Mesa Water Vanity Leads to Questionable Consulting Fees: Looking Back to 2013
Mesa Water spent hundreds, if not thousands of dollars preparing its general manager and communications manager for a thirty minute interview with this reporter and...
Mesa Water’s Branding Scheme Backfires: Looking Back to 2013
Lately, the people who act like they own the Mesa Water District, namely its five-member board of directors, general manager, and communications manager, have been...
Poseidon Project Opponents Plan Public Campaign
No more secret negotiations or deals with Poseidon and don’t make us pay an additional $5 billion in local water bills—$8,500 per ratepayer—over the next...
Can MWDOC Find a Reason to Exist? Looking Back to 2013 and Gus Ayer
Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley, was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He passed away on Feb. 13, 2013....
Ratepayers Picked Up the Tab for Mesa Water’s Fiduciary Fumbles: Looking Back to 2013
Paul Shoenberger spends too much of the ratepayers’ time and dime promoting desalination and not enough time looking out for them....
Mesa Water Censure Effort Fails: Looking Back to 2012
Bockmiller said "...there have been directors’ behaviors far more ludicrous than Director Ohlig-Hall’s behaviors.”...
How the Poseidon Project Could Have Been Fully Permitted by Now: Looking Back to 2012
“If you have a well designed and planned facility the permitting process shouldn’t be any problem at all,” Luster said....
Mesa Water Directors’ Plot to Remove Trudy Ohlig-Hall from Office: Looking back to 2012
Mesa board members Shawn Dewane and James Fisler are hoping for a knock-out punch against fellow board member Trudy Ohlig-Hall in tomorrow’s election (Nov. 6)...
Does Mesa Water care what you think?: Looking Back to 2012 with Afterthoughts
Stung by Cook’s rebuke of his rude interruption, Bockmiller quipped, sarcastically, “Thank you very much, Ms. Cook."...
Alleged Employee Abuse by Mesa Water Director: Looking Back to 2012 with Afterthoughts
It’s no secret around Mesa Water that Ohlig-Hall, who has served three terms on the board, can be temperamental at times, something even she acknowledges....