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Jerry Amante

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    June 24, 2011

    Tustin Police Hold Mystery DUI Checkpoint Tonight

    ​The Tustin Police Department is "goin' Costa Mesa" on us.No, that does not mean half of the force is going to be laid off like those boys and girls in blue in Messa. Or, at least the TPD coppers had better hope that's not what it means; with Jerry Amante as your mayor one never knows.But this muc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    [UPDATED: Jerry Amante Served] Obnoxious Blowhard Mayor To Be Served with Recall Papers

    ​UPDATED, APRIL 6, 11:30 A.M.: As promised, the Tustin citizens group trying to recall Mayor Jerry Amante served him with official notice at the council meeting last night. TheLiberalOC reports that although there was space for 25 signatures, 30 residents signed the form. That still leaves 6,970 s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Tustin Sacks Popular City Manager 4 Months into Job

    ​Just four months after the Tustin City Council unanimously voted to hire David Biggs as city manager, he's been unceremoniously sacked from the job in a 3-2 vote. So far, no explanation has emerged for why the city would fire the former Redondo Beach assistant city manager so soon, but rumors hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    OC Democrat Asks Republicans To Drop 'No New Tax' Pledge

    Photo by Christopher VictorioDemocratic Assembly candidate Melissa Fox has a taxing idea.​According to Melissa Fox, a Democratic Party candidate for Orange County's 70th Assembly District, the problem with California government isn't high taxes, a bloated bureaucracy or the massive $20 billion bud ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    Tustin Councilwoman Deborah Gavello and Her Colleagues are Driving One Another Barking Mad

    Photo by Christopher VictorioDemocratic Assembly candidate Melissa Fox has a taxing idea.​According to Melissa Fox, a Democratic Party candidate for Orange County's 70th Assembly District, the problem with California government isn't high taxes, a bloated bureaucracy or the massive $20 billion bud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    OCTA Committee Recommends Slightly Less Painful Bus Cuts--For Now

    WikicommonsBye bye buses.​County Supervisor Patricia Bates may have said it best today: "You can't send these people off a cliff, in a bus."The remark came amidst some low-heat sparring between her and Tustin Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Amante at this morning's meeting of the OCTA Finance and Administrati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    For The Weekend: The 'Save Your City' Drinking Game

    For some reason, your blogger spent half an hour yesterday purposefully getting yelled at by Orange County elected officials. The cause was Save Your City, a nifty-looking website that aims to stop the state government from diverting funds from municipalities to shore up the budget. They've got a ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    The Return of Toll Road Foister Jerry Amante

    Here were told you about our question to Tustin City Councilman Jerry Amante, the chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority, the Transportation Corridor System Board of Directors and the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) who was all over the news last week after Comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Toll Road Foister Jerry Amante: We're Doomed

    As chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority, the Transportation Corridor System Board of Directors and the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA), Tustin City Councilman Jerry Amante (pictured) is all over the news today, reacting bitterly to the Commerce Secretary Carl ... More >>

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