Councilman Jim Righeimer defends city action to have two-member
working groups while Councilwoman Wendy Leece demands
documents.
City Attorney says City Council working groups were legal. Open
government advocate says get ready for a lawsuit.
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Open government watchdog says meetings of two-member City
Council working groups, one of which developed outsourcing plan,
were illegal.
The stress of the fallout from the outsourcing decision on Costa
Mesa City Council members is starting to show, most recently at
this week’s City Council meeting.
Forum co-sponsored by Voice of OC, the Orange County Register,
Daily Pilot and Newport Independent seeks to get straight talk from
officials about the city’s finances.
Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan says a brick thrown through the
window of his bar early Saturday is an escalation of outsourcing
plan protest.
In 2009, Gary Monahan helped steer a towing contract to a
company whose owners have ties to his bar.
More than 50 speakers took their turn at the podium at Tuesday’s
regular meeting, many accusing the council of “cooking the books”
to justify its outsourcing plan.
The City Council majority continues to stick to rhetoric that an
unprecedented outsourcing plan is need to save the city from
insolvency. But the public has not gotten all the facts.
David Nazar interviews key players in the ongoing controversy
over the Costa Mesa City Council’s Outsourcing plan.
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