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…
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Is It Time for an “OC Weekly Deathwatch” column?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
I’m going to answer my own question right away and say “not now,” but last week the 50-year old Boston Phoenix ceased publication after a long history of alt-weekly excellence. The Phoenix’s death is attributable more to changing readers habits…
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…
Since The Irvine City Council IS the Great Park Board, Why Should Taxpayers Pay Extra?
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
When the new Irvine Council Republican majority of Choi, Lalloway and Shea consolidated their power by eliminating independent members off the Great Park board, there were claims out there that by doing so the new Great Park Board was accountable…
Choi wants earlier start times for City Council meetings; Republicans try to rally the troops in Irvine
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
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…
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…
An Investment in an Untruth
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
Irvine’s new Republican majority has been taking the world’s longest victory lap. The Register’s Frank Mickadeit has written several flattering columns and OC Weekly’s Scott Moxley continues to triple down on the notion he alerted the public to a possible theft of…
