Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Immigrant Groups County Raids With Hotline --OCR
Coalition wants to notify people where and when immigration raids will take place, and create a support system for deportees.
Disney, Developer Reportedly End Talks -- OCR and LAT
Disney says the two sides failed to reach a solution to the housing dispute in the tourist area.
Frank MIckadeit: Who Says I Have No Time For Sergeants -- OCR
Frank interviews the second-in-command of the AOCDS re the retroactive pension hike issue.
Council Puts Nudity Ban Into Effect -- OCR
Council also raises campaign contribution limits to $500 from $300.
City To Consider Taking Over Rose Center -- OCR
Westminster officials say the Rose Center Foundation, which oversees the center's theater, is dangerously close to running out of money.
Stadium Proposes Cleaning Policy -- OCR and LAT
Angel Stadium officials say they will curb vermin infestation by hiring a night crew to clean stands.
Permits May Restrict Anaheim Parking -- OCR
The City Council will consider allowing permits on residential streets as a last resort to keep outsiders from parking there.
Piece Of History Safe For Now -- OCR
A new safe was bought in 1924 after the bank was robbed.
Heiress Sues Over Center -- OCR
Joan Irvine Smith accuses Richard J. Brandes of bilking her out of at least $6 million.
New Chief In Rancho Santa Margarita -- OCR
Lt. Chuck Wilmot talks about graffiti and drugs in Rancho Santa Margarita.
Anaheim's Doll Hut Gets Needed Permit -- OCR
The rock club had operated illegally for 20 years until the new owner discovered the problem by accident. Now all's above-board.
Church Appeals To High Court -- DP
The church property dispute between St. James Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is in the hands of the California Supreme Court after the Newport Beach church filed a petition with the high court Monday.
Mooring Fees To Increase -- DP
If you keep a boat on a city mooring or own a home with a dock in Newport Beach, you've been getting a heck of a deal.
Public Invited To Review Coastal Plan Changes -- DP
The city of Newport Beach is inviting the public to review proposed changes to the land use portion of its local coastal plan, a state-required document that's been in the works since about 2003.
So a small group of anti-American legal and/or illegal aliens wants to set up a hotline to deter our law enforcement officials from doing their job? I know this is a stupid question with Democrats in control of Congress, but shouldn't that be illegal???
In response let's make a conserted effort to start a "County Watch Program" and inform the appropriate agencies whenever illegal alien activity is sited - beginning with neighbors and neighborhoods. We can keep a running tally of illegal aliens the readers of this blog have helpled track down. Imagine how much better a place Orange County would become. Then other Counties could model our success and actually turn back the tide that the idiots in the OCR article support. Imagine...improved services with tax reductions in California...
Posted by: Hotline to bust illegal aliens | August 07, 2007 at 01:11 PM
The Rose Center Foundation, now Chaired by Mayor Rice, she is not the Vice Chair as the article states, has continuously raised funds to meet the expected shortfalls. Last evening the Center Board motioned to move one hundred and ten thousand dollars from the foundation account to the operating account to cover the operating shortfall.
I am on the Rose Center Board. I was, for years, a chief of the "opposition party" that did not want the center built because it seemed apparent that the city budget could not bear the expense of meeting any shortfalls that such a center, as in most cities, was sure to produce.
Now, I have seen the purpose behind the Rose Center Foundation, and it is to meet that shortfall to avoid the burden being on the backs of the taxpayers. They have succeeded in doing that in the very first year of operation which is most remarkable. As remarkable as this is coming from a former strong oppositionist.
I think the City, without having the audit completed, without counting the full amount of revenue expected in the Foundation is precipitiously taking this action and should at least put this on the next agenda so the audit can be completed before making such a move.
Realize that this action will permanently put the entire operation shortfall on the backs of the taxpayers in Westminster, along with the expense of hiring of a Theater Manager which is suggested by the City. My humble opinion - Let the Foundation have a go at it for another year -this is only the first year and it's still in the black.
Posted by: City To Consider Taking Over Rose Center -- | August 07, 2007 at 02:37 PM