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Tustin to Honor Fallen Officers
In December, 1972, I was on leave from the United States Air Force and heading home to my family, who then lived in Colorado. At the time, I don’t think I had ever heard of our town Tustin. I may have...
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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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On The City Council Agenda – January 21, 2014
I hope everyone is having a great Martin Luther King Day. We are finally cooling off as the rest of the country embraces another round of freezing weather. It is days like this that remind me why I...
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Tustin Police Look For Predator
Tustin Police Department is looking for a sexual predator who molested a 7 year old girl at a local market. On Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at about 12:00 pm, a man approached a 7 year old girl from...
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Tustin Seeks Commission Applicants
The city of Tustin is looking for a few good people to serve on various commissions. Two seats on the Planning Commission are available due to term expirations. Selected applicants will serve for two...
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On The Planning Commissin Agenda – January 28, 2014
The Tustin City Planning Commission has a busy night with two meetings ahead of them on Tuesday, January 28th. Prior to meeting as the planning commission, they will come together next door to their...
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On The City Council Agenda – February 4, 2014
What does the city of Tustin and the County of Orange have in common? With a record low number of applications the city, much like the Grand Jury, is having trouble filling their commissions with...
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The Real OCEA Employees Expose The Real Supervisors of OC
Hot on the heels of the recent “Last, Best & Final” offer by the county to its public employees, a new website has been launched to expose what they call the corruption and cronyism of the Orange...
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Playing it Safe
It was a reasonably quiet hall for Tuesday’s city council meeting. Part of that was due to the fact that neither Councilmember Beckie Gomez or John Nielsen was in the house. I suspect more of it was...
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AT&T – Phone Home
At first, we thought there may be no Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday. A quick second look shows there to be a one-item agenda that may or may not go quickly. That’s because it brings up the...
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Al Mijares to Speak at League of Women Voters
-Press Release- Al Mijares, County Superintendent of Schools, to Address League of Women Voters The public is invited to join with the League of Women Voters of Central Orange County in hearing from Al...
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Nick Plays Hardball
We recently reported on the progress, or lack thereof, of the Orange County negotiations with employees represented by the Orange County Employee Association. After two year, the county finally gave...
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On (and Off) the City Council Agenda – February 18, 2014
A hat tip to our friend, Dan Chmielewski, of The Liberal OC who related that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim could someday become the Los Angeles Angels of Tustin. Hmmm, the name just doesn’t have...
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“New” Chief to be Sworn In Thursday
There’s a new sheriff in town. OK, it’s actually a police chief and he is not so new. But, that’s OK. Charles Celano is a 22 year veteran of Tustin Police Department. He had worked his way through...
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No Rush to Judgement
If you attended the city council meeting on Tuesday, you might have decided to leave before the real business went down. That’s because an angry mob descended on the council hall demanding justice for...
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On the Planning Commission Agenda – February 25, 2014
There is not much happening on the Planning Commission agenda this week. After last week’s near riot at the Tustin City Council meeting, the city staff are probably thankful for a little boredom....
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Guns in the OC – Will New Rules Turn the OC into the Wild West?
By now, you have probably heard that the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the longstanding law in California concerning concealed weapons permits. A ruling of a 3 judge panel of the Court...
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On the City Council Agenda – March 4, 2014
It is looking a little racy for the Tustin City Council this week even though the agenda is pretty slim. On the Closed Session, the usual suspects appear with two each conferences with legal counsel on...
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We Are Not A House Of Prostitution
It looks like this week’s meeting of the Tustin Planning Commission has been cancelled. So, let’s talk about what happened at last week’s Tustin City Council meeting. It was fairly short, at just over...
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