Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Federal Agencies, OC Plan Aliso Creek Clean-Up -- LAT and OCR
The proposal also seeks to restore habitats and control flooding.
Alicia Robinson's The Political Landscpae: Don't Crow Too Quickly -- DP
Candidate jumps the gun; forums galore; doing labor for U.S. troops; term-limits measure retracted.
Placentia Councilman Norm Eckenrode To Pay Fine -- LAT
A longtime Placentia city councilman who serves on the Orange County Sanitation District board has agreed to pay a $6,500 fine for illegally accepting a campaign donation from an engineering firm just days after voting to approve two contracts benefiting the company.
CUSD Didn't Violate Law, Judge Says -- LAT
Capistrano Unified School District officials did not violate state law when they used race as one of several factors to determine new school attendance boundaries, a judge ruled Wednesday.
A Last School Bell Rings -- OCR
Capistrano district Superintendent James Fleming welcomes teachers and bids farewell on his final day in office.
Gas Prices Pinch City Budgets -- OCR
Municipalities turn to alternative fuels or set up public-works zones to cut costs.
Lawmakers' Final Shots -- OCR
In the last days of the session, legislators pass bills with little chance of becoming law to create fodder for the fall election.
Suspects Considered Wily, If Not Dangerous -- LAT
Human encroachment on wilderness is making coyotes miscreants, whether victims are hot tubbing or carrying a purse.
Public Safety Dominates At Costa Mesa Council Candidates Debate -- DP
Public safety in general, rather than illegal immigration specifically, was the recurring theme at Wednesday's City Council candidates forum, the first of several before the November election.
Dana Parsons: Trouble Where Sympathy Fears To Tread -- LAT
A parolee learns the system's capriciousness at the expense of some freedom.
Boarder Killed Girl, Took His Own Life, Fullerton Police Say -- LAT
The two deaths inside a Fullerton home have been blamed on a 40-year-old man who fatally stabbed a 12-year-old girl and then committed suicide, police said Wednesday.
Police Killing Of OC Teen Investigated -- LAT and OCR
19-year-old woman by Huntington Beach police announced Wednesday that officers had tried to use nonlethal weapons, but she lunged at them with a knife before they were ready.
Ruling Allows Buddhists To Continue Worshipping -- LAT and OCR
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Vietnamese Buddhist temple may hold religious services in a Chapman Avenue building despite the city's objections over traffic and noise.
Blackout In Placentia -- OCR
Hundreds of residents are left without power after a transformer blew out.
County Judge Lands State Job -- OCR
Nancy Wieben Stock will lead a committee dealing with trial courts.
Building Trust On The Beat -- OCR
Alma Buis, a Fullerton community police officer, has worked with the city's Hispanic community for 20 years.
Op-Ed: What I Learned During Katrina -- OCR
48th CD Democratic nominee Steve Young opines on what he learned during Katrina.
GOOD RIDDANCE JIMBO!!!
Today is Superintendent Fleming's last day at CUSD.
Click on the picture of Fleming in the Register article to see the photo enlarged. What is that he is holding in his hand?
Looks like a pink slip to me!
Superintendent Fleming was forced to retire in disgrace. I'm proud to have been one of the hundreds of volunteers who helped make this day a reality. Fleming was truly an evil dishonest person and I hope the District Attorney throws him in jail for his numerous offenses.
Posted by: CUSD Constituent | August 31, 2006 at 09:13 AM
Don't let the door hit you from behind as you're leaving Jimbo!!!
Posted by: CUSD Observer | August 31, 2006 at 11:16 AM
In fact, the LA Time and OCR articles linked here today about the Prop 209 lawsuit are incomplete and misleading. Judge Andler did rule CUSD's attendance policy did not violate Prop 209 on its face, but also ruled that the actual new Attendance Boundary Plan adopted by the Board of Trustees at Superintendant Fleming's direction in the Spring of 2005 did violate Prop 209. Specifically, Judge Andler ruled (bottom of page 2 and top of page 3 of the ruling):
"On its face, the Plan violates Section 31. “School Attendance Boundaries: 2010 and Beyond Revised, Superintendent’s Recommendation, March 28, 2005,” on its face, utilizes race in developing attendance boundaries for the high schools within its district in order to achieve racial balance within the schools. The “general guiding principle” that no school shall have a “minority” population greater than 35% limits the number of positions available at each high school for members of different ethnicities, effectively discriminating based on race. This is in direct contravention of the state constitution as amended by Proposition 209."
A trial is set for October 30 to determine what remedial action the court ought to take.
A more accurate headline whould read: "CUSD Attendance Boundary Plan Unconstitutionally Considers Race"
So much for the journalistic integrity and neutrality.
Posted by: Fair Reporting | August 31, 2006 at 11:32 AM