Should the city quadruple fees charged to harbor businesses for their use of public tidelands, to help fund harbor improvement projects like dredging?
Total Voters: 45
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Orange County UpdatesA few years back when I retired from the active practice of medicine and felt I had something to say (most didn’t agree) on medical-legal issues, a brave editor named Rick Reiff at the Orange County Business Journal gave me
The political forum last week was called “Feet to the Fire,” the idea being that the three candidates for the 74th Assembly District – Leslie Daigle (R), incumbent Allan Mansoor (R), and Bob Rush (D) – would be quizzed by
Now what is the big deal over a little blue bag? What blue bag do I refer to? If you walk your dog, you know that I am referring to: your doggy poop bags. For years the Village Elders have
To paraphrase Richard Nixon, after November, you won’t have Congressman John Campbell to kick around anymore. Campbell has been redistricted out of Newport Beach. Actually, that characterization isn’t entirely fair to Campbell. The conservative majority in town hasn’t really minded
Newport Beach, CA (April 1, 2012) – Just two weeks after a private showing to reporters and bloggers at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, a new app called XrayGram is stirring up controversy. We all know the popular Apple motto,
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