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Debbie Cook Archive
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Can we save Huntington Beach’s fabled Bonfires from Bureaucrat Pinheads and Newport NIMBYs?
Posted on April 26, 2013 | 62 Comments. Enough already! Enough of a few, spoiled, rich, well-connected Newport Beach residents – and no it’s not everyone in Newport, or even most of you, I know it’s just... -
Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 41 Comments. As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various... -
Mesa Water Holds Back the Truth About GM’s Poseidon Desal Obsession
Posted on February 15, 2013 | No CommentsBy Debbie Cook Debbie Cook is a former mayor of Huntington Beach and an advocate for greater transparency in public water management. Her commentary is republished from the Surf City... -
Cadiz, the Desert Water Pimps.
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 15 Comments. I had no idea that 400 people showed up to Water Board meetings! Or how dramatic and entertaining they can be, or that they can go till 1 AM! ... -
Debbie Cook: Santa Margarita Water District like “Chinatown…”
Posted on July 25, 2012 | 6 Comments. Time for the Cadiz Project to Evaporate – Speak out at tonight’s public hearing! By Debbie Cook Special to the Surf City Voice Things are heating up in the... -
Secret Poseidon Desal meeting stymied by Brown Act complaint.
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 3 Commentsby John Earl, Surf City Voice General Manager Nixes Secret Desal Talks with Poseidon After Brown Act Complaints Confronted by complaints of illegality, the Municipal Water District of Orange County... -
Water Boarding: Revered Water Director Didn’t Report Wife’s Income
Posted on February 2, 2012 | 3 CommentsBy John Earl Surf City Voice . . John V. Foley, chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, failed to report over $248,000 of income from his wife,... -
Who Will Control Surf City? The Republican Wrath against Jennifer McGrath. (pt 1)
Posted on August 24, 2010 | No CommentsBlogger Chip Hanlon, HB City Attorney Jennifer McGrath, HB Councilman Keith Bohr By John Earl Surf City Voice Editor’s Note: This is the first of a 3 part story Since... -
Who is Orange County’s Hottest Politician? You Decide!
Posted on December 8, 2008 | 30 CommentsThe question that everyone wants the answer to, who is the hottest politician in the OC? We will let you decide. Vote in the comments sections. UPDATE: new poll added below –... -
Debbie’s Statement
Posted on November 6, 2008 | 18 Comments. . . . . “Winning is not the only way to make a difference. Thousands of volunteers working tirelessly throughout the district delivered a message of opportunity, of change,... -
Famed Maverick ex-GOP Congressman Pete McCloskey writes a letter to Republicans in the 46th CD:
Posted on November 1, 2008 | 12 Comments. . . Pete McCloskey, the maverick Republican Congressman who stood up to Nixon and against the Vietnam War, came down last night to headline a Long Beach fundraiser for... -
Debbie & Dana & Tom & Ernst, last segment: Gov’t transparency, Education, & Closing statements.
Posted on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment. . . . . (Part one here) – (Part two here) – (Part three here) Topic 6 of 8: How will you make government more TRANSPARENT? TOM: Publicly funded...


















