IRANIAN MEDIA HAIL EGYPT 'REVOLUTION'
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COMPANIES CONTINUE TO FLEE CALIFORNIA
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Grown up hippies in charge are creating a bad business climate in the once golden state. California should be one of the best states in the nation for business, not one of the worst, given our mild climate and other factors.
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REVOLTS IN MIDDLE EAST A REPUDIATION OF BUSH DOCTRINE?
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We think this guy has it right.
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NOW THERE ARE PROTESTS IN JORDAN
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We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of some pro-Western, mostly secular, puppet governments in Tunisia, Egypt and now Jordan.
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BREA VOTERS WILL GET TO VOTE FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM THEIR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
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Costa Mesa needs something similar. The way our municipal government hides things is by having frequent closed sessions and by claiming that just about everything that's controversial can't be revealed to citizens because it's a "personnel matter."
And, hey, what about some information on the stink-eye investigation? Mayor Pro Tem Righeimer, this stink-eye matter was about you and your supporters, so it falls on your shoulders to get information released about this.
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MAN SHOT IN THE HEAD WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN SANTA ANA
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Another victim of demographics.
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MUBARAK OF EGYPT--PAID PUPPET OF D.C. NEO-CONS IN TROUBLE
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YET ANOTHER BLAME A WHITE GUY HOAX
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Remember the story out of Woodland Hills last week about a school cop being shot by a White guy?
Turns out it was a hoax. The school cop apparently made the story up.
You just know the story got extra mileage from the fact that the perp was supposed to be White.
Lefties are always trying to find white violent criminals and featuring them in the press to make people think that violent crime is an equal opportunity employer. It isn't. Not by a long shot.
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TIDBITS AND HINTS FROM THE UNDERCURRENTS OF COSTA MESA
Bill Lobdell has a couple of interesting tidbits for Costa Mesans in his column in the DAILY PILOT today [HERE].
The first tidbit involves Chief Shawkey and a suggestion that there may be a power struggle going on in the CMPD. Although neither Lobdell nor the CM PRESS can confirm the exact details of this, we think there's a high probability that this is true.
The CM PRESS's guess about this, based on hints in the undercurrents swirling around the city, and from our own instincts, is that the left-wing clique within the department, which includes a few uniformed officers and at least one non-uniformed employee, is still taking its cues from former high ranking employees of the department who used the department in the past to pursue their left wing agenda and their political/social views.
The second tidbit involves N-MUSD Superintendent Hubbard and Katrina Foley. Although Foley can't discuss why she voted against the move to put Hubbard on paid leave, Lobdell figures it was because Foley didn't think Hubbard should be paid while on leave.
We think Lobdell got this right and we think Foley is going to need all the support of ordinary citizens that she can get if she's really set herself against the clubby school board.
Back when Foley was on the City Council, we often criticized her for various things that we believed were anti-improvement. However, we long ago realized that she was a very strong advocate for schools and kids in this city, and we think her move to the school board is a good fit and that she may be able to do some good things for the kids in her new position.
Unfortunately, those who support kids over the school board may have to work hard to get some other new people elected to the board before we see the major changes that are really needed.
We'll be stepping up our coverage of N-MUSD activities this year and we'll be especially watching to see if Ms. Foley finds any allies on the board or whether she's going to remain a voice in the wilderness.
As it stands right now, and in our view, just to be clear about this, allies of Ms. Foley on the school board on some major issues are going to look like friends of Costa Mesa students and parents and those who oppose her are going to look like enemies of students and parents.
Here's a link where you can see photos and names of the school board members.
You will note that we have now added a link to N-MUSD on the right of this page. Be sure to check it for meeting times.
We need more citizens going to school board meetings and speaking out.
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I agree on Foley and the school board fit. Didn't care much for her on the city council but she's already shaking things up on the school board, which has operated with little accountability and trustees who think they are elected for life.
ReplyDeleteIt has not occurred to anyone in the media that perhaps the riots in Egypt are not a repudiation of the Bush doctrine but evidence of its success. The uprisings there, as well as the ones in Iran and other places where such activity was unheard of in the past, are proof that the Bush democratic initiatives in Irag are inspiring people to speak up and even take to the streets.
ReplyDeleteBut here is where Americans need to wake up: Egypt cut off Internet and cell phone service faster than you can say, "Miss me yet?" If you think that can't happen here, you are mistaken.
The government giveth, and the government can taketh away. Sounds fair enough to me.
ReplyDeleteWE are "the government," John. WE decide what is given and what is taken away.
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