Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Please join me...

...for a neighborhood meeting to discuss where your water bill is going.


April 1, 3:00-4:00 PM 
(The Medici Residence)

Where is the money going, how do we stop it, and can we get it back?
I have a plan but I need your help!
Find out this Sunday



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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Meet the Candidates - You're Invited


North Orange County Conservative Coalition 

Make Wise and Informed Decisions

at The Ballot Box on June 5 and In November!

Join NOCCC To Meet Your Local Candidates 

 Thursday, April 12, 2012
7:00 – 8:30 pm
With Special Guest Speaker and Emcee, Brian Calle

     Brian Calle is an Opinion Columnist for the Orange County Register, the Managing Director of Gambit Consulting Group, a Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, Editor of FreedomPolitics.com, President of the Young Executives of America, a Distinguished Speaker in the Friedman Foundation School Choice Speaker's Bureau and a member of the Board of Governors for the University of Southern California.

     Please join us as Brian introduces many of our invited local candidates running for office including Orange County Board of Supervisors, City Council, School Board and Orange County Republican Party Central Committee. 

One hour from 8:00pm - 9:00pm will be set aside for folks to meet and chat with candidates who wish to stay.


 The Foxfire Restaurant Conference Room

5717 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road, Anaheim
91 Freeway @ Imperial Highway

Dessert Assortment & Beverages provided.
$5 suggested donation to help cover costs.
Please RSVP to Karla at karladeane@aol.com or Desaré atdeseric@sbcglobal.net 

Why not dine at the Foxfire Restaurant before the meeting?
Separate reservations required through the restaurant.
Please call 714-974-5400 or visit www.foxfirerestaurant.com

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Monday, March 26, 2012

MARK YOUR CALENDAR - More meetings...



The Citizens Infrastructure Review Committee (CIRC) is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, April 4, at 6pm in the City Council Conference Room.  This is a PUBLIC meeting and PUBLIC COMMENTS are encouraged.

What does the CIRC do?  As the name implies, the committee reviews the City's infrastructure program also known as the Capital Improvement Program.  We look at prioritizing projects, funding sources, and act as the ears for the City Council.  The committee serves as an advisory body and has no authority to do anything accept approve previous meeting minutes and make recommendations to the City Council.

The Water Rate Study Ad Hoc Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday, April 9, at 6pm in the Main Branch Library.   This is a PUBLIC meeting and PUBLIC COMMENTS are encouraged.  

The Ad Hoc was formed to vet the initial water rate study which was conducted in 2010 and reviewed by the committee in 2011.  As part of the study, the committee asked questions about the in-lieu franchise fee ($2.7-million water tax).

The Ad Hoc is made up of two committees, CIRC and the Energy and Resource Management Committee (E&RC), as well as 5 community members.  Many of the CIRC and E&RC members have chosen not to participate for personal reasons such as scheduling and the depth of commitment necessary.
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Greg Sebourn

The Beauty of a Storm

The Beauty of a Storm
Orange County, Ca.

My Grandma - A Eulogy

LET'S TALK ABOUT 1914 FOR A MOMENT.



FOR STARTERS, GRANDMA WAS BORN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1914 IN HER FAMILY'S ATWOOD RANCH HOUSE.



IT IS WORTH NOTING THOSE ALSO BORN IN 1914:

JACK LALANNE

JOE DIMAGGIO

DANNY THOMAS



AND WHO DIED IN 1914:

JOHN MUIR, THE FAMOUS NATURALIST FOR WHICH NUMEROUS ROADS, PARKS, HOTELS, AND NATURE RESERVES ARE NAMED.



IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT IN 1914 WOODROW WILSON SIGNS MOTHER'S DAY PROCLAMATION AND BABE RUTH MAKES HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT WITH THE RED SOX. MOTHER'S DAY AND BASEBALL- TWO OF MY FAVORITES!! (PERHAPS HER NICKNAME "BABE" CAME FROM BABE RUTH???)



GRANDMA WAS BORN INTO A PERIOD OF TIME FILLED WITH TURMOIL. IN JUNE OF 1914 ARCHDUKE FRANZS FERDINAND WAS ASSASSINATED. WITHIN ONE MONTH WORLD WAR I RAGED ACROSS EUROPE. TWO DAYS AFTER HER BIRTH HOWEVER, GERMAN AND BRITISH TROOPS INTERRUPTED WWI TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS. (PERHAPS THEY PAUSE KNOWING THAT A GREAT WOMAN WAS BORNE) WORLD WAR I CONTINUED UNTIL THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES IN 1919.



ALTHOUGH SHE WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD, SHE SAW THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS CREATED AND THE 19TH AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE U.S. CONGRESS GUARANTEEING THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN TO VOTE.



SHE LIVED THROUGH MANY NOTABLE EVENTS. LIKE THE 1933 LONG BEACH EARTHQUAKE OR WHEN ATWOOD FLOODED ALONG WITH MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY IN 1938 AND THE FLOOD-WATERS CLAIMED MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE, 43 OF WHICH WERE FROM ATWOOD! ALL OF THIS DURING A TIME THAT WE READ ABOUT IN SCHOOL AND KNOWN AS "THE GREAT DEPRESSION". SOMEWHERE IN ALL OF THAT SHE FOUND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, GRANDPA LEO, GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, GOT MARRIED, AND HAD KIDS!



THEN THERE WAS WORLD WAR II. FROM PEARL HARBOR TO HIROSHIMA, GRANDMA WAS RAISING MY UNCLE BOB AND MOM ARLINE. WITH AIR-RAID SIRENS AND BLACKOUTS SHE WAS A WIFE AND MOTHER. WHAT A TIME TO RAISE CHILDREN! I BET GRANDMA'S PARENTS WERE ABEL TO TELL HER A THING OR TWO ABOUT RAISING KIDS IN WARTIME.



GRANDMA WAS THERE WHEN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HELD THEIR 3RD ANNUAL NATIONAL JAMBOREE IN 1953. SHE SAW AIRBASES OPEN IN '42 AND CLOSE IN '99. SHE WATCHED WALTER KNOTT START UP HIS BERRY FARM AND WALT DISNEY TURN ORANGE GROVES AND STRAWBERRY PATCHES INTO DISNEYLAND!



SHE SAW THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE FADE AWAY INTO HISTORY AND SPACE TRAVEL EXPLODE BEFORE HER WITH THE FIRST LUNAR LANDING. JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS. FROM TUBE RECTIFIERS TO SUPERCONDUCTORS; FROM TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLES TO SATELLITE TV.



SHE SAW MORE IN HER 93 YEARS THAN MOST OF US WILL EVER READ ABOUT, LET ALONE LIVE THROUGH!



OF THOSE 93 YEARS IT IS MY HONOR TO HAVE BEEN HER GRANDSON FOR 35 OF THEM. SHE WAS MY MOTHER WHEN MOM HAD TO WORK. SHE WIPED MY NOSE AND PUT FOOD IN MY MOUTH. SHE LET ME PLAY WITH GRANDPA EVEN THOUGH SHE NEEDED HIM TO TAKE HER TO THE STORE. SHE WAS MY GRANDMA AND I WILL MISS HER IMMENSELY.



JUST LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM; SHE DID THIS. SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE INTO THIS WORLD AND TOGETHER TODAY. THIS IS HER LEGACY.



A Dedication To My Loving Wife, Stacey. Thank you for all you do for me!

Brad Paisley - I Thought I Loved You Then


I remember trying not to stare the night that I first met you
You had me mesmerized
3 weeks later in the front porch light taking 45 min to kiss you goodnight
I hadn’t told you yet but I thought I loved you then

Chorus
Now you’re my whole life now you’re my whole world
I just can’t believe the way I feel about you girl
Like a river meets the sea
Stronger than it’s ever been
We’ve come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then.

I remember taking you back to right where I first met you
You were so surprised
There were people around
But I didn’t care I got down on one knee right there
And once again I thought I loved you then

Chorus
Now you’re my whole life now you’re my whole world
I just can’t believe the way I feel about you girl
Like a river meets the sea
Stronger than it’s ever been
We’ve come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then.

I can just see you with a baby on the way
I can just see you when your hair is turning gray
What I can’t see is how I’m ever gonna love you more
But I’ve said that before.

Now you’re my whole life now you’re my whole world
I just can’t believe the way I feel about you girl
Well look back some day at this moment that we’re in
And I'll look at you and say I thought I loved you then
And I thought I loved you then...