On The City Council Agenda – July 7, 2015
I hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July. We are fortunate to have a great fireworks show each year at Tustin High School. It has been awhile since we have had anything to write about. Although...
View ArticleOn The City Council Agenda – Tuseday June 2, 2015
Among other hot topics, opponents of the permit parking ordinance for the Veeh Drive/Nisson Road area will get a last chance to thwart the NIMBYS at tonight’s meeting of the Tustin City Council. Care...
View ArticleShell Games?
News flash for Austin Lumbard: Austin, you’re no Jeff Thompson. Lumbard was under the vague impression he could possibly be mistaken for Chairman Jeff Thompson, who was absent, and wanted to clear that...
View ArticleOn The Planning Commission Agenda – May 12, 2015
Only one item on the Planning Commissin Agenda this week. The Tustin Unified School District and the city have apparently come to terms in negotiations for land to be used for a intermediate-high...
View ArticleOn The City Council Agenda – May 5, 2015
And, though the city also says that a 2002 Assembly Bill signed by Gray Davis requires the city to ministerially (say that three times real fast) consider second residential units, it does not require...
View ArticleOn The City Council Agenda – March 17, 2015
Today's communications system is light years ahead of the old system used when I was chasing down police calls with my CHP surplus radio in my '68 Charger. Ah, the good old days.
View ArticleElection Upda….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
OK, so we are down to the wire on another fist-clenching, nail-biting off-year election. This time candiates are vying for Mimi Walter’s 37th State Senate District seat. Walters, as you may remember,...
View ArticleOn the City Council Agenda – March 3, 2015
Welcome to the Monday morning edition of Our Town Tustin. It was a quiet weekend around the home office. We were originally supposed to cook in the American Legion Riders annual chili cookoff but the...
View ArticleOn The Planning Commission Agenda – February 24, 2015
Updated 2/23/15 10:00 pm – Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting agenda has only five items on it with two of those being routine Consent Calendar issues. Unless someone raises an issue with the 2014...
View ArticleOn The City Council Agenda – Tuesday, February 17, 2015
For once, there is not much on the Closed Session agenda for the upcoming Tustin City Council meeting on Tuesday. Don’t expect any report from the city attorney. At the meeting two weeks ago, everyone...
View ArticleVeterans Need Not Apply (Or Die)
Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting has been cancelled for lack of interest agenda items. That doesn’t mean we can’t have a meeting, however. Don’t forget, the Parks and Recreation Commission is...
View ArticleNyahh Naaah Nuh, Nah, Nah
OK, they didn’t really thumb their noses at the Bishop Vann. But, North Tustin residents did get a bit of good news at the January 13th Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting. If you ever drive on...
View ArticleOn The City Council Agenda – Tuesday February 3, 2015
Unless items are pulled from the Consent Calendar for discussion, Tuesday’s Tustin City Council meeting should be fairly short. Of course, short is a relative term when it comes to this council, who...
View ArticleUh-Oh, Is That A Boo-Boo?
As expected, last night’s Tustin Planning Commission meeting was lackluster to say the least. City staff did manage to stretch the meeting by presenting a comprehensive discussion during the public...
View ArticleWill We Get The Caltrans Treat(ment)?
Businesses along the corridor of Interstate 5 through Tustin and Irvine beware. Meetings are being held for so-called public input for the proposed widening of the I-5 corridor through our town Tustin....
View ArticleOn The City Council Agenda – January 20, 2015
Unless the councilmembers suddenly get an urge to actually discuss something, it looks like it will be a fairly short meeting of the Tustin City Council on Tuesday. Councilman Bernsein, are you back...
View ArticleOn the City Council Agenda – January 6, 2015
Happy New Year to all. Let’s be glad we still live where the city council is willing to at least give the appearance of listening to the residents of its community. In Los Angeles the city council has...
View ArticleOn the City Council Agenda – December 16, 2014
There were no surprises in the recent off-year elections. Al Murray and Beckie Gomez were re-elected to their respective posts as were the TUSD incumbents. It is disappointing to see that not much has...
View ArticleOn The Planning Commission Agenda – September 9, 2014
It’s party time in Tustin. At least, the Tustin Planning Commission will be making a determination for another community facility in the Tustin Marketplace tonight during a public hearing. Edwards...
View ArticleOn The City Council Agenda – September 2, 2014
A fairly brief agenda greets our intrepid Tustin City Council this Tuesday after their brief hyatus. Hopefully, during their time off, they enjoyed the great production of Peter Pan put on by the...
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