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Mailbag: Independent needs more Huntington Beach
What has happened to the "Huntington Beach" in the Huntington Beach Independent? You eliminate a popular column (Natural Perspectives) written by Huntington Beach residents, on matters that concern many Huntington Beach residents, and what do we get...Tags: House Building, Local Elections, Politics
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Mailbag: Changes not good for Suburbia Park
I would like to make some corrections/additions to the letter titled, "LeBard changes will benefit community" in the Nov. 6 Forum section of the HB Independent. Most of the surrounding community does not consider this project to be beneficial. This is...Tags: Politics, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crosswords
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Council approves homes on former school sites
The Huntington Beach City Council on Monday approved the plans of an Orange County firm to demolish and rezone two former school sites in order to construct homes at each site. Tri Pointe Homes will build 130 houses at 20 combined acres of space at the...Tags: Politics
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A shake-up on H.B. City Council? Maybe
Meet the new council. Same as the old council? That's the question on many people's minds as the last votes continue to trickle in for Huntington Beach's three open seats. More than a week after the Nov. 6 election, Surf City is still braced for the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Republican Party, Local Government, Collective Contract
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Dwyer is first incumbent to lose since 1996
If there's been an upset in this year's Huntington Beach City Council race, historically speaking, it's incumbent Devin Dwyer's fifth-place finish. Dwyer, the city's mayor pro tem for the last year, held 10% of the vote as of Wednesday morning, placing...
Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Dana Rohrabacher, Allan R. Mansoor, Barack Obama
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1 of 3 school bonds set to pass
Only one of three school bond measures on this year's ballot that would raise property taxes for Huntington Beach residents is set to pass, with the Coast Community College District's Measure M holding 56.4% of the vote as of Tuesday afternoon. The other...Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Ocean View, Colleges and Universities
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Mailbag: Hardy win was community's triumph
As I had widely predicted to all who would listen, Jill Hardy came in first in the City Council elections despite the unprecedented smear campaign launched against her by powerful partisan special interests through Atlas PAC ("Hardy top vote-getter in H....Tags: Politics, Local Elections
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Planning Commissioner pleads guilty
A Huntington Beach planning commissioner and council candidate last week pleaded guilty to driving with a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. An attorney for Tim Ryan entered the plea in Orange County Superior Court on his client's...
Tags: Trials, Local Elections, Politics, Lawyers, Justice System
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Hardy top vote-getter in H.B. City Council race
Former Mayor Jill Hardy led all candidates for Huntington Beach City Council as of Wednesday morning, with Jim Katapodis and former Mayor Dave Sullivan close behind and incumbent Devin Dwyer a distant fifth. The results, which the Orange County Registrar...
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Los Angeles Police Department, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Dana Rohrabacher
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Measure Z: Read their lips, if you can follow
Proponents of Measure Z say the opposition is misleading the public with the "no new taxes" message on campaign signs citywide. "When you print a sign that says 'no on Z, no new taxes,' I think it's not a stretch of the imagination to infer that they'...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Finance
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Former officials file complaint against PAC
Two former mayors from Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley have filed complaints with the state against Newport Beach-based Atlas PAC — the committee responsible for sending three mailers that attack former Huntington Beach Mayor and council...Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Libertarian Party, Local Government, Human Mishaps
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Candidate dismisses FPPC complaint
Travis Allen, a Huntington Beach resident running for the 72nd Assembly district, has denounced a complaint filed against him with the Fair Political Practices Commission. Allen said the complaint is nothing but an attempt to shift the focus from what he...Tags: Politics
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