Council, it’s not so much a failure to learn…
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Irvine’s SOS (Save Our Schools) Initiative Close to Getting Needed Signatures; PTA Support is Pitiful
by Dan Chmielewski • • 8 Comments
Irvine council member Larry Agran is spearheading an iniative, the SoS Initiative for Save Our Schools, for the November election that would direct about $1.5 million to cash poor schools in Irvine served by IUSD and even TUSD without raising taxes a…
Irvine Mayor Kang’s State of the City Address
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
I’ve known Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang for several years now. And through a combination of his business experience and management style, he’s worked hard with the City Council and the City staff to guide Irvine through a terrible economic climate…
Irvine City Employees Get Bonuses Over Objections from GOP Councilmembers
by Dan Chmielewski • • 14 Comments
The city of Irvine enjoyed an uptick in sales tax revenue and added revenue from hotel taxes this year that accounted for an increase in revenue of $14.4 million in an unanticipated surplus for the most recent fiscal year. The…
Santa Ana Denies Occupy a Camping Permit
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
At the end of a long meeting, the progressive Santa Ana city council voted to deny OccupyOC an overnight camping permit similar to one approved 5-0 by the full Irvine City Council last month. The OC Register’s Andrew Galvin did…
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…
Bill Maher’s Real Time Mocks Republicans (from Irvine)
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
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…
