New rules require all county candidates raising more than $25,000 to file electronically. All goes well, registrar reports.
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Posted inHuntington Beach
Edison OK with Huntington Beach RV Lot
Power company says in a letter to a city resident that — should the City Council approve — it will lease a property that is now home to a nursery to an RV storage lot entrepreneur. The letter says nothing about the resident’s concerns regarding fire safety.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Investigative
Fire Union to Offer Cash to Kill Fee Hikes
The Orange County Professional Firefighters Association is set to offer the Orange County Fire Authority $170,000 to offset fee hikes that the authority says are needed to cover the costs of contracted salary increases.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton
Anaheim Can’t Get Its Public Record Act Together
The city is in the midst of a drawn-out process of transferring paper records to computer. Meantime, officials are seemingly unable to handle even the most basic request in a timely fashion.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Unions, Nelson Continue Fight Over Law Firm Sex Offender Ad
Statewide crime victims group is brought in for a press conference, and Fullerton police union stays angry about photos in the candidate’s mailers. Nelson says it’s all part of a union-orchestrated attack on him.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Correction on Post About Consultants in Irvine
Reporter misinterpreted a staff report regarding a list of consultants approved Tuesday by the Irvine City Council.
Posted inNewport Beach
Newport Beach Faces Hefty Legal Bill
The city will be dipping $650,000 into reserves to pay for ongoing litigation costs this year. Councilwoman said the legal bills will ‘blow out the budget.’
Posted inGovernment, Investigative
Watching Absentees Trend Up While Forking Over for Voting Machines
About 25 percent of Orange County’s voters will vote absentee in
the June primary. But the county still has to be ready for a flood
at the polls.
Posted inAnaheim, Corrections, Countywide, Fullerton, Investigative, Top Stories
Crime in Orange County Trending Down Along with Police Budgets
Conventional wisdom says bad economies and slashed budgets lead to more crime. But that is not what seems to be happening.
Posted inInside the Newsroom, Norberto Santana Jr.
Voice of OC on KOCE
Voice of OC editor-in-chief joined the ‘Real Orange’ crew for a discussion about our first several weeks in action.
