Is the Newport Beach Fire Department Union soo afraid of losing their boy that they are resorted to Bullying Steve "the Union Meal Ticket" Rosansky's November opponent?Apropos to the way the Newport Beach City Council does business, the Newport Beach...
Friday, August 29, 2008
Newport Beach Fire Union Bullying on Behalf of Their "Boy" Steve Rosansky
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Councilman Keith Curry's Summer Newsletter
For the past year or so, I've been complimenting Councilman Keith Curry and Councilwoman Nancy Gardner for keeping the "subjects" up to date with their periodic newsletter.With that said, here's Councilman Curry's latest edition.As always it's really...
Monday, August 25, 2008
Property
I dreamed last night I told Mayor Daley that I would pay more property taxes in order to provide hot water and shelter for everyone. (In the dream, the amount I paid was about half what it is in reality.)I am a homeowner. I have a stake in the city....
Sunday, August 24, 2008
The Question of Subject
If this is a cancer blog, and moreover, a breast cancer blog, then it should be about breast cancer, should it not? But if it is a blog that reflects what it's like to have (and have had) breast cancer, and when your treatment boils down to taking a...
Saturday, August 23, 2008
From nine....there will be three!
Costa Mesa is a interesting City. For those of us living down the hill in Newport Beach....there is something somewhat distantabout it. People in Costa Mesa seem more down to earth...moreinterested in specifics...more interested in providing a town type...
Friday, August 22, 2008
Blog roll
>>A<< Adeq aisyahaisytouchAdyAnnahayesArieariel'z CornerArticles & facts>>B<< Bagus DdBimaBamper xiiBlogger's trailBrandsiteBunda Salma>>C<< CatatankuCerita WendyCyramiles>>D<< DarlynDedi:say no to...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
I Have Been Breathing Tile
So now we are living in this old house that is older than many things in this world, a house that was standing probably looking much like it looks now (without the vinyl siding) when my grandparents were back in the shtetls of Slutsk and Pusvatyn and...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Nonpartisan My Aunt Fanny
Nearly one hundred years ago California voters, sick of government corruption and ineptitude at all levels, enacted a series of reforms intended to make government more responsive and less corrupt. These included provisions for intiative, referenda,...
Monday, August 18, 2008
"I was against the idea before I was for it"
So John Moorlach's pivotally important Measure J is generating a lot of buzz (including on this blog). Many people, including those very supportive of our policemen and firemen (like me), have long seen the unbelievable fiscal irresponsibility public...
"I am proud NOT to have the Endorsement of the Fire and Police Unions"
As mentioned by David Bahnsen here, our wonderful City of Newport Beach, once upon a time, thought it would be nice to let the people vote on whether our City Employee's pensions should rise.Well...that motion never even made it to light, as all of our...
In the Obits
The Tribune's top obit today is of a woman born in 1914 in Chicago of Czechoslovakian immigrants. She had a lifetime of social work, both in the US and abroad, working with refugees. She graduated from Northwestern in sociology in 1935. (She graduated...
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Akhir kebersamaan dengan blogger.com
Hari ini tanggal 17 agustus 2008, dunia soer segera berpindah ke alamat baru. Kepindahan ini cukup lama tertunda karena sempat tersita dulu waktunya untuk mengurus blog2 saya yang lain yang peruntukan untuk program paid review. Ini sehubungan dengan...
Friday, August 15, 2008
It's Called Free Speech People
So I got a phone call this morning......from a very dear friend......which really agitated me......enough for me to really think about what I was going to write down......so as to not write something which I would regret later.Let me start off with this:This...
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Another take on Dolores and the Email Gone Wrong
Since the blog already features two posts on the bizarre development in the last couple of days regarding the campaign of Dolores Otting and the false email she sent out, I will do my part to add to the congestion on the topic. The problem is, I don't...
Silly Season High School - The Musical
Taking into account that Newport Beach is entering the Class of 2008 Silly Season take a look at what is brewing, courtesy of the Daily Pilot:Rehab rumor ruffles feathersThe point of the article?Expect any email which could possibly have Political overtones,...
Following Newport Beach's Lead?
This little article got sent to me:L.A. City Council considers tighter rules for group homesIt's interesting to see, or least appear to see, City Councilmembers taking initiative on this issue.This brings me hope to ACTUALLY (and not pretend to with...
Rumor Mills.....
What happens when you pass on a known fact.....that turnsout to be....nothing of the sort? Candidate Dolores Ottingrecently found out. It was all about Rehab Homes naturally!This issue seems to have legs longer than Fred Astaire! Themere mention of Rehab...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
No, YOU move beyond cancer
Nota bene: a brief article in the New York Times Science section, "Having Cancer, and Finding a Personality," by Ruth Pennebaker. Her description of post-cancer malaise is right on."The last time I visited my oncologist after my treatments were over,...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Hemmed In: a Note from Cancer Bitch
The Fifty Foot Blogger, you may have noticed, has been guest-blogging and has graciously assented to continue for a while. I will be poking my nose in during her guesting. Right now I am oppressed by my own lack of discrimination. We moved yesterday...
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sign of Things to Come
I hate to laugh...but...Here's why surfer Jorge Lopez didn't qualify for the November Ballot for the privilege to compete against Newport Beach Councilman Rosansky and Dr. Gloria Alkire in District 2.From the Daily Pilot article:Lopez, upon review by...
...And Then There Was Two
Race On!For District 2 in the Newport Beach City Council race, Councilman Rosansky and Dr. Gloria Alkire have qualified to run.Surfer Jorge Lopez didn't get the signatures to qualify.This one should get interesting as Steve gets a very formidable opponent...
Friday, August 8, 2008
August Newport Beach - Centric Events
As we gear up for another Silly Season, here are a couple of Newport Beach based events, courtesy of the Republican Party of OC's calendar.Tuesday, 8/12/085:30 PMSpecial Event Campaign Kick-Off Smoker With Bruce HerschensohnCommittee To Re-Elect...
Councilwoman Nancy Gardner's August Newsletter
If more Councilmembers would only do this...Here is Nancy's August newsletter.Pretty standard, nothing controversial.Enj...
Breast Cancer Comics
The New York Times recently reviewed the graphic novel "The Bottomless Belly Button," by Dash Shaw. An astonishing 720 pages, the story follows an extended family as they react to the news that the grandparents are getting a divorce. There's a lot of...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
A Desperate Plea For Re-Election
Below is a plea for support for re-election recently sent outfrom Councilman Steve Rosansky (District 2)."Dear (deleted) ,As you may have heard, I am running for re-election in theCity Council District 2 race this fall. I am writing to you to for your...
Guest Blogger: The Fifty Foot Blogger
Greetings--I'll be guest-blogging here while Cancer Bitch moves to her new place. For the most part, these will be cross-posts in my own blog. However, if you find my meanderings amusing, you can read my earlier stuff at The Fifty Foot Blogger.-ELast...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
All's Quiet?
I must say.You can already tell that the Daily Pilot is hurting.2 years ago, with the 2006 Newport Beach elections, the room was abuzz. Between the Six (yes count'em 6) City Council Seats up for election, the General Plan and Greenlight II on the ballot.This...
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Banning Ranch
The Register ran a thoughtful piece today on the situation our city faces: one in which a bonanza of opportunity has sat dormant at Banning Ranch, and where the owners have thoughtfully and earnestly begun the process of engaging the citizens in dialogue...
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