CITY CALENDAR THROUGH 7/29. LINK
(7/24--6:15 AM--UPDATED--Scroll down)
Monday--7/28--Planning Commission meeting (UPDATED). LINK
An item of interest is a proposed 34 unit live/work project proposed for 1036 and 1042 West 
18th Street on the Westside Bluffs. Staff has recommended this be denied. What will the Planning Commission do? LINK
Tuesday--7/29--Investment Oversight Committee meeting. Gives clues to the financial health of the city and how the city invests your tax dollars.
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FBI VIOLENT CRIME RATES FOR THE RING OF CITIES 2006 (Figures are based on 10,000 people)
Read more in the OC REGISTER. LINK
Irvine 6.68% (Down from 8.41% in 2005)
Newport Beach 16.14% (Up from 15.16% in 2005)
Fountain Valley 17.01% (Up from 12.09% in 2005)
Huntington Beach 20.74% (Down from 23.70% in 2005)
Costa Mesa 27.61% (Up from 27.53% in 2005)
Santa Ana 58.18% (Up from 53.48% in 2005)
So, in yet another statistic, Costa Mesa is down in the dump with Santa Ana. How many of these statistics do voters need to see to understand that we have to do more to improve Costa Mesa than just fix potholes in the streets?
When will voters demand that the City Council get its priorities straight and start removing some slum buildings instead of funding work-arounds to mollify citizens.
Why are we spending more than $ 200,000 per year to remove graffiti instead of spending that money to remove the slum buildings where the gang members who put up the graffiti live?
You know the old saying: Give a man a fish and he'll be hungry the next day, but if you give him a fish hook he can catch his own fish and not go hungry?
Well, it's a little like that in Costa Mesa but here, it's like this: If you give the City more money to hide the graffiti, there will just be more graffiti tomorrow, but if you remove the slums where the gang members who put up the graffiti live, there won't be any graffiti tomorrow.
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SPEAKING OF CRIME--ANOTHER INVISIBLE MAN IN SHIRT AND PANTS
If you see "a man about 21 years old, wearing a dark blue shirt and black jeans" (this is the actual description in the Pilot), call the cops. He used a gun to rob a store on Bristol Street near Paularino last Thursday. LINK
From this description, we figure the perp must be invisible. Hey, wait a minute, if he's invisible then how did they guess his age? So, someone must have seen the guy's face. Did he have skin on his face? What color was it? Wouldn't a description of the largest human organ help narrow the pool of 21-year-olds wearing dark shirts and black jeans?
Must be another one of those white criminals that the haters and bigots keep telling us are the real problem in Costa Mesa.
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SYNCHRONICITY?
(NEW ARTICLE--7/23--8:09 AM)
Check out page News 9 of the paper version of the OC REGISTER today. You'll see two stories at the top of the page right next to each other.
In the first story, Residents outraged at 2nd fatal shooting, we read that a man named Kevin Wicks was fatally shot by a police officer named Brian Ragan, early Monday.
In the second story, Former USIA chief Wick dies at 90, we read that Charles Z. Wick who once worked for Ronald Reagan died on Sunday.
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VULCAN IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE? (NEW 7/23--8:54 AM)
Here's a photo of Air Force General Norton Spock, ah, Norton Schwartz, who has just been nominated to be the Air Force's chief of staff.
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