CM PRESS # 384

BLACK MAN KILLS TWO COPS IN MIAMI
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Violent crime is not an equal opportunity employer. Know it and play the odds right.
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AGENDA FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING ON 1/26
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The CM PRESS believes that the City Council needs to do a better job of policing Group 1 organizations to ensure they meet all the requirements.  You can read about the Groups, including Group 1, by following the link to Revised Athletic Field Use and Allocation Policy on the agenda (see page 3).

The reason the Council should police them better is because they get free use of the fields on elementary school campuses, but taxpayers (you and us) are paying the NMUSD about $200,000 per year to rent these fields that we then let Group 1 users have for free.

Remember, the Group 1 organizers charge their players to be on the teams.  Shouldn't some of that money pay for the fields and not just go into the pockets of the organizers?
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ANCHOR BABIES COST LOS ANGELES WELFARE $ 600 MILLION LAST YEAR
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And in Costa Mesa we still have one person on the City Council who supports charities in this city that help illegal aliens.
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RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM COAST DISTRICT CHANCELLOR CURRIE
[This is written so well, that we decided to put her whole letter up here rather than just a short blurb.]

January 19, 2011

Dear Board of Trustees and Coast Colleges Faculty and Staff:

Change has become the most predictable constant we have encountered, especially during the past two years. It is with much agonizing and heartfelt reflection that I have come to a decision regarding my search for the next chapter of a purposeful life. I will be leaving my post as Chancellor of the Coast District. Indeed, it is a big change for me at a personal level and, also, yet another change for the Coast District.

I believe in the divine plan. It was not a coincidence that our family pilgrimage trip to Israel last June triggered a change in my personal spiritual journey that led me to reorder my priorities and find pathways to a new purpose in serving humanity. My soul has been stirred ever since last summer and a number of signs appeared to let me know the time has come for such a change.

My husband, Mark, has been the wind beneath my wings for the last 30 years and has twice sacrificed his own career for me. Now that his business is soaring and asking for my help, it is, indeed, my turn to support him.

On Christmas Eve, I lost my best friend’s mother whom I also called, “mom.” I have an 87 year old mother who has given 67 years of her life’s sacrifice for her children. There is no way for me to repay her except with a little bit more of my time, which I have not had in years.

I am debt ridden with all the blessings that have been given to me freely by friends, colleagues, and a community of giants upon whose shoulders I stand. I have longed for the time when I can double the speed in which I pay it forward. I would like to start this payment plan before my own time runs out.

Community Colleges have long been the love of my life (besides my family). After more than 30 years of this love affair, I cannot simply close the door on it. I will continue to be involved with community college education and contribute in other ways and by other means. I hope you can forgive me for my timing, but it seems that there is never a good time to leave.

I will stay until the end of this academic year, June 30, so I can complete a few major tasks such as: the District’s Vision 2020 Master Plan, the budget deliberation and development for 2011/2012, and establish revenue generation venues. This will allow the Board to have a balanced tentative budget for approval in June and a successful transition for the next Chancellor.

I will, of course, continue to support the Vice Chancellors and Presidents’ success. They are a very strong team and the District will be in good hands.

It wasn’t easy for me to come to this conclusion, but perhaps sometimes our eyes have to be washed by our tears so we can see a clearer view ahead. Thank you for your understanding and support. I commit to do my very best during the months ahead and pledge to work with everyone to ensure a very smooth transition plan.

Sincerely,

Ding-Jo
Ding-Jo H. Currie, Ph.D.
Chancellor
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CHINA NO. 1 NATION--U.S. CONTINUES TO SINK
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The U.S. has been sliding for years and even today, few are willing to acknowledge this and take corrective action.

What have we done wrong? 

1. We've imported the Third World in the false belief that genes don't matter and that people are fungible.  This has changed the recipe that made America great.  Visit Detroit or many other once great cities.  They are now at Third World levels.

2. We've deindustrialized our nation in the false belief that America can be a great park and all the dirty factories will be in other countries.

What should we do to change things:

A.  Stop ALL immgration for a decade, and then when we start it up again, only let in people who can contribute to our society at high levels.

B.  Crank up the factories again and start making things.  True value is only generated when one makes something or grows something.  Everything else flows from those. Everyone else lives off what is made or grown in one way or another. Today, America has become a nation of paper pushers and middlemen with very few people making or growing things.  That needs to be changed.
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CALLING ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE

Costa Mesa is a great place to be homeless.

You can live for free in the bushes at the west end of 19th Street.

You can eat for free at the Soup Kitchen on 19th Street.

You can also get free food at Lions Park.

You can get free medical and dental care nearby.

And, with the city putting millions of dollars into making nice bike trails, you can ride your bikes to all the charities in safety.

And, the churches (often from other cities) are sending kind compassionate folks to Costa Mesa to help you in every way possible (except they won't take you back to their cities, so don't ask).

Oh, you will have to compete a little with the illegal aliens though, because the kind compassionate folks are also serving their needs in the same areas where you congregate.
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