Red County/OC Blog News Roundup -- Sept. 28, 2007
Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Editorial: Strangled In The Cradle -- OCR
Newport Beach withdraws a good idea for controlling pensions before it gets a good hearing.
ACLU Attorney Targets Mansoor -- DP
Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor spent hours on the stand Thursday as an ACLU attorney sought to show he engaged in “political prosecution” when the mayor ordered officers to escort a 26-year-old man from a City Council meeting last year after he criticized the mayor’s plan to train police in immigration enforcement.
Three Votes Help Define Great Park -- OCR
The board approves a master plan without an amphitheater, agrees on an entryway and devises a strategy for choosing among competing proposals from the public.
Sea Swallows Pride Of Newport -- DP
After leaving Newport Harbor about 8 a.m. Thursday, it took a tugboat about four hours to haul the remains of the Pride of Newport to the place where it will stay, for all intents and purposes, forever.
Rabbit Island Sale Delayed -- OCR
Buyer having trouble raising cash he needs
Frank Mickadeit: Unspin To The Diocese's Sunday Spin -- OCR
Clip and take to Mass.
Why don't you cover the Register's headlined web article? Split remodeling project draws scrutiny - About $318,000 in contracts for Treasurer Chriss Street were divided into 42 orders.
Posted by: Angry taxpayer | September 28, 2007 at 08:57 AM
No amphitheater in the great park? Does anyone know about that decision? I was hoping we were going to get a world class amphitheater that would put the Hollywood Bowl to shame. What happend?
Posted by: Andy Favor | September 28, 2007 at 11:07 AM
The interests controlling the Great Park have reserved most of the area's traffic allocation for residential development. This means that the public portion of the Great Park is only allocated enough "trips" for limited passive uses.
Posted by: Rifleshot | September 28, 2007 at 11:37 AM