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| WED 19 DEC |
Chriss W. Street was called a hero in 1994, when he sounded the alarm on high-risk investments in the Orange County portfolio and predicted the county’s $1.7 billion bankruptcy filing.
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| TUE 11 DEC |
The Sheriff has stated that he has delegated his duties to Undersheriff Galisky.
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| SUN 9 DEC |
It was the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation's history.
Thirteen years ago, Orange County politicians were busy telling the public that the county was bankrupt.
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| WED 21 NOV |
In a slap at indicted Sheriff Michael S. Carona, Orange County supervisors Tuesday eliminated a waiver granted in 1998 that allowed him to promote two outsiders to be assistant sheriffs.
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| WED 24 OCT |
After more than a year of contentious labor talks, the Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a new contract with sheriff's deputies that will increase pay more than 12% over three years and reform the medical benefits program for retirees.
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| SAT 20 OCT |
Share the burden or cough up the cash.
That's the message airport commissioner Walter Zifkin sent this week by suggesting Orange County residents be charged a special fee to use Los Angeles International Airport.
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| FRI 19 OCT |
Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach is unquestionably influential, but whether his influence is good or bad depends on whether you’re asking a sheriff's deputy.
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| TUE 31 JUL |
2 presentations made to the Board regarding unconstitutional retroactive pension increases.
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| WED 25 JUL |
John Crean always said 99% of success was just outliving your competition and never giving up. Through the years our ad and syndication sales grew because I never gave up. If I learned anything in my years working on that show, it was that perseverance, coupled with patience, pays off.
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| TUE 17 JUL |
SANTA ANA - Medical marijuana users will finally be able to get county-issued photo identification cards within four months even though their ability to buy cannibis at legal local dispensaries is growing increasingly difficult.
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| WED 11 JUL |
The Bolsa Chica Conservancy serves thousands of visitors a year who take its tours, feel sea creatures in its touch tank, and learn about wetlands ecology in its many classes. But a recent remodel to its Interpretive Center cost a lot, as will a planned bridge to get visitors there more safely. That's why county officials have come to the rescue.
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| WED 23 MAY |
May 23, 2007Orange County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with the creation of a civilian commission that would review misconduct complaints against county law enforcement.
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| SAT 19 MAY |
Newport Beach and Orange County officials may take their battle for control of the Harbor Patrol to a new venue: Sacramento.
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| FRI 4 MAY |
The ongoing debate about who should run the Harbor Patrol in Newport Beach may become more intense, with city and county officials bidding for control.
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| THU 3 MAY |
Years of arguing and months of negotiations over unincorporated areas between Costa Mesa and Newport Beach may come to a head Wednesday, when the commission that decides annexations in Orange County meets.
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| FRI 27 APR |
Dealing a blow to the logic of outsourcing government work to private companies, a new Orange County report finds little savings in a $25-million-per-year contract awarded to a firm that manages the county's technology systems.
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| TUE 17 APR |
A free society should have as much oversight of its government as possible. That's why in larger communities in California, police agencies typically are monitored by a civilian oversight panel that can review allegations of official misconduct and assure that internal investigations are thorough. This level of independent review can benefit the agency and deputies themselves, as it can bolster confidence in the criminal justice system, and in those who enforce the laws.
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| TUE 27 FEB |
The cost of keeping the promise of generous retirement benefits for state and local government employees is starting to break California taxpayers and government agencies. Elected officials hoping to avoid accountability for massive public debts have mustered only a timid response to this growing fiscal crisis.
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| WED 21 FEB |
Johnnie Nichols, a civilian Defense Department employee, contributes to a federal pension that will let him retire at age 56, after 32 years of service.
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| THU 15 FEB |
Newport Beach could take over the Upper Newport Bay and Costa Mesa would manage Talbert Nature Preserve under a proposal from Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach
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| WED 10 JAN |
It's worked with sodas and fast food, so why not geography? Call it supersizing, city style.
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| MON 8 JAN |
The other night a close friend and neighbor asked if anything had surprised me in my first few days in my new office.
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