CM PRESS # 345

TWENTY WORST CHARITIES IN AMERICA
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The charities on this list are called worst because of their high overheads.  Actually, these charities simply haven't learned to play the game and hide their overheads.

The CM PRESS has looked at some of the tricks used by some local charities to hide overhead. 

One way is to just count the overhead of the main office as overhead and then have various programs within the charity that all have their own staffs. The staffs of these programs are not counted as overhead of the charity because they are often listed as providing "services."  Some of the services they provide are simple commonsense lessons on health or cooking.

We saw one charity that fed the hungry. Out of every dollar it received, it spent (in round numbers) 20 cents on food, 20 cents on overhead, 60 cents on teaching clients on how to wash their hands before touching food and how to open cans and cook food to a safe temperature.
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WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO K.O.'s PETER
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Peter has now lost to both Klitschko brothers.  Big fight in the spring will be David Haye against Wladimir (if it happens).
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RESULTS OF LAST NIGHT'S DUI CHECKPOINT--HARBOR/VICTORIA

The Costa Mesa Police Department conducted a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Saturday, December 11, 2010. The location of Saturday’s checkpoint was on Harbor Boulevard, south of Victoria Street.

806 Vehicles went through the checkpoint
733 Drivers were screened
7 DUI investigations
2 DUI suspects arrested
1 Other arrest
35 Driver’s license investigations
21 Citations issued
10 Vehicles towed
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O.C. CITIES CREATING THEIR OWN STIMULUS PLANS
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Some good ideas in the above linked article.
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WE'VE BEEN GETTING RUDE MESSAGES FROM ONE OF LEECE'S SUPPORTERS WHO DOESN'T LIKE US COMMENTING ON LEECE

This supporter tells us that Leece is doing a good job. This supporter is also bitter that Leece wasn't named Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem. 

As part of the evidence of the good job that Leece is doing, this supporter says that Leece is helping the non-profits.  We kid you not. No, really.  That's what she wrote us.

Actually, as most bright people know, some of the non-profits are part of the problem.  They're acting as magnets. It is partly due to a concentration of non-profits on the Westside, that the area is having a hard time improving.

There's a reason why illegal aliens and homeless people are concentrated on the Westside and it's not because they're vacationing there.  The Westside is where they can get many freebies.  Thanks, Wendy.

See the photo above with the pigeon lady and all the people in the background who are having their quality of life ruined by this woman's misplaced compassion?  Do you suppose all those pigeons would be there if the pigeon lady stopped feeding them? 

And, by the way, Leece's rude supporter doesn't live on the Westside.  Perhaps we can move some of those non-profits over to her neighborhood.
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