As if there were any doubt that the city council have not been listening to what the citizens of our city have been telling them week after week, the latest memo from Tom Hatch(et) should remove any notion that they have one shred of interest in what the city wants.
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A Short Note on Tuesday’s Costa Mesa City Council Meeting
by Kathy Findley • • 4 Comments
…even as they spoke, Mensinger smirked and texted away. Or maybe he was smirking and emailing. For all we know he was playing “Angry Birds.”
Costa Mesa’s Righeimer and Mensinger Get A Reality Check on Pensions
by Chris Prevatt • • 5 Comments
At last night’s special budget study session Council Members and the public learned that the outsourcing scam that Councilmen Jim Righeimer, Stephen Mensinger, Gary Monahan, and Eric Bever have been promoting with bulldozer accuracy would cost the city more than it could save.
Tempers Rise in Costa Mesa
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
Voice of OC reports today on an altercation between appointed Costa Mesa City Councilman Stephen Mensinger and school teacher Joel Flores over the planned outsourcing of city jobs.
Monahan’s transparancy – Clear as a rainbow leading to a pot of gold for his friends
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
This weekend, Voice of OC’s Norberto Santana, Jr. opened up some transparency on Costa Mesa Mayor Monahan’s openness during previous contracting out processes. It seems the most transparent part of Monahan’s record in this area is that he has no problem pushing to give put contracts exclusively to his friends.
Costa Mesa Mayor Pro Tem Righeimer Lies on Fox News about Pensions
by Chris Prevatt • • 5 Comments
Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer lied on national television Monday about the so called “need” to layoff 213 Costa Mesa city workers. Righeimer was interviewed on Fox News and was asked whether the decision to layoff employees was forced or a choice. He answered by claiming that the layoffs were necessary because the city pension liabilities awarded by previous contract agreements were unsustainable.
Community Remembers Huy Pham after Press Conference where Costa Mesa Mayor fails to answer any questions
by Chris Prevatt • • 4 Comments
I wrote Friday morning about the death of Huy Pham and the complete disrespect for the tragic death of a city worker by Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan. Costa Mesa Mayor not bothered by city worker suicide: “I hire and…
