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WED 9 MAY

NRA Radio Interview 

Listen to Supervisor Nelson - NBA Radio Interview

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WED 2 MAY

Cities, county at odds over police, fire deals 

Most cities contract with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department year-to-year, but the county will seek at least a five-year commitment from now on, officials say. Cities want to keep their options open.

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FRI 20 APR

Supervisor Nelson of OC: Only Those With $$ to Gain Think Choo Choo is Viable 

Supervisor Shawn Nelson says supporters of the problematic California high-speed rail project would face less criticism if they would “just be honest” about the financial realities confronting the $68-billion plan.

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MON 9 APR

Bullet trains stop short of O.C. in new plan 

ANAHEIM – For years, the idea of a high-speed rail system in California has been sold as a line that would whisk passengers from the San Francisco Bay Area to the resort area of Anaheim.

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SAT 7 APR

Calif high speed rail drops Anaheim from $68B plan 

The route of the planned Bay Area-to-Southern California high speed train system will stop short of Anaheim, state rail officials said.

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SAT 7 APR

Latest change in bullet train plan a blow to Orange County 

In a blow to Orange County's hopes for a boost to business and tourism, the California bullet train project has dropped a link to Anaheim from its current, $68-billion plan.

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FRI 6 APR

Editorial: Cool toward idea of ARTIC in Anaheim 

The Register's Editorial Board wonders why the Orange County Transportation Authority is pushing for a new, grandoise train station and bus depot in Anaheim, at an estimated cost of $180 million.

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MON 12 MAR

Stopping Obamacare’s implementation with local government 

The Orange County Board of Supervisors, or at least three of the five, should be commended for voting to reject federal grant money available through Obamacare to the county’s health care agency.

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TUE 6 MAR

Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson talks to Time Warner Cable Local Edition 

Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson talks to Time Warner Cable Local Edition host Leslie Leyton about pension reform and the local level.

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TUE 6 MAR

Supervisors reject $10 million it calls 'Obamacare' grants 

Orange County’s Board of Supervisors has blocked the county’s Health Care Agency from seeking more than $10 million in federal grants because some board members see the money as tainted by “ObamaCare."

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THU 1 MAR

Voters to get a say on Board of Supervisors' pensions 

Voters in June will get a chance to require that members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors take the lowest pension option offered to county employees.

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TUE 28 FEB

Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson Appointed to SCWC Board of Trustees 

The Southern California Water Committee announced this week the appointment of Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson to its diverse and well-respected Board of Trustees.

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TUE 28 FEB

County Looking Into Previous Owners of Eckhoff Building 

County officials have begun to look into an oil drilling company, the previous owner of a controversial Social Services Agency building in Orange that workers say is making them sick.

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MON 27 FEB

New Supervisors’ Chairman Seeks to Extend Term Limits 

It’s been rumored for months that John Moorlach, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, wants to seek a third term. This week he made it official.

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FRI 17 FEB

Family of 3-year-old pleads for hit-and-run driver to step forward 

The family of 3-year-old Miranda Palacios, who was fatally struck in a hit-and-run, pleaded at a news conference Friday morning for the driver to come forward.

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FRI 17 FEB

Family Of Toddler Killed In OC Hit-And-Run Pleads For Driver To Surrender 

The family of a toddler killed in a hit-and-run in Anaheim last week on Friday urged the driver responsible for her death to surrender to police.

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FRI 27 JAN

Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson talks redevelopment 

Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson talks to Leslie Leyton, host of Time Warner Cable’s “Local Edition” about the demise of redevelopment in California:

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WED 25 JAN

O.C. pension battle ahead 

John Moorlach, incoming chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, in his State of the County address Tuesday, outlined a plan to "preserve the financial viability of the county" by reining in skyrocketing pension costs facing the county.

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TUE 10 JAN

Moorlach Ready for the Super Bowl of Labor Negotiations 

As Orange County government prepares for the Super Bowl of labor negotiations with contracts for the three major employee unions up for renewal in 2012, John Moorlach, arguably the county's highest-profile union opponent, is set to take over the chairmanship of the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

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