MANSOOR GETS IT RIGHT...AGAIN
(Vote for the right 3 in '08)
Mayor Pro Tem Allan Mansoor has a column in the almost daily Daily Pilot today and gives an example of why voters in Costa Mesa like him so much--he doesn't equivocate. LINK
He tells you what he thinks, clearly and succinctly. You know where he stands. No dancing.
And, Mansoor thinks that Eric Bever, Gary Monahan and Jim Righeimer are needed on the Costa Mesa City Council.
We agree.
Mayor Pro Tem Allan Mansoor has a column in the almost daily Daily Pilot today and gives an example of why voters in Costa Mesa like him so much--he doesn't equivocate. LINK
He tells you what he thinks, clearly and succinctly. You know where he stands. No dancing.
And, Mansoor thinks that Eric Bever, Gary Monahan and Jim Righeimer are needed on the Costa Mesa City Council.
We agree.
We think Bever, Monahan and Righeimer are the only three candidates running this year who will continue the improvement of Costa Mesa.
We've watched these three candidates over the years and know they get it.
BEVER------Here's a guy who was way ahead of the curve in improving Costa Mesa. He didn't just fall out of bed one day, as so many of the other candidates running seem to have done, and suddenly say he wanted the glory of being on the City Council.
As we've reported before, when Improvers were first coming on the scene, Bever used to stand in front of the Home Depot on Harbor Blvd. handing out fliers about improving our city. And, he did so all by his lonesome.
And, when the Improvers had their first big meeting (with a standing room only crowd), it was Bever who organized it and it was Bever who ran for donuts and did just about everything else.
MONAHAN----The first time we ever saw Monahan was at some event at John Creen's estate. Here was this guy walking around with a baby strapped to his back asking people to vote for him. Monahan is pretty much a guy for small, less intrusive government. We like that. But, he also understands that government does have a proper function in making Costa Mesa the great city it can be.
RIGHEIMER---The only time we've ever spoken to Righeimer was when we passed each other at City Hall one day. Nevertheless, we've watched him on the no-Planning Commission and we've read his columns.
What has struck us about his thought processes--especially evidenced in his columns--is that he often thinks like an economist--and argues to an improvement conclusion based on cost/benefit analyses. In our opinion, this type of thinking adds an important dimension to the mix as to why and how Costa Mesa should and can be improved.
What cinches our vote for Righeimer, however, is the fact that Mansoor is endorsing him.
We're absolutely convinced that Mansoor (like Bever) is selfless in wanting an improved Costa Mesa and that he wouldn't endorse anyone who would put us back on the old negative track to becoming a new Santa Ana.
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WE CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THE RESPONSE TO MANSOOR'S COLUMN
We're getting our laugh meter set up as the expected responses from the usual lefties start coming in about Mansoor's column. This tiny group is so predictable that we could publish most of their names and the gist of their comments right now if we wanted to.
In fact, and as we reported in CM PRESS # 482, the almost daily Daily Pilot's managing editor, Brady Rhoades (who lives in Fullerton, and who looks a lot like...well you know who), couldn't wait to respond to Mansoor and did so in the almost daily Daily Pilot two days before Mansoor's column even appeared! LINK
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JIM FISLER FOR SANITARY DISTRICT
And, remember, current no-Planning Commissioner Jim Fisler, who has also been working for an improved Costa Mesa, is running for a seat over there this year.
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KEEP COSTA MESA FROM BECOMING A NEW SANTA ANA
There are almost daily murders in Santa Ana these days. Here's a story about a 13-year-old kid who was shot to death as he walked home from school yesterday.LINK
There are only three tough on crime candidates running for the City Council in Costa Mesa this year. Bever, Monahan, Righeimer. That's it folks. If you want Costa Mesa to be more like our neighboring coastal cities and less like Santa Ana, vote for these three.
This is no time to vote for squishes like Flopsy Katrina Foley whose idea of crime prevention is to plant flowers in front of the Mission-Mendoza slum and who refused to sign a letter asking President Bush to secure our borders, and who spoke through a translator to a bunch of suspected illegal alien day workers to let them know she's their pal.
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ICE REPORT FOR AUGUST 2008
We just received the ICE report for August 2008. This is the same report that the CMPD sends to the City Council.
We'd publish the whole report here, which is in the form of a spread sheet, but this blog software resists. Anyone on our email list who wants the report should just email us.
We don't know what's going on, but the ICE detainers are going down each month.
Take this latest report, for example. There were 509 total arrests in Costa Mesa during August 2008. Of these, 52 arrestees were interviewed by ICE and 25 ICE detainers were issued.
Compare that with August 2007. During that month last year, there were only 446 arrests (87 fewer than in August 2008) but 95 of the arrestees were interviewed by ICE, leading to 50 ICE detainers.
Take this latest report, for example. There were 509 total arrests in Costa Mesa during August 2008. Of these, 52 arrestees were interviewed by ICE and 25 ICE detainers were issued.
Compare that with August 2007. During that month last year, there were only 446 arrests (87 fewer than in August 2008) but 95 of the arrestees were interviewed by ICE, leading to 50 ICE detainers.
So, there were twice as many ICE detainers in August 2007 as in August 2008!
It's been like this every month in 2008. ICE detainers are down every single month of 2008 as compared to 2007.
Why? Anyone have any ideas why?
One reader suggests that many illegal aliens are self-deporting out of Costa Mesa. However, the CM PRESS hasn't seen any real evidence of this, and national self-deportation figures don't seem to support this theory.
Another reader suggests that some cops are avoiding arresting suspected illegal aliens. Again, we don't know if that's right or not, and we have no way of checking. Of course, the City Council would be able to check on this if they wanted to.
Maybe the Council should check just to put any rumors to rest; especially since it is known that there are cops who opposed having an ICE agent in the jail, and who worked to try to defeat Mansoor, Bever, et. al. and elect lefty squishes to the Council.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
