City Council KILLS local business!

Rockin’ Sushi can’t sell liquor
The Orange City Council on Tuesday pulls permit on troubled nightclub/restaurant.

By COURTNEY BACALSO STAFF WRITER - OC Register

The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pull an operating permit from Quan’s Rockin’ Sushi, meaning that the restaurant/nightclub won’t be able to serve alcohol.

The ruling went into effect Wednesday.

While numerous people spoke on the issue at previous public hearings in front of the Planning Commission and the council, no one spoke at Tuesday’s meeting – including council members.

The decision comes on the heels of a city-compiled, 2,100-plus page report about the 265 arrests and hundreds of other incidents tied to Quan’s patrons and employees since 1999. By revoking the business’s conditional-use permit to serve liquor, the business will not be able to serve alcohol or provide entertainment but can continue on its restaurant business at the site, 1107 N. Tustin St.

Attempts to reach Quan’s owner Tuesday evening for comment were unsuccessful. Previously, Robert Drieslein, who bought the business in September, said he inherited some of the problems and expected this type of outcome.

“I am just going to have to chalk up my losses,” he said in a previous interview.

The state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control had already decided to suspend the business’ liquor license for 65 days beginning May 3. The suspension was handed down because the club allegedly sold alcohol to minors, and for an abnormally high number of police calls, said ABC spokesman John Carr.

More than 60 Quan’s patrons have been arrested on drunken-driving charges since 1999 – four of those arrests were for people under the age of 21, the city report says. In the same time span, there were 79 alcohol-related arrests involving minors and 16 assaultrelated arrests, the report says.

City officials delivered the notice to the business owners Wednesday.

This marks the second time in the city’s history that an operating permit has been pulled. In 1995, a local teen club in West Orange was shut down.

My 1st visit to Villa Park City Hall!

I went to the Villa Park City Council Meeting tonight, and wow!

I have attended a number of meetings at the Orange City Hall in the past, but this was my 1st time in Villa Park. 1st off the City hall is in what appears to be a rented store front, next to Ralphs Market.

Walking and finding my seat was interesting. The place is a...well, there is just no nice way to say it...a dump. A so disappointing for what I think is a jewel of a City.

But I sat there and watched the meeting a got to hear about the Profession Fire Fighters, like Debby Pauley, and feel she shouldn't be recalled and that the Volunteer Fire Fighters need to be run out of town.

Interesting, a "UNION" (aka..special interest), asking for a person to fight a recall, or for that matter that the recall was wrong...regardless of how I feel about the recall, this is bad...it feels like Pauley let the fox guard the Taxpayer henhouse. But I am sure the union guy didn't want it to appear like that she was their puppet.

Other then that pretty boring meeting, except for item #13...Cell phone issues and potential location of towers in Villa Park.

The City Council approved a contract with ATS Communications to conduct a wireless master plan and to assist the City in identifying potential locations for wireless facilities in order to limit the amount of facilities through co-location and to maintain control over the process. The contract was approved in February 2006. ATS has completed its review and has identified a site in the eastern portion of the City that is optimum for a wireless facility.

Thats it....

The Library Re-opens

Well, I spent some time down at the new Library on Chapman Avenue in Old Towne. Well, lets be correct. It the Old Library remodeled and expanded and looks great.

I don"t believe in giving praise to the elected officials for doning things like this, because in all reality, they don't do thing.

But in this case, the entire City Council in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006, have all been very involved. So congrats to the Mayor and the whole City Council.

It will be great to see the youth of the City of Orange using this building again.

Also wandering around the Library on opening day besides Mayor Cavecche.

Councilmembers Smith, Dumitru, Bilodeau, and Murphy...also there was Todd Spitzer (assmblyman) and Mike Davall (assmblyman)

Nice event and great time.

Sorry on missing posts

I am still working on the whole blog posts...

I will be updating shortly>>>>

All hell is breaking loose in Villa Park!

Villa Park group launches recall

Villa Park Citizens for Honest Government said it will attempt to recall Councilwoman Deborah Pauly.

By ELLYN PAK
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

VILLA PARK – A group of Villa Park residents announced Tuesday that it will launch an effort to oust a newly elected councilwoman.

Villa Park Citizens for Honest Government, formed shortly after the November elections, said it will try to recall Councilwoman Deborah Pauly, sworn in Dec. 12.

"We don't like the precedent of how she participated in her electionary practice for future elections in Villa Park," resident Steve Marquez said.

The group alleges that Pauly "intimidated and harassed" voters at polling sites and posted political signs on properties of people who didn't support her, among other charges.
"We're talking about political sour grapes, and they are trying to undo the results of the election," Pauly said Wednesday.

Officials silenced members of the group who tried to testify during public-comment segments at council meetings because the issue was not "within the jurisdiction of the City Council," City Attorney Len Hampel said.

State law requires Pauly to respond to the charges. Then a recall petition must be submitted.
The District Attorney's Office said Wednesday it is reviewing a complaint against Pauly.

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The City of Villa Park, the same City that brought us.......hmmmmm, nothing...is in the midst of a recall. Deborah Pauly, apparently has a lot of emenies and even her own fellow councilmembers are fanning the fires.

I think that these people calling for the recall are petty and they lost a recent election. Give it up, keep track of her record and then run against her in a couple of years when she is up for re-election.

While, I won't pick a side in this officially until I read all the information and read Councilmember Pauly's responses.

Why read the OC BLOG???

I was given some pointers by Frank as the family departed Orange the other day, and some advice was to read the OC Blog, aswell as a number of other local blogs and websites.

I have started to do a round up everyday and one thing is apparent to me, Yes, OC Blog is a must read. As is most of the links on their site, and the info is full of political inside info.

The amount of info is interesting and also apparently from post the main author "Jubal" lives in the City of Orange. I must say, I will regularly link stories and it should be interesting to follow items and see if I can scoop the famous OC Blog.

As I get started on this challenge to report the goings on of Orange and Villa Park, I will tip te hat to the OC Blog.

The New and Improved Orange Politico's Blog

Frank Johnson (aka...nope, it will remain a secret..though I was totally surprised), has asked me to take over the blog and to keep those that check in from time to time updated.

Of course a couple of the changes you may have noticed right off the bat is the layout and the graphics. That is only the start.

I will be following or at least trying to follow the local office holders for the cities of Orange and Villa Park. I will also try and follow other office holders that may affect Orange and Villa Park. I will also try and follow other interesting political stories.

I am also looking for another writer to assist in the writing of items and to keep this fresh and worth visiting.

So there you have the story,

Welcome to the New Orange-Politicos

Stephanie Rudat, tossed out into the cold!

This just came to via a secret source,

But a former City Council Candidate Carol "Beach Bunny" Rudat is allowing her daughter Stephanie to be tossed into the mean streets of Corona Del Mar.

Carol Rudat who campaigned on "Sticking by Family", "My Parents raised me too"' and Family Values", shows just how cold and heartless she truly is. But I ask 1 question further, What about husband David Rudat, former City Manager of the City or Orange, does he not care about his daughter, why doesn't he step up and help.

It was interesting my source told me that the Rudat's spent $210,000 on her unsuccessful bid for city council, and yet they allow their daughter to be homeless.

The following is from the documents provided to me.....

First American Title and Wells Fargo Bank, filed a notice of Default and Election to Sell Under Deed of Trust....

This was filed in the County of Orange, record #2006000871752 at 4:21pm on 12/28/06.

First American Lonestar Trustee Services is the current beneficiary, under the current deed of trust dated 8/2/2006....

She is in default of $570,000

But wait....THERE'S MORE...........

This isn't the 1st time that daughter, Stephanie has had foreclosure paperwork served on her....second time she’s defaulted on the home.

Click here and scroll to number 12. www.nefcortez.com/home-files/Foreclosures/Archives/OC-TS/OC_TS_Update_to_5-2-2005.htm


Now, I take no great pleasure in airing of this information, however, it is only to be fair. Carol Rudat, who says what a wonderful mother she is and protective of her children has let her child, her baby girl, be thrown into the mean cold and unforgiving streets of Corona Del Mar.

You may be asking why even mention Stephanie Rudat, well, she entered the political arena by assist her mother in video taping Denis Bilodeau, and by walking neighborhoods.

One thought, maybe if you were at work you would be able to pay your bills!

Murphy for 71st Assembly District ??

The widely popular OC BLOG, which I understand most of the Orange Politicos read, broke this interesting story earlier.....

71st Assembly District Watch: Neil Blais Gearing Up

I ran into Rancho Santa Margarita Councilman Neil Blais at today's OC Public Affairs Association luncheon, and asked him if he was running for the 7ist Assembly District in 2008 -- when incumbent Todd Spitzer is termed out.

"I'm definitely running," he replied. In fact, he's about to ink a contract with JohnsonClark Associates to be his campaign consultants and plans to start fundraising.

JCA is a top-flight consulting firm with a strong win record in Orange County. Hiring them sends a strong message to the political and donor community that Blais is a serious candidate for this seat.

I understand long-time Orange Councilman Mark Murphy also plans to run for the seat. Orange used to be the anchor for this Assembly District, but was carved up the between three Assembly Districts in the last re-districting.

I'm not sure what percentage of the AD71 is comprised of Orange, but Murphy is very popular in the city and would be a strong candidate. Former Sen. John Lewis -- who represented much of the district for 20 years in the Assembly and Senate -- has run all of Mark Murphy's council and mayoral campaigns and presumably will run his Assembly effort.

Corona Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Miller is also taking a hard look at the race. I believe about 40% of AD71 is in Riverside County. Miller would be in an advantageous position if several candidates carve up the OC vote and he is the sole Riverside County candidate.

I know there are some other OC candidates looking at this race, but their names escape me at the moment.

I also read the comments and saw there was another name of Ledesma, at 1st thought it was our OUSD Board member, however it was a Mission Viejo Councilman.

Also, I have some thoughts on others that may run for that seat.... how about Carolyn Caveeche, the current mayor of orange.

OC Register Stories

Some interesting news the last couple of days dealing with some wannabe’s in Orange. The 1st is the wife of Orange City Council Candidate Frank “The Heat” Finn.

Apparently, she has decided that OC Sheriff Mike Carona doesn’t deserve to be in elective office any longer…

The following is a quick blip from the OC Registers’ Martin Wisckol:
Now Karen Finn, a Carona critic and wife of a policeman, has launched a Web site with a petition calling for a recall election. She faces a long haul, though – valid signatures of 150,000 voters registered in the county are needed.
Finn's site is www.ipetitions.com/petition/RETRIBUTIONS/

Also there is another portion of a story from the OC Register dealing with the County Supervisors Race, apparently everybody is upset about a former State Assemblyman (Tom Umberg) and that he doesn’t live in the area covered by his elective office. Why I find it interesting that they are watching this so closely, it also listed numerous other folks in the recent year that also had an issue with residency.

Here is the part of the story that focused on Carol “Beach Bunny” Rudat.

There was more of an uproar when Newport Beach's Carol Rudat bought a house in Orange and ran for City Council there. A lawsuit challenged whether the Orange home – much smaller than her Newport Beach abode – was her primary residence.

There seemed to be a stronger case against Rudat than Umberg. A Rudat spokesperson had earlier given a move-in date that turned out to be after she had re-registered to vote.

That could have disqualified her, but there was enough ambiguity that the judge in the case declined to intervene.

While I feel that the this last election in the City of Orange was just plain silly with Rudat’s spending a personal fortune only to be slapped around badly by the voters, then you have Denis “The Insider” Bilodeau, getting caught and arrested with his hand in the cookie jar. You had the outsider candidate like Jeremy “The Kid” Wayland so far over his head he was spinning around like a top.

Where are the days when we got somebody we could actually vote for and not against somebody else!!!!

OC BLOG, takes a shot at City Council

This entry from the very popular OC Blog takes a shot at the Orange City Council. This blog is watched by all the politicos in Orange County and should be interesting to see if anybody changes direction now that there is some interest against the idea.

Beware of children with sparkles, glue and markers

The Orange City Council is set to make it a crime for children to have "graffiti tools".

This a perfect example of government going overboard. They are trying to solve a limited problem with a over broad solution.

CALL TO ACTION: I encourage every kid under 18 to buy the biggest marker you can find at one of those evil trafficker of "graffiti tools" like Kinko's, Office Depot or Wal-Mart and carry it prominently in your back pocket.

For every straight-A student who gets popped (actually arrested) by the Orange PD for carrying any kind of marker considered a "graffiti tool" yours truly, Roscoe will donate $100 to the Kaitlyn Ambriz Scholarship Fund.

Mayor Cavecche, Mayor Pro Tem Dumitru, Councilman Murphy, Councilwoman Smith and Councilman Bilodeau, COME ON!

Something I find interesting is that the story, not one of the "Leaders" of Orange are quoted...why do I find it interesting....they are ussually so quick to run to the media for the attention they feel they deserve.

City Council Meeting of 1-9-07

Well, I was able to attend the meeting of the Orange City Council, as I was interested in a couple of items.

The meeting ran along the lines of the past, only a couple of items were talked about in length....

1st, Smith...talked about the Hart Park Pool and its remodeling and cost. It was interesting to me in that I had no idea the City owed a pool, I called the City today and actually found out where Hart Park is located and plan to go down there later today for the kids to play.

2nd, was a thing called "Council Reorganization", which is a fancy way of saying, a vote to appoint a Vice-Mayor. Jon Dumitru was nominated and voted on and he was accepted by the Council.

3rd, Dumitru...had a report on campaign contributions, but he gave this speech on 1st amendment and how limits of donations to candidates violates free speech. WHATEVER....in the end, he came out with what he was looking for....a total elimination of contributions limits.

4th was a talk on trash, and where it will be dumped. Really got lost on the issue, I don't get it at all. In the end, WHO CARES.

5th, was dealing with graffiti, and a new ordinance to crack down on kids doing it. INTERESTING.

That was the high light on the night.

Well off to Hart Park.

Looking back on the City in 2006

As there are only days left in the year 2006, me and my husband have decided to look back on the year and remember some the issues.

I will start most with the recent elections that saw a "Carpetbagger" from Newport Beach try and fool the residents of Orange. Thats right Carol "Beach Bunny" Rudat, came to town to try and buy the election. My understanding however is that, the more she campaigned the less people liked her, and my own personal interactions with her, left me saying to myself...what a witch! By some accounts out there Rudat spent around $250,000 to try and convience people she lived in the City. But again, she failed. She was also being investigated by the OC District Attorneys office for voter fraud and residency issues, but I haven't heard any thin new in those regards!

I will move onto the next interesting fact of the 2006 election, that is of candiancy of Denis Bilodeau. Now I was e-mailed from a now dead e-mail address the following link for a possible RECALL of Bilodeau. Denis found himself smacked around pretty good in his race for the City Council, and he got himself arrested during the contest aswell. Yup, he was charged with criminal charges during his final days of the campaign. It was reported just the other day that he is going to be before a judge shortly. The question is if he is convicted, does he resign from the City Council?

Of course who could forget, Mike Alvarez, "I will enforce the laws when it applies to Boarding Houses"....oops, I didn't know I had a boarding house under my control. He should have done some of his own checking to make sure he was violating the very thing he was against....that goes into the idiot file. While, the race was pretty harsh, one thing for sure was the involvement of a group from the City of Elk Grove, which located in northern California. This race was very harsh on Alvarez and I think at this point he will not be able to re-enter political life for some time.

As for Carolyn Cavecche, who was succesful in her bid to win the mayoral race in the City of Orange. Nothing really surprises me with her, she will need to stick her promises, after all she is up for re-election shortly. Her involvement with Carol Rudat in this past election was pretty glaring, however only from a purely rumor mill...the stuff I got in the mail from both of them were very simliar in message, design/layout and when they arrived at my home. Also, interesting is that Cavecche never acknowledges any of her counterparts in Orange in the flyers. Either way, I will be watching and lets see what comes forward and what is passed.

Mark Murphy, is now a councilman, not much to say here.

Dumitru and Smith over the last year didn't get in the paper that much, however, watching the meetings and reading what I could find. They both are doing a good job, are truly trying to make Orange a better place. Dumitru fought to protect the dollar and Smith fought to protect Old Town.

Overall, the City Council in 2006, did a good job of protecting our neighborhoods and watching the money. They should receive B+ on their report card.

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The City in 2006, saw much in the way of interesting stories...>>however this city must attack the following issues in 2007....

Boarding Houses, whether its multiple families or college students, it affects a neighborhood....and needs to be enforced.

Day Laborers Loitering....Crack down and do more of those sweeps. They are truly an eyesore and threaten our children's safety as they go to and from school.

Traffic....a lot needs to be accomplished to get us from one point to another....the city council has done a good job so far, they got the 22 freeway open again and Chapman Ave is moving again..as well as City Drive. But more is needed.

Very interesting couple of days

Last night was the swearing in of our newly elected City Council, and I wasn't there. Thats right had no idea it was taking place. I just happen to turn on the tv and caught it starting. So I watched and watched, and nothing really exciting happened. Speached thanking supporters, and speaches of what is going to be done or what has already been accomplished. But in the end no big surprises at all.

So our new City Council is as follows and deserves a round of applause.....

Mayor Carolyn Cavecche
Councilmember Mark Murphy
Councilmember Jon Dumitru
Councilmember Tita Smith
Councilmember Denis Bilodeau

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As a side note, I have received a lot of nasty mail in reference to Denis Bilodeau and his taking down of a "sign" that was critical of him. This is the way I see it, The sign was nasty smear attack against one candidate from another. If this had occured to anybody, I believe the would do the same thing. So with that being said, Councilman Bilodeau, congrats and lets hope that this will be dropped as an issue. But more importantly, Mrs. Carol Rudat, pack up and go home where that might be, we don't want you here!

We are home, and I am ready to start posting again

Home Sweet Home,

I was tired of seeing all the family and we travelled the better of the U.S. in the RV. While, we had a blast it is better to be home. I will be updating my blog shortly as I have just started going through the news papers and flyers.

My goodness, a lot of Hub-Bub about Denis Bilodeau still. But we will get to that shortly.

Again, I will begin posting again shortly.

I am on vacation !

Sorry, I haven't posted in the last week, we loaded up the kids and headed to a family reunion. The picture you see to the left is of a stop-over in Arizona.

We are all having a great time and its been a blast. We have been in Florida for the last few days and over the last weekend we had a nice time with extended family. Internet access is spotty out here, so I have have actually travelled into town and am at a coffee shop and using a dail-up to post today.

Perhaps, if you read this, you can send me information on all the happenings in Orange, I feel very uninformed. Any news on Denis Bildoeau and his midnight cleaning of the streets of political signs? Does Carol "The Beach Bunny" Rudat, still live in town?

Ok, thats it, have a great day, below is a picture of the entire family at our reunion.

Victories in Orange !!

The City was all abuzz yesterday, I saw a number of folks through out the day. I saw people picking at intersection against Carolyn, and I saw some of our electeds and the candidates out on the street waving..in restaurants talking. When it was time I went and I voted.

I have to say, one thing that totally annoyed me was the 10 million automated phone calls. It is just rude and got old really quickly.

Enough of that.....

I want to offer my congrats to the Cities "New Team"

Mayor - Carolyn Cavecche
and
City Councilmembers - Mark Murphy and Denis Bilodeau


CITY OF ORANGE Member, City Council
Number To Vote For: 2
Completed Precincts: 87 of 87
Vote Count Percentage

MARK A. MURPHY 12850 32.3%
DENIS BILODEAU 8261 20.8%
CAROL RUDAT 5203 13.1%

I put the vote totals in for one reason, I think all have heard about the amount of money the carpetbagging Carol Rudat spent to try and make people believe she lived in orange her whole life. So my thought is, get out of Orange, we have spoken, we don't like you, and we don't want you!

PHIL MARTINEZ 4075 10.2%
FRANK FINN 2635 6.6%
ROBERT L. DOUGLAS 2243 5.6%
ANDREW J. HINGER 1259 3.2%
JEREMY WAYLAND 1099 2.8%
DARREN WM. SMITH 905 2.3%
ARNOLD L. CRAIN 807 2.0%
JOHN ANTONY UELAND CAGLIA 444 1.1%

The Big Day !!!!

Today is the day,

The candidates have done more then enough for me to form my opinion of them.

I will keep it very very simple, I am going to vote the following way for the local races:

Mayor:

Carolyn Cavecche

Why? I don't think she owns a boarding house!

City Council:

Mark Murphy
Denis Bilodeau

Why? Murphy is good guy and has done a pretty good job, not great but good. Denis, because he lives Orange, unlike his main challenger that I strongly believe lives in Newport Beach.

OUSD Trustee's

Coming later.

"DumpDenis.com" Slander Attack by Rudat!

I was tipped to this the other morning and I have now confirmed the story. And is a new LOW in the City of Orange Politics!

Mr. Denis Bilodeau, fired a shot at Carol Rudat last week with a mail piece that questioned her residency. I thought it was cleaver but not a big deal. After all, She doesn't live in Orange.

However, Carol Rudat fired back with a mailer, that showed Bilodeau having his Time Warner Cable bill being paid by the Orange County Water Board.

But it goes a little further, All of a sudden, signs started to show up all over the City of Orange, that stated......"See me spend your money $$" with a website address of www.dumpdenis.com

I thought it was interesting. I stopped and went and looked at a sign that was posted. It didn't say anything about who put it up, other then a company called COGS, in Santa Ana. But I had no idea who hated Denis so much to attack him in this way.

So that is when I went to the website. The website is an attack on Denis Bilodeau as well. By whom, you are probably wondering by now? It was done by "Paid for by Elect Carol Rudat FPPC # 1289587 PO Box 1841 Orange, CA 92856"

I then recieved another piece of "hit" mail on Denis Bilodeau by Rudat, stating that Bilodeau is two faced candidate. It was basically a piece that accused Bilodeau of wanting to use the council seat as a stepping stone.

Well, in the end, the City of Orange has been brought to a new low in campaigns. This was an extremely dirty and underhanded campaign tactic. I also think that Carol Rudat, refused to have her name on the signs, because she was scared of public opinion of her tactics.

I hope that all that read this blog, share with your friends. Don't Vote for Rudat. She can't run on her own merits, because she has none. She doesn't live in Orange, she is under investigation by the District Attorneys office for FRAUD, She is being sued by numerous people, she is a nightmare

I haven't made my total choice to vote for yet, but I will make it clear....I will not vote for rudat.

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