Yes, yes, I know that the City of Newport Beach is not in the same condition as the City of Vallejo.80% of our budget does not go to our Police and Fire Department's salaries AND benefits.Our Sales Tax revenue has not been droppingWe haven't lost our...
Friday, February 29, 2008
Judge John Adams at Principle over Politics Meeting
Saw this in the OCGOP's calendar:Saturday, 3/15/089:00 AMSpecial Event Principles Over Politics BreakfastGuest: Judge John Adams Where: Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach Choosing judges in an election seems to be a hit or miss proposition. Should...
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Leslie Daigle: Raising Rates One Vote At A Time
Perhaps Mayor Pro-Tem Leslie Daigle, and the Republican Party of Orange County's Deputy Chairwoman for Newport Beach, was at the wrong place at the wrong time, but as Newport Beach's Councilman Don Webb's alternate to the Orange County Sanitation District,...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Give Supervisor John Moorlach a Chance First.
Everyone regarding John Wayne Airport is touchy. We can see that.Newport Beach (understandably so) is very touchy in regards to the potential/pending expansion of John Wayne Airport.And Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach is very touchy (also understandably...
What Do You Think Mayor Ed?
Do you think former Mayor Rosansky would have been more popular if he did this before the Mayor of Arlington, Oregon had?Racy photo costs mayor her jobHere's an article (for those who like to read more than watch videos) and here's where you can buy...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Living Off Of Bad Meat in Newport Beach?
By now, you've all heard about the tainted beef coming out of a Chino Slaughterhouse. We've also all seen the video of the abuse (DO NOT click on the link if you are faint of heart. I only saw 1/2 second myself before clicking it off.)Well...I guess...
Who Said Death and Taxes Were the Only Certainties?
As expected, the City of Newport Beach is being sued by Sober Living by the Sea for its Rehab Home ordinance.Surprise, surprise, surprise (in your best Gomer Pyle voice).I wonder what the odds were in Vegas on th...
Comprehensive Restaurant Closure Reports
I must say that the OCRegister has done a great job in their latest series of articles regarding restaurant closures.Those who read this blog know my obsession with the County of Orange's Restaurant Closure list.And those who go out to eat on a regular...
Saturday, February 23, 2008
"The Searchers".....vs. "The OC"?
Saturday, February 23, 2008 by Ron & Anna WinshipBureaucrats are a lonely bunch. They spend endless days in studysessions, dealing with irate citizens, lobbyists and elected egos"gone wild"! It is a terrible job for longevity...if you really wanted...
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Public Vomiting is Suspicious?
Doing my basic headline scanning during my morning routine, I came across a gem of a headline:"Public vomiting tips off undercover police."So many thoughts going through my head...I guess times have changed since the Roman Empire when Vomitoriums where...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Blut und Boden
So. I've got a new disease. Or condition. It's rare, only five people per million are diagnosed with it annually. I think "people" might mean Americans, or rather, US residents--because "Americans" includes people from the Arctic Archipelago to Tierra...
Newport Harbor Republican Women February Meeting
Newport Harbor Republican Women proudly invite you to meet Dr. Barbara S. StoneEmeritus Professor of Political ScienceCal State University, Fullerton Author, Speaker, & Political Pundit- well liked and respected by All!Thursday, February 28,...
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Councilwoman Nancy Gardner's February Newsletter
Here's Councilwoman Gardner's February newsletter. Forgot to post it up when I received it last week...
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Daily "I Love Debbie Cook" Pilot?
I clicked on the Daily Pilot today and went down the headlines and saw:"Huntington mayor wants to get rep. talking"and did a double take...Was I reading the Huntington Beach Independent, the Pilot's Huntington Beach counterpart?No...the Daily Pilot is...
Monday, February 11, 2008
Haidl Wore A Wire? Say It's Not So...
If you are a web head like me, you've probably already read this...but just in case you haven't."Surprisingly," to reduce some of his own sentence for tax evasion, former Sheriff Mike Carona confidant Don Haidl wore a wire and got his "buddy" to admit...
Friday, February 8, 2008
Another City Council Shooting
Back in October, I wrote about one in Tennessee. This time, however, a shooter in Kirkwood, Missouri got a couple of police officers, the Public Works Director and TWO City Council members before getting gunned down himself.From the Cnn.com article:A...
February Newport Beach - Centric GOP Events
Taken from the Republican Party of OC's calendar:Saturday, 2/16/089:00 AMSpecial Event Principles Over Politics MeetingGuest: Best Selling Author Lt. Col Buzz Patterson Where: Balboa Bay Club Best selling author Lt. Col Buzz Patterson (retired)...
Thursday, February 7, 2008
About the Bitches
I thought Susan Sontag showed everyone that our personality defects don't cause our cancer. Now we have the lovely bestselling Skinny Bitches telling us the opposite, and I would bet that more people have heard of them than the late Sontag. The authors...
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Party like a Democrat?
Yes, I know, the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis will probably get the same bad rap and articles, but...Here's a fun article from the the Rocky Mountain News regarding the Democrat National Convention, titled:"DNC boost for sex biz"with...
Congratulations Bill Ficker and Jack Croul
Well folks, we lost. The dreaded Measure "B" forces nailedus big time. We were pummeled...we were not blasted...butwe were beaten by over 5 points and that is sizable. Whatthat means is.....we didn't get our message out there intothe hinterland. ...
Newport Beach Election Observation
As if you all haven't read enough Election analysis...here's another.I predicted a Measure B (City Hall in the Park) victory 65% to 35%, and was a bit too optimistic for them, with the final tally being a bit closer at 52.8 % to 47.2%. I'm actually...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Elections Results Page
For those who are counting the seconds until 8pm (and won't be going to any fancy election night parties...like me), here's where you can click to see what's won and who's won and what's lost and who's lost...The State of California siteandThe County...
The Stumbling Elephant!
Tuesday, February 05, 2008 by Ron & Anna Winship Here it is....Super Tuesday! Our beloved New England Patriots have fallen victim to the curse of the Mannings! The Super Bowl is over and now the Super Bowl of Presidential Candidates.Who will survive?...
Monday, February 4, 2008
Newport Beach Republicans
Wikipedia tells us that Republicans (in the United States) believe that:"The Republican Party is the more socially conservative and economically libertarian of the two major parties. The party generally supports lower taxes and limited government in...
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Book Review: Cancer and the Environment
Cancer Bitch is in NJ, recovering from being away from the Internet for a few days. I'll report back soon. In the meantime, here's an important piece.TIMES ( U.K. ) Onlinehttp://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article3277880.eceJanuary...
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Greedy Rotten Scoundrels!!
The world is a funny place...and as Gordon Gecko said inthe movie "Wall Street" - "Greed is good!" That 1987 filmsort of set the stage for what was to be. Ken Lay - Enron,Bernie Ebbers - World Com and a list as long as your arm ofHedge Fund and Derivative...
Measure B - White Elephant in the Park
Ok...here we go...In addition to being Super Tuesday, where we get to find out which Republican, and Democrat, go head to head in the fall, and when we get to find out if the casinos get more slots, and whether the Termed-Out Assemblyman and State Senators...
Friday, February 1, 2008
I can see clearly now....maybe Catalina!
February 5th, 2008 will be here and gone before we know it.We already voted....and found out two days ago that our choicefor President had decided to bail out and support someone thatwe could never give our vote.The funny Measure B campaign....designating...
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