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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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…
Update: Irvine Fires City Attorney
by Dan Chmielewski • • 16 Comments
An Update: The Voice of OC has this story on the firing of Irvine’s city attorney and the political retribution tour continues. So who will the council majority give a no-bid contract to for serving as Interim city attorney? The Irvine…
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…
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…
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…
Did Mayor Choi Commit Reward Money Without Council Approval?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
Irvine Mayor Steven Choi apparently committed $100,000 of Irvine taxpayers dollars for the $1 million reward at the height of the Christopher Dorner manhunt without the approval of the rest of the City Council. At next week’s council meeting, this…
