As you may have read in the papers this week, I have decided to run for council. Over the course of the last few years our local city council has pushed attempts to strip property rights from our historic businesses, proposed abolishing our fire rings, raised our taxes, increased spending, inflated our pension costs, and now is even attempting to shut down …
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Remember that Sunday morning we set our clocks FORWARD by one hour! Daylight savings was created for the energy savings, particularly in old factories. By slightly adjusting the clock to account for the changes in the sunrise and sunset times, employers were able to save money on heating and electricity– across many businesses combined, this had a huge impact on fledgling power stations. …
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Will Mayor Diane Dixon and Councilmen Kevin Muldoon, Scott Peotter and Duffy Duffield finally be able to keep their election promises? Team Newport ran on keeping the fire rings but due to lack of public support, rather than bothering to fight AQMD Rule 444, they complied, eliminating half of Newport’s wood-burning fire rings and instead instituting charcoal rings in their place. Barry Wallerstein, …
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The meeting last night with Parks, Beach, and Recreations was easily one of the most-attended meetings I’ve seen. The show of support was near-unanimous with the notable exception of Vivien Hyman, who very recently bought her home next to Dog Beach, and said while she has two dogs she doesn’t consider them real dogs, but her husband loves them(?????). This harkens back to …
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Despite the comedic image I used– a very humbled thank you to everyone involved. Thank you for showing up, for talking, for emailing your friends, sharing, commenting and liking our posts, thank you for donating to the cause, for driving me around town delivering hats, wearing the hats, and for bearing through the terror of speaking in a public forum. …
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TONIGHT, Tuesday March 1 at 6pm will be the Parks, Beach, and Rec meeting about whether or not to destroy Dog Beach. Please be there to tell everyone how much you love dog beach and what it means to you! Here is what my message will be, and I hope you join me on it: Do not only keep Dog Beach, …
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Reports are coming in that Dover and PCH is closed off due to a police standoff occurring at the end of a long car chase. Unconfirmed reports of an armed man with children, standing off from within a Hummer vehicle. UPDATE: Tuesday @ 8:08am – Suspect still at large after the 10:06pm escape. Dogs were on-scene so it appears that none …
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THE MEETING IS HERE– it will be Tuesday, March 1st at 6pm at 100 Civic Center Dr, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Recently, the Newport Beach City Staff Dog Beach – PBR Staff Report. This staff report contains the following information: 1) The number of off-leash tickets issued (except NPB animal control data combines the number of off leash tickets issued …
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When we initially ordered the Save Dog Beach hats, to help promote the preservation of Dog Beach, we only ordered 100 of them, all flat-brimmed (no curved brims). We figured we could probably beg our friends into donating enough to recoup cost and spread awareness, and eat the rest. Boy, was that under-shooting! I had no clue how popular they would …
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The Newport Beach Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint tonight, Thursday, February 25th, 2016 at an undisclosed location in Newport between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. DUI Checkpoints are claimed to reduce drunk driving mostly by deterrent, but also serve to actively arrest those who are driving under the influence. They also cause significant traffic …
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