CM PRESS # 526

CHRISTIE ANNOUNCES PLAN TO PRIVATIZE N. J. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The CM PRESS has long believed, and we still do, that Christie would be the best GOP presidential candidate.

Compared to this guy, the other GOP candidates who have announced so far are midgets.
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UPDATE: SCIENTISTS SAY THEY DIDN'T FIND THE HIGGS BOSON AFTER ALL

The LHC is still running at about half power and more may be needed to find the Higgs Boson or whatever it is that makes existence possible.
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ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS CALL ZIONISM EVIL AND WANT ISRAEL DISMANTLED

They believe Jews are forbidden from returning to a sovereign Israel until the messiah returns.
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OUT OF TOWN A-FRAME SIGN COP DOESN'T LIKE THE CMPD REORGANIZATION

Remember the anti-Righeimer sign that was pulled around our city behind a Cadillac Escalade before the last election by some cops who work for us but who live in other cities (aka out of town cops)?

That's it in the picture up above. We took this photo of it when it was parked in front of the downtown community center before a candidate forum.

One of the out of town cops who was involved with this sign and the attempt to defeat Righeimer and put a puppet on the city council was Jason Chamness.

In the article now running in the Daily Pilot  about the CMPD reorganization [HERE], Chamness pops up again:

"There was disbelief that no amount of logic, statistical data, or law enforcement experience is going to change the tragic course this city is on," Jason Chamness, association president, said when asked to gauge the mood after the proposal was released to department personnel on Wednesday.

"There were 164 sworn police officers in 2009-2010 and a steady decrease in crime," he said. "Now the CEO is recommending a 21% decrease in officers. Even the consulting firm that the city hired and the chief recommended more officers."

Fortunately, it is not out of town cops who are running this city.  We have elected officials--a City Council--that will decide what is right for Costa Mesa.

And, the City Council members actually live here in Costa Mesa.  They have their kids here.  They have their families here.  They support our schools.  They shop in our markets.  They drive our streets. They sleep here.  They vote here. They don't punch a time clock and go back to some far flung city.

The CM PRESS believes the new City Council is on the right track. 

But, if the Council is wrong and we need more cops, we can hire them.  There will be a line around the block applying.
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