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Council agrees to consider rule on submitting mailers
Huntington Beach council members gave the city attorney the go-ahead Monday to write an ordinance regarding campaign documents. The item passed in a 4-2 vote, with Mayor Pro Tem Matthew Harper and Councilman Jim Katapodis dissenting. Councilman Joe...Tags: Elections, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges
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Former Fountain Valley mayor dies
Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley and an avid environmentalist, died Wednesday night. He was 63. According to his oldest son, Ethan, the cause of his death is still pending, but he was found at his Fountain Valley home by his youngest son,...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Orange (New Haven, Connecticut), Politics, Government, Wesleyan University
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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: Elections, Politics, House Building
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Arts Year in Review: Highlights on the cultural scene
With Nike departing the U.S. Open of Surfing, contentious City Council elections and those Mitt and Barack guys grabbing headlines, it was a busy year for news — and the arts proved to be no exception. We could try to order this into a...
Tags: Wesley Clark, Celebrities, Human Interest, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Arts and Culture
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New council members ushered in
The changing of the guard included some familiar faces along with one new member at Monday's Huntington Beach City Council meeting. Mayor Don Hansen, Mayor Pro Tem Devin Dwyer and Councilman Keith Bohr saw their terms come to an end. Dwyer lost his...Tags: Elections, Politics, Human Interest, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace
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Mailbag: Passing on story of more kindness
I was touched when I read the letter from Huntington Beach resident Carolyn Crockett regarding the kindness she has been shown in local venues around our town ("Thanks to you all for being there," Jan. 17). It inspired me to share my own similar...Tags: Fines, Punishment, Gabrielle Giffords
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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: Elections, Barack Obama, Politics, Dana Rohrabacher, Orange County Register
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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: Elections, Colleges and Universities, Ocean View, Politics
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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: Elections, Politics
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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: Elections, Drunk Driving, Orange County Superior Court, Trials, Politics
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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: Elections, Los Angeles Police Department, Politics, Dana Rohrabacher, National September 11 Memorial & Museum
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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: Elections, Human Mishaps, Politics, Libertarian Party, Local Government
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