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Author Archives: Nick Berardino
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Berardino: Why Orange County Veterans Support Newsom
Nick Berardino, Vietnam Combat Veteran and President of VALOR (Veterans Alliance of Orange County) writes that veterans who understand the implications of life and death decisions should stand by our governor and support his choice to protect the lives of Californians and Orange County residents.
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Berardino: Memo to Irvine Council – Council Violates Spirit of Voting Rights Act
Nick Berardino, Vietnam Combat Veteran and President of VALOR (Veterans Alliance of Orange County) writes that the Irvine City Council is violating the spirit of Voting Rights Act.
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Berardino: Irvine City Council Members, Please Don’t Abandon Veterans
Nick Berardino, president of VALOR (Veterans Alliance of Orange County) appeals to Irvine city council members to include two sites for a Veterans’ Cemetery on the upcoming November ballot. The two sites are commonly referred to as, respectively, the “ARDA Site” and the “The Golf Course Site.”
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Berardino: Voice of OC, Love and Hate Ten Years Later
Nick Berardino, a former general manager with the Orange County Employees Association and OC fair board member, reflects on a decade of muckraking by the journalists at Voice of OC.
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Berardino: Setting the Record Straight on the OC Veterans Cemetery
Nick Berardino, a longtime union activist in Orange County, OC Fair Board member and U.S. Marine Vietnam combat veteran, writes that Irvine voters should endorse Measure B to create a veterans cemetery at a Strawberry fields site near the 405 and 5 freeway interchanges.
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Berardino: Heroes Hall Veterans Museum Honors More Heroes
Two new members are inducted to the beautiful Walk of Honor at Heroes Hall Museum at the Orange County Fairgrounds. In addition, a plaque will be erected to honor those killed in 1965 when U.S. Air Force C-135 aircraft crashed into Loma Ridge after leaving El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.
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Berardino: Dedication of Heroes Hall Veterans Museum this Friday at OC Fairgrounds
The first museum honoring veterans in Orange County finds a home at the former Santa Ana Army Air Base (SAAAB) this Veterans Day Friday at the OC Fairgrounds with a public dedication at 1 p.m. during the annual Veterans & Labor, Partners in Service event.
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Berardino: Moving Barracks a Huge Step Forward for OC Veterans
OC Fair and Events Center Vice Chair Nick Berardino invites Orange County to visit the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa this morning at 8:30 a.m. to watch a historic Army barracks building being moved into place as a centerpiece for Heroes Hall military museum.
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Berardino: Join Us at the OC Fairgrounds to Salute Vets
OC Fair Board Member Nick Berardino invites Orange County to turn out to thank veterans at the third annual Veterans + Labor: Partners in Service event on Veterans Day, November 11 at the Orange County Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, featuring a special commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Viet Nam War.
