WANT TO HELP FIX THE WESTSIDE?
Dismantle the charity machine that is working against the stable citizens of Costa Mesa and which is acting as a magnet for homeless people, illegal aliens and those who are turning the Westside into a new skid row.
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DAILY PILOT ARTICLE ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE IN COSTA MESA
Be sure to read Wendy Leece's usual stupid comments about "compassion" and Costa Mesa being a "city with a heart." What absolutely stupid cliches.
How about having compassion and a heart for the stable citizens of Costa Mesa, Leece?
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ONE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY IN DODGER STADIUM BEATING
Putting out full descriptions of criminals sure helps in capturing them.
Someone should tell that to the CMPD.
Our local cops are still looking for two guys who robbed a store with a shotgun, but the cops have only told us what they were wearing.
That's the usual way of handling these things by PC types when the perps are non-white.
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BARBARA VENEZIA'S COLUMN ON THE HELICOPTER PROGRAM
The above column gives you an idea of the confusion surrounding the program.
If you ask us, the program is too expensive and gives minimal results.
If the program is saved, we hope common sense will prevail and less expensive helicopters will be used and the mission of the helicopters is clearly defined as: Eyes in the sky.
We do not need helicopters in Costa Mesa for ocean rescues or for plucking people off mountain ledges or similar things.
The only thing we need helicopters for is...here it is again...to provide an eye in the sky. And, frankly, given Costa Mesa's size, geography and other factors, we may not even need them for that.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
CM PRESS # 505
NICE OC REGISTER INTERVIEW OF ACTOR GEOFFREY RUSH
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7:20 PM IN COSTA MESA AND NO END OF THE WORLD IN SIGHT
Link to other news of the dud prediction.
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BUSINESS BOOMING FOR DANISH SPERM
Women looking for tall Nordic looking offspring with blue eyes.
Natural selection working itself out in less than a hit and miss fashion.
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DON'T FORGET--WORLD ENDS TODAY AT 6 PM
[UPDATE: It's already early in the morning of the 22nd in Australia and nothing happened. Surprised? Well, maybe Harold was off by a continent and something will happen here in Costa Mesa at 6pm our time. Yawn]
According to Harold Camping's followers it'll start in Australia with a massive earthquake at 6 pm and then move around the planet at 6 pm in each time zone.
While you're waiting you may want to listen to Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee (HERE).
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CITY OF DUMBVILLE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PIGEONS IN THE CITY
Meanwhile, the City Council votes to use more citizen tax money to pay for more bird feed to give to the Pigeon Lady.
And, local newspaper continues to run gushy columns about a Pigeon Lady whose Great White Mother neurosis is wrongly praised as compassion.
At the same time, residents are fleeing the city to places where they won't be bombed by pigeons all day long and where they can pursue their idea of happiness free from the nutcakes in Dumbville.
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7:20 PM IN COSTA MESA AND NO END OF THE WORLD IN SIGHT
Link to other news of the dud prediction.
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BUSINESS BOOMING FOR DANISH SPERM
Women looking for tall Nordic looking offspring with blue eyes.
Natural selection working itself out in less than a hit and miss fashion.
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DON'T FORGET--WORLD ENDS TODAY AT 6 PM
[UPDATE: It's already early in the morning of the 22nd in Australia and nothing happened. Surprised? Well, maybe Harold was off by a continent and something will happen here in Costa Mesa at 6pm our time. Yawn]
According to Harold Camping's followers it'll start in Australia with a massive earthquake at 6 pm and then move around the planet at 6 pm in each time zone.
While you're waiting you may want to listen to Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee (HERE).
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CITY OF DUMBVILLE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PIGEONS IN THE CITY
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| Pigeon Lady feeding pigeons. |
And, local newspaper continues to run gushy columns about a Pigeon Lady whose Great White Mother neurosis is wrongly praised as compassion.
At the same time, residents are fleeing the city to places where they won't be bombed by pigeons all day long and where they can pursue their idea of happiness free from the nutcakes in Dumbville.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
CM PRESS # 504
WE IMAGINE...
CITY TO OUTSOURCE CHEST BUMPING
CITY TO OUTSOURCE CHEST BUMPING
According to an eyewitness, Steve Mensinger didn't even touch the guy during the recent alleged chest bumping incident.
Residents of Costa Mesa deserve better chest bumping than that.
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THE END IS NEAR? MAY 21, 2011 IS THE DATE
We just looked outside and the sky is pretty clear. No rain in sight. Didn't see a locust. Nothing rumbling underfoot or overhead. No sign of the ocean rising on our streets. The sun is still sunny. No strange winds. No odd animal movements.
Well, it is still the 20th, so maybe we checked too soon.
Maybe someone should call Wendy Leece. We think she has an inside track on this sort of thing and probably gets tipped off first from on high because of that sign she put up on the back wall of the City Council chambers.
Fear not, we'll keep an eye out and if the world comes to an end be sure to check back here after it happens for all the news.
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WE IMAGINE...BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE MEN ON THE COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL AS REPORTED BY BIG UNION (SO YOU KNOW IT HAS TO BE TRUE)
Did you know that the four male Costa Mesa Councilmembers have all been given free Bentleys driven by CMPD cops who have been forced to act as chauffeurs?
Psssst. Be sure to pass it on.
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COLUMN BY COLIN MCCARTHY IN THE DAILY PILOT refuting Big Union lies.
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COLUMN BY STEVE MENSINGER IN THE DAILY PILOT also refuting Big Union and also Big Out Of Town Employee lies.
FORMER CIA AGENT SAYS BIN LADEN DIED IN 2006 OF DISEASE
Claims recent raid by U.S. only found Bin Laden's grave.
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IS THE CMPD ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF CITIZENS?
HERE'S the article again about a couple of shotgun robbers who hit a store in Costa Mesa. Note that the article says the cops haven't released descriptions of the robbers.
Why are there no descriptions? How does that help police work? Wouldn't residents be safer if they were on their toes by having such descriptions and wouldn't it be possible the cops would get tips from people who may know who these guys are if there were descriptions?
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CRISSY BROOKS CONTINUES HELPING ILLEGAL ALIENS FEEL COMFORTABLE ON THE WESTSIDE
Do you wonder why the Westside continues to be a sanctuary for illegal aliens and why they feel warm and fuzzy living there? Read on and see if you can find any clues.
In the above column, Brooks tells an illegal alien woman, who Brooks knows is an illegal alien, and whose husband was deported for being an illegal alien, that Brooks will be available via phone if this woman is also caught and deported so that Brooks can apparently watch the woman's children.
Wouldn't it be better if Brooks just told the woman to move back to her own country and be with her husband?
Brooks, by the way, is the daughter of Dave Brooks, a retired CMPD cop, who is a Newport Mesa Unified School Board member.
Crissy also served on the 3R Committee that gave our tax money to charities. Crissy also heads a charity called MIKA that is engaged in community organizing.
MIKA has also apparently joined forces with ROCK HARBOR CHURCH for community organizing. LINK
Folks, this column could go on for pages with links and cross links of compassionate souls who like to practice their compassion here in Costa Mesa, and especially on the Westside, but you probably get the picture.
We live in a cause and effect universe. The Westside is not downscale for no reason. There are reasons why it is the way it is and why it is so difficult to bring it up to par with the rest of Costa Mesa.
If you have people welcoming illegal aliens (and homeless people) to the city and making them feel comfortable, you end up with what we see on the Westside.
Shouldn't the home owning legal residents of Costa Mesa who live on the Westside be treated with respect and shouldn't they be allowed to improve their part of Costa Mesa by making it a comfortable place for other legal residents?
Why must the legal residents of the Westside put up with having their property values lowered, their streets made unsafe, their schools perform at Third World levels?
If you're a legal resident of the Westside and you're not pissed off about what's happening over there, then maybe you should try to get your I.Q. raised somehow.
By the way, Wendy Leece links to MIKA on her website. (HERE) Are you surprised?
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
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If Crissy Brooks wants to comment, we're open to reading what she has to say.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
CM PRESS # 503
SOME OF THE HOMELESS MAGNETS BEING REMOVED FROM LIONS PARK
Charity groups say they're looking for new locations.
I'm sure many Westsiders would suggest moving them over to the Eastside near where a bag of wind lives who has called for more charity services on the Westside.
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UNION HEAD NOW SAYS EMAILS TO/FROM REPUBLICANS WERE FORWARDED TO HIM
Great, so who forwarded them? Who were they to/from? What is in those emails? How about telephone calls? Was information from them also forwarded? What about calls to the police department dispatch center? Was information on those calls forwarded? What other private information was forwarded to the union?
What about the information about how many cops were watching over threatened elected officials' homes? Who has been spreading that information?
This is chilling that information.
This should be investigated.
While it is not clear from the information released if the emails involve Costa Mesa elected officials or employees, one has to wonder if they do. And, until all the facts come out, and the person(s) who have been sending information to the union is discovered, just about everyone in city hall and the police department will probably not be trusted by citizens of Costa Mesa.
Do you feel comfortable about sending an email to city hall about some neighbor problem? How about if you know the email will be sent to the union and maybe then be given to the neighbor?
Come on City Council, get to the bottom of this outrage.
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ISRAEL NOT IN FAVOR OF DIVERSITY IN ISRAEL--MAD AT OBAMA
Israel wants Obama to retract statements about returning to pre-1967 borders. Will Obama cave in?
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WILL THE CITY INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGEDLY PURLOINED EMAILS?
Readers are asking the CM PRESS about the alleged interception of emails at City Hall by the union.
Was the union reading emails sent to our elected officials by private citizens? If so, how did the union get access? Was this an inside job? Did some employee give the union the information? Was a crime committed? What private information has been obtained by the union?
Can citizens of Costa Mesa trust any employees? Who do we know we can trust? How do we know that?
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UH OH, END OF EARTH THIS SATURDAY 6 PM
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WHAT ABOUT THIS ALLEGED BROWN ACT VIOLATION?
As you know, Big Union and Big Out Of Town Employees are trying to stop any layoffs by a variety of means.
One of those means is a claim that the two person ad hoc committees set up by the City Council violated the Brown Act.
From what we've seen, we think those arguing that there was a violation are mistaken both on the facts and on the law, but it'll be interesting to see how this unfolds.
What usually happens in such cases is that those complaining ask that the legislative body involved "cure and correct" the violation. This is then often done by just redoing the meeting with the public properly noticed and invited to attend. End of the problem.
However, those cases usually involve some suspected violation that involves a quorum of the legislative body that made a secret decision to do something or not do something.
This case does not involve a quorum so there is no clear cut violation in this regard.
Instead, those complaining are arguing that the two person committees violated the law because it was not clearly stated that they were ad hoc committees, but were standing committees.
Standing committees, even with less than a quorum, require proper noticing of the public and they have to conduct their business in public.
So, what has to happen is that the court has to find that the two person committees were standing committees. And, if they are ruled as such, then the court can void the decisions of the committees.
In this case, those complaining are apparently hoping that the court will then void the decision to send layoff notices.
Suppose the Council does not cure and correct and the court rules against the Council? The Council can simply meet in public and send out new layoff notices. But, of course, that just delays the inevitable.
Here's the section of the Brown Act that applies to this situation:
54952(b)
(b)A commission, committee, board, or other body of a local agency, whether permanent or temporary, decisionmaking or advisory, created by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body. However, advisory committees, composed solely of the members of the legislative body that are less than a quorum of the legislative body are not legislative bodies, except that standing committees of a legislative body, irrespective of their composition, which have a continuing subject matter jurisdiction, or a meeting schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body are legislative bodies for purposes of this chapter.
What happens if there is a violation?
Here's a LINK to Sec. 54960.1 which gives the remedies for a violation.
And for your reference, here's an earlier article from the DAILY PILOT in which the City Attorney denies there was any violation of the Brown Act. LINK
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Charity groups say they're looking for new locations.
I'm sure many Westsiders would suggest moving them over to the Eastside near where a bag of wind lives who has called for more charity services on the Westside.
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UNION HEAD NOW SAYS EMAILS TO/FROM REPUBLICANS WERE FORWARDED TO HIM
Great, so who forwarded them? Who were they to/from? What is in those emails? How about telephone calls? Was information from them also forwarded? What about calls to the police department dispatch center? Was information on those calls forwarded? What other private information was forwarded to the union?
What about the information about how many cops were watching over threatened elected officials' homes? Who has been spreading that information?
This is chilling that information.
This should be investigated.
While it is not clear from the information released if the emails involve Costa Mesa elected officials or employees, one has to wonder if they do. And, until all the facts come out, and the person(s) who have been sending information to the union is discovered, just about everyone in city hall and the police department will probably not be trusted by citizens of Costa Mesa.
Do you feel comfortable about sending an email to city hall about some neighbor problem? How about if you know the email will be sent to the union and maybe then be given to the neighbor?
Come on City Council, get to the bottom of this outrage.
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ISRAEL NOT IN FAVOR OF DIVERSITY IN ISRAEL--MAD AT OBAMA
Israel wants Obama to retract statements about returning to pre-1967 borders. Will Obama cave in?
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WILL THE CITY INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGEDLY PURLOINED EMAILS?
Readers are asking the CM PRESS about the alleged interception of emails at City Hall by the union.
Was the union reading emails sent to our elected officials by private citizens? If so, how did the union get access? Was this an inside job? Did some employee give the union the information? Was a crime committed? What private information has been obtained by the union?
Can citizens of Costa Mesa trust any employees? Who do we know we can trust? How do we know that?
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UH OH, END OF EARTH THIS SATURDAY 6 PM
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WHAT ABOUT THIS ALLEGED BROWN ACT VIOLATION?
As you know, Big Union and Big Out Of Town Employees are trying to stop any layoffs by a variety of means.
One of those means is a claim that the two person ad hoc committees set up by the City Council violated the Brown Act.
From what we've seen, we think those arguing that there was a violation are mistaken both on the facts and on the law, but it'll be interesting to see how this unfolds.
What usually happens in such cases is that those complaining ask that the legislative body involved "cure and correct" the violation. This is then often done by just redoing the meeting with the public properly noticed and invited to attend. End of the problem.
However, those cases usually involve some suspected violation that involves a quorum of the legislative body that made a secret decision to do something or not do something.
This case does not involve a quorum so there is no clear cut violation in this regard.
Instead, those complaining are arguing that the two person committees violated the law because it was not clearly stated that they were ad hoc committees, but were standing committees.
Standing committees, even with less than a quorum, require proper noticing of the public and they have to conduct their business in public.
So, what has to happen is that the court has to find that the two person committees were standing committees. And, if they are ruled as such, then the court can void the decisions of the committees.
In this case, those complaining are apparently hoping that the court will then void the decision to send layoff notices.
Suppose the Council does not cure and correct and the court rules against the Council? The Council can simply meet in public and send out new layoff notices. But, of course, that just delays the inevitable.
Here's the section of the Brown Act that applies to this situation:
54952(b)
(b)A commission, committee, board, or other body of a local agency, whether permanent or temporary, decisionmaking or advisory, created by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body. However, advisory committees, composed solely of the members of the legislative body that are less than a quorum of the legislative body are not legislative bodies, except that standing committees of a legislative body, irrespective of their composition, which have a continuing subject matter jurisdiction, or a meeting schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body are legislative bodies for purposes of this chapter.
What happens if there is a violation?
Here's a LINK to Sec. 54960.1 which gives the remedies for a violation.
And for your reference, here's an earlier article from the DAILY PILOT in which the City Attorney denies there was any violation of the Brown Act. LINK
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
CM PRESS # 502
COSTA MESA TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION HAS MORE ON THE INTERCEPTED EMAILS
The folks at the Costa Mesa Taxpayers Association seem to have their stuff together. It's a group that deserves a serious look from those who want to help keep Costa Mesa in the hands of those of us who live here instead of letting our city be run by puppets of Big Union and out of town employees.
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UNION BOSS ADMITS TO INTERCEPTING EMAILS IN COSTA MESA
Above link has videos.
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EVER WONDER HOW MANY OF COSTA MESA'S EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY LIVE IN COSTA MESA?
Would you believe it's only around 9 %?
Yes, that means about 91% of our employees are taking our money and running back to other cities to spend it.
Well, at least that's the figure that we've heard on the street.
If that 9% figure is wrong, City Hall should let us know. The ball is now in City Hall's court.
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NON-WHITE WOMAN ARRESTED IN FLORIDA ON BATTERY AND HATE CRIME CHARGES FOR SPITTING ON WHITE PEOPLE
Welcome to SpitMart.
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WE WISH CALIFORNIA CITIES COULD REQUIRE CITY EMPLOYEES TO LIVE IN THE CITIES WHERE THEY WORK
As we've written many times before, Boston requires employees to live in the city.
If any are found who don't live in the city, they're fired.
Wouldn't it be nice if all of Costa Mesa's employees were required to live here?
Wouldn't it be nice if our employees were really part of our city?
Wouldn't it be great if their kids were in our schools?
Wouldn't it help local merchants if our employees shopped in our markets and other stores, went to our restaurants, bought their family cars here and circulated our money right here in Costa Mesa?
Think of how much money these employees would save in gas since they wouldn't have to commute in from their far flung homes to attend City Council meetings to insult our Council members.
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MANUFACTURING MAY BE RELIC OF AMERICA'S PAST
Ruskie news site gets it right.
The U.S. is screwing itself by not reindustrializing the nation. We can't all be hippies chasing butterflies in some sort of Utopian park like America.
We need to start making things again.
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COSTA MESA CITY ATTORNEY SAYS CITY CAN OUTSOURCE
Costa Mesa City Attorney Tom Duarte issued this statement today after reviewing the lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Costa Mesa City Employees’ Assn.:
“The law allows for outsourcing of city services, the City’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Costa Mesa City Employees’ Assn. specifically contemplates outsourcing, and we are proceeding in compliance with the MOU and the law.”
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BUSINESSMAN WANTS TO RUN THE POLICE HELICOPTER PROGRAM AS A BUSINESS
Actually, this might work.
As we've written before, the present police helicopter program uses expensive Eurocopters which have lift and passenger capabilities that we don't need for an eye in the sky operation which is mostly what our police helicopters do.
We long ago suggested to the City Council that the police should switch to the less expensive to buy and operate Robinson helicopters which are manufactured in Torrance.
Robinson has choppers that they claim can be operated with a fuel bill that is similar to what you'd pay for fuel in a luxury car.
And, since Robinson is close, parts, mechanics and other help are readily available. This makes better business sense than relying on Eurocopters' factory in France or their Texas facility for these things.
You can recognize the Robinson choppers in the sky because they're the ones with the rotor blades on top of a tall tower.
We should ask for a commission from Robinson for pushing their choppers.
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INVISIBLE MEN WITH SHOTGUN ROB DELI IN 600 BLOCK OF W. BAKER STREET IN COSTA MESA
Usually, when no description is released it is because the suspects are non-white and the PC types want you to think that violent crime is an equal opportunity employer. It isn't. Not by a long shot.
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FILM OF COSMIC CHAOS, END OF EARTH WOWS CANNES
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GREAT WHITE FATHER MIKE SCHROEDER LOSES BID FOR STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE
This is the politically correct and hypersensitive GOP suit who attacked a Republican grandmother over a joke chimp photo of Obama, but who apparently never minded chimp photos of George Bush.
Why was he so upset over Obama/chimp, but not upset over Bush/chimp?
We think it's because he may be a smarmy Great White Father (a term we coined).
Great White Fathers and Great White Mothers have a subconscious form of racism that we call noblesse oblige racism (another term we coined).
Great White Fathers and Great White Mothers subconsciously think that because they're white that they are superior to non-whites and that they must protect non-whites from other whites and treat non-whites like children instead of like adults capable of taking care of themselves.
The Great White Fathers and Great White Mothers will excuse behaviors from non-whites that they would condemn in whites and they are hypersensitive to real and imagined insults of non-whites by whites.
The Great White Fathers and Great White Mothers, for example, won't usually say anything about a black rap song that talks about killing whites, but will act like Dudley Do-Right if they see someone such as the white GOP grandmother sending a joke chimp photo of Obama to a few friends.
What say you, Mike Schroeder? Think we got it wrong? Send us your comments and if they make any sense we'll publish them up here on the main page.
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The folks at the Costa Mesa Taxpayers Association seem to have their stuff together. It's a group that deserves a serious look from those who want to help keep Costa Mesa in the hands of those of us who live here instead of letting our city be run by puppets of Big Union and out of town employees.
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UNION BOSS ADMITS TO INTERCEPTING EMAILS IN COSTA MESA
Above link has videos.
# # #
EVER WONDER HOW MANY OF COSTA MESA'S EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY LIVE IN COSTA MESA?
Would you believe it's only around 9 %?
Yes, that means about 91% of our employees are taking our money and running back to other cities to spend it.
Well, at least that's the figure that we've heard on the street.
If that 9% figure is wrong, City Hall should let us know. The ball is now in City Hall's court.
# # #
NON-WHITE WOMAN ARRESTED IN FLORIDA ON BATTERY AND HATE CRIME CHARGES FOR SPITTING ON WHITE PEOPLE
Welcome to SpitMart.
# # #
WE WISH CALIFORNIA CITIES COULD REQUIRE CITY EMPLOYEES TO LIVE IN THE CITIES WHERE THEY WORK
As we've written many times before, Boston requires employees to live in the city.
If any are found who don't live in the city, they're fired.
Wouldn't it be nice if all of Costa Mesa's employees were required to live here?
Wouldn't it be nice if our employees were really part of our city?
Wouldn't it be great if their kids were in our schools?
Wouldn't it help local merchants if our employees shopped in our markets and other stores, went to our restaurants, bought their family cars here and circulated our money right here in Costa Mesa?
Think of how much money these employees would save in gas since they wouldn't have to commute in from their far flung homes to attend City Council meetings to insult our Council members.
# # #
MANUFACTURING MAY BE RELIC OF AMERICA'S PAST
Ruskie news site gets it right.
The U.S. is screwing itself by not reindustrializing the nation. We can't all be hippies chasing butterflies in some sort of Utopian park like America.
We need to start making things again.
# # #
COSTA MESA CITY ATTORNEY SAYS CITY CAN OUTSOURCE
Costa Mesa City Attorney Tom Duarte issued this statement today after reviewing the lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Costa Mesa City Employees’ Assn.:
“The law allows for outsourcing of city services, the City’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Costa Mesa City Employees’ Assn. specifically contemplates outsourcing, and we are proceeding in compliance with the MOU and the law.”
# # #
BUSINESSMAN WANTS TO RUN THE POLICE HELICOPTER PROGRAM AS A BUSINESS
Actually, this might work.
As we've written before, the present police helicopter program uses expensive Eurocopters which have lift and passenger capabilities that we don't need for an eye in the sky operation which is mostly what our police helicopters do.
We long ago suggested to the City Council that the police should switch to the less expensive to buy and operate Robinson helicopters which are manufactured in Torrance.
Robinson has choppers that they claim can be operated with a fuel bill that is similar to what you'd pay for fuel in a luxury car.
And, since Robinson is close, parts, mechanics and other help are readily available. This makes better business sense than relying on Eurocopters' factory in France or their Texas facility for these things.
You can recognize the Robinson choppers in the sky because they're the ones with the rotor blades on top of a tall tower.
We should ask for a commission from Robinson for pushing their choppers.
# # #
INVISIBLE MEN WITH SHOTGUN ROB DELI IN 600 BLOCK OF W. BAKER STREET IN COSTA MESA
Usually, when no description is released it is because the suspects are non-white and the PC types want you to think that violent crime is an equal opportunity employer. It isn't. Not by a long shot.
# # #
FILM OF COSMIC CHAOS, END OF EARTH WOWS CANNES
# # #
GREAT WHITE FATHER MIKE SCHROEDER LOSES BID FOR STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE
This is the politically correct and hypersensitive GOP suit who attacked a Republican grandmother over a joke chimp photo of Obama, but who apparently never minded chimp photos of George Bush.
Why was he so upset over Obama/chimp, but not upset over Bush/chimp?
We think it's because he may be a smarmy Great White Father (a term we coined).
Great White Fathers and Great White Mothers have a subconscious form of racism that we call noblesse oblige racism (another term we coined).
Great White Fathers and Great White Mothers subconsciously think that because they're white that they are superior to non-whites and that they must protect non-whites from other whites and treat non-whites like children instead of like adults capable of taking care of themselves.
The Great White Fathers and Great White Mothers will excuse behaviors from non-whites that they would condemn in whites and they are hypersensitive to real and imagined insults of non-whites by whites.
The Great White Fathers and Great White Mothers, for example, won't usually say anything about a black rap song that talks about killing whites, but will act like Dudley Do-Right if they see someone such as the white GOP grandmother sending a joke chimp photo of Obama to a few friends.
What say you, Mike Schroeder? Think we got it wrong? Send us your comments and if they make any sense we'll publish them up here on the main page.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
CM PRESS # 501
WHITE TEACHERS SUE PHILLY SCHOOLS ALLEGING RACE BIAS AGAINST WHITE TEACHERS
More and more whites are getting fed up with the double standard and are speaking up.
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GREAT WHITE MOTHER TEXAS TEACHER ARRESTED AFTER SHE INCITED AND LET BLACK STUDENTS BEAT UP A WHITE STUDENT
Then again, not everyone gets it.
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WHERE WE STAND ON COSTA MESA'S GOVERNMENT
The CM PRESS supports any efforts of the City Council to save money, to be transparent, to right size government, to let people alone, and to spend money correctly and do the things necessary to improve Costa Mesa and especially the Westside.
We've always supported those things, and over the years we've been frustrated by former liberal City Councils that seemed to be taking just the opposite position on most things.
You could probably fill a couple of small boxes with the requests for information and complaints we've made to city hall over the years about different things that the government was doing that we felt were wrong.
Now that there is a more conservative City Council, we haven't changed. We still want the same things from this Council as we did when the liberals were running the joint.
With the above in mind, we have to tell you that we're glad to see some libs now playing the role that we previously played.
The way we keep government honest and doing what it should be doing, and not doing what it shouldn't be doing, is by constantly asking questions and by keeping our city officials on their toes.
It is the people of Costa Mesa who own this city. We have delegated certain of our authority to city government to do things in our stead, but we have not delegated our responsibility.
It is the people of Costa Mesa who are ultimately responsible for the type of city we have.
Some of us take that responsibility seriously and we stay involved. If you're not involved, you should try to find some time to get involved.
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SO THE EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO COURT...SO WHAT?
It doesn't really matter.
Even if the court issues an injunction and even if the court says that Costa Mesa is bound by various provisions of the law from a mass layoff of employees, nothing will change that is essential.
You see, the Council's main thrust has never been to just lay off employees. That idea was one of many possible means to the real goals.
The real goals are to get our financial house in order, to right size the government and to find ways to get the best price for the services the government supplies to residents.
In other words, as Costa Mesa government becomes more businesslike it is trying to give the best value to residents for the money they give to the government.
Issuing six month lay off notices was a contractual requirement in order for the Council to pursue just one of many strategies to achieve its goals.
There are, as they say in the boardrooms, many ways to skin a cat.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
More and more whites are getting fed up with the double standard and are speaking up.
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GREAT WHITE MOTHER TEXAS TEACHER ARRESTED AFTER SHE INCITED AND LET BLACK STUDENTS BEAT UP A WHITE STUDENT
Then again, not everyone gets it.
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WHERE WE STAND ON COSTA MESA'S GOVERNMENT
The CM PRESS supports any efforts of the City Council to save money, to be transparent, to right size government, to let people alone, and to spend money correctly and do the things necessary to improve Costa Mesa and especially the Westside.
We've always supported those things, and over the years we've been frustrated by former liberal City Councils that seemed to be taking just the opposite position on most things.
You could probably fill a couple of small boxes with the requests for information and complaints we've made to city hall over the years about different things that the government was doing that we felt were wrong.
Now that there is a more conservative City Council, we haven't changed. We still want the same things from this Council as we did when the liberals were running the joint.
With the above in mind, we have to tell you that we're glad to see some libs now playing the role that we previously played.
The way we keep government honest and doing what it should be doing, and not doing what it shouldn't be doing, is by constantly asking questions and by keeping our city officials on their toes.
It is the people of Costa Mesa who own this city. We have delegated certain of our authority to city government to do things in our stead, but we have not delegated our responsibility.
It is the people of Costa Mesa who are ultimately responsible for the type of city we have.
Some of us take that responsibility seriously and we stay involved. If you're not involved, you should try to find some time to get involved.
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SO THE EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO COURT...SO WHAT?
It doesn't really matter.
Even if the court issues an injunction and even if the court says that Costa Mesa is bound by various provisions of the law from a mass layoff of employees, nothing will change that is essential.
You see, the Council's main thrust has never been to just lay off employees. That idea was one of many possible means to the real goals.
The real goals are to get our financial house in order, to right size the government and to find ways to get the best price for the services the government supplies to residents.
In other words, as Costa Mesa government becomes more businesslike it is trying to give the best value to residents for the money they give to the government.
Issuing six month lay off notices was a contractual requirement in order for the Council to pursue just one of many strategies to achieve its goals.
There are, as they say in the boardrooms, many ways to skin a cat.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
Monday, May 16, 2011
CM PRESS # 500
RETAILER HAS TO PAY $ 246,500 DUE TO RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES
Told a white woman that the firm doesn't hire whites. The firm also had to sign a Federal Consent Decree.
Long time readers will recall that the CM PRESS reported on a charity in Costa Mesa that told a white girl that they wouldn't let her use their homework help services because she's white, and how the feds then swooped in on that charity and made them sign a Federal Consent Decree.
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EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION GOES TO COURT OVER LAYOFFS
Not an unexpected move.
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HARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAMED ONE OF TOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE
Wonder why? Check out the demographics of the school HERE.
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CITY'S PRESS RELEASE ON CREDIT RATING BEING DROPPED
Be sure to scroll down below the press release to the full Moody's Report which is full of facts and figures,
that should tell you why we need to attract and hold more upwardly mobile residents.
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City Council Agenda for Tomorrow Night
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Homeless Task Force Agenda--Wednesday
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Told a white woman that the firm doesn't hire whites. The firm also had to sign a Federal Consent Decree.
Long time readers will recall that the CM PRESS reported on a charity in Costa Mesa that told a white girl that they wouldn't let her use their homework help services because she's white, and how the feds then swooped in on that charity and made them sign a Federal Consent Decree.
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EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION GOES TO COURT OVER LAYOFFS
Not an unexpected move.
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HARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAMED ONE OF TOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE
Wonder why? Check out the demographics of the school HERE.
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CITY'S PRESS RELEASE ON CREDIT RATING BEING DROPPED
Be sure to scroll down below the press release to the full Moody's Report which is full of facts and figures,
that should tell you why we need to attract and hold more upwardly mobile residents.
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City Council Agenda for Tomorrow Night
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Homeless Task Force Agenda--Wednesday
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
CM PRESS # 499
GENETIC LINK TO DEPRESSION FOUND
Link
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TWO NYPD COPS BEING EYED AS POSSIBLE SERIAL KILLERS
Link
Bodies of young women have been turning up in brush on Long Island, and cops are looking at a couple of their own as suspects.
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SCIENTISTS FIND 'MASTER SWITCH' GENE FOR OBESITY
Link
It's KLF14.
An important thing that is once again pointed out in the above linked article is that very small changes in genes can have major effects on the complete individual.
Genes are us.
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COSTA MESA HAS LOWEST HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE OF ANY CITY IN O.C.
Link to OC REGISTER article and full list.
Costa Mesa has a homeownership rate of 39.6% vs. 60.4% renters.
Newport Beach has a homeownership rate of 54.8% vs. 42.2% renters.
Huntington Beach has a homeownership rate of 60.%% vs. 39.5% renters.
Fountain Valley has a homeownership rate of 72.2% vs. 27.8% renters.
Irvine has a homeownership rate of 50.2% vs. 49.8% renters.
Santa Ana has a homeownership rate of 47.5% vs. 52.5% renters.
What's it mean?
Costa Mesa's stats are just about opposite of what they should be.
Our city would probably be more stable if we had 60.4% homeownership and 39.6% renters, instead of the other way around.
In other words, as a City, we should be trying to increase our homeownership stats.
The best way to do that, in our view, is to build more executive level homes on the Westside.
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IRVINE IS TOUGH COMPETITION FOR COSTA MESA AS WE TRY TO GET YOUNG, UPWARDLY MOBILE FAMILIES TO LIVE HERE
Link
Irvine opens a new village with 597 homes. When you go to the above link, note that "access to Irvine Unified School District," is featured in the article as an enticement to new home owners.
What that tells parents: "Move to this village in Irvine and your kids will get a leg up on life by being in a top rated school with other kids who are also from upwardly mobile families. This may not guarantee that your kids will be successful in life, but the best way to be successful is to be around successful people."
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TIME TO INVESTIGATE THIS GUY
Below in blue is a comment from "bigdawg," one of the usual haters and bigots, that is appearing below the story linked to in the CM PRESS article below.
What's concerning about this comment is that, as far as we know, the information that "8 plain clothes officers" had to work about "4 hours of overtime each to guard their homes [threatened Councilmembers] on St. Patty's Day," was never published in the newspapers or publicly revealed.
So, it's reasonable to believe that "bigdawg" somehow has internal and confidential information from the police department. Is he putting people at risk by revealing internal CMPD information? It could be.
Is bigdawg one of the bad cops--part of that left wing clique within the department that works against citizens of this city?
Suppose you or your loved ones are stopped on a dark road some night in Costa Mesa by a cop. Will that cop be bigdawg or someone like him who has some kind of emotional problem and/or political/social agenda that he's using his badge to further?
bigdawg at 9:57 PM May 14, 2011
Hey Joe Serna, why don't you ask Mensinger why he didn't care that he and Righeimer forced 8 plain clothes officers to work about 4 hours of overtime each to guard their homes on St. Patty's Day? Seems appropriate due to his comments printed here. My guess is no city expense can be spared for the protection of his and Righeimer's families, but rest of the city be damned. He is the definition of a hypocrite.
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PROPAGANDISTIC MEET AND GREET CALLED OFF
One would have to be a complete naif to not know that the meet and greet that the mostly out of town political police and political fire department wanted to put on at this time was a propaganda event to stick it to the City Council and the citizens of this city.
Link
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TWO NYPD COPS BEING EYED AS POSSIBLE SERIAL KILLERS
Link
Bodies of young women have been turning up in brush on Long Island, and cops are looking at a couple of their own as suspects.
# # #
SCIENTISTS FIND 'MASTER SWITCH' GENE FOR OBESITY
Link
It's KLF14.
An important thing that is once again pointed out in the above linked article is that very small changes in genes can have major effects on the complete individual.
Genes are us.
# # #
COSTA MESA HAS LOWEST HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE OF ANY CITY IN O.C.
Link to OC REGISTER article and full list.
Costa Mesa has a homeownership rate of 39.6% vs. 60.4% renters.
Newport Beach has a homeownership rate of 54.8% vs. 42.2% renters.
Huntington Beach has a homeownership rate of 60.%% vs. 39.5% renters.
Fountain Valley has a homeownership rate of 72.2% vs. 27.8% renters.
Irvine has a homeownership rate of 50.2% vs. 49.8% renters.
Santa Ana has a homeownership rate of 47.5% vs. 52.5% renters.
What's it mean?
Costa Mesa's stats are just about opposite of what they should be.
Our city would probably be more stable if we had 60.4% homeownership and 39.6% renters, instead of the other way around.
In other words, as a City, we should be trying to increase our homeownership stats.
The best way to do that, in our view, is to build more executive level homes on the Westside.
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IRVINE IS TOUGH COMPETITION FOR COSTA MESA AS WE TRY TO GET YOUNG, UPWARDLY MOBILE FAMILIES TO LIVE HERE
Link
Irvine opens a new village with 597 homes. When you go to the above link, note that "access to Irvine Unified School District," is featured in the article as an enticement to new home owners.
What that tells parents: "Move to this village in Irvine and your kids will get a leg up on life by being in a top rated school with other kids who are also from upwardly mobile families. This may not guarantee that your kids will be successful in life, but the best way to be successful is to be around successful people."
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TIME TO INVESTIGATE THIS GUY
Below in blue is a comment from "bigdawg," one of the usual haters and bigots, that is appearing below the story linked to in the CM PRESS article below.What's concerning about this comment is that, as far as we know, the information that "8 plain clothes officers" had to work about "4 hours of overtime each to guard their homes [threatened Councilmembers] on St. Patty's Day," was never published in the newspapers or publicly revealed.
So, it's reasonable to believe that "bigdawg" somehow has internal and confidential information from the police department. Is he putting people at risk by revealing internal CMPD information? It could be.
Is bigdawg one of the bad cops--part of that left wing clique within the department that works against citizens of this city?
Suppose you or your loved ones are stopped on a dark road some night in Costa Mesa by a cop. Will that cop be bigdawg or someone like him who has some kind of emotional problem and/or political/social agenda that he's using his badge to further?
bigdawg at 9:57 PM May 14, 2011
Hey Joe Serna, why don't you ask Mensinger why he didn't care that he and Righeimer forced 8 plain clothes officers to work about 4 hours of overtime each to guard their homes on St. Patty's Day? Seems appropriate due to his comments printed here. My guess is no city expense can be spared for the protection of his and Righeimer's families, but rest of the city be damned. He is the definition of a hypocrite.
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PROPAGANDISTIC MEET AND GREET CALLED OFF
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| Photo of A-Frame Sign on Trailer used by out of town cops |
One would have to be a complete naif to not know that the meet and greet that the mostly out of town political police and political fire department wanted to put on at this time was a propaganda event to stick it to the City Council and the citizens of this city.
The political types also wanted to do it while getting paid by us and by using our equipment that we bought.
Naturally, Wendy Leece, who got big time support in the last election from the mostly out of town cops and out of town fire fighters, didn't like the event being called off.
If there is to be a meet and greet, then let it be conducted at City Hall and let all elected officials and employees of the City schmooze with citizens.
And, don't hold it until the City government is right sized and citizen faith and confidence in our uniformed services is restored.
The last election, in which cops drove around the city with a huge A-frame anti-Righeimer sign on a trailer, isn't being forgotten by most activist citizens. That action and some other anti-Righeimer actions by those who are supposed to be professionals caused a major rift between citizens and the uniformed services.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
CM PRESS # 498
WHAT ABOUT ONE POLICE FORCE FOR NEWPORT BEACH AND COSTA MESA?
We already have one school district for the two cities, so why not one police force?
Newport-Mesa Police Department?
As with any proposal that is floated, there are negatives and positives. One of the main negatives would be that some residents of each city would think that their city is getting the short end of the stick.
But, one has to wonder if combining the two police forces might save money and still deliver good service.
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COSTA MESA'S CREDIT RATING DROPPED
Link
In the above link, be sure to notice the words "socioeconomic factors," being part of the reason for the drop.
Now, what do you think that means? Right.
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MAN SPENDS LIFE SAVINGS TO TELL PEOPLE THE WORLD WILL END ON MAY 21, 2011
Link
We can hardly wait to hear what he says on May 22, to explain why it didn't happen.
If he follows the usual pattern of those who predict the end of the Earth and then fail, he'll probably use some variation of one of the following excuses:
1. People prayed, so God changed his mind and spared the Earth.
2. I got the math wrong.
3. Only God knows the day of doom, and I was arrogant to think that I could predict it. God has now humbled me and I believe more than ever.
Ho hum.
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ABOUT THOSE PERCENTAGES WE USED...
You may have seen our recent column in the Daily Pilot [HERE] in which we wrote:
"There are ratios based on what other cities spend on labor versus other things in their budgets, and it turns out that Costa Mesa spends more than 80% of its budget on wages and benefits while the average for California cities is down below 50%."
Did you wonder about those percentages we used? Here are parts of two different OC REGISTER columns on this which confirm our above percentages:
"The city [Costa Mesa] is running a $1.4 million deficit this year, after cutting most non-essential services in recent years. But more than 80 percent of the city budget goes to pay employees; the statewide average is 47 percent."
LINK to full OC REGISTER column.
And...
"In 2007-08, the statewide average for cities was 47 percent of the operating budget spent on salaries and benefits; the median figure was 49 percent. Costa Mesa's figure was 80 percent that year, and 78 percent for the fiscal year just ended.
Over the last 17 years for which data was available, Costa Mesa spent between 61 percent and 93 percent of its operating budget on salaries. Most years, the number was in the high 60s or low 70s."
LINK to full OC REGISTER column.
You read that right. In at least one recent year, Costa Mesa spent 93 percent of its operating budget on salaries.
In other words [takes off shoes to count toes] 93 percent of our operating budget went to salaries and just 7 percent went to other things.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
We already have one school district for the two cities, so why not one police force?
Newport-Mesa Police Department?
As with any proposal that is floated, there are negatives and positives. One of the main negatives would be that some residents of each city would think that their city is getting the short end of the stick.
But, one has to wonder if combining the two police forces might save money and still deliver good service.
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COSTA MESA'S CREDIT RATING DROPPED
Link
In the above link, be sure to notice the words "socioeconomic factors," being part of the reason for the drop.
Now, what do you think that means? Right.
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MAN SPENDS LIFE SAVINGS TO TELL PEOPLE THE WORLD WILL END ON MAY 21, 2011
Link
We can hardly wait to hear what he says on May 22, to explain why it didn't happen.
If he follows the usual pattern of those who predict the end of the Earth and then fail, he'll probably use some variation of one of the following excuses:
1. People prayed, so God changed his mind and spared the Earth.
2. I got the math wrong.
3. Only God knows the day of doom, and I was arrogant to think that I could predict it. God has now humbled me and I believe more than ever.
Ho hum.
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ABOUT THOSE PERCENTAGES WE USED...
You may have seen our recent column in the Daily Pilot [HERE] in which we wrote:
"There are ratios based on what other cities spend on labor versus other things in their budgets, and it turns out that Costa Mesa spends more than 80% of its budget on wages and benefits while the average for California cities is down below 50%."
Did you wonder about those percentages we used? Here are parts of two different OC REGISTER columns on this which confirm our above percentages:
"The city [Costa Mesa] is running a $1.4 million deficit this year, after cutting most non-essential services in recent years. But more than 80 percent of the city budget goes to pay employees; the statewide average is 47 percent."
LINK to full OC REGISTER column.
And...
"In 2007-08, the statewide average for cities was 47 percent of the operating budget spent on salaries and benefits; the median figure was 49 percent. Costa Mesa's figure was 80 percent that year, and 78 percent for the fiscal year just ended.
Over the last 17 years for which data was available, Costa Mesa spent between 61 percent and 93 percent of its operating budget on salaries. Most years, the number was in the high 60s or low 70s."
LINK to full OC REGISTER column.
You read that right. In at least one recent year, Costa Mesa spent 93 percent of its operating budget on salaries.
In other words [takes off shoes to count toes] 93 percent of our operating budget went to salaries and just 7 percent went to other things.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
Friday, May 13, 2011
CM PRESS # 497
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA CITIES--ORANGE COUNTY WORKING ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REFORM
The group released polling data from Probolsky Research showing that about two-thirds of Orange County taxpayers agree with the urgent need for pension reform. Specific measures, received even higher marks. Some of these include:
83% support requiring local government employees to contribute the same amount as their employers
73% support capping benefit amounts
72% support allowing local government agencies to freeze unaffordable pension plans
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COSTA MESA SHOULD RAISE FEES ON BUSINESSES TO PAY FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES? HUH?
One frequently heard argument from those who don't want Costa Mesa's government to get right sized and to be more business like is that Costa Mesa should raise its fees and especially its business license fees.
Why should Costa Mesa do this? According to those who argue this way, Costa Mesa will then be able to pay its workers and not lay anyone off.
Such an argument is flawed and fails to recognize that government expands to take all the money it can get and then it demands more to expand more.
And, it never ends. More and more money is demanded by government, simply because it can demand it.
We think the present City Council is on the right track in right sizing our government and attempting to buy the services citizens need at the best price.
Where we think there can be more improvement is in letting businesses nation wide know that Costa Mesa is a great place to do business, precisely because it does have low fees, and our low fees help offset the high cost of doing business in California.
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TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH BLOGSPOT. CM PRESS # 496 WENT MISSING AS DID ALL POSTS FROM ALL BLOGS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. SHOULD BE RESTORED SOON.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
The group released polling data from Probolsky Research showing that about two-thirds of Orange County taxpayers agree with the urgent need for pension reform. Specific measures, received even higher marks. Some of these include:
83% support requiring local government employees to contribute the same amount as their employers
73% support capping benefit amounts
72% support allowing local government agencies to freeze unaffordable pension plans
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COSTA MESA SHOULD RAISE FEES ON BUSINESSES TO PAY FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES? HUH?
One frequently heard argument from those who don't want Costa Mesa's government to get right sized and to be more business like is that Costa Mesa should raise its fees and especially its business license fees.
Why should Costa Mesa do this? According to those who argue this way, Costa Mesa will then be able to pay its workers and not lay anyone off.
Such an argument is flawed and fails to recognize that government expands to take all the money it can get and then it demands more to expand more.
And, it never ends. More and more money is demanded by government, simply because it can demand it.
We think the present City Council is on the right track in right sizing our government and attempting to buy the services citizens need at the best price.
Where we think there can be more improvement is in letting businesses nation wide know that Costa Mesa is a great place to do business, precisely because it does have low fees, and our low fees help offset the high cost of doing business in California.
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TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH BLOGSPOT. CM PRESS # 496 WENT MISSING AS DID ALL POSTS FROM ALL BLOGS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. SHOULD BE RESTORED SOON.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
CM PRESS # 496
MENSINGER CLEARED
Link to Daily Pilot article.
Well, of course he was. He was just minding his own business and walked away from a verbal altercation with a local activist who initiated the conversation with Mensinger.
Be sure to read the comments following the above article or any article that defends the City Council's attempt to right size our city government, or any positive article about the City Council at all, and you'll see the usual rapid response team of haters and bigots spewing their smears.
It's hard to believe that these haters and bigots believe they're going to win hearts and minds with such hateful comments or that they think they're going to intimidate the Council into not doing what is right for the citizens of Costa Mesa. But apparently they do believe this, so they continue doing it.
Say, maybe they can put some of their comments on an A-Frame trailer and pull it around the city.
The last time that was tried, it helped galvanize voter opinion against those trying that tactic and may have caused more citizens to vote for Jim Righeimer than would otherwise have done so.
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DID THE COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT?
Link to OC REGISTER article.
Terry Francke of Californians Aware apparently thinks so.
We think he's mistaken on the facts as we understand them, and also on the law as we read it.
And, we think he knows this but figures there's no harm in sending a letter calling for more openness. And, because Costa Mesa is so much in the news, it gives Californians Aware some much needed publicity.
One thing to remember about opinions voiced by lawyers, including Mr. Francke, is that half the lawyers in the country are wrong every day in every courtroom.
Costa Mesa's City Attorney is apparently going to issue a statement today about Mr. Francke's concerns.
Our guess is that the City Attorney will say there was no intent to violate the Brown Act, that there was no such violation, and, in any case, the two member committees aren't even meeting anymore so the issue is moot but if they do meet again, in the spirit of transparency, the public will be invited.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
Link to Daily Pilot article.
Well, of course he was. He was just minding his own business and walked away from a verbal altercation with a local activist who initiated the conversation with Mensinger.
Be sure to read the comments following the above article or any article that defends the City Council's attempt to right size our city government, or any positive article about the City Council at all, and you'll see the usual rapid response team of haters and bigots spewing their smears.
It's hard to believe that these haters and bigots believe they're going to win hearts and minds with such hateful comments or that they think they're going to intimidate the Council into not doing what is right for the citizens of Costa Mesa. But apparently they do believe this, so they continue doing it.
Say, maybe they can put some of their comments on an A-Frame trailer and pull it around the city.
The last time that was tried, it helped galvanize voter opinion against those trying that tactic and may have caused more citizens to vote for Jim Righeimer than would otherwise have done so.
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DID THE COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT?
Link to OC REGISTER article.
Terry Francke of Californians Aware apparently thinks so.
We think he's mistaken on the facts as we understand them, and also on the law as we read it.
And, we think he knows this but figures there's no harm in sending a letter calling for more openness. And, because Costa Mesa is so much in the news, it gives Californians Aware some much needed publicity.
One thing to remember about opinions voiced by lawyers, including Mr. Francke, is that half the lawyers in the country are wrong every day in every courtroom.
Costa Mesa's City Attorney is apparently going to issue a statement today about Mr. Francke's concerns.
Our guess is that the City Attorney will say there was no intent to violate the Brown Act, that there was no such violation, and, in any case, the two member committees aren't even meeting anymore so the issue is moot but if they do meet again, in the spirit of transparency, the public will be invited.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
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