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Jeff LeTourneau’s resignation came after he shared a Facebook post praising the late Communist leader as someone who “liberated an entire poor, colonized nation from 2 of the most powerful military forces in the world.”
It’s the latest incident where public statements revolving around the Vietnam War and ideas about communism have sent this area of OC into a political frenzy.
As officials reel from charges brought by Orange County prosecutors, community members envision new possibilities for the district.
The Westminster City Council failed to approve a ballot measure in time that would have allowed voters to decide on continuing and expanding a current city sales tax increase.
City officials have convened another special meeting for today to revisit the possibility of putting a sales tax increase before voters in November.
The meeting ended, and the window closed, without enough support by policymakers to put the question before voters in time for the November election.
Medical workers at Kindred Hospital in Westminster protested hospital management’s handling of coronavirus patients, which they said led to an outbreak.
At the beginning of the City Council’s Wednesday teleconference meeting, Westminster City Attorney Dick Jones announced staff would be pulling Thai’s city manager contract off the meeting’s agenda.
City Council members are set to vote on Chu Thai’s hiring at their weekly public meeting, scheduled for later today.
Aggressive police unions, spending on law enforcement over youth programs and few citizen oversight boards — activists and leaders say OC’s debate is years in the making.