At the by-invitaton only Cultural Diversity Summit hosted last year by the city of Santa Ana between Jewish leaders and the county’s Latino community aimed at repairing Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez’s relationship with the Jewish community, Acting…
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Occupy OC Costs Irvine Taxpayers $8,600
by Dan Chmielewski • • 28 Comments
Since the Occupation of a small patch of lawn at Irvine City Hall began in late October, the OccupyOC movement has cost the City of Irvine more than $8,600 according to a post in the Irvine World News. The costs…
AOCDS announces Settlement with Orange County ending Moorlach’s Folly
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
We received the announcement below from the Association of OC Deputy Sheriff’s who prevailed multiple times in a legal dispute with the County of Orange led by Supervisor John Moorlach. For taxpayers, Moorlach’s efforts are cost you $1.3 million on…
Amante vs TUSD: The Fireworks you might have missed on July 4
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
KOCE’s David Nazar did a fantastic story on the legal battle between the City of Tustin and TUSD; the story first aired on July 4 but was rebroadcast later. In the story, Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante minced no words in…
Will Tea Partiers Celebrate Their Federal Tax Cut Tomorrow?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
There are a number of “Tea Party Protests” being planned throughout Orange County tomorrow. But recent CBS/New York Times polls show most of the Teabaggers still don’t realize that their taxes went down last year under President Obama’s stimulus package. …
Public Employee Pensions are RETIREE’S Money!
by Chris Prevatt • • 7 Comments
Pensions are not “paid by the taxpayer.” Pensions are paid by the employer, in this case public agencies, and the employees. The only interest the public has is in what compensation, including benefits, an active employee is being paid.
