Harvey Liss, who is Editor of Irvine Community News & Views, writes that it is time for the Irvine City Council to finally fulfill the will of the people and move forward with the Southern California Veterans Cemetery at the original 125-acre ARDA site in the Great Park.
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Final Results For OC’s Highest-Turnout Midterm Primary in More Than Three Decades
The election saw OC voters eliminating the Democrats’ supermajority in the state Senate; setting up competitive runoff elections for four Republican-held congressional districts and 4th District county supervisor; and delivering the first runoff elections for district attorney and sheriff in more than a quarter century.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Veterans Cemetery Land Swap Behind in Early Results
Measure B would move the proposed location for Orange County’s first veterans cemetery to the edge of the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, near the interchange of the 5 and 405 freeways.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Berardino: Setting the Record Straight on the OC Veterans Cemetery
Nick Berardino, a longtime union activist in Orange County, OC Fair Board member and U.S. Marine Vietnam combat veteran, writes that Irvine voters should endorse Measure B to create a veterans cemetery at a Strawberry fields site near the 405 and 5 freeway interchanges.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
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.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Voters to Decide Future of Orange County Veterans Cemetery
Voters June 5 could give Orange County its first veterans cemetery but in the political infighting leading up to the election, some veterans fear people have lost sight of who the cemetery is about—veterans.
