Irvine Candidate Forum – October 1 at 7PM
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Candidates for Mayor and Council are preparing for a Q&A forum this Thursday, October 1 at 7 pm.
Aitken: Lack of Transparency Alone Should Halt Angel Sale
COMMUNITY OPINION
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Wylie Aitken, the former lead negotiator for Anaheim in dealing with the Angel management, makes the following points in an article on the Angel sale:
• The current process has been fatally flawed
• The back door, secret negotiations were in stark contrast to previous negotiations
• The council has a duty to make public the prior negotiations and the negotiations undertaken by Sidhu
• The failure to allow public comments is totally unjustified
Dobken: Correcting the Record on Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage at San Onofre
Community Opinion
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Since the retirement of the nuclear reactors at San Onofre in 2013, activists have turned their attention to spent nuclear fuel storage at SONGS. In doing so, they’ve painted a picture that isn’t accurate, omits facts, and only serves to mislead the public about this very safe practice.
Governor Newsom Signs Umberg Bill Restoring Non-Presidential Year Primaries to June
Press Releases
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Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana), Chair of the California State Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, released the following statement on the signing of Senate Bill 970 (SB 970). Late Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law, which will move non-presidential year primaries back to June.
OC Public Libraries Launches Back-to-School Events to Support Distance Learning
press release
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With school looking different this year, OC Public Libraries’ literacy program, OC READ / Families for Literacy (OC READ), will be launching a series of Back-to-School events to support distance learning.
Murphy: COVID Won’t Stop City’s Affordable Housing Efforts
COMMUNITY OPINION
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COVID has impacted so many things in our community from school to business to how we interact with family and friends. In the midst of this pandemic, however, local government must continue to make progress on important initiatives like addressing the senior housing shortage.
Kriz: Twenty-Seven People Died Homeless in OC in August
COMMUNITY OPINION
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Twenty-seven people died “without fixed abode,” homeless, in Orange County in August, last year there were 19. That’s 42% higher than last year, but somewhat better than in previous months when the mortality rate among the homeless was twice that of last year. Still, more options do seem to be available to the homeless than last year, even if those options would remain difficult for many of us to accept. Let’s all keep working to make things better.
Sommers: More Airport Facts and Less Unfounded Attacks Needed
COMMUNITY OPINION
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Sue Sommers, who has worked at Atlantic Aviation for 27 years writes that Atlantic is known for its impeccable customer service. Its not just what we do, its who we are.
Mosko: Dust-ups Continue over Radioactive Waste Storage at San Onofre
COMMUNITY OPINION
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In giving Southern California Edison permission to proceed with removing the cooling pools at SONGS, the California Coastal Commission is green-lighting eliminating the only means whereby the highly radioactive contents of a failing thin-walled dry storage canister could be repackaged into another canister. Local nuclear safety advocates are outraged.
Fourcher: David vs. Goliath at John Wayne – Good Government Prevails in Battle Over Jet Noise
COMMUNITY OPINION
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Fred Fourcher, Co Founder and Board Member of Southern California Pilots Association provides a different perspective from members of the aviation and local communities who are not paid lobbyists and want to see the County make the right decisions.