FIRST NO-PLANNING COMMISSION COMPOSED COMPLETELY OF COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE TIES TO IMPROVEMENT MEETS TONIGHT
There is a no-Planning Commission meeting tonight, Monday, 2/12, starting at 6:30 p.m. in City Council chambers.
This will be the first no-Planning Commission meeting with new no-Planning Commissioners, Sam Clark and James Righeimer.
These two will join regulars Donn Hall, Eleanor Egan and Jim Fisler on the dais.
Something that may have gone unnoticed to many is the fact that this will be the first no-Planning Commission on which every member, in one way or another, and whether they know it or not, owes his or her seat to the improvers and what they started about seven years ago.
Notwithstanding the above, it would be incorrect, right now, to say that this is an "Improvement Commission," because many of the members do not directly come out of that movement.
However, even those who don't come out of that movement received a nod from improvers or those elected by improvers as potentially being on the right page to help improve Costa Mesa.
Time will tell whether or not this Commission will just be a caretaker commission or will be activist and work hard to make our city the great place it should be.
You can count on having improvers watching every official move of the no-Planning Commissioners to find out what they're really made of.
And, you can count on the CM PRESS to report on good and bad decisions as they are made.
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CORRECTION TO DAILY PILOT ABOUT NO-PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
In it's Planning Commission Preview appearing in the Pilot today (2/12), it was incorrectly stated that the owner of the West 17th and Placentia industrial park [51 units on 4 acres] "could develop [the present industrial units] with live-work units [read artist's lofts] but the proposed condos will be residential only."
In fact, the present owner has stated that he wants to keep the units as industrial only. This does not please some in the community who want to see a transition of the Westside to a higher and better use.
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CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION--TUESDAY, 2/13, 4:30 p.m.-- CITY HALL
At the City Council study session starting at 4:30 p.m. in conference room 1a, the Council will discuss Katrina Foley's Youth in Government Program ("Foley Youth" to some wags). This program, which the majority on the Council previously voted to receive and file (which means, throw it in the trash), was brought back for discussion at this meeting at the request of Foley.
Some observers believe this program, that will use $3,800 of your tax funds for eighteen students to "learn" about government, is little more than an attempt by Foley to help develop a voting base and/or cadre of precinct walkers for the election in two years in which she is expected to run again.
Observers point out that it seems that Foley is constantly coming up with programs and plans that appear to be attempts to endear her to sports teams, PTA types, charity bosses, and assorted liberals by using your money. In other words, some believe that she's trying to build a liberal political base with your dime.
Remember the controversy when Foley donated part of her Councilmember discretionary funds to non-profits and was told that's not a proper purpose for those funds?
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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING--TUESDAY, 2/13, 7 p.m.--DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
The NMUSD Board will meet at 7.p.m. at district headquarters, 2985-A Bear Street to decide what to do about our schools that are failing to produce sufficient numbers of students who can pass standardized tests to put these schools in the passing grade with the feds.
It seems the feds are saying that students should learn something in the schools. This apparently does not please the NMUSD.
Note, 2985-A Bear Street is on the south east corner of Bear and Baker Street about a half mile west of Bristol.
Even if you don't have kids in school, this is worth your time. Home values are partly linked to the quality of our schools, and the quality of our schools is directly related to the number of illegal aliens in our city.
Go and watch how the mumblers on the Board try to work around Costa Mesa being turned into an illegal alien sanctuary city by liberals who are trying to obstruct the improvement of Costa Mesa.
Listen as some in the education establishment gush over each other in this mutual admiration society but fail to say anything of substance.
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