Wednesday, September 29, 2010

CM PRESS # 271

CITY RELEASES CHECKPOINT AUDIO
Link to DAILY PILOT

**UPDATE** The Pilot now has the actual audio at the above link. We listened to it, and Righeimer doesn't sound like the monster that some have tried to portray him as. In fact, he sounds downright calm given the nature of the traffic and safety problems. You can hear the traffic in the background.

In the above link, the Pilot has a transcript of the short audio. See what you think. From what the CM PRESS sees there, Jim Righeimer seems polite and not out of control as some anonymous commenters have written. He tells one cop it's not the cop's fault that the checkpoint is in the wrong place at the wrong time and he even says "Thank you," to the cop.

Now, what about the four cops who spoke to the press, presumably violating department policy? Is there such a policy? And, what are their names? We'll apparently have to wait to see what the City releases next, if anything.
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MEG WHITMAN AND THE ILLEGAL ALIEN MAID
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Did Whitman hire her? Yup. Did she know she was an illegal alien? Apparently not.

If nothing else, the above linked OC REGISTER story shows that Whitman has a good rapid damage control apparatus that was able to quickly get actual documents out to the public and thus give the story short legs.
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RECORD HEAT IN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK--RIGHEIMER TO BLAME
We're waiting for the lefties to claim something like the above.
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COMPANY HEADS TO NEVADA WHERE BUSINESS CLIMATE IS BETTER
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The above linked article from the OC REGISTER gives a quick read on how and why California is going wrong.

California needs to be a lot more business friendly if the state is to ever pull out of the red ink.
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LIB WHINES THAT HE'S STUNNED---THERE ARE TOO MANY WHITE PEOPLE IN THE PHOTOS IN THE GOP'S PLEDGE TO AMERICA PRESENTATION MATERIAL.
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Oh horrors, White people. Run and hide.

Why, the GOP must want to turn the clock back. Say, all those White people must be hiding hoods behind their backs.

Doesn't the GOP know that you can't have photos of a group of White people unless there are the proper percentages of Blacks, Browns, Yellows and a few Reds all smiling and having a great kumbaya time?
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COUNCILMEMBER BEVER DOESN'T WANT THE CITY'S EMPLOYEE UNIONS TO INTIMIDATE THE CITY COUNCIL INTO VOTING AGAINST THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF COSTA MESA
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As we've previously reported, most of the city employees who belong to the police union and the fire fighter union don't choose to live in Costa Mesa.

Since they don't choose to live in this city that pays them so well, they also can't vote here. Yet, election after election, they pay thousands of dollars to endorse candidates who they believe will favor their interests over the interests of citizens.

Councilmember Bever wants to see the present negotiations with the unions over salaries and benefits held off until after the November election. This is unlikely to happen, but Bever's principled stand shines additional light on a long simmering problem.

As we recently wrote, we're hearing a buzz in the community from folks who wonder if Costa Mesa might be better off using the sheriff's department to do our policing and the county to do our fire fighting. This is done by many cities.
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1 comment:

  1. CM Press. In response to your question, there is a police policy against speaking to the press and these officers did violate it. Where's that investigation?? The tapes clearly show Righeimer did nothing wrong. Where's the investigation into Reickoff and the rest of the thug union cops who break our laws on speaking to the press. Our PD has a lot of damage control to do before they cause some serious harm.

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