OC Blog News Roundup - February 29, 2008
Posted by: Jubal | 02/29/2008 9:30 AM
Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:Chapman University Outlines Expansion Plan (OCR)
Old Towne Orange will see more students, changes as campus adds new disciplines, buildings.
OC Sewer District Board OKs 61.5% Rate Increase (OCR)
Customers will see rate increase of about 10% annually for next 5 years.
NB annd Costa Mesa Councils Defend San District Hike (DP)
Local officials Thursday defended their support of a county sewer rate raise, noting that the money will go toward projects of concern to residents as well as a number of long-term cost-saving measures.
Border Agents Too Thin (DP)
Assemblyman Van Tran toured the Guard's Border Patrol operations Thursday and was dismayed to find the Border Patrol will need about 3,000 more agents to replace the National Guard troops who will begin leaving in June.
Great Park Balloon Grounded For Safety Investigation (OCR)
City and FAA look into safety allegations made by former co-pilot.
Anderson Warned By AG On Political Activity (OCR and LAT)
AG warns Anderson on in-uniform advocacy before San Clemente Council
Seal Beach Jail Opens Eight Months After Shutting Down (OCR)
The jail that attracted unwanted attention was shut down last year for financial reasons, has been renovated and will reopen Saturday under city control.
Grand Opening Planned At Lake Forest's Serrano Creek Park (OCR)
Serrano Creek Park gets updated play equipment to meet state safety standards.
Leaning Left In Little Saigon (LAT)
Anticommunism in O.C. is tempered by a focus on domestic issues. Democratic registration increases.
Little Saigon's Nguoi Viet Daily News Earns Anti-Commie Wrath-Again (OC Weekly)
These colors don't wash feet
Carona Wants Secret Tapes Suppressed; 'Getting Story Straight' Is Discussed (LAT)
Lawyers for former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona will ask a judge today to suppress audiotapes of conversations between Carona and a former assistant sheriff who was secretly cooperating with prosecutors in a corruption probe.
Capistrano Schools Plan For Teacher Layoffs, boost Superintendent's Salary (LAT)
Capistrano Unified School District trustees tentatively approved $27 million in proposed budget cuts this week in preparation for a shrinking state budget, as they increased the superintendent's salary by 11%.
The Orange Grove: A Generation Hooked On Obamanine (OCR)
He promises rapid relief from all our ills, which is what youth demands
Mid-Feb. OC Home Sales Off 49% (OCR)
This will certainly be the 29th straight month where buyers bought fewer O.C. homes than the year-ago period as mid-February O.C. home sales were off 49% from a year ago.
One Resident Makes A Difference To Rancho's Ciity Council (OCR)
The City Council approves the installation of a stop sign on Evening Canyon at Serene Canyon Road after one resident writes in.
UCI Asks State For $37 Million For Stem Cell Research (OCR)
UC Irvine has asked the state for $37 million in Proposition 71 money to help underwrite a $60 million research center where scientists would try figure out ways to use all types of stem cells to diagnose and treat disease.
Residents Debate John Wayne Airport Name Change (OCR)
Locals are split on addition of 'Orange County' to aviation hub moniker. Some say neither the region nor the late actor deserves the honor.
Some Of Alfonos Bustamante's Tenants Say His Historic Santa Ana Apartments Leave Them Cold (OC Weekly)
Some of Alfonso Bustamante's tenants say life in his historic Santa Ana apartments gives them the shivers
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California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in San Francisco in the much talked about, controversial, and highly debated cases seeking civil recognition of marriages between same sex couples.
The outcome of this, coupled with a potential ballot measure could have devastating effects on Marriage in California.
David Cruz, a law professor at USC, posted an interesting take on what the court's decision and the ballot initiative that is circulating to qualify for November's ballot could do to Marriage in California.
To read the post, visit http://mylaw.usc.edu/blogCruz/index.cfm.
Professor Cruz defines the initiative on his site, saying, "That if the California Marriage Protection Act makes it to the ballot and passes that it would amend the constitution to say that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
However- there could be an unintended consequence that Cruz points out.
The initiative could potentially wind up abolishing marriage as a state institution all together. The Supreme Court may rule "the refusal of the state to recognize marriages between same sex couples," violates California's Equal Protection Clause. Therein lays the conflict: the state cannot say that only some people have the right to marry- so, in theory- we could see marriage done away with in California. The Maryland legislature is already considering a proposal to eliminate marriage as an institution in Maryland based exactly on this legal theory. So now the Gay agenda may be threatening marriage, but at least some conservatives may be unintentionally helping them out. Something to think about....