A City Council study session — the first of several to come —
shows just how tough the decisions will be for officials as they
grapple with how far to go with their privatization plan.
Public forum today on the need for budget cuts is likely to draw
questions about the city’s approach to numbers.
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Teacher claims Councilman Stephen Mensinger “chest bumped” him
during an argument last weekend over city outsourcing plan.
Mensinger denies it.
Forum co-sponsored by Voice of OC, the Orange County Register,
Daily Pilot and Newport Independent seeks to get straight talk from
officials about the city’s finances.
Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan says a brick thrown through the
window of his bar early Saturday is an escalation of outsourcing
plan protest.
In 2009, Gary Monahan helped steer a towing contract to a
company whose owners have ties to his bar.
More than 50 speakers took their turn at the podium at Tuesday’s
regular meeting, many accusing the council of “cooking the books”
to justify its outsourcing plan.
The City Council majority continues to stick to rhetoric that an
unprecedented outsourcing plan is need to save the city from
insolvency. But the public has not gotten all the facts.
David Nazar interviews key players in the ongoing controversy
over the Costa Mesa City Council’s Outsourcing plan.
The national political website, Politico, covers media blitz
against city’s outsourcing plan that highlights mayor’s inaction
after an employee’s suicide this month.
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