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On The City Council Agenda, July 2, 2013
After eight days on the road, it is good to be home. New Mexico and my brother send their felicitations. The road was (mostly) smooth and the temperatures hot as Julie and I traversed Arizona and New...
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Where’s The Leadership?
Suffice it to say, the water in Tustin may taste terrible but it is healthy, according to the Public Health Goals 2010-2012 report as presented at the July 2nd Tustin City Council meeting by Water...
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On The Planning Commission Agenda, July 9, 2013
There’s not much on Tuesday’s Tustin Planning Commission Agenda unless you plan to subdivide your property. The sole item on the agenda is a public hearing on Code Amendment 2013-002 that would amend...
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The OC Supervisor’s Embarass Themselves
“You’re here to help us, not embarass us nationally.” That’s the words from Orange County Supervisor, John Moorlach, as he lashed out at the Orange County Grand Jury for their latest missive dinging...
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Tustin Police Chief to Retire
As I mentioned earlier this week, the Tustin City Council essentially made public the fact that Chief Scott Jordan is leaving the city. I am always a little leery when high ranking police official...
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Playing Politics With Pensions
Not much has been happening lately in our town Tustin. The hallowed halls of the city were originally scheduled to be dark for the next few weeks. That is, until the city council, who cancelled a...
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The Feds Take A Turn At County Slapdown
Hot on the heels of a scathing grand jury report and the announcement of an investigation by the Fair Political Practices Commission, the FBI announced Wednesday, they have created a task force to...
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Crime & Punishment in Our Town Tustin
With all the recent stories of Federal investigations and Grand Jury reports, it would seem our little corner of the state is a hotbed of criminal activity. And, judging from recent press releases and...
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Leave Me Alone, I’m In Denial – Again
I hope everyone enjoyed National Night Out at the District in Tustin. The annual event is put on by public safety around the country. Many cities in The Real OC, including Tustin, enjoyed a different...
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On the Planning Commission Agenda-August 13, 2013
It’s been a quiet few weeks at Tustin City Hall with not much happening. This Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting shouldn’t buck the trend with only one item listed on the agenda. The single item on...
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On The City Council Agenda – August 20, 2013
Although the the city council appears to have a lengthy agenda, with 14 items on Regular Business, it is the one Public Hearing that will garner the most attention and most likely cause the meeting to...
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Silent Mike and Lindburgh – The Wilcox Sequel
(Updated 08/20/13) You might call it the Phoenix Rising, although we would probably characterize it more as the Amityville Horror. It seems the boys at the Wilcox Manor just won’t take no for an...
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Government Insiders Threaten the Initiative Process | Howard Jarvis Taxpayers...
(Although Rex Rabin of the Sacramento Bee may have a different opinion on the Initiative process, we tend to agree with Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Tax Institute. We are blessed with the ability to...
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Send In The Clowns – Redux
Not much to report on for this coming week as the Planning Commission has cancelled another meeting, presumably for lack of business. That doesn’t mean there isn’t quite a bit happening around our town...
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Pouring Money Into the Hole
In news from the Republic of Orange County, we found the not so surprising tidbit that OCTA has voted to refinance the 91 Express Lanes Bonds. The 91 toll roads, supposedly an award-winning design, has...
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Amante & Songstad Still Remembered For Ethics Breach
In the category of “where are they and what are they doing now”, my friend Omar Masry from the hinterland of NoCal, sent me a link to an interesting LA Times article. Awhile back, we wrote an article...
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Smoller Speaks Out
Release Grand Jury Transcripts on City Manager Salaries More than year after a scathing Orange County Grand Jury report that found former Tustin City Councilman, Jerry Amante, had abused his authority,...
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On The City Council Agenda – September 17, 2013
It should be a pretty short meeting for the Tustin City Council this Tuesday with only one item on the Regular Business Calendar and five items on the consent calendar. The meeting begins with the...
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Odds & Ends
Looking For a New Look We thought it was time to do a little updating and housekeeping on the site. Although we have always liked the simplicity of the current design, there are features that we don’t...
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Want to Understand Obamacare? Ask Trader Joe’s
Ever since the demise of Tweetdeck, I have been searching for an adequate replacement that would allow me to peruse all of my social media accounts in one place. So far, there has been nothing on the...
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