CM PRESS # 282

WOULD COSTA MESA SAVE MONEY BY CONTRACTING WITH THE SHERIFF TO POLICE OUR CITY?
Here's an article showing the weekly costs of ten OC Cities that use the Sheriff's Department for their police services.

If any readers want to see if this might be a viable option for Costa Mesa, please do the math.
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PHOTO OF CHRIS MCEVOY













EXPENSIVE LOOKING MAILER PROMOTING CHRIS MCEVOY'S CANDIDACY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL...

PAID FOR BY COSTA MESA FIRST

McEvoy says on his website that "Our 'rule of law' resolution/motto is silly and unnecessary based on our City’s history."

McEvoy also says on his website that "Medical Marijuana should be sold in Costa Mesa."

WHO IS COSTA MESA FIRST?




COSTA MESA FIRST is apparently Sandra Genis, Greg Ridge and Kyle Johnson.

Ms. Genis was out this morning when we tried to get some comments from her on the telephone, and Mr. Johnson picked up the phone but said he was busy. We left our email address with both so they can send us comments if they so choose.

Mr. Ridge doesn't show a telephone number on the form, so we couldn't contact him.

You may recall that Ridge often makes comments on liberal blogs and in liberal newspapers as "Gericault."

If you're in favor of really improving Costa Mesa and if you believe as we do that McEvoy is against such real improvement, and if you want more readable versions of McEvoy's mailer and the 410 Form from Costa Mesa First, leave us your fax number or email address in comments (we won't publish them) and we'll try to send you better copies.

Or, you can get a copy of the 410 Form from the City Clerk.

Correct us if we're wrong, but wasn't Ms. Genis on the City Council when the Council approved that mess called Triangle Square?
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LOOKING ANALYTICALLY AT THE ELECTION (MAIL TO THE CM PRESS)

Let's look at our upcoming election for the open Costa Mesa city council seats analytically. We have 5 candidates running for 2 city council seats. Wendy Leece is the only incumbent. She is highly respected, and has proven herself (she's a shoo in). Jim Righeimer is a city of Costa Mesa planning commissioner (who's personal finances should be private), Chris McEvoy is a pro medical marijuana candidate, Sue Lester is a pro medical marijuana candidate with little knowledge of our city, and the other candidate is reputed to be "in over his head" due to being a newcomer with no knowledge of city history. It looks to me a like failure to vote for Wendy Leece and Jim Righeimer will only lead to MORE marijuana proliferation in Costa Mesa. Our entire police force must want more crime in town, more pot heads on every street corner, more DUI arrests, more deaths from frequent accidents, increased use of heroin, meth, and cocaine, more mental illness, a greater drug exposure to our children of all ages, etc. I must assume that is what the police department wants. Do we now have a dumb crop of cops in this city? With that kind of thinking, why should they get any pension benefits at all?
By Vicki on CM PRESS # 282 at 2:35 PM
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YET ANOTHER ALLEGED BAD COP--NEXUS WITH COSTA MESA

VETERAN LAPD DETECTIVE ARRESTED FOR FRAUD
John X. Vach Jr., a 15-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), last assigned to Major Crimes
Division, and co-owner of Southside Towing in Costa Mesa, surrendered to authorities last night pursuant to an
arrest warrant listing seven felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud, perjury and attempted grand theft. The
LAPD’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit conducted an investigation that stemmed from a medical claim filed
by Detective Vach in late 2007. Investigators working in partnership with the Los Angeles County District
Attorney’s Healthcare Fraud Division and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office established probable cause to
believe that Detective Vach knowingly signed fraudulent documents under the penalty of perjury and received
benefits to which he was not entitled. Detective Vach was booked and released after posting a $120,000 bail.
Detective Vach is 37 years old and resides within Los Angeles County, California. Detective Vach is on a leave of
absence without pay pending the outcome of both the criminal and administrative investigations. G&W Towing
and MetroPro Towing provide towing services on behalf of the City - Southside Towing was not recommended
and was not selected by the City Council as our towing contractor.

The above is FROM THE MESA, October 8, 2010 issue. The City seems slow to put these reports on the City's Website, so it may not be up when you click on the link. But, persevere, it will be up eventually.
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