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Secret E-mail Revealed: Keith Bohr bashes the City Attorney, she responds Who Will Control Surf City? – The Republican wrath against Jennifer McGrath (Part 1) A Seed Fallen to Earth: Thomas Grams gave his life helping people in Afghanistan Surf City Earns Energy ‘Smarter City’ Status
 
Secret E-mail Revealed: Keith Bohr bashes the City Attorney, she responds

Secret E-mail Revealed: Keith Bohr bashes the City Attorney, she responds

Bohr: "Your campaign website makes the following assertions that I ... have found to be untrue. 'Jennifer McGrath is a leader with integrity.'" "McGrath: "I am not the elected City Attorney to tell him, or any other individual councilmember or staff member, what they want to hear."

Who Will Control Surf City? – The Republican wrath against Jennifer McGrath (Part 1)

Who Will Control Surf City? – The Republican wrath against Jennifer McGrath (Part 1)

A legal opinion she gave to the City Council last February earned Huntington Beach City Attorney Jennifer McGrath the wrath of the Republican Revolutionaries Chip Hanlon and Devin Dwyer.

A Seed Fallen to Earth: Thomas Grams gave his life helping people in Afghanistan

A Seed Fallen to Earth: Thomas Grams gave his life helping people in Afghanistan

Exclusive: HB resident Mary Urashima reflects on friend Thomas Grams, recently killed by the Taliban along with nine other humanitarian workers in Afghanistan

Surf City Earns Energy ‘Smarter City’ Status

Surf City Earns Energy ‘Smarter City’ Status

Residents of Huntington Beach can take pride in being the only Orange County city that landed a spot this year on a list of 22 ‘Smarter Cities’ nationwide being recognized by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for setting good examples for the rest of nation in the areas of green power, energy efficiency and conservation.

Who Will Control Surf City? The Election of City Attorney – Is T. Gabe Houston Eligible?

Who Will Control Surf City? The Election of City Attorney – Is T. Gabe Houston Eligible?

22 August 2010

If the City Clerk had known that Houston gave her inaccurate information about his eligibility as a candidate, he probably would not be on the ballot. But Houston says he is qualified regardless.

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Special Event: Jim & Sylvia Gallagher on the Birds of Bolsa Chica

11 August 2010

Renown birder Sylvia Gallagher and photographer Jim Gallagher will be the guest speakers at a town forum hosted by the Bolsa Chica Land Trust. Sylvia’s birding classes are always in high demand, so this is an outstanding opportunity for birders and nature lovers to hear from Sylvia and Jim about the awesome avians that frequent [...]

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Fed Farm Subsidies Favor California Agribusiness

Fed Farm Subsidies Favor California Agribusiness

07 August 2010

Last year the top one percent of farm subsidy recipients in the state garnered a staggering $57 million in support, according to the latest update of the EWG Farm Subsidies database. That was an average of $453,000 per recipient. The lion's share of this money went to cotton and rice growers. Compare this with the bottom 80 percent which received less than $1,400 a year on average.

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Addressing the Prison Industrial Complex with a Rational Drug Policy

Addressing the Prison Industrial Complex with a Rational Drug Policy

07 August 2010

Pete White of the Los Angeles Community Action Network says the driving force behind continued official support for the failing War on Drugs is the “prison-industrial complex.”

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Just In: Former Mayor Connie Boardman runs for HB City Council

Just In: Former Mayor Connie Boardman runs for HB City Council

05 August 2010

In a major event that is likely to change the dynamics of the upcoming election for city council, former councilmember and mayor Connie Boardman has announced at the 11th hour that she is running for city council, becoming the third member of a slate that also includes Joe Shaw and Blair Farley. The following announcement [...]

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The Days of Our Lives: Will Joe Carchio become Surf City’s next mayor? Will Don Hansen become a journalist?

The Days of Our Lives: Will Joe Carchio become Surf City’s next mayor? Will Don Hansen become a journalist?

05 August 2010

The sources did not assert that Carchio claimed he made a deal with Hansen, only that he would be mayor starting next December.

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Surf City Voice Asks City Officials to Stop Redacting Campaign Documents

05 August 2010

Aug. 5, 2010 Dear City Council members, City Administrator and City Clerk: I respectfully would like to register my disagreement with and dismay over the policy of redacting city documents that are provided electronically to members of the public making a Public Records Act request. I am talking specifically about the city’s policy of redacting [...]

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The Cost of Emergency Care in Surf City: Is America’s system the best?

The Cost of Emergency Care in Surf City: Is America’s system the best?

04 August 2010

At a time when the entire world is in economic crisis, the United States spends far more per capita on health care than any other country and has far less to show for it than other countries, including Canada, with real or so-called socialized medicine.

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More Pacific City Delays: Where art thou, Xanadu?

More Pacific City Delays: Where art thou, Xanadu?

02 August 2010

The $850 million mixed-residential and luxury hotel project was supposed to be a 31.5 acre mixed-use and luxury hotel extravaganza exemplifying New Urbanism.

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HBPD Wants to Out DUI Suspects, But What About the Presumption of Innocence?

HBPD Wants to Out DUI Suspects, But What About the Presumption of Innocence?

01 August 2010

Ameeti was arrested by an HBPD officer for drunk driving. Charges were dropped after the blood test, but he still had to pay for his impounded car, the test and his lawyer. Being listed as a DUI offender online "would only have been one ore unwarranted blast against me."

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