Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Irvine Senator Retains Leadership Post -- OCR
Dick Ackerman holds onto GOP position despite criticisms of his leadership style.
22 Freeway Misses Its Mark -- OCR
While disappointed by delays, OCTA officials say they're still amazed by the project's progress.
Santa Ana Council Splits On Putting Term Limits On The Ballot -- OCR
City Council members failed Monday night for the second time this year to put a measure on the ballot limiting a mayor to 10 consecutive years in office.
Editorial: Police Should Plant Junk In Your Trunk -- OCR
Chief says Huntington Beach police will stop using citizens' cars for training exercises
OK Is Expected For Homes At Former Fountain Valley School -- OCR
Officials are to consider KB Homes' plans for the McDowell School site.
San Juan Capistrano Residents Aim To Buy Trailer Park -- OCR
They make an offer for the Capistrano Terrace site even as its owner plans to close it down.
Disney Catches County Tax Error -- OCR and LAT
The company returned nearly $4 million and owes about $236,000.
Newport Rolls Out Robot Sprinklers -- OCR
'Smart' systems could mean cleaner oceans, lower water use.
Judge OKs Fullerton Laptop Deal -- OCR
The school district's scaled-back computer plan can continue under the terms of the settlement.
Huntington Beach Police Stop Training Method -- OCR
Planting items for practicing searches isn't worth it, Huntington Beach chief says.
How could Sundstrom not know about the Disney tax refund error until being told by a reporter, and his staff knew about it two weeks before? And now he is going to "review the policy"? What kind of an Auditor-Controller is that?
And why did it take Disney to discover the error? It is nice to know that they are honest and reported it back. And who in the county made such a glaring error in the first place?
I guess county government will never change, in spite of all the exhorbinant salary increases and pension perks that are going to bankrupt the county again.
Luckily we now have Moorlach and Bates who might do something about the lack of accountability of the buracracy, because Wilson and Silva never did, and Norby has been a huge disappointment in spite of what he would lead people to believe.
Posted by: Coto Resident | December 05, 2006 at 07:59 AM
Here's OCTAspeak on the trumpeted 22 opening, er, not-quite-yet opening:
"I'm unhappy," said Art Brown, OCTA's board chairman. "The least they could've done is notify us in advance if they had that much more to do.
"We did the best we could with oversight and management," he said. "And they didn't report the problems they were having."
Art's trying to tell us that will all the high paid engineering talent over there at OCTA, no one in the agency could tell what the project staus was? They're still building the Magnolia bridge! Oversight? Management?
Pathetic, statement, really. They should really have Schubert/Flint handle their public statements from now on.
Oh well, at least they got their Measure M toy to play with.
Posted by: redperegrine | December 05, 2006 at 01:33 PM
Wow, future news! It's from two years in the future!
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Posted by: OCNative | December 05, 2006 at 05:44 PM