Wesley Oliphant, an Irvine resident from Portola Hills, argues that important civil liberties, like the rights to petition, will be eroded if Measure D passes. He explains that voting No on Measure D protects the basic and essential rights of Irvine voters.
Tag: City of Irvine
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Liss: Original Veterans Cemetery Site is Best Option for Veterans & Irvine
Harvey Liss, who is Editor of Irvine Community News & Views, writes that a recent editorial from Laguna Greenbelt Inc., which touts the environmental benefits of a veterans cemetery on Strawberry fields near the 405 and 5 freeway interchange, is off base. He argues the original site for a veterans’ cemetery in Irvine offers a far better and more equitable solution for city residents and veterans to the conservation challenges pointed out by the competing authors.
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Brown and Worrel: A Bird’s Eye View of Irvine’s Disputed Veteran’s Cemetery
Laguna Greenbelt Inc., urges voters to approve the Veterans Cemetery land swap near the Great Park with the cemetery on what is now Strawberry Fields, after considering its impact to wildlife and open space management.
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Coleman and Williams: Support for Integrated Housing Campus in Irvine Grows
Anita Coleman and Wendy Williams are the creators of Irvine for Everyone (I4E), a growing movement and group of Irvine residents and voters who support the creation of a full spectrum of housing in Irvine. The personal story of Wendy Williams, a 30 year resident of Irvine makes clear why it is important for Irvine to be a welcoming city and provide emergency shelters.
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Oliphant: Building in Irvine, Too Fast and I’m Furious
Wesley Oliphant, who lives in Portola Springs in Irvine, writes that city leaders aren’t keeping a good balance of infrastructure development and building in Irvine, arguing an ongoing ballot initiative to put voters in charge of development is needed to protect Irvine’s quality of life.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Coleman: Integrating Homeless Offers Unique Opportunity for Irvine
Longtime Irvine resident Anita Coleman writes that Irvine city leaders should embrace the challenge of providing different homeless housing options.
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Kwon, Stewart and Baran: Irvine Residents Support Responsible Growth
Organizers with Irvine For Responsible Growth write that they deserve to have an open and transparent debate over the future of development in Irvine and call out a series of deceptive tactics aimed at criticizing and stopping their ballot initiative.
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Chmielewski: Deceptive and Dishonest Mail Tactics Plague Irvine neighborhoods
Irvine resident Dan Chmielewski calls a letter warning against Irvine’s “slow growth” initiative as fraudulent. Local residents are trying to qualify a ballot measure that would allow voters to decide how their city grows.
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Santana: Does Irvine Need to Slow Down Development?
As residents organize to gather signatures to put major developments to popular vote, Irvine Greater Chamber of Commerce leaders rally against the idea pondering the potential impact on housing availability and prices.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Jaffe: The Official City Bird of Irvine …The Crane
Irvine resident Karen Jaffe writes that Irvine’s Responsible Growth Initiative is about good planning, not anti-growth.
