An effort by the City Council majority to ban a crusading community newspaper from being distributed at City Hall has turned the town into a First Amendment battleground.
Category: San Juan Capistrano
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
Power Lines Generating Concerns in San Juan Capistrano
San Diego Gas & Electric has proposed upgrading high-capacity power lines that run above homes.
Posted inEducation, Investigative, Norberto Santana, Jr., San Juan Capistrano
More Details Emerge on Coaches’ Alleged Kickback Scheme
The woman who first reported the scheme says multiple laws were broken. The lawyer for one of the fired coaches calls the school district’s investigator incompetent.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
Councilman Criticized, Applauded for Muhammad Comments
Supporters of Derek Reeve appeared at Tuesday night’s City
Council meeting to support his naming his dog after the Muslim
prophet.
Posted inNorberto Santana, Jr., San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Councilman Says He Named His Dog ‘Muhammad’
Derek Reeve boasted that he gave his dog — an animal Muslims
consider particularly impure — the same name as the Muslim
prophet.
Posted inHuntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Lake Forest, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Seal Beach
How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying
Registrar of voters is asking that incumbents who forgot to seek
re-election to several community service districts be
reappointed.
Posted inLaguna Hills, Norberto Santana, Jr., San Juan Capistrano
Attorney General to Probe Highly Paid Public Officials
Jerry Brown will be looking at any compensation package that
“seems excessive,” according to official in the AG’s office.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
Mission Hospital President Speaks Out on CHEC Lease Denial in San Juan Capistrano
Peter Bastone says San Juan Capistrano City Council members
broke behind-the-scenes promises to approve a month-by-month lease
for a community social services organization.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
Two San Juan Capistrano City Council Candidates Reject Ethics Pledge
Jim Reardon and Clint Worthington are skeptical about a fair campaign practices pledge.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
Controversies Over City Manager Money Not New in San Juan Capistrano
City Manager Joe Tait is collecting two salaries totaling $324,000 annually. Two decades ago, the city gave its then manager $400,000 in loans.
