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August 28, 2007
No Street Cred
The county's biggest public worker union called on all OC factions -- Republicans, Democrats and all those in-between -- to join them in a countywide recall effort to remove County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Chriss Street, from office. The County's money manager is under investigation by the Orange Co ... More >>
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November 11, 1999
He Lives!
Clinicians say kids mental-health unit haunted by the spirit of Bernard Rappaport
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March 3, 2009
OC Union and Democratic Activists Call County Board Shameful
Spirited Orange County union and Democratic Party officials gathered this morning outside the county's Hall of Administration to protest the Board of Supervisors' firing of more than 200 Social Service Agency employees as one way to address massive budget woes. With a backdrop of placard-waving seni ... More >>
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October 16, 2008
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Spirited Orange County union and Democratic Party officials gathered this morning outside the county's Hall of Administration to protest the Board of Supervisors' firing of more than 200 Social Service Agency employees as one way to address massive budget woes. With a backdrop of placard-waving seni ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Has the Decline of the Register Created Space for Nonprofit Site the Voice of OC to Put Down Roots?
Spirited Orange County union and Democratic Party officials gathered this morning outside the county's Hall of Administration to protest the Board of Supervisors' firing of more than 200 Social Service Agency employees as one way to address massive budget woes. With a backdrop of placard-waving seni ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
The Full Nelson
Fourth District supervisor candidate Shawn Nelson says he, not GOP opponent Harry Sidhu, is a kindred spirit with tea partiers. Example: A big public-employees' union hates him
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July 12, 2010
Voice of OC Gives Credit Where Credit is Due for Breaking Mike Carona Pension Story
We told you here how the Los Angeles Times reported on the $215,000 annual pension for disgraced ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona nine days after the Orange County Register did, without crediting the Santa Ana daily for first breaking the news.Now the Register is being accused of doing the sa ... More >>
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September 19, 2010
Sunday News Notes
News highlights include:They've fallen and we can't get upGet paid about three times the normal rate for a city government job. Move into a taxpayer subsidized apartment. The catch? Well, you've got to vote to keep the city's incumbent politicians in power, reports the Los Angeles Times on the la ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Election 2010: Gustavo Drinks Through the Election, Or: Trashing the Dems and Bashing Whitman
Updated throughout the day, with the freshest post on top. Click after the jump for vignettes on Barbara Coe, Loretta Sanchez, Meg Whitman, and Borat!Midnight. Drink of choice: Alka-Seltzer...my pockets hurt. Loretta Sanchez has pulled away by thousands of votes, but we'll wait until the official ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
Two Truck Events, Two Days, Two Charities
Photo by Christopher VictorioFood truck gatherings happen practically every day, but few usually benefit charities. Those happening today and tomorrow do. Today, a so-called "Gourmet on the Go Food Drive Event" is happening at the OCEA (Orange County Employees Association) office in ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Loretta Sanchez Seeks Faster IRS Review of Orange County Pension Plan Changes
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) is calling on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to expedite Internal Revenue Service review of Orange County's proposed changes to its employee pension program--not because she believes the IRS will expose flaws but because she's kinda sorta for it and kin ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Voice of OC Boasts of 2010 Accomplishments, Seeks Donations
Jonathan Ho / OC WeeklySantana and his son, Max.Only a handful of Orange County reporters dedicated themselves to investigative journalism on a daily basis before last March. That month saw the birth of Norberto Santana's dream: the Voice of OC, the county's first non-profit investigative ne ... More >>
News
January 20, 2011
Who'll Stop the Pain?
A recent spate of suicides and strange deaths inside Orange County's jails has jail staff and activists alike clamoring for reform
Blogs
March 21, 2011
[UPDATED: Union GM/Photographer Talks] City Employee Commits Suicide, Jumping Off Costa Mesa City Hall
Mayor Gary Monahan on St. Patty's Day. Was this photo a set-up?UPDATE, MARCH 21, 5:45 P.M.: The Weekly was able to speak with Nick Berardino while he was in a taxi on his way to catch a flight home from Sacramento. He had a good laugh about Mayor Gary Monahan's accusations of a union setup, ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
TV Commercial Targets Costa Mesa Mayor, Gary Monahan, Calling for Him to "Keep Walking"
OCEASt. Patty's Day: not one of Mayor Monahan's better moments.Controversy goes a long way in stirring attention. Costa Mesa, the city that was once best known for being home to South Coast Plaza and the Orange County Fair, finds itself embroiled in a power struggle that has managed to grab natio ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
[UPDATED: Mayor's Bar Vandalized; OCEA Comment] The Beat Goes On: Hundreds Turn Out to Voice Outrage Toward Costa Mesa City Council
Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyMayor Gary MonahanUPDATE, APRIL 18, 5:57 P.M.: After closing time on Saturday evening, someone sent a message to Costa Mesa's mayor, Gary Monahan at his place of business, Skosh Monahan's. The means of communication? A brick through the front window, with a note attached ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Union Commercial Takes Aim at "Pay and Perks" of Costa Mesa's Top Officials; City Disputes Facts
While the city of Costa Mesa continues its rapid pace of releasing Tweets and Facebook updates, the union-supported, citizen group, Repair Costa Mesa, has put out its second TV commercial. This one targets the city's top seven bureaucrats, which the commercial claims make $1.5 million in "pay and ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Costa Mesa Chronicles: Councilman Accused of Chest-Bumping and the OCEA Funds an Audit
The Costa Mesa City Council and its residents can't seem to figure out how to get along. Mayor Gary Monahan was once the focalpoint of scorn, but now that unwanted attention has shifted to Councilman Steve Mensinger, after reports of a physical confrontation (of sorts) th ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Costa Mesa Fires City Workers While City Leaders Get Free Lunch
Yesterday, lawyers for the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) filed a complaint in Orange County Superior Court, asking a judge to stop Costa Mesa's city council from firing 100 city employees. The complaint, which names Thomas Hatch, the city's chief executive officer, as a defendant, al ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
[UPDATED: Police Chief Uncertain of Cocaine Involvement] City Employee Commits Suicide, Jumping Off Costa Mesa City Hall
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyHuy Pham, in a photo brought to a candlelight vigil for himUPDATE, MAY 31, 8:16 A.M.: Costa Mesa's police chief, Steve Staveley isn't entirely convinced by the conclusions being made from the coroner reports that Huy Pham had cocaine in his system at the time of his ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Former Weekly Publisher Will Swaim's Newest Project: "Republic of Costa Mesa"
Mr. Swaim's new soapbox.Will Swaim, the former fearless leader of the Weekly has reappeared at the helm of a blog focused on the rocky political landscape of Costa Mesa. But with "Republic of Costa Mesa," he's not taking the standard liberal approach that some may have expected; instead, he seems ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
[UPDATED: Audit Report Criticized; Budget Passed] Costa Mesa Financial Situation "Better Than Average," According to OCEA-Funded Audit
UPDATE, JUNE 22, 4:55 P.M.: "I think this whole list is a road to bankruptcy," said Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer early Wednesday morning, responding to the report of the OCEA-funded budget audit. Just minutes after hearing a laundry list of potential alternatives to restructure the budget in ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2011
Union Boss: Costa Mesa Budget Cuts Are "Premature, Illegal"
Don Drozd: attacks on public employees are misguidedA day after Costa Mesa councilman Jim Righeimer claimed during a television interview that he has public backing for slashing the city's budget and laying off employees, a union boss fired back on the same show this morning. According to Donald ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2011
[UPDATED with Judge Issues Written Order, City Gets It Now:] Judge Blocks Costa Mesa Layoffs Until Civil Trial
UPDATE, JULY 18, 4:49 P.M.: Though she made her ruling two weeks ago, Orange County Superior Court Judge Tam Nomoto Schumann issued the written order blocking the city of Costa Mesa from laying off employees and privatizing their jobs late Friday night.The written order just added fuel to the nev ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Despite "Financial Crisis," Costa Mesa Council Spending Continues--Record Legal Counsel Fees and Lobdell's Contract Renewed
The spending continues.For all of its talk of a city-wide "financial crisis," the Costa Mesa City Council doesn't seem to believe its own spending needs to be curtailed. In two recent developments, the council went 54-percent over its legal fees budget in 2010-11 and the city signed another 90 ... More >>
Columns
August 4, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
The spending continues.For all of its talk of a city-wide "financial crisis," the Costa Mesa City Council doesn't seem to believe its own spending needs to be curtailed. In two recent developments, the council went 54-percent over its legal fees budget in 2010-11 and the city signed another 90 ... More >>
News
September 1, 2011
It's Gotten Costa Messy In Costa Mesa
Scenes from the civic dissolution of America's latest public-employee battleground
Columns
September 8, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Scenes from the civic dissolution of America's latest public-employee battleground
Blogs
November 10, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown Funded By OC Unions For 2014; Loretta Sanchez Nabs Dentist Support
Pay to playGov. Jerry Brown's trip to Orange County last month for a speech to Democrats nabbed $30,000 mostly from local organized labor unions, according to a report this week in the Sacramento Bee.Among those contributing were the Orange County Employees Association, which organized "a small, ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
OCEA Clustertruck for Charity This Friday
We don't publish many of these clustertruck notifications because they're really not news anymore--unless they're huge or for charity.The clustertruck this Friday, Nov. 18, at the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) fits the latter bill. It's raising funds and accepting donations of canned ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2011
Will the OC Fair Erect a Statue Commemorating the County's Immigrant Agricultural Workers?
Boy, hasn't it been fun having Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) head Nick Berardino on the OC Fair board of directors? The fiery Berardino--with whom we always don't agree , but always do appreciate his bringing a paisan attitude to WASP heaven Orange County--has already stirred up the ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2012
Anaheim GardenWalk Tax Breaks Speak of a Tale of Two Cities
AnaheimGardenWalk.netWhere's the Garden?Ahead of yesterday's Anaheim city council meeting, a mailer to city residents from the Orange County Employees Association and numerous news reports on recently approved tax incentives for two future GardenWalk-area hotels made sure for a packed house. May ... More >>

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