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Big turnaround in polls. Favorite Crist embraced Obama's economic scams--voters fleeing him.
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UH OH--COMMENTER WANTS NEWPORT TO HAVE ITS OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT
The main thing keeping Costa Mesa from being as bad as Santa Ana is our connection with Newport Beach.
For that reason, the CM PRESS has always supported any links Costa Mesa has with Newport, including our unified school district and even the fact that the Daily Pilot links the two cities.
Over the years as we've looked at the dismal student scores in illegal alien infested schools in Costa Mesa and how these schools are keeping the school score averages in Newport lower than they should be, we've feared that Newporters would, at some point, call for a split from Costa Mesa schools.
If this were to happen, Costa Mesa's schools would devolve almost to Santa Ana levels.
Now, a Newporter has suggested in the Daily Pilot (LINK)that just such a split be made.
Streamliner wrote on Jan 31, 2010 10:57 AM:
" Regarding your article "$13 M Must be Cut from Schools," as a resident of Newport Beach, I have a suggestion: I think that the time has come for Newport Beach to break all ties with Costa Mesa and to form our own school district. Like Beverly Hills and Irvine, Newport Beach should have its own, world class school system, supported by resident tax dollars and directly responsible to city residents. With two cities involved in the Newport-Mesa School District, it is no wonder that the district always seems to be having problems. "
We hope that this idea doesn't catch on in Newport, but the way to keep it from catching on is to IMPROVE COSTA MESA!
Damn it, Costa Mesa City Council, get rid of the friggin' slums and stop giving our money to non-profits that give aid to illegal aliens and encourage more homes on the Westside Bluffs, and Costa Mesa will start rising to Newport's level.
Are you five people on the Costa Mesa City Council so stupid that you can't see what has to be done? Are you so dumb that you can't figure out how to do it? Are you going to wait until Newport breaks all links with Costa Mesa and then we become the new Santa Ana?
# # #VOODOO HIGH PRIEST SAYS CHRISTIANS ARE GRABBING THE AID IN HAITI
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VAN TRAN BRAGS ABOUT HOW MUCH MOOLA HE'S RAISED AND HE GETS IT ABOUT OPINION MOLDERS
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Van Tran is the guy who is termed out of the California Assembly and whose seat is being sought by Mayor Mansoor.
Van Tran now wants to move up to a bigger league by beating Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
So far, Van Tran hasn't endorsed Mansoor but we suspect if Mansoor were Vietnamese Van Tran would be endorsing him. We think that says something about Van Tran that voters may not like.
On the plus side, Van Tran seems to have people around him who pay attention and who understand a little about the psychology and sociology of getting votes.
We come to this conclusion from the fact that after we had a letter published in a main stream newspaper, we suddenly got a letter from Tran along with a copy of our published letter photocopied from the newspaper.
What this tells us is that Tran or someone around him understands that to reach the most voters on a personal level, you don't have to reach all the voters yourself, you just have to identify and reach the "opinion molders" in various communities. Then, these opinion molders will reach others for you.
Who are opinion molders? They're just ordinary people like us here at the CM PRESS who talk and write a lot about things that they're interested in and who take the time to write to newspapers and speak out at public meetings.
You probably know several opinion molders. Maybe you have a neighbor or friend who, if they go out and buy a new car, for example, will be sure to talk to you about the car. If they see a movie, they talk to everyone about that movie.
So, Van Tran sent us a letter. No doubt, the hope was that we would then have our head turned toward him and that we would thereafter write or say glowing things about him.
"Golly! Hey Ma, we just got a letter from that there Van Tran feller. We sure must be important. Yes sirree, I can't wait to go down to the square dance and tell all the folks about what a nice feller he is and how they should all vote fer him."
Actually, we're not manipulated quite that easily. Sorry.
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WE HAD A WHO'S ON FIRST MOMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE
Kosen is the world's tallest man and He is the shortest. Link
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TEA PARTIERS TAKING OVER LOCAL GOP ORGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
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This is the way to retake the government--build from the grassroots up.
Here in Costa Mesa, the CM PRESS has often complained that our local elected "conservatives" seem to talk big about too much national spending and similar things, but they often fail to use the muscle that we have given them to actually do something right here where they actually can change things.
Talk is cheap, Costa Mesa City Council. Try doing something to improve Costa Mesa.
And, stop already with fixing the streets in front of the slums. Start thinning out the slums. If you don't know how to do it, just look at what the Stanton City Council is doing.
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DICK ARMEY SAYS GOP MUST COURT TEA PARTIES AND GRASS ROOTS
Link to article.
LINK to Dick Armey's group FREEDOMWORKS
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TOMORROW NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
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You won't see a single word on the agenda about thinning out slums in Costa Mesa, but you'll read a lot about paving and repaving our streets. Ho hum
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FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 41 SHIA MUSLIMS IN BAGHDAD
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Did you ever hear about these constant suicide bombings in Iraq before the U.S. invaded? Of course not. Iraq was kept relatively peaceful by the rule of Saddam Hussein.
When the U.S. blundered into that country, our dimwitted "leaders" wrongly thought that they could remake Iraq into a U.S. clone by removing Saddam. Big mistake.
If the CM PRESS sitting out here in little Costa Mesa can correctly foresee the course of events in Iraq---as we did in many columns before we invaded--you'd think the folks in D.C. might also be able to do so.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
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