City Council meeting....where was it ?

Sorry, I have been so slow to post anything new. After I erased the whole blog, I really was discouraged. Also, with it being summertime and the kids are not in school, I find myself with very little time to sit and post information.

However, with that said…

I did turn the TV onto channel #3 Tuesday night to watch our local government in action. But wait, nothing came on. Once again, they only had a 4:30pm session. Now I understand that they don’t have enough business to push for a 7pm session, But, what about people that want to address the City Council and can’t get there in time for the early session. I mean, most people have jobs and can’t just leave them to come down to city hall…..or is that what our city government wants….

My suggestion, even if you don’t have enough agenda items for a 7pm session, at least have a public comments session then close the meeting. Or if the Council is to lazy to stick around, then how about at least having a staff member on site to answer questions take notes and share them with the City Council.

Please, make our city government more accessible to all…

Thanks to the greater Orange Eblog for this info, I haven't had time to go down and find out who is running and such.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

eLECTION Watch 2006 UPDATE
As of JULY 24, 2006
The period to declare candidacy ends August 11 (this is extended until Aug 16th if the incumbent has not filed).

Orange City Council
The following have pulled papers, but not filed:
Darren Smith
Jason Lindstrom
Mike Murphy (current Mayor)
Mike Merino
Robert Douglas
Dennis Bilodeau
Fred Whitaker
John Caglia
Frank Finn
My thoughts differ from person to person, but I won't exam them till they actually file the paperwork. When they are official, then the game is on.

Villa Park City Council
The following have pulled papers, but not filed:
Robert Fauteux (appointed incumbent)
Deborah Pauly
Bradley Reese

Orange Mayor
The following have pulled papers, but not filed:
Carolyn Cavecche (current council member)
Mike Alvarez
Mike Merino

Rancho Santiago Trustee Area #2
The following have filed:
John Hanna (current incumbent)
Steve Rocco

Orange Unified School District Council
The following have filed:
Trustee Area 1:
7/17/06 Melissa Smith (current incumbent)
Governing Board Member, Orange Unified School District Trustee Area 1

7/19/06 Alexia Deligianni (OC Young Republican Director)
Educator

Trustee Area 4
7/19/06 Kathy Moffat (current incumbent)
No current ballot designation

Trustee Area 5
7/20/06 Chris Emami
Youth Services Director

Trustee Area 7
7/17/06 Larry D. Cohn (former OUSD Legislative Coalition Chair)
No current ballot designation

7/20/06 Rick Ledesma (incumbent)
No current ballot designation

Power just came back on

Wow..the weather has been wacky. It is hot and sticking and the power was out all morning. This is out of control. I am sure that our elected representatives are up to date on the issues through out town.

OOPS!

I accidental erased the whole blog.

I will start posting some new stuff in th ecoming days