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Polsky: Actions speak louder than words
It's a testy night for the Huntington Beach City Council. Two members with a history of bad blood have started to raise their voices over an agenda item. As the argument escalates, the woman who already exceeded the time limit during public comments...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Politics, Elections
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Katapodis back on campaign trail
Jim Katapodis will be ready to run with the big dogs if he's elected to the Huntington Beach City Council this year. In part, that's because he's gotten used to big dogs on the campaign trail. Those growling canines often approach the door when the...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Small Businesses, Government, Safety of Citizens, Politics
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Candidate votes 'yes' on development
Tim Ryan counts himself a friend of development. Since his appointment to the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, the City Council candidate has not voted against a single project. "I didn't vote no on anything," said Ryan, a consumer attorney who...
Tags: Tim Ryan, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Politics, Chicago Restaurants
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Where politics and philosophy meet
Tony James Carter, a first-time candidate for Huntington Beach City Council, has articulated clear views on the senior center, downtown policing and other issues. But when voters click on his campaign website, it may be his enigmatic language that...
Tags: Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Politics, Elections
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Riding the elephant, sometimes
He is the only incumbent running in a crowded field of 12 candidates on the Huntington Beach City Council ticket, and while he likes to please the Orange County GOP, Councilman Devin Dwyer says he votes for city first and party second. "I like to...
Tags: Dana Rohrabacher, Tom Harman, Jerry Brown, Democratic Party, House Building
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Pension reform main topic at candidate forum
If the head negotiators from the Huntington Beach police and fire associations had had a podium of their own during Monday's night's Surf City Tea Party candidate forum, it might have turned into the free-for-all of the year. Instead, the employee groups...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Government, Pension and Welfare, Safety of Citizens, Interior Policy
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Court hearing for City Council candidate postponed again
A court hearing for Planning Commissioner and City Council candidate Tim Ryan has been continued to November, according to court records. Ryan's lawyer, Todd Landgren, said a motion he filed to challenge the sufficiency of a proper cause was continued...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System
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Police, fire groups endorse same trio of council candidates
Huntington Beach's police and fire associations have endorsed the same three candidates for City Council this year, each backing Jill Hardy, Jim Katapodis and Billy O'Connell out of the field of 12 contenders. The Huntington Beach Police Officers Assn....Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Government, Safety of Citizens, Politics, Elections
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Residents petition to preserve school sites
More than 400 Huntington Beach residents have signed a petition urging the city to preserve a pair of former school sites that a developer seeks to turn into residential communities. The grass-roots campaign, known as Save Our Fields, plans to bring...
Tags: Politics, Elections
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Huntington Beach remembers 9/11 with ceremony
Tuesday evening, the concrete steps by the Huntington Beach Pier were filled with men in blue: police, firefighters and others in uniform. As Police Chief Ken Small was keen to point out, they were lucky men in blue. Each of them had lived another day to...
Tags: Dana Rohrabacher, September 11, 2001 Attacks, American Legion, Human Interest, National September 11 Memorial & Museum
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City attorney warns against outsourcing her office
City Atty. Jennifer McGrath said the City Council has no authority to outsource her office, and even if it could, contracting with outside counsel would end up costing the city at least $1 million more each year. McGrath issued an analysis and an opinion...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Politics, Elections
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Ryan leads in City Council campaign fundraising
Huntington Beach Planning Commissioner Tim Ryan leads all City Council candidates in campaign fundraising for the first half of the year, according to the city clerk's office. Ryan, a first-time council candidate, totaled $27,870.69 in contributions...Tags: Political Fundraising, Politics, Elections
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