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On The City Council Agenda – August 20, 2013
Although the the city council appears to have a lengthy agenda, with 14 items on Regular Business, it is the one Public Hearing that will garner the most attention and most likely cause the meeting to...
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Silent Mike and Lindburgh – The Wilcox Sequel
(Updated 08/20/13) You might call it the Phoenix Rising, although we would probably characterize it more as the Amityville Horror. It seems the boys at the Wilcox Manor just won’t take no for an...
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Government Insiders Threaten the Initiative Process | Howard Jarvis Taxpayers...
(Although Rex Rabin of the Sacramento Bee may have a different opinion on the Initiative process, we tend to agree with Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Tax Institute. We are blessed with the ability to...
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Send In The Clowns – Redux
Not much to report on for this coming week as the Planning Commission has cancelled another meeting, presumably for lack of business. That doesn’t mean there isn’t quite a bit happening around our town...
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Pouring Money Into the Hole
In news from the Republic of Orange County, we found the not so surprising tidbit that OCTA has voted to refinance the 91 Express Lanes Bonds. The 91 toll roads, supposedly an award-winning design, has...
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On The City Council Agenda – September 3, 2013
After the train wreck of the Tustin City Council meeting two weeks ago, tonight’s meeting should be relatively quieter and shorter. Yes, 5 hours, even during Jerry Amante’s regime, would be considered...
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Amante & Songstad Still Remembered For Ethics Breach
In the category of “where are they and what are they doing now”, my friend Omar Masry from the hinterland of NoCal, sent me a link to an interesting LA Times article. Awhile back, we wrote an article...
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Smoller Speaks Out
Release Grand Jury Transcripts on City Manager Salaries More than year after a scathing Orange County Grand Jury report that found former Tustin City Councilman, Jerry Amante, had abused his authority,...
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On The City Council Agenda – September 17, 2013
It should be a pretty short meeting for the Tustin City Council this Tuesday with only one item on the Regular Business Calendar and five items on the consent calendar. The meeting begins with the...
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Again, No Video. What Gives, Jeff?
Well, I am sure Tuesday’s Tustin City Council meeting was decidedly drab. The highlights, I am told , were the presentations made at the beginning of the Open Session. You and I may never know. So far,...
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On the City Council Agenda – October 1, 2013
Two Public Hearings head up the Tustin City Council meeting tonight. Prior to that, the dais will be treated to several presentations, including one for The American Legion Boys State Program made by...
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On the Planning Commission Agenda – October 8, 2013
Although the agenda holds only 5 items, Tuiesday evening should be full for the Tustin Planning Commission. The first item is a General Plan Conformity Determination for property offered by the Irvine...
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On The City Council Agenda – October 15, 2013
We are back from our Annual Area 51 Ride. Give us a few days and you can read what we have been up to over on our travel blog, The Road Less Traveled. This week’s Tustin City Council meeting agenda is...
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On The City Council Agenda – November 5, 2013
With only one public hearing item on the agenda, the upcoming meeting of the Tustin City Council has no hidden surprises for the us particularly since the one potential controversy will be postponed...
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On the City Council Agenda – November 19, 2013
We didn’t bother to post the agenda for the Planning Commission last week due to its brevity and lack of interest. The only item of note was an item on AT&T utility cabinets for servicing their...
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On the Agenda – December 3, 2013
With 25 meetings, including those very special meetings where the public was not invited, the Tustin City Council is on the verge of calling it a wrap. I was about to bet my readers they would not hold...
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Retreads
As if once wasn’t enough, the Tustin City Council has decided to have another do over. Last Tuesday’s city council meeting resulted in the re-election of Al Murray as Mayor and Chuck Puckett as Mayor...
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On the Agenda – December 17, 2013
As with the past few meetings of the Tustin City Council, the topic of business licenses will take up a good portion of what should be the last meeting of the year. The city council will be asked to...
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On The City Council Agenda – January 7, 2014
Welcome to a brand new year and the same old city council. I hope someone told the Podiatrist Councilman about the apparent change in the Agenda. The Closed Session, which normally begins at 5:30 pm,...
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On The Planning Commission Agenda – January 14, 2014
Out the gate for 2014, the Tustin City Planning Commission doesn’t have much on their plate for the actual meeting. Two public hearings, that I doubt will engender much discussion, head up the agenda....
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