CM PRESS # 344

A PROMISE?

We've been hearing  some lefty supporters of Wendy Leece arguing that she should have become Mayor because she was "promised," that position.

We think this is rich.

Remember, Wendy is accused by GOP insiders of breaking her promise to them about a vote on union contracts.
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AMERICA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RHETORIC TARNISHED BY ACTIONS
A Russian look at us.
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CM PRESS # 343

WE DREAM WE HAVE A FRIENDLY MARINE CONVERSATION WITH WENDY LEECE
(At Mimi's of course)

"Listen up x#$^%#@.  What is your main $%$#&* malfunction!? Get over this wimpy, whiny crap and start doing what you're supposed to be doing.

We're fed up with you running to the newspaper like a little @%#&* girl because the big kids didn't anoint you as Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem.

Grow up. Start improving this city and stop all your sissy crap of jumping in front of the cameras at ribbon cuttings and other sissy, meaningless events. 

And, start working on bringing in real improvement to the Westside.  Who the hell do you think you are?  Mother Teresa?

Get with the program.

And, finally, @#%^&*+ and #$%^%&%#.   
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SURF CITY WELCOMES HOME MARINE BATTALION
Nice video from the OC REGISTER
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RACISM IN ISRAEL: FIFTY JEWISH RABBIS WARN JEWS AGAINST RENTING OR SELLING PROPERTY IN ISRAEL TO NON-JEWS
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WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY TO SEE WENDY LEECE'S FACE IF

...to cure some inadvertent breach of the Brown  Act (if there was one) relating to the vote that named Monahan Mayor and Righeimer Mayor Pro Tem that a new vote is taken but this time Righeimer is named Mayor and Monahan Mayor Pro Tem?
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WENDY LEECE AND PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS

In an article that's appearing in the DAILY PILOT [HERE], Wendy Leece is quoted as saying:

"This is not good for the city to allow violation of the Brown Act — or even the perception of a pre-arranged vote — and back room discussions on agenda items."

Speaking of perceptions...

As we previously reported in CM PRESS # 307 on November 4, 2010 [HERE],  Ms. Leece, in order to get local GOP support in her reelection bid, had allegedly made a promise to the local GOP that she would not approve certain contracts with government union employees such as those with the CMPD and the CMFD.

Then, before the Council meeting when the vote on the contracts was to be made, some unnamed GOP officials, according to Ms. Leece and as reported in the DAILY PILOT [HERE], pressured Ms. Leece to keep her promise and not vote in favor of the contracts.

At the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on October 26, Ms. Leece did vote in favor of the contracts and, thus, according to some, broke her promise.

Then, on October 27, the day after Ms. Leece voted in favor of the union contracts, money seemed to flow opposing Jim Righeimer and supporting Wendy Leece as follows:

On October 27, the Costa Mesa Fire Fighters P.A.C. I.D. # 930647 spent $1,087.50 on "street signs," opposing Jim Righeimer.

Also on October 27, the Costa Mesa Police Officers Association IEC, I.D. # 1322533 spent $12,122.72 for a "Mailer," supporting Wendy Leece. 

And, again on October 27, Costa Mesa First I.D. # 1332564 spent $ 1,300 on signs for Wendy Leece.
[Costa Mesa First was set up by Sandy Genis and Greg Ridge (Ridge often comments in the Daily Pilot as "Gericault").  Costa Mesa First also received money from the unions as shown in the public records.]

If you follow the link to CM PRESS # 307 [HERE IT IS AGAIN] you can see the actual 409 forms showing the above money either going to help Ms. Leece and/or to oppose Mr. Righeimer. Click or double click on those forms to make them larger.

We're not saying anything illegal was done.  We're just saying that when Ms. Leece brings up public perceptions about elected officials, that she might also want to address the above.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 342

NMUSD SUPER. CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES
Link to breaking news in the DAILY PILOT
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FRANCE TO KEEP SENDING ILLEGAL ALIENS HOME
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The French say they have the right to decide who they'll let in to the country. 

That's also the way it used to be in  the U.S. before the lefties started screwing up our country.
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THE LHC HAS SHUT DOWN FOR THE WINTER & WILL START UP AGAIN IN THE SPRING AFTER SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE
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IN THE LAUGH OUT LOUD COLUMN--SMALL GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE RON PAUL, AUTHOR OF 'END THE FED' IS NOW GOING TO LEAD THE PANEL OVERSEEING THE FED
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Elections matter. Paul is a good guy and wants to get government under control.  With the fox--Ron Paul-- watching over that way too big hen house--the Fed--there may be fewer hens soon.
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MURRIETA: Council requires E-Verify for businesses
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How about it Costa Mesa City Council?  Let's require E-Verify in Costa Mesa, and let's do it ASAP.
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THE 'YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO US' WHINE

If you watched Tuesday's City Council meeting, you would have seen a bunch of lefty Leece supporters going to the podium and whining that the majority on the City Council was not listening to them.

How stupid.  Actually, the majority was listening to them.   

Fortunately, the majority rejected what they heard.
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ENCAPSULATION OF WENDY LEECE

The process of the encapsulation of Wendy Leece began on the Costa Mesa City Council on Tuesday. 

It's her own fault.  She's alienated too many people in this city who want Costa Mesa improved.

Wendy talks one way but walks the other way.  She'll remain on the Council but will have no power.
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BOATING TYPES UPSET AT HIGH COST OF BOATING AND LACK OF BUOYS

If you've been reading the news lately about boating, you probably realize that the law of supply and demand is at work in Newport Beach.  There's a big demand for places to dock boats and a small supply of same.

Remember the advice of a real estate tycoon (actually this was probably from a movie) that one should buy land near the ocean because they're not making any more of the stuff?

Well, River City, er, Costa Mesa, we're here to tell you that we can make more of the stuff.

If Newport Beach and Costa Mesa got together, they could build the marina that was once going to be built below the bluffs on the Westside.

That marina was to go all the way up to Victoria Street.  Why, we even have a neighborhood up there called Marina Highlands.  What a coincidence.

And, down below Marina Highlands where the possums and snakes and other dry land critters now roam, you'll see a large square water filled hole surrounded by a chain link fence.  Wonder what that is?  It's the test ditch dug to see if water could remain that far inland all day and all night.  It can. It does.

We don't need 76 trombones leading the big parade.  We just need the political will and cooperation between Costa Mesa and Newport Beach (and a bunch of shovels) and the supply of dock space would increase. And, Costa Mesa's Westside would be able to swim with the fishes (in a good way).

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WELL 23 SKIDOO! JOE BELL HAS ONCE AGAIN ESCAPED FROM THE SOYLENT GREEN TANK

Bell does the Lindy Hop from a tale of bad meatloaf and World War II to giving us his lefty opinions about the state of democracy in Costa Mesa. LINK

Bell figures, by darn, that Costa Mesa needs a whole new City Council.

Now, Bell doesn't even live in Costa Mesa. Nope, he lives under the flight path at the end of JWA's runway in Newport Beach. Of course, it may be that Bell has forgotten where he actually lives.

In reading his column one has to wonder about the effects of all those planes passing by close overhead.  The noise must be enough to drive one bonkers. Oh. And, what about the fumes?

Have you noticed how many folks from Newport Beach figure they know best for Costa Mesa?

At the City Council meeting the other night, one woman from Newport Beach went to the podium and told everyone how outraged she was that Wendy Leece wasn't made Mayor.

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Those are our opinions.  Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 341

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR THE STABLE CITIZENS OF COSTA MESA LAST NIGHT AND ANOTHER LOSS FOR THE OUT OF TOWN THUGS, THE LEFTIES, THE KNOW NOTHINGS AND THE LOONS

With the election of Gary Monahan as Mayor and Jim Righeimer as Mayor Pro Tem, and with Eric Bever as a solid, stand your ground third vote, we expect to see Costa Mesa really start improving now.

In our view, Righeimer brings something to the Council that has been missing before: a big vision.

Let us explain.

Can we all agree that different people have different personalities and that people who are drawn to certain types of activities or careers often have many personality traits in common with others who are also drawn to those activities or careers?

Righeimer is a developer.  From what we've heard and seen from him, he has the personality of a developer.

What this means is that his natural inclination is not to be the type of person who is going to spend his time counting paperclips at City Hall to save a penny but one who will take bold action to get Costa Mesa on the right track.

We hope we're right.

The most important decisions that will be made by the Council later this month will be to appoint someone to replace Katrina Foley on the City Council and to appoint people to the Planning Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission.

If the right choices are made, Costa Mesa should be on its way to reversing the trend to become a slum city and be on its way to become a truly great, almost-on-the-beach city.

As always, the key to improving Costa Mesa is the Westside.  Hopefully, Mr. Righeimer and the others will also see it this way and take the necessary actions to accomplish this.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
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WE EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL WHAT INFORMS OUR ABOVE VIEWS

Back when the out of town union types were trying to smear Jim Righeimer by saying that he had debts and various other financial difficulties from the '90's, we just smiled and said: "Yeah! That's the kind of guy we need on the Council."

Why?  Because, as we've written many times in our books and national columns, part of our philosophy holds that all living organisms gravitate to where they are comfortable.  Comfort can be physical or it can be psychological, with the latter being able to override the former in many cases.

Righeimer's financial problems were mainly those that almost all developers have at one time or another.  Developers take risks to develop.  They try to bring the right development to market at the right time, but down business cycles often hit them at the wrong time.

When this happens, they often lose money instead of making it.  Most people don't have the personal psychology--the risk taking gene--to feel comfortable when all their plans are crashing around them. That's one reason that not everyone is a developer.

Those who do have the particular developer personality are not only able to weather the storm, but get back on their feet and keep doing what they've been doing. They say: "Thank you, sir, may I have another?"  They do feel comfortable in taking the risks that others avoid.

With the above in mind, we believe Jim Righeimer will be able to bring some real improvement to Costa Mesa.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 340

HELEN THOMAS BLASTS SCHOOL FOR PULLING AWARD
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Points out that being against Zionism isn't the same as being against Jews.

Thomas's argument is roughly analogous to an argument that holds that one can be against Communism but not be against the Chinese.
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UPDATE: 8:28 P.M.--Despite the usual lefties and know nothings going to the podium telling the council that they should  appoint their pal Wendy Leece as Mayor Pro Tem again, the Council voted to seat Jim Righeimer as Mayor Pro Tem.
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BREAKING NEWS: 7:53 P.M.--Gary Monahan was elected Mayor.  Jim Righeimer is about to be elected Mayor Pro Tem.

Councilmember Leece was clearly unhappy.
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MOORLACH THINKS BEVER WANTS TO BE MAYOR
Link to where you can sign up for Supervisor Moorlach's updates.

We received the following email update from Supervisor John Moorlach this morning, which we've edited down to this relevant paragraph:

 "I predict that Gary Monahan and Jim Righeimer will nominate Eric Bever to serve as Mayor of Costa Mesa tonight. With Alan Mansoor out of the way, Bever will make the argument that Mansoor was a Mayor “hog,” always maneuvering himself into the position. Think about it, Mansoor was always mayor. Bever will argue that he was passed over once too many a time and seek the title."

Actually, Eric Bever was Mayor back in 2008, so he doesn't need to be Mayor again in order to end his time on the City Council in two years as "the former Mayor of Costa Mesa."  He already has that honor.

We're not sure Bever even wants to be the point man on the Council--the one who gets all the press and all the grief.

Bever has always struck us as being a quiet and thoughtful person more interested in the substance of improving the Westside and Costa Mesa than being in the public limelight.

Back when we were organizing for improvement, we can remember the then ponytailed Bever standing out in front of the Home Depot on Harbor Blvd. all by himself, handing out fliers for improvement.

To his credit, Bever hasn't changed.  He still gets his nails dirty in attempting to improve the Westside and all of Costa Mesa.  Being on the Council hasn't gone to his head.  You may recall that he was out putting up a large sign for Jim Righeimer just before the just past election when the political police drove by and gave him the stinkeye.

Many new readers may not know this, but Bever was working to improve Costa Mesa long before Mansoor came on the scene.

 In fact, it was at a community meeting organized at Victoria School by Bever--long before either Mansoor or Bever ran for office--that Mansoor first popped up and approached the Improvers and said that he also wanted to help improve Costa Mesa and that he was thinking of running for the City Council. 

As we've written before, either Bever or Righeimer would be fine with us as Mayor.  If Bever wants it, he has the time in grade and bonafides to take it. If he doesn't want it, then we think Righeimer would be good.

We believe either one would be good for improvement, but Bever is more of a known quantity.
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BLACKS HAVE DIFFERENT PLAQUE THAN WHITES (Racist plaque?)
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You mean plaque isn't a social construct and is caused by genes?
Genes are us.
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT

The big question, as we wrote before, is who will become the new Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. 

Will Jim Righeimer get all squishy and help put Wendy Leece in as Mayor (as one of the lefties at the Daily Pilot wants) or will he try to become the Mayor on his first day on the Council? 

The CM PRESS hopes Righeimer tries to become Mayor and succeeds.

The City needs bold and decisive action to improve, and to get rid of the red ink.  We think--we hope--Righeimer is the guy who will help those things happen.

THE FUTURE OF COSTA MESA IS NOT A GAME

Although the CM PRESS often uses game metaphors and analogies to descibe our elections in Costa Mesa, this is not a game for those of us who want this city improved.

We don't want to see Jim Righeimer kiss and make up with those who smeared him in the election campaign and we hope he doesn't do that.

We've seen at least one local politician elected who did that kiss and make up crap in the past. Long time readers will know who we mean.  This guy got smeared all over town.  Then when he got elected, the smearmeisters, knowing that he now had political power, suddently started acting as his new best friends.

This dope then figured that these people had come around and now realized that he was a great guy.  Of course, this was nonsense. They played him, and he was so stupid that he didn't even know it.  He did nothing for improvement while on the dais and quickly got shunned by the Improvers.

Then, when the Improvers helped unelect him in the next election, his new best friends abandoned him.  They were never his friends.

The lefties, the unions, and Wendy Leece are not Jim Righeimer's friends.  They never will be.  We hope he understands this. 

He should be polite and professional with them, and work with them when he can, but he should never think that they have now come around and see what a great guy he is.

And, speaking specifically of Wendy Leece. She's a status quo union vote and she's also a vote against real improvement in Costa Mesa.  She talks one way and votes the other.

We would say to Jim Righeimer, if we had his ear: "Remember those dark moments during the campaign when some haters and thugs tried to destroy you and how some of them did everything they could to smear you?  Remember that they would have completely destroyed you and your family if they could have and they'd now be laughing at you, had you lost the election.

"Remember how people such as Wendy Leece didn't come to your defense?  Remember how some local political groupies and hangers-on just sat on the sidelines, like weak sisters, and let you be smeared and wouldn't defend you?  Don't forget this.  You now have the power. Use it to improve Costa Mesa."
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Those are our opinions.  Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 339

From the Uncommon Common Sense File: Head of NY Taxi Driver's Federation Says It's Okay To Racially Profile Passengers For Safety
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Says "99 percent of the people that are robbing, stealing, killing these [taxi] drivers are blacks and Hispanics."
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ANOTHER ARTICLE ON ISRAEL'S FEARS OF BECOMING LESS JEWISH VIA IMMIGRATION FROM AFRICA
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EXTRA, EXTRA! RACIST JEWISH SEPARATISTS POSE DANGER TO THE NATION
Link to World New Daily column about Hanukkah

Had there been our present media back in the Syrian Empire of 175 B.C.  the above headline might have appeared in all the newspapers.

The king of the empire, Antiochus IV, wanted one world and one people. (Sounds like some of our present lefties, doesn't he?)

To achieve that goal, Antiochus wanted to have all distinct peoples blend together in all ways. 

Today, if it's a lefty who is doing the characterization and writing, we might call that blending by the relatively benign term "assimilation," or even "integration."  But, those who see it for what it truly is will use another term: genocide.

Some of the Jews who lived in the empire refused to blend in.  They wanted to maintain their own identity.  Many died trying to remain separate.  Many others did blend in and they are now lost to history.

Hanukkah is about the Jews who refused to blend in and who remained Jewish.

We still have our present day versions of Antiochus who believe that the way to world peace and a golden age is to blend all humans, all religions and all nations together.

The message of Hanukkah is that if you want to survive as a distinct people, don't blend in. Remain separate. Hold true to yourself and your "different" ways.
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CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY: HARBINGER FOR THE REST OF THE U.S.?
Link to A3P article on the fall of a once great city.
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SCARIEST JOBS CHART EVER IN U.S.
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Obama administration doesn't get it.  The U.S. can't be prosperous until we shake ourselves of false ideas and start making things again.  And, to hell with the environmentalists.  We need smoke stack industries.

The false ideas of the '80's and '90's that had the U.S. sending our factories overseas are now bearing their rotten fruit in the U.S. 

Remember how the libs were all saying that the U.S. had a responsibility to improve the Third World--including China and India?

Well, both of those nations are now doing what we once did in this country--they're building factories, not tearing them down. 

Millions of their citizens are going to work in the morning at fingernail dirtying jobs instead of acting as paper pushing middlemen standing between the producers and the consumers.

The U.S. needs to reindustrialize.
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THE NUKE GENIE  IS OUT OF THE LAMP AND THE U.S. NEEDS TO GET USED TO IT
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The constant sabre rattling by the U.S. toward Iran is looking more and more stupid.

Nuclear technology is now widespread. Virtually any First World nation can now build nuke plants.  And, yes, just about any First World nation can also build nuclear bombs.

Is Iran trying to build nuke bombs--which they deny and the U.S. affirms? Of course they are.  Any nation that is constantly threatened by other nations would be foolish to not develop a deterrent to attacks.

We do as much in the U.S.
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AFGHANS LOSE CONFIDENCE IN U.S.
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Obama's meaningless war is a waste of life and money. Obama seems as dumb as Bush.
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ROBOT DOES WORK THAT AMERICANS WON'T DO
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Picks strawberries based on color. Doesn't have anchor babies.  Doesn't hang out on street corners.  Doesn't demand a free education.  Doesn't use charities.  Doesn't run red lights.  Doesn't screw up the culture.
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Those are our opinions.  Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 338

STEVE SMITH BEMOANS A RECYCLING OUTFIT HAVING TO MOVE FROM W. 19TH STREET
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Smith apparently doesn't see the big picture.

As the Westside improves, the retail tenant mix has to change and improve.  Right now, West 19th Street is just a few steps above being a skid row.

West 19th Street has the potential to be an upscale street with many prosperous businesses on it.  This will be good for the Westside, and will increase our tax base.

In fact, as we've written before, it can easily evolve to being much like 2nd Street in Belmont Shore.

But, what about this tenant mix stuff?   Sophisticated shopping center owners and knowledgeable city planners give a lot of thought to getting the right tenant mix.  When they get such a mix, all the retailers prosper and the center (or, the street) as a whole prospers.

Some readers may remember that years ago, South Coast Plaza had a Woolworth's and other downscale retailers.  Over time, management changed that to make South Coast Plaza one of the most successful malls on the planet.

Let's make West 19th Street a top entertainment and retail street in Costa Mesa.  And, of course, that has been one of the goals of the Improvers right from the very start.
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CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDS (YOUR MONEY) FOR CMPD
Link to Daily Pilot story with the details.

The money will allow the CMPD (Costa Mesa Political Department)  to either hire five new union members or keep five on the payroll who might otherwise be laid off.

Some will portray this as free money.  We're here to tell you that there's no such thing.  As Libertarians say: TANSTAAFL.  Translation:  There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

The Feds are putting conditions on the bucks.  They always put conditions on what they give cities.

One of those conditions, according to the PILOT, is that after three years, the citizens of Costa Mesa will have to start paying the union members hired or retained and we'll have to also fund their benefits.

No doubt there are other conditions as well.

Should the City Council take this money?

Some citizens we've spoken to say that it shouldn't. 

They say that they have no confidence in the CMPD, and that the department either needs a serious reorganization or it needs to be replaced with the Sheriff's Department.

They also point out that if the City takes this money, we'll just have five more union members who probably won't live in Costa Mesa and who can be counted on to oppose any candidate(s) the stable citizens of Costa Mesa try to elect in two years.

Just five more union members to hitch a big negative sign to the back of a Cadillac Escalade and drive around town trying to elect a puppet who will keep picking our pockets.

Just five more union members to donate money to political hacks who will keep screwing citizens to help the union members.

Just five more union members to fill City Council chambers in an attempt to intimidate the Council into doing their bidding.

Just five more union members to help pay for election fliers to smear any candidate who promises to look at their pay and benefits--as they did with Jim Righeimer this year.

Just five more union members to give a stink-eye to a City Council member putting up a legal sign.

Just five more union members who aren't supposed to speak to the press, but do so anyway in an attempt to smear someone.

Just five more union members who won't respond to quality of life calls from citizens.

Just five more union members to sneer at the CM PRESS and tell us that it's okay for cars to endanger little school kids by parking with engines running next to a red curb.

Just five more union members who won't arrest illegal aliens but who will play basketball with them.

Just five more union members who will donate money to charities that act as magnets pulling illegal aliens to Costa Mesa.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 337

RON PAUL SAYS WE NEED MORE WIKILEAKS
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NEWPORT BEACH IN THE BLACK; COSTA MESA IN THE RED

According to a half-heard radio report, Newport Beach has overcome its budget deficit and is now in a good financial state.  In fact, again according to the report, Newport Beach is one of only five cities in California to get a Triple A rating from the three rating agencies that rate cities.

Meanwhile, Costa Mesa is still struggling with red ink, and still hasn't right sized itself.  Maybe after the new Council is seated there will be more frugality in the Costa Mesa government.  We can hope.
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NAACP WANTS TO STOP FREE ASSOCIATION (Again)
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When the Black civil rights movement started, the goal was to stop the government from discriminating against people based on race.  That was a just cause.

Then, over the years, the goal changed and became one of forcing White parents to put their kids in schools far from their homes in order to have "racial balance."

Now, many school districts are going back to allowing parents to send their students to their neighborhood schools or other schools that they think are best for their kids. This has the NAACP upset because "diversity," isn't being served and people are doing what all living organisms do: they are gravitating to where they feel comfortable.

So, what's happening is that people are self-segregating.  In a free society, people have that right. 

The NAACP should butt out.  
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CM PRESS # 336

HALLE BERRY PLAYS A MENTALLY ILL BLACK WOMAN WHO HAS A WHITE RACIST ALTER EGO
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In the triumphant end of the story, according to the above linked article, the Black woman heals herself and learns to like being Black.

In other words, the praiseworthy and mentally healthy way is to be as you truly are. Or, maybe not. Maybe this only applies if you are non-White. Don't we really live in a world where Black pride is praised and encouraged and White pride is condemned and discouraged?

Hmmm. How about a movie about a White woman who has a Black racist or Latino racist alter ego?

Given the way these things are looked at in our present perverse Dark Age (read the story below about the White Student Union for a clue) wouldn't this latter story be twisted so that the White woman is portrayed as being sane for not wanting to be White?  And, might we not imagine that the plot would follow this woman's descent into mental illness as she rejects the non-White alter ego and starts liking herself as a White person? 
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HELEN THOMAS SAYS HOLLYWOOD, THE WHITE HOUSE, WALL STREET AND VARIOUS OTHER AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ARE 'OWNED BY ZIONISTS,' WITH AN ANTI-ARAB AGENDA
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"You cannot say anything [negative] about Israel in this country [without being called an anti-Semite]," said Thomas, who was almost immediately called an anti-Semite by various Jewish groups.
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WHITE STUDENT UNION FLIERS CAUSE UNIVERSITY TO INVESTIGATE

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Another example of how sick and how toxic our society has become toward White people.

Fliers announcing the formation of a White Student Union were distributed at Pennsylvania's West Chester University campus and caused outrage.

The university then launched an investigation.

Whew! As it turned out, no one had to fear that White students were organizing just as Black students and Latino students have.  This was just a stunt put on by an anti-racist (read anti-White) group.

The fliers were then removed from campus to avoid any more controversy.

The Real Outrage Should Be From White People

Why shouldn't White students have a White Student Union?  Every other racial and ethnic group seems to have one.

Don't Whites have interests as Whites that could be protected and furthered by having their own organizations? 

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Those are our opinions.  Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 335

GENE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO PROMISCUITY
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The randy gene is a variant of DRD4.

The more we learn about genes, the more we learn that our free will is not as free as we once thought.

And, we also learn that nature never stops tinkering with life.
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NOW IT'S CAMDEN, N.J. WITH MASSIVE LAYOFFS OF POLICE AND FIRE FIGHTERS
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The other day, Newark announced it was cutting its police department by 14%.  Camden is going to cut  even deeper.

What sort of cuts will we see in Costa Mesa?  Time will tell, and time may be short.
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NEXT TUESDAY'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
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Jim Righeimer will be sworn in.

Then there'll be some drama. Who will the Council select as the new Mayor and new Mayor Pro Tem?

Improvers like Eric Bever and Jim Righeimer for these two positions (in either order). 

They do not want to see Wendy Leece or Gary Monahan get either position.  You know why.

Leece is currently Mayor Pro Tem, and the person holding this title usually gets the nod for Mayor.  But, well, you remember what Leece did  recently. It's that broken promise thing about union contracts. And, you also remember that Monahan went along with Leece on the vote to approve the union contracts.

With the above in mind, please excuse us as we ping pong this a little: Since Bever has already been Mayor, perhaps that position should go to Righeimer, and Bever should become Mayor Pro Tem.  However, since Righeimer hasn't been on the Council before, maybe some will think he's too new.  But, Righeimer has been the chairman of the Planning Commission and has the moves down to lead the Council.

Also, if Costa Mesa were a city that directly elected a Mayor, then anyone who might be elected might not ever have been on the Council before--so, having been on the Council, may not be important at all. Thus, there should be no problem in Righeimer being named Mayor right out of the chute.

It pings and pongs some more, because it looks as though Foley will still be on the dais on Tuesday. We can probably count on her voting to have Leece named as Mayor.  Leece will probably second that motion. Then, if Monahan goes along with Leece again, she'll be Mayor. However, if Monahan does that, his pariah status may be increased to the point that no one but lefties will talk to him again.

So, the question may turn on whether Monahan will try to come in from the cold and vote against Leece,or whether he'll want to remain a pariah.

We'll just have to wait until Tuesday night to see how this goes.  And, Improvers will be watching and listening (and remembering each motion and each vote), because the die is often cast with these first moves made by the individual Council members.

Frankly, we'd like to see Righeimer hit the road running and not defer to anyone because he's the new guy.  To hell with misplaced protocol.  Let's get this city on the right track.  
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The other hot item on the agenda is a plan to put in senior housing next to the Mesa Verde Center (where the bowling alley and theater used to be). 

You may recall that the Segerstrom Company (which owns the land) originally wanted to put in a Kohl's Department store on that site, but had this turned down. 

When that happened, and despite some murmurs from Segerstrom officials about senior housing, some thought that Segerstrom might just land bank the property until some future date when a Council could be elected that might go along with a department store there. 

With this move next Tuesday (which should be approved 5-0), it looks as though much needed senior housing will move forward.
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NASA'S BIG ANNOUNCEMENT--BACTERIA THAT LIVES ON ARSENIC
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Not as big a deal as we had hoped.  This particular bacteria is a strain of a common bacteria: Gammaproteobacteria

So, what this means is that a common bacteria has mutated (they do it all the time) and can survive by substitution of arsenic for phosphorus in its body.

It also means that this bacteria carries our usual DNA. 

As we've written elsewhere, DNA is sort of like a combination cornucopia and perpetual motion "machine" that constantly tinkers with itself to bring forth life that can exist in every possible niche.

A really important announcement would have been one that said NASA had found organisms on another planet or on the moon that were created and sustained by something other than DNA or RNA.
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RNC REPORTEDLY HAS DEBT CRISIS
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The RNC needs a new chairman.
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EXPERT WITNESS SAYS POLYGAMOUS WIVES IN BOUNTIFUL HAVE HAPPY, HEALTHY LIVES
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HAS NASA DISCOVERED LIFE OUT THERE?
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NASA has called a press conference for tomorrow to discuss an "astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life."

Some experts think NASA will announce the discovery of bacteria in water on another planet.  However, the way the announcement is worded leads us to think the announcement will be less dramatic.
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55TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROSA PARKS REFUSING TO MOVE--WHAT ARE THE REAL MESSAGES?

Rosa Parks became a civil rights symbol after she refused to give up her seat to a White passenger on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama on this date in 1955.

Unfortunately, the deeper messages of that incident have either been forgotten or were never learned.

Here's what folks should understand about that incident, in addition to whatever else they think they know.

--At that time, most Blacks made fun of Parks for her refusal to move.  Why?  Because their level of consciousness about such things was at a low level and they simply accepted the false idea that whatever the government said was right. They were part of the apathetic and conditioned herd and went along to get along and didn't want to make waves.

--The proposition to be formed from what Parks did is this: We all pay taxes and we should all be treated the same by government based on our abilities.  We should not be treated differently based on our race.
[Today, non-Whites are still treated differently because of race.  But, today, they are often treated better and are given special favors by the government, while Whites are held back.]

--Many Whites today simply quietly accept the discrimination they face based on their race, just as many Blacks did before Rosa Parks. Many Whites have become the new apathetic and conditioned herd and go along to get along and don't want to make waves.

--However, our guess is that many Whites are starting to wake up to the reality of the racial discrimination they face.  If so, then maybe all that is lacking to start putting an end to the discrimination is a Rosa Parks type civil rights symbol that will get our government back on the correct footing of treating all peoples--no matter the color of their skin--the same.

Anti-White Discrimination in Costa Mesa

We've written extensively about a situation in Costa Mesa in which a young White girl was refused service by a tax supported non-profit that was offering school-work help to local students.  This non-profit told the girl she was the wrong color and that they only wanted to help Hispanics.

This non-profit was then reported to the Feds and they swooped down on it and forced the non-profit to sign a Federal Consent Decree and send its staff to civil rights training classes.

But, such anti-White discrimination is still going on and your tax money is still going to some non-profits that discriminate against Whites in Costa Mesa.

How do we know this?  Because we served on the 3R Committee that gives your tax money to non-profits in Costa Mesa. 

As a member of that committee, we had easy access to the reports that HUD requires the non-profits to file each year showing the race/ethnicity of the people they serve. These reports are public documents and any citizen can view them. Just call City Hall and ask to see the HUD CDBG reports.

Those reports show that we have some non-profits using your tax money that only serve Hispanics in Costa Mesa, yet Costa Mesa is not 100% Hispanic. And, many of the Hispanics being helped with your tax money are suspected illegal aliens.

Some of these non-profits are clever and they reply that they only serve Hispanics because  Hispanics are the the only ones who show up for their help or because there are only Hispanics who live near the non-profits.

Folks, such excuses are similar to the ones that were once used in the Deep South to exclude non-Whites from various things.

And, the aforementioned HUD reports requiring that non-profits reveal the race/ethnicity of the people they serve are for the purpose of discovering and rooting out clever discrimination.

This isn't difficult.  If a city is 30% Hispanic, but the tax funded non-profits show that 100% of their clients are Hispanic, red flags should be raised.

Meanwhile, the Costa Mesa City Council keeps giving your money to these non-profits that only serve Hispanics year after year, and some dimwitted City Council members even praise them.

Now, let's be very clear.  The CM PRESS believes that one has a right to discriminate in one's private life.  In fact, we all discriminate every single day in many ways.  Discrimination is simply choosing one thing and not another.  It has to do with making your own choices based on your own criteria.  It has to do with being a free human being.

But, and here's the important point: Tax money should not be used in any way that discriminates based on race or ethnicity. We all pay taxes so we should all get equal treatment.

We think John F. Kennedy got it right when he said:

 "Simple justice requires that public funds, to which all taxpayers of all races [colors, and national origins] contribute, not be spent in any fashion which encourages, entrenches, subsidizes or results in racial [color or national origin] discrimination."
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