CM PRESS # 383

DEMOCRAT PARTY BECOMING THE NON-WHITE PARTY
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Black Democrat wants party to win back Whites.
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A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON CHANGING THE TITLE OF CITY MANAGER TO CEO

Although most people probably don't think of cities in business terms, the reality is that every city competes with every other city for businesses and productive citizens.

In Orange County, the older inland cities are simply not competing successfully with South County for young, upwardly mobile families.  And it is these families that are the real lifeblood of any top rated community.

Costa Mesa is an older city, but we have an advantage over many inland cities in the fact that we are ocean close and right next to Newport Beach. 

We'll still not attract all the young upwardly mobile families that many Costa Mesans would like to see move here, but we'll get some, and if the new City Council fixes the Westside, we'll get many more who will want to live here for our amenities.

One down note on all this is the story we reported Monday about how Irvine is moving ahead with its plan to build 5,000 new homes near the Great Park.  Those homes will pull in lots of young families that might otherwise come to Costa Mesa.

So, we just need to ramp up our game and do a better job of fixing our city and marketing it properly.  Just as you would do if your business had some new competition coming in down the street.
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TWO WHITE ENGLISH MOTHERS AND THEIR KIDS NOT ALLOWED INTO PLAY GROUP IN ENGLAND BECAUSE THEY'RE WHITE
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In Great Britain, you're not supposed to discriminate based on color (see the second to last line in the linked article), so Whites are discriminated against with transparently flimsy arguments about being the wrong nationality, ethnicity or race to get freebies given to non-White immigrants.

This sort of anti-White discrimination is going on world wide, but so far most Whites just turn the other cheek.  This just allows it to continue and to grow.
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"CITY MANAGER" TO BECOME "CEO"?

That's what Councilmember Mensinger suggested last night.

We like the idea. 

 In fact, years ago when we were just getting involved in Costa Mesa political matters, we had a conversation with City Manager Allan Roeder about what he and everyone else did in City Hall.

Suddenly it dawned on us, and we said: "Oh, you're like a CEO."

Anyway, if  "City Manager" isn't a term of art that is required by law and if "CEO" can be the new title for the job, we think that the new title will send  psychological messages that Costa Mesa is both open for business and that the City is being run in a businesslike way.  Both good things.
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HELP US UNDERSTAND...DO YOU SEE A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE? DO YOU THINK THAT a) IS AN INSULT BUT b) ISN'T?

a) Would it be an insult and considered racist if you told a Latino that he's okay because he's like a White man?

b) Would it be an insult and considered racist if you told a White man that he's okay because he's like a Latino?

We bring this up, because back when Steve Mensinger was being considered for appointment to the City Council, a man went to the podium and spoke in favor of Mensinger over McEvoy because, in part [paraphrasing to get to the gist of the comment], Mensinger is like a Latino. This got some applause from the White libs in the audience.

Then, at last night's City Council meeting a woman went to the podium and said that she had spoken at the previous meeting when the Mensinger vs. McEvoy appointment was being discussed and that she had been  in favor of McEvoy. 

She also said that she had been angry that some high school football players had come to that meeting to speak in favor of Mensinger. 

However, she said that she has since realized that those football players were Latino and, because of that, she had now changed her mind about Mensinger [and now supported him].

Oh, she also asked that the City revoke its rule of law city designation.

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COSTA MESA TO START A HOMELESS TASK FORCE
TO HELP FAMILIES RECLAIM LIONS PARK--OR IS IT TO HELP THE HOMELESS BE MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE PARK AND COSTA MESA?
[Photo taken by CM PRESS of a  "homeless" bike in front of the downtown library]

At last night's City Council meeting, the Council voted unanimously to start a task force to study chronic homelessness in Costa Mesa.

If you ask stable citizens of Costa Mesa about this, most will probably tell you that the problem is that homeless people have taken over Lions Park and the adjacent Civic Center and library and that people no longer feel safe in taking their children to that area of the city (which is on the Westside, by the way).

They will also probably tell you that the reason there are so many homeless people in that area and the reason their numbers are increasing is because that location is close to all the charities where they can get free food, free dental care, free medical care and more.

However, the idea that this task force is to help stable citizens reclaim the park and adjacent areas and help improve Costa Mesa may not be what the Council has in mind.

The vibe last night seemed to be more one of how the citizens of Costa Mesa can help the homeless.

As you can see from the agenda report [HERE] the proposed task force has many seats on it that are going to those who provide services for the homeless and who many citizens believe are simply acting as "enablers" of the homeless, as one citizen told the Council.

In addition, Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer tried to get the Council to exclude the appointment of five ordinary citizens of Costa Mesa to the task force. Huh? The Council rejected this idea.

Righeimer is also a board member of Mercy House [LINK], whose executive director, Larry Haynes, was also appointed last night to be the task force facilitator. 

The CM PRESS told the Council that we thought it odd that Larry Haynes' name suddenly popped up in the middle of the report (pg 3) as the fait accompli "Task Force Facilitator" when there was no indication of how he got that position and there was no resume from Haynes or any other background information in the report about him.

After we spoke, Haynes, who was in the audience, went to the podium and gave a quick oral version of his resume that boiled down to him saying that he's an expert on homelessness.

According to Mercy House's federal tax forms, Mr. Haynes makes $ 103,000 per year helping the homeless.  It is not clear from the agenda report whether or not Mr. Haynes will make any money from Costa Mesa, as we read only that he has agreed to act as the facilitator "on a voluntary basis," (pg 3 of the report) (it doesn't say "unpaid" voluntary basis).

And  under the Fiscal Impact section of the report (pg 4) it says that "There should be no fiscal impact to the general fund other than the Staff and City Attorney's Office time associated with research, analysis and coordination."   (Emphasis added by CM PRESS.  Here again, we're not clear if our tax money from outside the general fund will be funneled into this project.)

Our guess is that the Council may already have the thought in mind to give CDBG tax money (your money) to Mercy House. 

So if we're right, it looks like the Council and the administration want you to think this is free because they're not taking money out of your right pocket--no, they're taking it out of your left pocket. It's still your money no matter which pocket it comes out of.

The Task Force has been given 6 to 9 months to complete its work and make recommendations to the City Council. 

The CM PRESS tried but failed to get the Council to shorten that time to 3 months, so families could get control of the park and adjacent facilities sooner (we're trying to be optimistic here, just for a minute, and we're pretending  that this Task Force will actually do something to make things better for families and will help improve the Westside and Costa Mesa).

COSTA MESA A GREAT PLACE TO BE HOMELESS

One of the first speakers from the public to address the Council last night told the Council that he had moved here to Costa Mesa because he had heard that Costa Mesa was a great place to be homeless.  He then praised the city for its compassion.

Translation: CALLING ALL HOMELESS, CALLING ALL HOMELESS. COME TO COSTA MESA. COSTA MESA IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE HOMELESS. PASS IT ON.

UPDATE: Here's a link to the OC REGISTER story on the above. You will note that "the one who shall not be named" (as one writer called a certain person who is not to be named) is mentioned by name.

UPDATE 2: Here's a link to the DAILY PILOT's story on this.

UPDATE 3: Here's a link to the City's Press Release about applying to be on the Task Force.
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