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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, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Wesleyan University, Politics, Civil and Public Service, Government, Orange (New Haven, Connecticut)
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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, Gabrielle Giffords, Punishment
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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: San Diego Comic-Con International, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Wesley Clark, Breast Cancer, Super Bowl
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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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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, Politics, Tom Harman, Dana Rohrabacher, Allan R. Mansoor
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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, Politics, 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: 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: Orange County Superior Court, Elections, Politics, Lawyers, Trials
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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, Politics, Dana Rohrabacher, Allan R. Mansoor, Los Angeles Police Department
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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 Government, Libertarian Party, Elections, Politics, Human Mishaps
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O'Connell ready for the tough decisions
He says he knows what it is like to deal with difficult situations, to balance budgets and to instill hope in those who have given up on themselves. Those characteristics, coupled with his experience as a former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy and...
Tags: Business, Politics, Sandra Hutchens, Sales, Government
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