CM PRESS # 637

WHOSE MONEY IS IT, ANY WAY?

[Guest column by anonymous activist]

Well here we are; month five of Costa Mesans held captive.

In early 2008 it became clear to any one watching city finances (including staff),that the $5 million dollars in loans from the city's reserve fund(they were loans weren't they?)to pay ever increasing labor costs,and increased benefit coverage for city employees (every cent paid for by the tax payers)that additional reserve draw downs would be necessary(as much as additional $8 to 11 million).

Good grief! Why didn't someone act to cut costs then?

Look, a reserve fund is supposed to be for emergencies. You know, the four horsemen of the Apocalypse kind of thing: famine, floods,pestilence.

These reserve funds were accumulated in prior years by not spending taxpayers money on streets ,parks ,lighting and so on ,and were supposed to be monitored by a vigilant city council, but weren't.

The City Council is supposed to represent and protect the interests of the people of Costa Mesa and make sure that the employees of the city aren't squandering our money--such as by giving themselves huge salaries and benefits worthy of a king.

In response to the present financial emergency, the City Council sprang into action (I'm being sarcastic),and called a secret meeting about your money.

In that secret meeting they decided to...well, we don't really know because that meeting was secret.

The City Council likes to refer to these secret meetings as "closed meetings," which allows them to keep residents out of the meetings, even though they are not closed. If they were truly closed, just a few people would be able to attend. Instead, many people attend these secret meetings--just not the residents of Costa Mesa. We're not allowed to know what is being discussed about our money.

Fast forward to today and you can see the lack of progress the City Council has made in addressing the financial crisis. I know, you have to look real close, but I have it on good authority that the City has taken action (I'm being sarcastic again).

Yup, we're in a financial black hole because of the unions, so now the City has asked the unions for advice. Huh?

That's right,even more secret meetings are planned to discuss your money. One is before the City Council meeting tomorrow night. You can't attend that meeting, you're just a lowly resident of Costa Mesa. But, the unions which represent City employees--who mostly don't live in Costa Mesa get to attend.

This is a perfect example of, as my grandfather would say,of expecting the Ox that put your cart in the ditch,to pull it out.

Stay tuned folks, there will be more. We haven't yet begun to address the full extent of the financial mess that Costa Mesa is in right now.

Remember the movie The Perfect Storm where George Clooney and his fishing crew are hit by three separate storms simultaneously? Well, get ready for our perfect storm that is going to hit Costa Mesa.

This coming June, our city will, as required by law, re-evaluate our assets(also overseen by the City Council) to reflect their true value at that time. Want to guess which way that number is headed? Want a clue? D_ _N!

As if that wasn't enough, the insurance carriers that insure those benefits( guaranteed by the people of Costa Mesa)have experienced hundreds of millions of dollars in investment loses. Who do you think is going to pay that bill?

Sadly, Council is not of one mind in this matter,there are actually Council members--who we elected--who want to keep robbing from our reserve funds to meet our bloated labor costs.

I have a suggestion: STOP SPENDING MONEY! Turn the boat around, George Clooney--head for shore! Do it now. If you don't, we know what's going to happen. We can see the perfect storm gathering on our radar.

But you say, hey Anonymous Guest Columnist, you craaazy guy,with our big American budgets, how can our Council do that. Doesn't the Council have to go along with every spending item put before them by City employees? The answer is NO. No more than George Clooney had to keep sailing into the gathering storm.

And it would be easy for the City Council to stop spending our money. Those "warrants" that pay those expenses, are approved, by council at every council meeting. They are usually just rubber stamped.

Each Council member gets to vote on them. This means they can vote YES or they can vote NO.

I'm saying that they should vote NO until this situation is resolved.

The longer they wait, the more these funds will be diminished.

This is just my opinion but I hope someone out there gets the message. Get involved in your city. This is your money that is being wasted.

Call your council members and let them know how you feel.
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The writer is a Costa Mesa resident who has been closely watching the financial affairs of the City.

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CMPD MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER

The Costa Mesa Police Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday March 13,
2009, at northbound Harbor Boulevard south of Gisler Avenue.

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the Business,Transportation, and Housing Agency and is part of a National enforcement campaign.

During the hours of operation, 1,349 vehicles drove through the checkpoint, 364 were
stopped, and 34 drivers were screened for driving under the influence. There were 4 DUI
arrests. In addition, 5 drivers were cited for no license and 5 drivers were cited for driving on
suspended licenses, one driver was arrested for a warrant and 1 arrest was made for drunk in
public. A total of 10 citations were issued for miscellaneous vehicle code violations and 10
vehicles were impounded.

The Costa Mesa Police Department will be teaming up with Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(M.A.D.D.) for another checkpoint on the 24 th of March at 19 th Street and Pomona Avenue
and there will also be an increased number of officers patrolling adjacent streets in an effort to
stop impaired drivers from avoiding the checkpoint.
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FURTHER TO OUR COLUMN ON THE DIMWIT CLICHES OF THE DAY

[Photo of hyenas just looking for a better life by trying to grab food from a lion.]

In Issue # 636 of the CM PRESS we listed three dimwit cliches that the mentally deficient among us mouth as they try to wrap the invasion of this nation by illegal aliens in the American flag.

Number 1 on our list was this idiotic gem: "They're just coming here for a better life."

In addition to our comments about this stupid cliche that we wrote in # 636, we think more comment is needed.

As we usually do, we rely on the basics of nature to show that this is something that only a low grade moron would say, write or use to justify the invasion of our nation by illegal aliens.

Consider: If animals are hungry, they will move to where there is more food i.e. they're just looking for a better life. This is completely natural.

Oftentimes, there are already animals there enjoying that food who worked to get that food. Should those who are already there and who worked to get that food, just give up their food? If they're strong and healthy, they won't do it. They'll fight to keep their food.

Of course, the morons who try to justify the invasion of our country get even stupider and say that the people coming here just want to be good Americans and salute the flag. What a bunch of crap.

Don't buy the stupid cliches, folks.

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SEATTLE DAILY GOES WEB ONLY

Gets out of the stinky inky business. Problem is, it takes far fewer people to run a web newspaper than a paper one. Also, most web newspapers aren't turning a profit.

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OBAMA VISITS COSTA MESA WEDNESDAY

We expect to have a citizen reporter on site, and we'll have the real scoop right here for your reading pleasure on Wednesday shortly after his visit.

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THREE RACE MURDERS IN SEATTLE

Three victims white, their killers black.

As usual, the loony-left press tries to hide the race of the killers.

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Thanks for reading the CM PRESS.

CM PRESS # 636

DIMWIT CLICHES OF THE DAY

1. "They're just coming here for a better life."

So? There's nothing noble or unique in that. All living things that can move, try to move to where things are more comfortable for them.

Flat worms in a petri dish will move to where they're more comfortable.

When you have ants in your kitchen, you can be sure they're not there on vacation. They've moved there because it's more comfortable in that it may have a ready food supply. Will you let the ants take over your kitchen because they're just looking for a better life?

2. "America is a nation of immigrants."

Every nation is a nation of immigrants. People have feet and legs and they've been moving to where conditions are more comfortable for them ever since there have been people.

The problem is that if they move to a land where there are already people, the new arrivals may make the land less comfortable for those already there.

So, who has the right to the land? Those who fill it with their people and who fight to keep it. It's no more complicated than that and it has always been that way and always will be because this is the way of nature. Two objects can't occupy the same space. One wins and one loses.

3. "All humans bleed red blood."

So do all other mammals and many other animals. So what?
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EXPERT GIVES ADVICE TO DYING NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY
Old model not working. Time to adapt and evolve.

Some of the advice is on the mark, some is not. One local newspaper doesn't seem to understand which is which; if it is listening at all.

Recently, this local newspaper gave space to a sycophantic crackpot who wrote a boring column full of the most unoriginal and predictable drivel imaginable. What a waste of ink.

Now this newspaper has given space to another crackpot who wrote the stupidest and most pedestrian column that we've seen in months. This twaddle would be an embarrassment in a middle school newspaper. It even out stinks the column mentioned in the paragraph above this one.

In a day when newspapers are on their death bed, we hope this local newspaper wises up. We don't want to see it fail. Really.

The first thing it should do is stop listening to the know nothings and dim wits. These dopes don't know what is really going on in Costa Mesa. They never have and they never will. They just don't have the smarts to understand the simplest things. And, if that's not enough, how about the fact that none of the real players in the city will give either of them the time of day.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them. Come back later for more.

CM PRESS # 635

WE CATCH THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER SANITIZING YOUR NEWS

[You pay for all the news, so why aren't you getting all the news?]

The Costa Mesa Police Department wants the public's help in catching a dangerous armed robber who robbed the Chevron gas station at 3190 Harbor Blvd. this past Saturday, so the CMPD issued a press release with a description of the suspect. Here's the relevant part of that description:

Male Hispanic, 5'-7" tall, 160 lbs, in his mid 20's.

LINK to CMPD Press Release with photos of the robber.

But, here's what appeared in the Orange County Register:

"He is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 160 pounds, in his mid-20s."

LINK to OCR story about this.

We emailed the writer of the story in the OCR about the missing word "Hispanic" in the OCR and he replied that it was there when he filed the story, and that it must have been taken out by an editor.

We also wrote some suits over at the paper, but as of publication time we haven't received a reply.

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LATEST COSTA MESA BUDGET RUMOR

Unconfirmed reports indicate that the City may come up $15 million short on the revenue side of things when the latest hard revenue numbers are in within the next few days. This is more than the $11 million that has been widely mentioned but less than the $20 million that some believe will be the shortfall. Guesses will continue until the City gets and releases the actual numbers.

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LATEST NEWSPAPER RUMOR

The buzz is that when the big suits decide to close down a local newspaper, there may be little warning. There may be a morning meeting, saying that the paper will fold at the end of the day.

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LATEST GUNMEN NUMBERS IN COSTA MESA

As of this writing, there are three, apparently unaffiliated, gunmen on the loose in Costa Mesa.

One shot a man at the K-Mart shopping center last week and escaped.

One pulled a gun on a man near Wallace and Wilson and escaped.

One robbed the Chevron station at 3190 Harbor this past Saturday and escaped.

All three are male. All three are Hispanic. All three should be considered armed and dangerous.

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That's some news and opinions as we continue doing the job that local newspapers used to do.
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CM PRESS # 634

FIREWORKS, AGAIN

[Photo: Fireworks over Boston]

As you may know, Costa Mesa is now embroiled in the annual argument of whether or not to allow fireworks booths in the city.

Those in favor say it helps various sports teams and is part of Costa Mesa's tradition.

Those opposed say it's dangerous and expensive for the taxpayers of the city.

We at the CM PRESS are pretty ambivalent about the whole thing.

We've had little fireworks displays with our kids every year, and even the safe and sane kind are bright enough and interesting enough to get ooohs and aaahs from new eyes.

However, we think back to when we were growing up in New England.

There, Independence Day is a big thing (or was when I was a kid) and most towns and cities have various types of municipal fireworks displays and events.

In Boston and Cambridge, it's traditional to sit along the Charles River, listen to the Boston Pops and watch the fireworks displays.

Some of the smaller towns outside of Boston will often have a bonfire, fireworks and a carnival all wrapped up into one event. And, maybe this might be a good model for Costa Mesa. If done right, the carnival will bring in money for the local youth sports events.

By the way, at the recent City Council study session when this issue was discussed, there were many references to one fairly major problem last year in which someone caused a fire by throwing smoldering fireworks in to a trash can, which then caught on fire.

There was no mention of the responsible person's name [whisper:Steve Smith of the Daily Pilot], but this was apparently a very rare occurrence.

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JUDGE ORDERS HOMESCHOOLED KIDS INTO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

It's not about educating kids, but indoctrinating them with the government line.

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WE LISTEN IN AT A STAFF MEETING AT A NEWSPAPER

[A parody. See, we didn't really listen in. This could be any one of hundreds of newspapers. No wonder fewer and fewer people are reading the foul inky things.]

Comrade Leader: "Comrades. Readers are wondering why we don't publish racial/ethnic descriptions of outstanding violent and major crime suspects. Our attempts to fool people into thinking that crime is an equal opportunity employer are failing.

"How about calling in that bootlicker; you know, the guy with no gonads who looks as though he hasn't been in the sun for 30 years. Yeah, the guy who is always kissing up. That's right, that guy with the flabby muscles, slack jaw and maggot like flesh who has a sterile mind and well, you know has no generative properties at all. You know, the eunuch looking guy.Maybe he can praise us some more and that will fool people."

Comrade Follower: "But, Comrade Leader, nobody listens to the bootlicker. People think he's a loon with Walter Mitty fantasies of importance. For our part, we used to think he had an inferiority complex (among other complexes) but then it became clear he's just inferior."

Comrade Leader: "Well, okay, forget that loser. But, look, start putting in some racial/ethnic descriptions of non-white criminals from time to time to give us cover. Don't put in too many, just enough so we can deny that we're withholding important facts."

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A LITTLE BIRD TOLD US...

Although it is widely reported that Costa Mesa will lose about 5% of its sales tax revenue this year over last year because of the economy, some who watch such things now believe the actual number will be closer to 14%. Of course, this is still guessing (even though it's an informed guess) and according to the City Manager, the real numbers will be in any day now.

This information is important because it will determine just how deep the City will have to cut to balance the books.

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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 633

NEW: 3:51, 3/11/09--Robbery Harbor/Gisler--scroll down

THE NORTH WORTH SAVING

Long but interesting column on demographics, multiculturalism and the fiction of American exceptionalism.

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MEMORIAL SERVICE SCHEDULED FOR DONN HALL

A public memorial and remembrance service has been planned for Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Estancia Park, located at 1900 Adams Avenue.

The services will be held in front of the Estancia Adobe and parking will be available in the Estancia Park parking lot.

Mayor Allan Mansoor released the following statement:

"Donn Hall was truly a remarkable Costa Mesan -- a caring individual who immersed himself in the community and its development over the last 40 years. He had a very long and distinguished career in public service. Donn saw Costa Mesa’s population grow from 77,200 in the 70s to almost 114,000. He weighed in on many City business items over those years and was a tremendous champion for property rights. We are very saddened by his death. His strong leadership remains an inspiration. I would like to extend my personal condolences to his wife, Trudy, and his family. He will be greatly missed by all of us who had the pleasure to work with him."

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CITY COMMITTEES

The Costa Mesa City Council will continue to accept City Committee Interest Forms until March 20, 2009, from individuals in the community seeking to serve on the following Committees:

Child Care and Youth Services Committee

Cultural Arts Committee

Historical Preservation Committee

Application Process –Complete a "Committee Interest Form" from the City Manager’s Office or from the City’s website (under Forms/Documents) at http://www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us/.

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DUI CHECKPOINT

The CMPD will be conducting a sobriety / driver license checkpoint on
Friday evening, March 13, 2009, from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. on
northbound Harbor Boulevard, at Gisler Avenue. The checkpoint is to educate the public
about the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or without a valid driver license.
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DNA FINGERS SUSPECTED KILLER OF COSTA MESA WOMAN

OCR STORY and BOOKING PHOTO

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ENGINE PARTS FALL FROM PLANE

LINK

Years ago, I knew a guy who worked for a PR agency whose major contract was with a major international airline.

When I asked what he did all day, he said that his job was to try to kill news stories about engines and engine parts falling off planes or, failing that, to at least try to minimize the stories and have them buried in the back pages of newspapers. He wasn't joking.

Say, did we mention that it sure would be swell if John Wayne were replaced with a new airport on a tiny portion of Camp Pendleton where the planes would just take off and land where there are no homes?
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OBAMA NOMINEE PULLS OUT AND BLASTS THE ISRAELI LOBBY

Link

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BIGOTS AND HATERS SHOCKED--FLDS KIDS SCORE MUCH HIGHER IN SCHOOL THAN OTHER KIDS

One of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint (Mormons) communities is in Bountiful, B.C., Canada. There, the FLDS has it's own school.

As in the U.S., the Canadian government does educational testing to see how the students and the schools are doing.

For some time, bigots and haters have been smearing the FLDS by saying that kids in the FLDS school aren't getting a good education and that they have to be removed and put in government schools.

The truth, however, is that the FLDS kids are scoring much higher on all tests than non-FLDS kids.

For example, on Essentials of Math 10, the FLDS kids have an average score of 87.00% while non-FLDS kids in government schools in the province have an average score of only 60.24 %

LINK.

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NEW ITEM: 3:51 PM, 3/11/09

ARMED ROBBERY THIS PAST SATURDAY

The Chevron gas station at 3190 Harbor Blvd. (near Gisler, same side of street as Car Max) was robbed at gunpoint at about 5:30 PM this past Saturday.

The suspect is described as a male Latino, 5'-7" tall, 160 lbs, in his mid 20's with a round face, and was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses and a black watchcap. He may have a stubble mustache and chin hair. He escaped, possibly in a black, 1999-2000 Dodge Ram pickup truck (stock).

LINK to CMPD Press Release with photos of the robber.

If you have any tips, please call: CMPD Det. Potts at (714) 754-5363.

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That's some news and opinions as we continue doing the job that local newspapers used to do.

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Be sure to check back often and hit "refresh" for the latest news and views. We'll post new opinion pieces and news items during the day by putting them at the bottom of each day's edition of the CM PRESS.

CM PRESS # 632

New Story about possible City Hall Cuts filed at 8:11 PM 3/10/09--SCROLL WAY DOWN

SOME COSTA MESANS WILL SOON BE HOWLING

With absolutely no one in the audience speaking against the measures, the Planning Commission last night passed a couple of new rules that will eventually bring many people to City Council meetings to complain.

1. If your single family detached home has a straight-in garage from the sidewalk, and if you've extended your paved parking area in front of the garage to the left or right of the garage to park extra cars, you soon won't be able to park cars on those areas or you'll get a citation from code enforcement.

As passed by the Planning Commission, the new rule won't require you to remove that paved area (usually concrete); you just won't be able to park cars there.

2. If your car blocks a public sidewalk as it is parked in your too short driveway in front of your garage, you'll get a citation from code enforcement.

Both of the above measures will now go to the City Council for a first and second reading. This means they will become law within about a month unless the City Council votes them down.
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ICE DETAINERS FOR FEBRUARY

The CMPD reports 33 ICE detainers for the month of February 2009. Costa Mesa just got that much safer.

In February 2008, there was only 1 ICE detainer due to the construction at the police station.

If you're on our email list, and want to see the full reports, please send us a note.
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CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION TODAY

Council will hear a presentation by a labor attorney on the proper way to negotiate with the four City employee unions concerning opening their contracts (officially, Memorandums of Understanding or MOU). LINK

Basically, the City is in a financial mess because of the recession and needs to cut expenses.

Most of the City's expenses (about 75%) are in salaries and benefits for City employees. To make any meaningful cuts that will keep the City in the black requires that something be done about employee expenses.

Either the employees agree to open their contracts and take some pay and benefit cuts, or the City will have to lay off employees or have unpaid furloughs or maybe close down City functions for several days a month or...?
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LATINO K-MART SHOOTER STILL ON THE LOOSE

The CMPD has not been able to identify and arrest the Latino male who shot a man in the K-Mart shopping center parking lot last week.

Some unconfirmed reports indicate that there may actually be two Latino suspects with guns in that immediate area around Harbor and Wilson and extending over to Wallace and perhaps further west.

If you have any tips, call the CMPD at (714) 754-5252. You can remain anonymous.
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WE SURROUND THEM

Citizen revolt?
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NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE (NPI)

Another pro-European American organization hated by anti-white bigots.LINK
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DALAI LAMA LAMENTS GENOCIDE IN TIBET

China has been swamping Tibet with Chinese in order to blend away native Tibetans. LINK
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IRA GUNMEN OUT AGAIN
Real IRA on the move in Ireland.







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NEWSPAPER GIANT MCCLATCHY CUTTING ANOTHER 1,600 JOBS
Newspaper industry on death watch. LINK

The CM PRESS recently took a casual look at the number of employees at a local newspaper, and then at the number, size and type of ads in the newspaper (which indicates revenue). Say no more.
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NEW STORY POSTED 8:11 PM 3/10/09

CUTS COMING TO CITY HALL

From comments made by councilmembers at today's City Council study session, it seems likely that one of the first things to be cut because of the economy will be employee overtime.

Last year, Costa Mesa employees took $6,611,778.90 in overtime pay alone. During that period, several employees made more than $ 60,000 each just in overtime.

Mayor Mansoor was noticably displeased to learn that the City's employee unions had failed to respond to his request for a letter indicating that they're willing to open their contracts.

The City is expecting at least an $11 millon dollar shortfall in revenues this year, but according to the City Manager, we should have the actual figures for sales tax revenue any day.

Some believe the $ 11 million dollar figure is optimistic because it is based on national figures showing retail sales tax off 5%, and is also a months-old projection.

Not only have things gotten worse since that projection, but Costa Mesa is something of a special case in that the City derives most of its income from sales tax rather than from property tax as is the case in some other cities.

It also seems likely that there may be employee layoffs in the offing.

Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 631

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TONIGHT

Hot issue is parking.

Expect a crowd of RV owners. Also, one of the items to be voted on involves cars parked in private driveways hanging over and partially or totally blocking the adjacent sidewalk.

One of the areas most impacted by this and any changes in the law is Katrina Foley's Mesa Del Mar neighborhood where many of the driveways are short and the cars long.

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THE MAYOR PASSES AWAY

Former mayor Donn Hall passed away today.

He'll be sorely missed. Our sympathies go out to his family. As we've written many times, Donn was the moving force behind the idea of bringing a marina to the area below the Westside Bluffs extending all the way from the ocean up to Victoria Street.

Had Donn succeeded, Costa Mesa's Westside would today be the best side of town.

Unfortunately, Donn's plan was defeated by a single vote on the City Council back when the proposal was presented.

It really does matter who gets elected. Three votes on the City Council are all that's needed to change the direction of this city for better or for worse.

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CNN--Communist News Network?

Former CNN correspondent is FMLN's candidate for president of El Salvador.

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CM PRESS # 630

NATION OF COWARDS ABOUT TALKING ABOUT RACE?


First, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the U.S. was a nation of cowards when it comes to discussing race.

Now, Barrack Obama has rebuked Holder by saying "I think it's fair to say that if I had been advising my attorney general, we would have used different language."

So, are people, but more specifically white people, afraid to talk about race.

Yup. Holder got it right. Not all white Americans are such cowards, but a majority surely.

I've written about this cowardice for years and I've discussed race for years also.

In fact, I don't know how anyone can really talk about human beings--why we are as we are--without discussing race or, more properly, the genes that make each of us what we are (with some input from the environment). To do so, would be as silly as talking about dogs without talking about breeds. (Breed is to dogs as race is to humans).

And, to go even further, I don't know how anyone can really talk about human beings unless one talks about life in general and then about existence in general.

In fact, anyone who wants to talk about race, had better start way up stream with talking about physics, astronomy, philosophy, religion, biology, psychology and much more.

The recipe--baking a human cake

Everything in existence--both living and so-called non-living things--has an internal recipe that makes it what it is.

In life, this internal recipe is composed of the four chemicals of DNA (abbreviated A,T,C,G) that are spread out on double helix spirals in every cell of our bodies. Along this spiral are areas called genes. This spiral is our code. This is our recipe. This is how to make a human being.

Our 25,000 or so genes are organized into clumps called chromosomes. Each human has 46 chromosomes. A male and a female human each contribute 23 of their 46 chromosomes to a new child. The internal blueprint of our genes and chromosomes is called a genotype. The result of the genotype--the way we look--is our phenotype.

What is the effect of the environment (in the broadest sense of the term--meaning, here, all internal and external influences and forces working on the recipe)?

It is like an oven. When you follow a recipe and put all the right ingredients together, you then stick the concoction in the oven to bake.

The oven doesn't change the basic recipe. What goes into the oven comes out of the oven.

However, and I'm quick to add, our metaphor breaks down here, because in the case of living things, unlike a cake, the recipe in the living things can and does change by the forces of the oven and through various other means and is seen over many generations.

In other words, some of those 25,000 genes of the human recipe get out of order or get modified. And, a tiny change at the genetic end of things often makes a world of difference as the genetic recipe spins out a human being. Anyone who has ever fired a rifle understands this. A tiny, almost imperceptible flinch at the trigger end of the rifle (even just taking a breath) can cause the round to miss the target by a mile.
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Scene: White kid on a bus with his mother.

Kid: "Mommy, that man over there is black. Why is he a different color?"

Mother: "Shhhhhh. We don't talk about such things. We don't want to insult people."

ANALYSIS: We don't want to insult people? Is being black a deformity? It's almost as though the mother thought her kid had pointed out a wart on the guy's face or a hump on his back.

If you unwind the mother's simple phrase, you'll often find a subconscious belief that whites are superior or are the human norm, and that all who differ are somehow defective. (Actually, not only are whites not the norm, they are a tiny minority on this planet. Only about 10% of all humans are white).

I've called such an attitude on the part of the mother, Noblesse Oblige Racism. And, I call whites with this attitude Great White Mothers and Great White Fathers and also Lord Jims and Lady Jims, depending on the specifics.

Essentially, these terms I've coined describe whites who are often overly polite or secretly condescending to non-whites and who are often seen as paragons of virtue, but who are often neurotic and think that because they're white and are "the norm and superior" that they must treat all non-whites with special care and overlook and excuse things that non-whites might do that would never be overlooked or excused in whites. Such people are often the loudest to say silly things such as "There is only one race, the human race."

A mother who understands a little about race, might have replied to her kid (assuming the kid is old enough to understand):

"People are different. We all have slightly different recipes and the recipes are self modifying over generations to fit into different areas of the planet.

"Black people evolved in areas that were hot and sunny. Their black skin protects them from the sun and from getting too much Vitamin D. Their other features are also adaptations.

"Scientists believe that human beings evolved from other animals in Africa and then about 30,000 to 50,000 years ago, some of the humans who had evolved, just a few, left Africa and found their way to Europe where the sun isn't as hot and where those who retained black skin couldn't produce enough Vitamin D and started being replaced by those born among them who had lighter skin which made them better suited for the new environment."
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Jeremiah Wright


Remember the controversy about the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, that was largely kept going by neo-con Sean Hannity?

I heard Wright's speech where he used various metaphors such as music to discuss racial differences. You can read it here.

Wright got it pretty much correct. My guess is that Obama and Holder and many others of all races, who understand what Wright was really saying, also get it.

And, what Wright was saying (but in my words now) is that there is no "superior," human race any more than there is a superior breed of dog. There are only differences; caused primarily by nature adapting humans to different environments as it does with all living things. I've been writing about this for years.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.

CM PRESS # 629

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL ABOUT FINANCES FROM A CM PRESS READER

Dear City Council:

As I am sure you will agree, our city faces a challenge to continue operating at its current level of services due to budget restrictions.

In an attempt to address this problem I would request that a program be developed along the following guidelines;

1) A staffing level pre-positioned contingency plan reflecting 3%, 5% and 7% shortfall conditions that could be implemented by the individual department heads simultaneously.

This plan, pre-approved by Council, would require a simple council notification to staff; not extended debate and evaluation.

This would allow staff to quickly implement any necessary adjustments and would give greater control at the time it is needed.

2) The plan would also contain, at a minimum, a requirement that funds withdrawn from reserves to fund operations during the shortfall period become recorded as a budget line item in future years allowing for recovery as it may become practical.

3) Cuts in expenditures should reflect current labor costs/program ratios. For example, our costs are generally accepted to be 75% labor and 25% program, this percentage should, be reflected in the final cuts in spending.

I hope that you will consider this proposal in the planning of any future budget considerations during these troubling economic times.

Thank you for your consideration,

Name Withheld by CM PRESS

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K-MART SHOPPING CENTER LATINO SHOOTER STILL ON THE LOOSE

The Latino who shot another man last week in the K-Mart Shopping Center is still on the loose.

The CMPD has no leads that we are aware of. Our guess is that the shooter frequents that area of Costa Mesa and may live in nearby apartments near Wallace and Wilson.

One point of confusion. Police are apparently not sure that the Latino who pulled a gun on a man near Wallace and Wilson is the same Latino who did the shooting at the K-Mart Center.

So, there may be two gunmen in that area.

Remember to trust your gut. If something or someone looks out of place or looks suspicious, call the CMPD at (714) 754-5252. You can remain anonymous. If you're wrong, no harm no foul.

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CM PRESS CONTINUES TO RAMP UP FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS

As with many Costa Mesans, we at the CM PRESS are not pleased with the news coverage we're gtting from our so-called local newspaper that has a lefty slant and which hides important facts that may help protect all of us and our families.

Especially troubling is the way that "news" paper censors crime stories to leave out adequate descriptions of outstanding violent criminals.

We believe this can give citizens a false sense of security and may actually put them in danger if they innocently blunder into a dangerous situation.

Accordingly, we will begin including more short news items to help keep you informed and safe, and we're also going to step up our coverage of the local political scene.

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EIGHT CARS HAVE WINDOWS SHOT OUT NEAR MENDOZA DRIVE IN KATRINA FOLEY'S MESA DEL MAR NEIGHBORHOOD

How many times do we have to tell you Katrina that your neighborhood is not going to improve until you thin out the Mission-Mendoza slum? LINK

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Those are our opinions as we continue doing the job that newspapers used to do.

CM PRESS # 628

IN LIFE, IT HELPS TO PLAY THE ODDS TO AVOID BEING BLINDSIDED

The world is a dangerous place.

Our five senses constantly feed information to our brain to process so that we can survive.

If we are alert, reasonably well informed and modestly intelligent, our brains can play the odds.

This means we can weigh the probability of something being more likely than not to occur given all the circumstances, and based on the rough statistical knowledge and facts that have been given to our brains.

This leads us, as you probably guessed, into a discussion of increasing your odds of not being a crime victim.

Know right away that you have to guard against being lulled into a false sense of security by lefty newspapers that leave out relevant information in crime stories for PC reasons. (We'll give you some hard, cold statistics on crime below.)

For example, if you read in a story in a local newspaper that a "man was shot in the 2200 block of Harbor Blvd. by a man who then escaped," how would this help you protect yourself and your family, i.e. how would this help you increase the odds so that you or your kids wouldn't be shot?

It wouldn't. There's not enough information given. And, if a local newspaper doesn't give you information to protect yourself and your family, who needs it?

Who the hell needs a local newspaper that withholds facts that, if you knew them, might help you protect your family? Shouldn't a community newspaper serve the community?

Do you see what is missing from that crime report above that, if given, might help you protect your family?

First, most people have no idea of the location of 2200 Harbor Blvd. and won't bother to find out where it is. But, what if you were told that's the K-Mart Shopping Center at the corner of Harbor and Wilson? Now you immediately know where the crime took place.

Second, there are hundreds of men who are often in that area. Will you suspect all men? Probably not. A broad non-description--"a man"--often has the opposite effect of serving as a danger signal. This helps the shooter remain invisible and hide in plain sight.

And, by the way, the shooting actually happened at the front of the center near the Game Stop business. This is within an easy sight line from the donut store in the Center where day workers constantly congregate. Could the shooter be one of them?

No doubt the shooter, who is still on the streets, is probably joyous about the fact that the local newspaper only describes him as "a man." He now knows that his own odds of walking up to and shooting someone else--maybe you or one of your family members--are higher than if a better description had been given of him.

Below are some of the cold statistics we promised. These are from the Department of Justice and they've been compiled into a free book (shown above) that you can download here.

Remember, these are actual statistics and they're from the unbiased Department of Justice.

Crime Rates

Blacks are seven times more likely than people of other races to commit murder, and eight times more likely to commit robbery.

When blacks commit crimes of violence, they are nearly three times more likely than non-blacks to use a gun, and more than twice as likely to use a knife.

Hispanics commit violent crimes at roughly three times the white rate, and Asians commit violent crimes at about one quarter the white rate.

The single best indicator of violent crime levels in an area is the percentage of the population that is black and Hispanic.

Interracial Crime

Of the nearly 770,000 violent interracial crimes committed every year involving blacks and whites, blacks commit 85 percent and whites commit 15 percent.

Blacks commit more violent crime against whites than against blacks. Forty-five percent of their victims are white, 43 percent are black, and 10 percent are Hispanic.

When whites commit violent crime, only three percent of their victims are black.

Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit a violent crime against a white than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery.

Blacks are 2.25 times more likely to commit officially-designated hate crimes against whites than vice versa.

Gangs

Only 10 percent of youth gang members are white.

Hispanics are 19 times more likely than whites to be members of youth gangs.

Blacks are 15 times more likely, and Asians are nine times more likely.

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ANOTHER COLUMN ABOUT THE UNION PROBLEMS AT COSTA MESA CITY HALL

Barbara Venezia over at the O C Register is the latest columnist to point out the mess Cosa Mesa is in because of the employee unions in a column appearing today. LINK

If you're a regular reader of the CM PRESS you're ahead of Venezia, because you read the details here starting back in February in CM PRESS # 609,#614,#615 and #616.

Yup. There's a real problem in the budget, and the unions apparently don't want to play ball with the City Council. Hey, would you want to give up $60,000 just in overtime in a year? Would you want to actually have to contribute to your own pension? And, would you want to have to actually be polite to citizens who pay you so well? (Don't get us wrong. The City has many very good employees--perhaps the majority--but there are a few bad eggs.)

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Those are our opinions as we continue to do the job that newspapers used to do.

CM PRESS # 627

[3/5/09--8:00 PM--New Story on Daily Pilot--scroll down]

DICTATOR WATCH

Obama starting to consolidate power in White House. Congress worries. LA TIMES

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CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT TO HEAR PROP 8 ARGUMENTS TODAY

If gay marriage becomes the law of the land, will gay polygamy also be the law? How about heterosexual polygamy? AP

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TEXAS CONTINUES TO PERSECUTE FUNDAMENTALIST MORMONS

In Texas, a man can lawfully live with more than one woman and have children with all of them so long as he doesn't call more than one of the relationships a marriage. Or, he can have serial relationships with many women and have children with all of them. See Texas Penal Code Sec. 25.01.

Fundamentalist Mormons marry one woman in a regular marriage and then marry others in what they call celestial marriages. This is part of their religion. Because they call it "marriage," they are persecuted for bigamy in Texas.

The law turns on words.

What does "marriage" really mean in law? That's what the California Supreme Court and probably then the U.S. Supreme Court will decide. And, eventually, what they decide will have far reaching effects.

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SELF-GOVERNING GROUPS

The U.S. has long tried to have everyone living here conform to the same sets of laws and mores. This worked so long as the U.S. had a white Christian majority that forced its will on everyone.

Now, however, as the U.S. becomes more and more diverse, very different peoples are demanding the right to have their own laws and mores. They want self-determination and self-governance.

It will probably be Muslims who will be most vocal in demanding these rights as they push to be allowed to follow Sharia law. This is already happening in Europe and elsewhere. Other groups will also demand similar rights.

Unfortunately, it won't be a live and let live situation. Muslims will demand that others follow their ways. In England, Muslims have already forced a pizza shop to stop serving pork products (bacon, ham) on their pizzas.

We live in tumultuous times as the big wheel keeps turning and the world re-sorts itself.

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[New Story 3/5/09--8:00 PM]

DAILY PILOT TRIES TO DEFEND NOT TELLING READERS WHAT VIOLENT CRIMINALS LOOK LIKE EXCEPT WHEN THEY'RE WHITE.

By the way, the Latino who shot a man at the K-Mart Shopping Center is still on the loose. He's armed and dangerous. Do not approach him. If you have a tip, call the CMPD at (714) 754-5252.

Apparently, we've been striking a nerve over at the almost Daily Pilot with our criticisms of the paper for not giving readers full racial/ethnic descriptions of dangerous and outstanding criminal suspects in our city except when they're white.

When a criminal is white, the DP doesn't seem to have any compunction about putting that fact in the story. Call it a double standard.

The CM PRESS believes that you have a right to the fullest descriptions available and especially if the criminal is violent or commits serious crimes and is still running around our streets--maybe your street. It's just common sense that this information can help you protect yourself and your family.

The Pilot's typical PC descriptions of non-white violent criminals as "a man," or "two men," and similar non-descriptions helps no one to be safe and doesn't give citizens enough information to give tips to the cops.

In a smallish city such as Costa Mesa, innocent citizens are likely to cross paths with such criminals.

Again, and just to make the point, maybe if citizens were armed with the descriptions of criminals they could avoid being victims.

Perhaps if a long time Pilot employee had been made a little more aware of statistics on crimes--even just by reading descriptions of most of our violent criminals in Costa Mesa--she might have been a little more wary of the Latino illegal alien who approached her and who then stabbed her to death in her own carport.

One guy over at the Pilot sniffs that the paper relies on the The Associated Press Stylebook for guidance about racial descriptions. We think this is nonsense.

The Associated Press? The AP? Give us a break. We've written complaint letters to that organization about its left wing bias. Some conservatives refer to the AP as AP OBAMA because of its bias.

Nevertheless, we've had various editions of the AP Stylebook (other style books as well) on our shelf for more than thirty years and they're all useful in some instances so long as you know how to use them, and have some power of discernment.

Want a clue to the lefty bias of the AP? Here's part of what appears in their Stylebook under "race." Our comments are in [].

"race Identification by race is pertinent:

---In biographical and announcement stories, particularly when they involve a feat or appointment that has not routinely been associated with members of a particular race." [In plain English: If you find a non-white getting some positive award, be sure to mention that they're non-white so readers will have a good impression of them and their racial group.]

But here's the clincher about why saying you're relying on the AP Stylebook to try to justify hiding ethnic/racial descriptions is nonsense: The AP Stylebook is actually silent about using racial descriptions in stories about outstanding violent criminal suspects. Local newspapers usually have their own policies for this.

In defense of the AP, below in bold is what appears on the AP's website for journalists. Maybe the Daily Pilot should take this to heart.

AP encourages all news organizations to fight for freedom of information.

Getting answers is the essential work of a free press in a free society. As the trend toward government secrecy trickles down to the smallest town office and police department, the need for a free press and for telling the whole story has never been stronger.

Don't worry, AP, the CM PRESS will not only fight against government secrecy, but also against lefty newspaper secrecy, and we'll continue telling the whole story.

We'll also always try to print the fullest descriptions of outstanding major and violent criminal suspects that we can obtain. This is essential to properly serve and help safeguard the public.

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Those are our opinions as we continue to do the job that newspapers used to do.