After four years of protesting and asking state and local agencies to intercede, residents on the northern edge of Irvine have their wish – the local asphalt plant is closing.
Tag: AQMD
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Spitzer Kills His Proposed Ban on Double-Dipping by Fellow Supervisor
When the item came up for discussion Tuesday, Spitzer killed his own proposal, saying it was really about teaching his fellow supervisor a lesson.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Spitzer Targets Double-Dipping by Nelson and Bilodeau
Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer has escalated his long-running feud with fellow Supervisor Shawn Nelson, introducing measures this week that ban the kind of double-dipping from taxpayer funds that Nelson and his chief of staff have long engaged in.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Political Aide’s Multiple Income Streams Shows How it Pays to be Connected
In addition to earning $177,000 in salary in benefits last year for his full-time county job, Denis Bilodeau received another $83,000 in payments and benefits from other public agencies, records show.
Posted inInside the Newsroom, News Briefs
Voice of OC on KCRW: The Republican Power Play on Air Quality Board
The South Coast Air Quality Management District board’s newly minted Republican majority voted Friday to oust the agency’s longtime top executive, a clear sign of its desire to create a more industry-friendly regulatory environment.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Republicans Succeed in Kicking Santa Ana Mayor Off Air Quality Board
Miguel Pulido’s ouster is part of a behind-the-scenes effort by state Republicans leaders to make regional regulatory agencies more business-friendly.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
The Bell Strategy
Since first being elected nearly two decades ago, Mayor Miguel
Pulido has put together a well-oiled political operation in Santa
Ana. But in the year of the Bell scandal, his latest challenger is
banking on the public taking a more skeptical view of the Pulido
machine.
