I kept my promise.

When I was elected in 2006, I promised the residents of Costa Mesa that I would be fiscally responsible.  My vote on Tuesday night to approve employee agreements means we will not waste another $253,999 each month for not having agreements. Over four years we expect to save $7.2 million through reductions in employees’ take-home [...]

The Elephant in the Room

FOUR IMPORTANT POINTS TO CONSIDER 1. Using the word “unsustainable” pensions and thinking we can make them sustainable overnight in Costa Mesa is unrealistic and a straw man argument. OC Supervisor John Moorlach agrees that state’s billion dollar pension problem cannot be solved in Costa Mesa.  I am committed to pension reform, however, I contend [...]

Police officers go pink for the cure

Costa Mesa police officers gathered outside the Susan G. Komen office Thursday afternoon wearing pink shirts in honor of breast cancer awareness month. They will be donning pink shirts, instead of normal white undershirts, underneath their uniforms for the entire month of October. Costa Mesa police association president Allen Rieckhof, from front left, Susan G [...]