An “anonymous” $50,000 donation to the county to improve an archery range at Mile Square Park is sparking debate over whether government agencies should keep donors’ names secret and whether it could become a way for people with business before the county to secretly curry favor with the elected officials who make decisions.
Tag: Facilities Management West
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
OC Fair Board Will Discuss Forming Citizen Task Force
Decision follows a raucous meeting that includes tough questions
from new board members and accusations from activists.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Fair Sale Might Be Dead, but Scrutiny of Fair Board Continues
Amidst a statewide review of fair operations, the newest member
on the Orange County Fair Board presses for a citizen transparency
task force.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
OC Fairground Sale Officially Dead
State Department of General Services announces that Gov. Jerry
Brown does not want to sell the fairgrounds to Facilities
Management West, thus ending a years-long saga.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Norberto Santana Jr.
Appellate Court Denies Rehearing of OC Fairgrounds Case
Decision means that Facilities Management West’s last play in
its bid to purchase the Fairgrounds is to petition the Supreme
Court.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Labor Chief Named to Orange County Fair Board
Gov. Jerry Brown puts Nick Berardino, general manager of the
Orange County Employees Association, on the mostly Republican
board.
Posted inCosta Mesa
State Appellate Court Kills OC Fairgrounds Sale
Court says process to sell fairgrounds was fatally flawed and
“cannot go forward.”
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Legislators to Debate Fate of OC Fairgrounds
Legislative hearing on Wednesday puts former foes on same sides,
opposing the sale of the Fairgrounds.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Norberto Santana Jr.
Fair Drama Back on the Docket
State senator calls for cancellation of fairgrounds sale as
appellate court hearing nears.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Government, Investigative
Records Call Into Question District Attorney Probe of Fairgrounds Sale
Former State Senator Dick Ackerman contacted legislators on OC
Fairgrounds issues days before a critical vote. This information is
not in the District Attorney’s investigative report on the
issue.
