Damn! I'll go back and look. Or do you want to tell us about it?
You missed the Newport Beach District 7 City Council race
You think the current Costa Mesa City Council will stand up to the cops and their own City Attorney? If…
Yeah, I guess I was thinking of a Council like the current Costa Mesa Council... but I may be wrong…
Not really, Vern. The City can play legal games all day long with impunity. It doesn't cost the bad actors…
Hell yah! Great job not letting them steamroll you. We need more coverage on these bs charges but the whole…
You know, it's funny how a system of primaries could create a groundswell of stupidity in the GOP. In GOP…
Bingo.
To be fair, Fred wasn't helped by the National Orange Corruption of the GOP. With that direction coming from the…
renaissance plan Archive
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The Return of the dreaded Santa Ana Renaissance Plan
Posted on February 18, 2009 | 7 CommentsIt’s back. Just when you thought that the Santa Ana Renaissance Plan was gone – the City Council is bringing it back. But now they are doing so under a […] -
Yes I support development and the arts in Santa Ana!
Posted on September 15, 2008 | 11 CommentsI have been fielding a lot of questions lately about the Santa Ana Renaissance Plan. I support positive change for our city – but make no mistake about it, the […] -
Do property rights still matter in California?
Posted on August 28, 2008 | 3 Comments“With few people paying attention, both houses of the Legislature earlier this month passed a far-reaching and terribly disturbing bill that will reshape land-use patterns in this state. If signed […] -
Why Pulido’s business is not in the Renaissance Plan
Posted on February 29, 2008 | 9 CommentsThere was quite an uproar when folks found out that Santa Ana city planners had removed Mayor Miguel Pulido’s business, Ace Muffler, from the proposed Renaissance Plan area. I drove […] -
Public outrage stops the Renaissance Plan…for now
Posted on February 24, 2008 | 10 CommentsThere is at last some reason to celebrate in Santa Ana. Our writers have hinted recently that the ill-conceived Renaissance Plan has been suspended while city planners try to do […] -
Santa Ana RSP workshop set for Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 12, 2008 | 10 CommentsIf you are not doing anything on St. Valentine’s Day, the City of Santa Ana has set up an Industrial Use Workshop to discuss the “Santa Ana Renaissance Specific Plan.” […] -
Santa Ana City Manager says Renaissance Plan will likely change to "overlay concept"
Posted on February 7, 2008 | No CommentsThe City of Santa Ana sponsored a Workshop to “Study the Industrial Uses within the Santa Ana Renaissance Plan” last Monday. Mike Tardiff, one of the business owners affected by […] -
Could the Renaissance Plan be a Bisno plot?
Posted on February 4, 2008 | 9 CommentsIt turns out that the controversial Santa Ana Renaissance Plan, which proposes to change the zoning in a huge swath of Santa Ana’s poorest neighborhoods, is not all that original […] -
New blog in Santa Ana focuses on a mom’s perspective of the Renaissance Plan
Posted on January 20, 2008 | 12 CommentsThere is a new blog in Santa Ana, started by a mother who has concerns about the proposed Renaissance Plan. Here is her description of her blog, which is called […] -
L.A. Times nails Pulido and Sarmiento for RSP omissions
Posted on January 20, 2008 | 12 CommentsThe cat is out of the bag again in Santa Ana, as Jennifer Delson, of the L.A. Times, has once again focused on Mayor Miguel Pulido’s corruption, relative to the […] -
Is Bustamante’s hand in the cookie jar again?
Posted on January 10, 2008 | 6 CommentsGustavo Arellano struck again today over at his OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog, with yet another story on Santa Ana Councilman Carlos “Space Commander” Bustamante. Here are a few excerpts: […] -
Renaissance Plan questioned at S.A. Council Meeting
Posted on January 8, 2008 | 4 CommentsThe other big issue at last night’s Santa Ana Council Meeting was the outcry from members of the public regarding the ill-conceived Renaissance Plan. Here are the comments made by […] -
Benavides can’t vote on the Renaissance Plan
Posted on January 5, 2008 | 14 CommentsBusted! Gustavo Arellano, of the OC Weekly, has discovered that Santa Ana Councilman David “Benapuppet” Benavides has a conflict that may preclude him from voting on the Renaissance Plan. Here […]
As someone who leans conservative but is moderate, my criticism is that the OC GOP is busy fighting for their…