CM PRESS # 434

JARED TAYLOR INTERVIEW
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NOTE TO COMMENTERS:  We get lots of comments, but because we add new material constantly, we're not always sure what your comments relate to.  If you could give just a very few words of context, you'd get a better chance of having your comments posted. Thanks.
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LOOKS LIKE A PR CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY TO  TRY TO UNDERCUT THE CITY COUNCIL AND KEEP THE EXPENSIVE HELICOPTER 

First we read a column today in the DAILY PILOT [HERE] by Rob Dimel who's the guy in charge of the helicopter program, telling us we should keep it.

Then, we read a column, also today, in the OC REGISTER [HERE] by Barbara Venezia who writes about getting a presumably free ride around town in our expensive helicopter and, golly, she also says we should keep it.

Say, when can the rest of us get a free ride in the helicopter paid for by taxpayers?

I'll even volunteer to ride for free and write about whether we should keep it or not. 

[Trivia alert: The Marines offered me either helicopter flight school in Pensacola, Fla. or entrance to the Naval Academy if I re-upped. Ollie North is one of the Marines who took the Naval Academy.  I had other plans.]
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THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVED BEEN BUYING MY BOOKS

You can find them at better brick and mortar book stores or on Amazon.com

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FIAT TO OPEN A DEALERSHIP ON HARBOR BLVD.

Link to Daily Pilot article.

This is good news for the Harbor Blvd. of Car, and Costa Mesa.
[Photo: Fiat 500 mentioned in article]


This should be another welcome addition to the 40 mpg club.
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RACE GAP
Link to AMREN article.

Nothing scientific can be racist and nothing racist can be scientific.
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AGENDA FOR MARCH 15, CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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The most interesting items on the agenda are the two requests from Wendy Leece to rehear the Council's decision to evaluate the possibility of increasing the capacity for paramedic services (read a step toward outsourcing such services), and the Council's decision to outsource some City jobs.

The key words in both of these items are "request to rehear." 

This is not a rehearing, but many in the expected packed audience won't get it and will try to speak as though this is a rehearing.  It'll be up to Mayor Monahan to properly control the meeting and save time, by making this point clear.

If you want to know how Leece's requests will go and can't attend or watch the meeting, here's the result: THEY BOTH FAIL.  She has no real grounds for a rehearing and she knows it but is just grandstanding for her out of town supporters.

Watch as she puts on an act about how she's giving it a good try, but those evil other Council members just don't listen to people. Yawn.
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CM PRESS # 433

HEY COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL--COSTA MESA COPS SHOULD BE GIVEN THIS TOOL
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Roseville, Ca. cops are now using high tech mobile fingerprint devices. We think it's money well spent.

[Note: We've suggested these devices in the past, but our suggestions fell on deaf ears.  Maybe the new City Council will consider getting these devices. They let cops know who they're dealing with almost immediately.]
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AT LEAST 18 BLACK MALES RAPE 11-YEAR-OLD HISPANIC GIRL IN TEXAS
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Above linked story focuses on "racial tension" in town. 
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THE DROPKICK MURPHYS
Link with music and video

Our favorite Southie band.
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FRANCE IS FIRST NATION TO FORMERLY RECOGNIZE LIBYAN REBELS
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This is bad news for Qaddafi because with this recognition, the rebels have the legitimacy of being  treated as a government with a central authority that can ask foreign nations for help in defeating Qaddafi.

Up until now, Western nations didn't seem to know who to talk to among the rebels. This changes that.
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THREE BOOKS FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE

AVAILABLE AT FINER BRICK AND MORTAR BOOKSTORES AND FROM AMAZON.COM
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TO CMWATCHER2011: Send us your email address/telephone number so we can discuss your views.  Just use our comments section.  We won't publish your email address or telephone number in the CM PRESS.
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UNIONS LOSE IN WISCONSIN AS REPUBLICANS OUTSMART DEMOCRATS

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Republicans did an end run around Democrat legislators who had fled the state to try to kill the bill removing collective bargaining rights from public unions.

The Republicans did this end run by removing all spending from the bill. Spending would have required at least one Democrat to be in attendance.

Now, the Democrats are heading back to Wisconsin to try to kill the bill--which they can't.

In fact, once even one Democrat shows up, the Republicans can bring in another stronger bill with spending in it and get it passed.
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CM PRESS # 432

COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD IN ITS CONSIDERATION OF OUTSOURCING FIRE FIGHTING

The Orange County Fire Authority says that it can save Costa Mesa more than $ 20 million over the next five years if it takes over from the CMFD.

Costa Mesa's City Council  is now waiting for answers to specific questions about how it will all work and whether or not Costa Mesans will get quality, timely service along with the cost savings.

Our guess is that fire fighting is going to be outsourced.
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DUI CHECKPOINT COMING UP FOR ADAMS/MESA VERDE DRIVE WEST

The Costa Mesa Police Department Traffic Safety Bureau will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, March 12, 2011, on Adams Avenue at Mesa Verde Drive West between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m.
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COURT STING NABS THREE

Earlier this week, officers conducted a DUI Court Sting Operation at Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. On Monday, March 7, 2011, officers arrested 3 people for disobeying judges’ orders not to drive as they arrived or left the court.
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TRUE FINNS, A RIGHTIST, ANTI-IMMIGRANT PARTY IN FINLAND IS SENDING SHOCK WAVES ACROSS EUROPE WITH ITS METEORIC GROWTH AND SUPPORT
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Finns are saying they've had enough of the lefty PC crap.
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MSU STUDY: RACIAL IDENTITY KEY TO HAPPINESS
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This study was about Blacks finding happiness. 

The results might have been different if the study had included Whites who, as a group, have been brow beaten into believing that it's evil to find happiness in their racial identity or even in thinking that they actually have a racial identity.
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OUTSOURCING

I'm seeing comments from some folks who are making "outsourcing" sound like something strange or rare.

For those who are doing this, let me ask you a few questions:

Do you ever have your family car repaired?  Do you have a mechanic on your payroll at your house or do you take it to a mechanic down the street and pay him just for the work you need him to do?

How about plumbing at your house?  Do you have a plumber on your personal payroll just in case you need him sometime or do you call a bunch of plumbers and try to get the best price just for the job you need done?

Welcome to the world of outsourcing.  Welcome to the free market.  Welcome to the real world where you try to save money whenever you can.
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LEFTY NPR HAVING BIG PROBLEMS

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"Pimp" gets another feather in his fedora with his hidden cameras recording lefty hatred and bigotry.

Hey lefties, if  a skinny white guy shows up in your office wearing a purple fedora or maybe in black face, and if he has a camera lens in the front of his brief case and if he wants you to speak loudly into a flower on his jacket, be suspicious. 
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WILL THE U.S. ATTACK LIBYA?
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Knotty problem. If  the U.S. steps in, the rebels believe they'll lose popular support in their attempt to get rid of Qaddafi.  If the U.S. doesn't step in, the rebels may lose.

No doubt, the folks in D.C. understand that the way to solve the problem is to somehow kill Qaddafi. 

Without him, the rebels should win.  Now, the problem is how to do that without leaving U.S. fingerprints all over the place.
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HIRE A POLICE CHIEF WHO LIVES IN COSTA MESA

As the City sets out to hire a new police chief, we hope that one will be hired who either now lives in Costa Mesa or who will move to Costa Mesa.

Many cops argue that they don't want to live in a city with people they arrest. We don't buy it.

Costa Mesa is large enough so that this shouldn't be a problem.

We would also like to have all other City employees live in Costa Mesa.
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CM PRESS # 431

WRITER SAYS ASIANISATION WILL BE THE GENOCIDE OF WHITE AUSTRALIANS
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ROCKER TED NUGENT SEES ROT IN MULTICULTURALISM
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Another sign that people are waking up? Unfortunately, he misunderstands the melting pot.
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MORE BAD COPS EXPOSED--THESE FROM SAN BERNARDINO
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No doubt before these arrests, there were the usual uniform groupies saying these were the best cops and how San Bernardino was so lucky to have the best cops.
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SOME DO-NOTHINGS SHIFT THEIR TACTICS

It seems some of the do-nothings and know-nothings have changed their tactics in their attempts to have the City Council stop right sizing government.

Instead of posting threats and calling names, some of these folks are now showing up with new screen names in the Daily Pilot and they're trying to position themselves as the calm voices of reason.

It's as though they're saying and writing:

"Yes, we know the building is on fire and is about to burn down with us inside, but let's not jump the gun or rush things. Let's be sure we do this the right way. Let's take time.  Let's have meetings with everyone involved and discuss what to do. And, why aren't we consulting the fire department?"

Meanwhile, a few doers are correctly saying "Screw this, we're going to put the damn fire out and we're going to do it right now."

We saw this same shift in tactics from the do-nothings and know-nothings back when we were trying to get rid of the illegal alien job center.
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DEVELOPERS AND THE RISKS THEY HAVE TO TAKE TO DEVELOP
Link to a column about a H.B. City Councilman.

Some people see real estate developers as evil.  This is unfortunate.

The above linked article gives a good overview of the development process and the thinking of developers.

It is real estate developers who risk much to build homes,  industrial buildings, office buildings and shopping centers.  No, they don't deserve fawning praise. It's their job. They make good money when things go right, but they have a lot of stress along the way. And, if things go wrong, they often go broke. Sometimes they go broke many times.

Still, who do you think built the house or apartment you're living in right now in Costa Mesa?  It was developers.

This reminds me of something.  The next time you go to Beverly Hills, look around.  Who do you think built those homes that are now selling for millions of dollars?  Do you think they just sprang up out of nothing?

Beverly Hills was developed by a couple of developers from Massachusetts who named their development after Beverly, a small community about 20 miles north of Boston.

In developers and others who risk much--oil wildcatters, those who not only start businesses, but who make them grow; the 'doers' of our society-- I see a personality type that is different from those who prefer not to take such risks.

The doers  are often criticized by the non-doers.  It's very easy to sit back and do nothing and smugly criticize those who do things.  After all, if you do nothing, you never fail, and you can snicker at the doers whenever they do stumble.

Which brings me to the present Costa Mesa City Council and the people who are smugly criticizing the Council for finally trying to get our financial house in order.

Well, you can fill in the rest yourself....
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CHAUVINISTS IN COSTA MESA

Have you ever heard kids at a school claiming that their school is the best school?  You'll hear that at almost every school in every city.  However, they can't all be the best.  And, how do you determine best?  Best at what?  Sometimes, when you look at the school academic scores, you'll see that many of these "best" schools have very low scores.

Of course, no one wants to be a stick in the mud and tamp down the enthusiasm of young students.  After all, one hopes that positive thinking may actually help them improve.

I bring this up because as the Costa Mesa City Council starts right sizing City government, we are seeing comments from some in the city that sound much like that "be true to your school" attitude.

We're seeing and hearing some say that we have the best police department, the best fire department, the best employees, the best this and the best that and that if the City outsources, that we're going to get the bottom of the barrel and that citizens of Costa Mesa will be in danger or will have a lower quality of life.

This is nonsense.

But what's really going on psychologically is that some people are caught up in irrational chauvinism.

As you probably know, chauvinism is the belief--not based on objective facts--that your sex, your school, your city, your police department, your employees, etc. are better than any others.

But, maybe you think we're wrong and that Costa Mesa really does have the best police department, etc.  If so, tell us exactly why our police department, our fire department our employees are the "best."

And, while you're at it, you might tell us why people in just about every other city will say the same things about their police departments, their fire departments and their employees.
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UPDATE: TWO BLACK MEN UNDER ARREST IN MURDER OF WHITE PASTOR CLINT DOBSON
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The duo  laughed about the White pastor's murder.

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MSNBC HOST JUST CAN'T BRING HIMSELF TO NAME BLACK SEPARATISTS AS HATE GROUP--EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON THE LIST OF HATE GROUPS HE WAS USING IN HIS PRESENTATION
Link with video

Lefties are often anti-White bigots and self-haters.
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STEVE SMITH TAKES A LOOK AT SOME 'OTHER' COSTA MESA CITY SALARIES--OUCH!
Link to Daily Pilot column by Smith
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CM PRESS # 430

VIDEO OF BLACK ATTACKING WHITE BUS DRIVER
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Once again, the race of  the attacker and the victim are missing from the written news reports, but the camera tells the tale.

Will the black attacker be charged with a hate crime if he's caught?  Of course not.

Reverse the races and this would be front page news across the country and we'd have self-hating White libs having candle light marches against hate.

Violent crime is not an equal opportunity employer and Whites are paying the price for all the phony cliches and attempts to hide reality.

The truth is that White America is no more violent than it was  50 years ago.

Genes are us.
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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA FOR MARCH 14, MEETING
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We'll be watching.
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BLACK BRAWL AT DMV MUSIC AWARDS OUTSIDE WASHINGTON
Link with video.

Keep saying "diversity is our strength," and "multi-culturalism is wonderful."
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BAD COP FACES KIDNAP, RAPE CHARGES
Link

This is the Westminster Police Department Detective who kidnapped and raped a woman. 

Frankly, we wouldn't be surprised if this woman or others also sue the City of Westminster for not discovering this guy's mental problems and for not removing him from the police force.

The argument will be that proper psychological testing would have revealed that this guy was a danger to the public.
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SHOULD THE CITY OF COSTA MESA INVESTIGATE SOME OF THE HATERS AND BIGOTS AND SHOULD THE DAILY PILOT SCREEN FOR HATE AND LIBEL?

Free speech is not absolute.  You can't threaten people and you can't defame them.  If you do threaten or defame others then you need to face the consequences of your actions.

Some bloggers have almost no knowledge of what constitutes defamation. They think they can write the most outrageous things about private citizens and then tack on "in my opinion."  Sorry, that doesn't work.

Also, during the last election in Costa Mesa and continuing today, we've seen many hateful and defamatory statements appearing in the DAILY PILOT and elsewhere, and even a threat or two from some cowardly people who think that they can remain anonymous behind screen names.

Some of those on our updated Hate and Bigot List appear to be employees of the City of Costa Mesa.  Some may be using their City owned computers to post their hate.

Here's our updated Hate and Bigot List:
cmwatcher2011
bigdawg
Station44
daddytaughtmegood
rigdiculous
Brocktoon
Mike O'Reilly (sic)

If the City investigates anyone, especially in the uniformed services, you can expect that employees will be asked under oath if they are the person behind this or that screen name or if they know who the person is behind the screen name. 

If they lie and deny they are the person, or if they try to cover up for someone, that will be reason for termination.  If they have misused City property, that will be reason for termination.  If they have made a threat, that will be reason for termination and criminal prosecution.

If any of those behind the screen names on our Hate and Bigot List think they shouldn't be there, please use our comment feature to contact us and tell us why you shouldn't be on the list.  Also be sure to give us your real name and email address/telephone number so we can confirm that you are the person behind the screen name.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 429

A LEECE SUPPORTER REVEALS HIS TWISTED MIND

The following comment by Brocktoon, gives a look into this person's twisted mind. 

Brocktoon's comment follows a column in the Daily Pilot by Wendy Leece [HERE].  Now, race/ethnicity are not mentioned anywhere in Leece's column or in any of the comments that are now appearing from readers. 

Yet, Brocktoon, in a Freudian slip, shows how obsessed he is with "racism" by suggesting other commenters are racist because they disagree with Leece. It's a total non sequitur and just plain stupid and bigoted.

One imagines that Brocktoon might not do so well if a psychiatrist checked his mental stability with a word association exercise.

Brocktoon at 8:46 PM March 05, 2011
Ike was a conservative Republican. i'm not sure what you guys (husker et al) really are now. Reactionary blowhards? Apparently conservative Republican means you're a greedy, selfish racist, who rushes through politicized policy decisions that affect hundreds of lives, with little or no discussion or research.

Brocktoon, if you disagree with the CM PRESS's opinions above, please send us your comments.
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ANOTHER ARTICLE ON THE MURDER OF PASTOR DOBSON
Link
Still no photos of the suspect, Steven Lawayne Nelson.  Are you surprised?
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CM PRESS # 428

IS PAMELA GELLER STARTING JUDAISM'S WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH?
Link to HuffPost article on Jewish hate.

Involves anti-Muslim protest in O.C.
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[UPDATE]: STEVEN LAWAYNE NELSON ARRESTED IN MURDER OF PASTOR IN TEXAS
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No photo of suspect has been released yet.  You know why. Will the suspect have a hate crime enhancement added to the murder charge? Of course not. You also know why that's the case. 

Eventually, a photo will be published, but the public's interest in the story will have waned and it will go largely unnoticed.

Remember: Violent crime is not an equal opportunity employer.
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NASA SCIENTIST CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF LIFE OUT THERE
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AGENDA FOR THE MARCH 8, CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION

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Machiavellian.  In a good way.
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CM PRESS # 427

AGENDA FOR THE MARCH 8, NMUSD BOARD MEETING
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YOUNG BAPTIST MINISTER, DISTANT RELATIVE OF JAMES DOBSON, FOUND MURDERED IN HIS TEXAS CHURCH
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Police have not released a description of the suspect(s) even though there is an eyewitness and there are security cameras at the church.  This is usually the standard operating procedure in Third World America when a White is killed by a non-White.
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CNN ASKS: ARE WHITES RACIALLY OPPRESSED?
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CNN, ever PC, doesn't scratch the surface and just strings together the expected pedestrian anecdotes.  
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SOME NAMES USED BY THE HATERS AND BIGOTS

If you've been reading comments in the local press, you'll be aware of the screen names shown below that have been used by some of the haters and bigots who have been trying to smear and sometimes threaten elected officials and others.

Some of these haters and bigots sound as though they're involved with the CMPD and/or local government. 

Can it be that they're using City owned computers to post their hate? And are they using other city equipment and facilities for their nutty hate driven agendas?

Maybe they're putting tracking devices on the cars of elected officials?  Maybe they're following elected officials or staking them out for political reasons? 

What about the reports we've gotten from the last election about Righeimer signs being stolen and about CMPD cars seen stopping in front of homes with Righeimer signs and with the cops inside the cars perhaps taking photos of the signs and homes?

And then there's the stinkeye incident.  Remember that?  An elected official and a private citizen legally putting up a Righeimer sign had two cops circle them a couple of times, allegedly give them a dirty look and then allegedly take a photo of them. Why haven't we heard anything about the investigation of that incident?

Here's the list of some haters and bigots:

cmwatcher2011

bigdawg
station44

daddytaughtmegood

rigdiculous

Of course, many of the haters and bigots change their screen names often, so we'll be adding new names to our list of haters and bigots as they pop up.

Now, if some of you who are using the above names feel that we have it wrong and that you are not posting hate, libelous comments or threats and you want to set the record straight, please send us your comments. 

You might also want to use your real name.
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NEWPORT BEACH WOMAN UPSET THAT RECYCLING CENTER--IN COSTA MESA--HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN

Kathy Shaw of Newport Beach writes the Daily Pilot [HERE] to complain that the recycling center on 19th Street in Costa Mesa has been shut down.

Well, Ms. Shaw, please supply us your address in Newport Beach and we'll see if we can help you get the recycling center moved near your home.

Say, while we're at it, how about we also move a soup kitchen and some charities into your neighborhood?

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CM PRESS # 426

[UPDATE]:  The CMPD reports that the previously reported attack on a girl in Tewinkle Park was a hoax perpetrated by the alleged victim who had fabricated the story.
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INDIANA JUDGE RULES NEWSPAPER MUST REVEAL ANONYMOUS POSTERS
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This is an increasing trend as those defamed by anonymous posters begin to sue.  There are a few of these anonymous posters in Costa Mesa who may soon learn that they aren't as anonymous as they think.
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UNBALANCED HATERS AND BIGOTS HARMING THE CAUSE OF CITY EMPLOYEES AND MAKING WENDY LEECE LOOK BAD

The CM PRESS has been contacted by a number of good, decent citizens who say they formerly had a lot of respect for City employees but that their respect started to erode when they saw the sheer arrogance and hate coming from some of them during the last election and since then.

Two out of town cops pulling an anti-Jim Righeimer A-Frame sign around the city behind what looked like a brand new, very expensive, Cadillac Escalade caused many to start questioning whether the cops and other City employees who mostly don't live in Costa Mesa are too involved in trying to buy City Councilmembers who will feather their nests and screw the people who live here.

Then there was the stink-eye incident in which a City Councilmember believes that two uniformed cops in a marked police car may have been trying to intimidate him and another citizen. 

And then there was the claim made to the press by "anonymous" out of town cops who insinuated that Jim Righeimer acted like a raging bull over a misplaced and dangerous DUI checkpoint--but when the tapes of the incident came out, Righeimer sounded calm, professional and polite.

You may remember that before those Righeimer tapes were made public that some cops were trying to tug on the heart strings of the voters concerning DUIs and were saying that the police were just doing their jobs when that evil Jim Righeimer questioned the misplaced and dangerous DUI checkpoint.

Then it came out that the out of town employees--including cop unions from other cities--were funneling thousands of dollars into trying to elect Wendy Leece and they were even trying to elect a guy who had a DUI arrest, in order to get puppets on the Council and defeat Righeimer.

Now, citizens are seeing that Leece--who got support and money from the out of town employees--has been the only Councilmember who has been voting against the citizens of this City and for the out of town employees who are trying to run this city.

Many citizens are now reading the hate comments that are appearing in the local papers from anonymous commenters who often sound like employees.

Several of the haters sound like cops or relatives of cops.  One hater sounds like an employee of the call center or a relative of an employee of the call center.

Here are just a few comments from the haters.  The DAILY PILOT has removed some of the most offensive and libelous comments, but you still can get the flavor from these:

station44 at 9:55 PM March 02, 2011

Steveo:

Based on your grammar, you should consider yourself luck to have a job. What do you think happens when there are no cops available to protect you from the gangs and transient infestation? I cant wait to see what Anaheim & 19th will look like a year from now!

[The CM PRESS COMMENTS: station44 may be an employee of the call center.  We learned this from some hints dropped by this hater in a previous message that was removed by the DAILY PILOT.]

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cmwatcher2011 at 8:03 PM March 2, 2011

This means 6 months of employees doing very little or nothing because the council screwed them...and then 2 years of unemployment...

All at the expense of the self proclaimed taxpaying protector, Jimmy Rigenheimer. For his political gain and to the detriment of the city residents...

I am afraid what might happen to him next.

[The CM PRESS COMMENTS: cmwatcher2011 makes some of the most hateful comments. Many have been removed.  Look at the last line in the above comment that is appearing in the DAILY PILOT right now: "I am afraid what might happen to him [Jim Righeimer] next."  That sounds like a threat to an elected official, and it should be investigated as such. But, it should not be investigated by the CMPD.]

There are many other comments from mentally unbalanced haters that are appearing in other newspapers. 

Some of these haters switch to other anonymous names, but they have a difficult time disguising their writing style and other factors. 

It seems clear that the few mentally unbalanced haters and bigots aren't helping the cause of the many good employees of the city and that they are creating lots of ill will among citizens.

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Those are our opinions.  Thanks for reading them.  If you think we got it wrong, let us know.  If you use your real name you'll have a better chance of having your comments posted.

CM PRESS # 425

[UPDATE]: The USS Ponce (pictured) and the USS Kearsarge, the two amphibious assault ships carrying U.S. Marines, have now cleared the Suez Canal from the Red Sea and are in the Mediterranean.  They will presumably take up stations off the Libyan coast in case they're needed.

Both the Ponce and the Kearsage have air and sea assault capabilities.

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[UPDATE]:  The suspects who allegedly attacked a girl and tried to tie her up in Tewinkle Park have been described by the CMPD as male Hispanics, 18-19 years old, wearing dark clothing.  "Hispanics" was missing from the report in the Daily Pilot.

The Daily Pilot may not have omitted that important descriptor intentionally.  The CM PRESS had to make many telephone calls to get the description and at least one employee of the CMPD refused to give us the description.

Link to Daily Pilot report on the attack
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MARINES ORDERED TO WATERS OFF LIBYA

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HERE'S THE OC REGISTER'S REPORT ON THE OUTSOURCING DECISION LAST NIGHT
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PRESUMED COP USING ANONYMOUS NAME RESPONDS TO MY LETTER/COLUMN IN THE DAILY PILOT ABOUT OUTSOURCING

s-kelevra at 11:49 PM March 01, 2011
There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and Millard.

The vast majority of cops in Costa Mesa would -love- to earn $175,000 a year in total compensation, because very few of them get anywhere near that.
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Link to my column/letter and s-klevra's full comment.


Here's my response to s-kelevras above comments:

Actually, s-kelevra, according to the CMPD's own reports, a lot more than "very few" get near $ 175,000 per year.

In fact, there are 83 cops on the force who make more than $ 175,000 per year in total compensation.

Thirty six of those make more than $200,000 per year in total compensation.

There are 40 officers who make between $ 150,000 to $169,000.

Sixteen make between $130,000 to $ 149,000. 

There are ten who make between $ 120,000 and $129,000. 

There are five who make between $ 110,000 and $118,000. 

There is one who makes $97,385.64, and this is the lowest paid cop.

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CITY COUNCIL APPROVES OUTSOURCING NOTICES

Link to Daily Pilot report

Councilmember Bever correctly pointed out that while many people seem  focused on just making up the approximately $1.4 million present budget gap so salaries and pensions can be paid, the reality is that the City has to do more than just pay employees. 

It also has to fix streets and many other things and at the present time the deferred maintenance on such infrastructure items may be around $30 million for storm drains and $70 million for streets.

In other words, the City has been robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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TWO MEN ATTACK GIRL IN TEWINKLE PARK
Link to Daily Pilot report

The CM PRESS is trying to get a description of the suspects and if we get it, we'll publish it ASAP.

According to the Daily Pilot, the CMPD didn't release complete descriptions of the suspects.  We'll see if we can find out why. 

Wouldn't the public be safer and arrests more likely if the universe of possible suspects was reduced with complete descriptions?
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CM PRESS # 424

BAD COPS IN BELL TARGETED DRIVERS WITH A GAME
Link

Many residents of Costa Mesa believe that our city has a small clique of bad cops, also.  These bad cops make the whole department look bad.

Many citizens who generally support the police hope that the CMPD will take corrective action and get rid of the few bad apples.  One way to start is by checking the computers used by some of the cops.  The second thing to do is to have some of the suspected bad cops undergo proper psychological testing.

Being a cop isn't an easy job and some people are not cut out for it but manage to trick their way into the job. When these bad apples get into a department, the whole department suffers.
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GOVERNMENT VS. PRIVATE INDUSTRY

Try this:  Go to the DMV on 19th Street to register a car.

Then, go to AAA on Harbor Blvd. to register a car.

Which one would you use again?
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NOTE TO: daddytaughtmegood--Why don't you use your real name?  Are you using city property to make your hate comments?
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SHOULD ALL GOVERNMENT JOBS BE OUTSOURCED?

Of course not.  However, if some services can be provided more efficiently and more cheaply to residents of Costa Mesa than can be done by government, then those jobs should at least be looked at to see if they can be brought in line with what the private sector would charge to do the same thing.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to just look at and make adjustments to jobs being done by City employees because prior City Councils have gone along with byzantine contracts for employees that are as tangled as the Gordian Knot and which leave the present City Council with little choice but to take out a sword and untangle the mess by cutting through it (read, lay off many good employees).
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WE GET A REPLY ABOUT THE FIGURES IN CM PRESS # 423 THAT ALSO APPEARED IN THE DAILY PILOT (LINK)

THE CM PRESS WROTE:

"[M]ore than 80 percent of the city budget goes to pay employees; the statewide average is 47 percent."
In Costa Mesa, you can see that we're about 33 percent higher than the statewide average for the percent of the budget that goes to labor.

THE ANONYMOUS REPLY WE RECEIVED:

As a cost variation, 70% is way sexier than 33%, and fortunately it is also the correct percentage.


47% is your 100% basis

In the 47% - 80% comparison 80% is actually 70% higher than 47%. (94% would be 100% higher)

47 x 1.7 = 79.9 (80)

If you prefer the "intuitiveness" of 33 with the "budget" being the 100% basis, then; "we use 33% ("a third" sounds good too!) more of our budget towards staff cost." would be accurate. The downside of this approach is that it can be mistaken as 33% of 47. which is only 15.66.
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