Monthly Archives: March 2011

March 25, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Jeff

Anti-library takeover petition has a number of flaws, according to the Signal. But supporters say its still a valid barometer of public opinion SIGNAL Over 800 friends and family remember Spc. Rudy Acosta at Canyon Country church. SIGNAL 32 year … Continue reading →

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Wait till Darren Hernandez gets his hands on this

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Jeff

The New York Times reports on the City of Costa Mesa eliminating most of its departments, laying off half its staff, and becoming little more than a public contracting agency that funnels taxpayer money to private corporations: Nearly half of … Continue reading →

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March 24, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Jeff

More details on death of SPC. Rudy Acosta: NBC News is reporting that Spc. Rudy Acosta was one of two men killed and six shot by an Afghan individual who was hired by an Afghan security firm just two weeks … Continue reading →

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A thought for the day

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jeff

I was blown away by the amount of signatures gathered for the anti-takeover library petition presented at last night’s City Council. Seriously, we can barely get 10,000 people together for anything in this town (except perhaps a Hart vs Valencia … Continue reading →

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March 23, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jeff

Ignoring 10,000 petitioners, 26 speakers, and the unlikely alliance of local Tea Partiers and liberals, the City Council plowed ahead last night on the library takeover insisting that opponents of the move were misinformed. Approved on a vote of 4-1 … Continue reading →

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March 22, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Jeff

The apparent target of that Saturday morning hate crime in Saugus was Anthony Bedgood, a 31 year old African American man who has lived in the SCV since he was seven. Bedgood says he was woken up by his roommate … Continue reading →

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Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket soldier’s funeral

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Jeff

Jonathon Phelps of the Phelps family clan from the notorious Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas says his cult will protest at Pfc. Rudy Acosta’s funeral, the date of which has not been made public. The announcement was made on Phelps’ twitter account … Continue reading →

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Forces of Nature Converging on Library Takeover-Will City Council Reverse Itself?

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Timothy Myers SR.

The City Council got one piece of good news today.  A Superior Court judge effectively dismissed all the substantive counts of the lawsuits brought by Save Our Libraries (“SOL”) without leave to amend, which would allow SOL to appeal.  However, … Continue reading →

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March 21, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Jeff

Private First Class Rudy A. Acosta, a 2009 graduate of Santa Clarita Christian school and a medic in the US Army’s 2nd Calvary Regiment (Dragoons), died Friday when he and another solider were “allegedly shot with small arms fire by … Continue reading →

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Racism

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Jeff

In five years of blogging, this is one of the most disturbing examples of racism in the SCV I’ve ever seen: The photo comes my way via a reader, who passed it along from Facebook. Behind the burned out car, … Continue reading →

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