OC Blog News Roundup - March 1, 2008
Posted by: Jonathan Constantine | 03/01/2008 10:01 AM
Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:1959 -- 2008: Mike mastered OC punk (DP)
As the frontman for the Orange County hardcore punk band MIA, Michael Conley raged against war, racism and the isolation of modern life on stage alongside other legendary acts in the 1980s like the Dead Kennedys and Social Distortion.
RIGONOMICS: 'Liars' get last laugh? (DP)
I was hoping last week's column regarding the real estate market would be my last for a while. I wrote about the "liar loans" that allowed people with no money down to puff up their incomes to get larger home loans than they could afford.
'Collar and Bow' statue draws a suit (LAT)
Giant sculpture lies in fragments in Irvine while a $6-million action against artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen and others proceeds in a courthouse near its intended Disney Hall site.
Man arrested in fatal shooting at Fullerton bus stop (OCR)
Witnesses say Jose Peralta, 23, and the unidentified victim didn't speak to each other while riding the bus.
Admissibility of Carona conversations questioned (OCR and LAT)
A federal judge considers a motion to suppress tape recordings of conversations Carona had with former ally Don Haidl.
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%
O.C. gas prices up nearly 18 cents as crude oil briefly tops $103 a barrel (LAT)
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline rose by a whopping 17.8 cents in Orange County -- 16.9 cents in Los Angeles County -- amid sharp hikes in crude oil and wholesale gasoline prices, the Auto Club reported today.
Orange hospital under investigation for operating room error (LAT)
Surgeons at St. Joseph reportedly performed knee surgery on the wrong knee. It was the third 'wrong-site' incident at the medical center in just over a year.
Two assistant sheriffs out in wake of grand jury probe (OCR and LAT)
Jo Ann Galisky is released, Steve Bishop resigns over their handling of investigation of jail beating death.
Restaurants: Chino beef recall/eatery list is inaccurate (OCR and DP and LAT)
Several restaureateurs say the state wrongly named them as having received Chino meat
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Daily News Roundup - 2008
Mr. Ayer registered as a Republican to be electable in an interim election with no incumbents. He did...
OCSD is melting down. This latest round of firings further taints Anderson. He's not exerting himself in the role of sheriff; he's cleaning up Carona's mess of which he was a part of. With the release of the Grand Jury's report it is more than likely that Moorlach and the other BOS members told Anderson what needed to happen.
This further shows that anyone else other than Anderson should be sheriff.
Actually, it shows quite the opposite. Anderson has shown that he is not part of the old administration. As distasteful as it might seem, he's moving his colleagues out of office and changing the culture at the OCSD. That requires character and he's showing an abundance of it.
He's also not beholden to AOCDS who is becoming increasingly irrelevant in matters related to the county. This bodes well for him in the eyes of the Supervisors and demonstrates that he is his own man.