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Inbox: A Vote for Daigle

1 / November 25, 2011 9:16 pm

As a former mayor of the City of Newport Beach and an involved citizen, I have some reservations about losing Leslie Daigle, who has been an effective representative on the Newport Beach City Council.  Leslie is a serious, focused, solutions-oriented

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0 / June 24, 2011 5:58 pm

I’m writing this letter on Memorial Day to honor those military veterans, abroad and at home, who have given so much to protect the civil liberties, rights and privileges of the citizens of this Nation State we call home. Especially

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0 / March 23, 2011 10:36 pm

(Re: “Piano Raffle Provides the Gift of Music,” NBI, 3/18:) Thank you so much for the interesting and informative article. I loved the picture [at www.newportbeachindy.com] of Lang Lang playing the piano, and I thought your personal approach to the

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0 / March 18, 2011 9:43 am

Nuclear is never safe to use as a source of power. Congress must end all funds for new plants in the U.S. Here are the reasons why: 1. Once released, nuclear contamination will continue essentially forever, and there is no

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0 / March 11, 2011 4:48 pm

(Re: “City Eyes Moving Police Station,” NBI, 3/4:) Moving the police headquarters closer to the site of most trouble calls may be helpful but watch out for financial risk in the parallel proposal to contract with Costa Mesa to provide

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0 / March 4, 2011 11:43 am

(Re: “Reagan OK’d for Park Site,” NBI, 2/25:) “Moving to end a surprisingly contentious dispute over whether and where to erect a statue of President Reagan in the city, the council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to OK the work .”

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0 / November 26, 2010 11:19 am

  (Re: “City Set to Triple Mooring Fees,” NBI, 11/19:) Dear elected representatives, Let me begin with a reminder you serve at the pleasure of your constituents, the good citizens/taxpayers of Newport Beach, many of whom are boaters. That said,

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0 / October 29, 2010 11:02 am

  I am increasingly aware of concerns being expressed by some candidates about “bloated” public pensions in Newport Beach and California. Perhaps a few facts from CalPERS will help our understanding of this issue: – The average annual pension is

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0 / October 29, 2010 10:00 am

  I was a member of the Charter Commission for City of Newport Beach which came up with the recommendations that are now on the ballot as Measure V. Every time I see the poster “Vote No on V” because

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0 / October 16, 2010 11:24 am

  There are many good reasons to vote YES on Measure V. The Newport Beach City Charter was written in 1955, updated in 1974, and is substantially the same now as it was 36 years ago. This year a distinguished

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