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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: Local Elections, Politics, Sandra Hutchens, Sales, Business
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Sullivan is stepping up to the plate
He'd rather be playing senior softball. But at 75, Dave Sullivan says he instead wants to help Huntington Beach thrive, and it's why he's running for City Council for the fourth time. The more-than-four-decade resident is worried about the city's fiscal...Tags: Politics, Employees, Dave Sullivan, Local Government, Career and Workplace
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Resident says councilman sought special treatment
A Huntington Beach woman is questioning why the police chief sent an officer to a non-injury car accident involving a councilman's wife. Budget cuts forced police to stop taking reports at most minor collisions, and 15-year resident Heather Dillard asked...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Politics, Government Debt, Disasters and Accidents
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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, Local Elections, Politics, Elections, National September 11 Memorial & Museum
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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: Local Elections, Interior Policy, Politics, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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Tax measure opponents take midnight ride
Save Our HB members walked en masse at midnight Monday to make known their opposition to a ballot initiative that would repeal a special property tax. The tax helps fund the retirements of public safety employees. Measure Z on the November ballot would...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Voting, Elections, Pension and Welfare
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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, Local Elections, Politics, Elections, Government
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Tax initiative qualifies for November ballot
An initiative to eliminate a Huntington Beach property tax that pays for public safety employees' pensions has qualified for the November ballot. The City Council voted Monday to adopt a resolution to place the measure on the ballot, and three council...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Employees, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace
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In The Pipeline: The bright side of fireworks
You can't say he didn't start things off with a bang. One of Mayor Don Hansen's first orders of business after being appointed last year was to try and lift the 24-year ban on state-approved fireworks in Huntington Beach. In December, Hansen outlined...Tags: Ethics, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Values, Fires
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Group pickets T-Mobile store
Cars horns blared in support as about a dozen residents in yellow T-shirts Monday afternoon waved signs denouncing T-Mobile in front of one of their Huntington Beach stores.
The Committee for No on Measure Q supporters picketed a T-Mobile store at 8112...Tags: Huntington Beach, Demonstration, Referenda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, California
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Police, fire unions announce endorsements
The Huntington Beach police and fire unions have endorsed nearly the same slate of candidates for this year's election, with the two groups differing only on a single council member. The Huntington Beach Police Officers Assn. and the Huntington Beach...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Local Elections, Politics, Elections, Regional Authority
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City makes salary information easier to find
Huntington Beach has created an easy-to-read list of top city officials' salaries online, including benefits and two forgivable loans given to the city administrator and police chief for housing costs to move to Huntington Beach. The city has long posted...Tags: Bell (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles Times, Public Officials, Career and Workplace, Wages and Pensions
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