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SupplierGate and the Circus Comes to Town - You cannot make this up!

Beware Of Coto de Caza's Website
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-07-2009 | 6:00 PM Only you can protect Cyber-Crimes - There is a reason the US has a new Cyber-Czar.If you are using the Coto de Caza website, or are thinking about it, think again. We are urging users to opt out of the CZ...

Serial Identity Thief Sentenced to State Prison
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 05/26/ 2009 6:00 PMFullerton, CA - Thea Ann Coogan, a fugitive parolee was convicted today and sentenced to seven years in state prison after being arrested with over a hundred stolen identities and dozens of forged checks and...

Desperate (HOA) Directors - Out of Order
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/06/2009 05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA - Everything and everybody was out of order in Laguna Woods Village during the June 2, 2009 Golden Rain Foundation Meeting, supporting our previous conclusion that "after precedent...

Circus Comes to Town June 9, 2009
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/06/2009 01:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA -Come one, come all, to the best entertainment value venue in all of Southern California. The circus comes to town June 9, 2009 - sort of:You see, the often pr osecuted (and or...

Hoist By Their Own Petard - Fuses get shorter in Laguna Woods Village
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/03/2009 05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA -So, exactly what happened during yesterday?s Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) board of directors meeting in Laguna Woods?

Coto de Caza's SupplierGate: Taking Care of Someone Else's Business
A simple question to the CZ Master association has not turned into SupplierGate: An apparent concerted effort by the board to protect its self-interests instead of the residents who pay their monthly dues.

California Governor's Vital Signs Show Mild Murmur
Posted By CotoBlogzz | 06-02-2009 07:00 PMIn a speech to the Joint Session of the Legislature today, the transcript of Governor Schwarzenegger Addressing Joint Session of State Legislature indicate the Governor's willingness to propose "...once again to...

 

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Public-employee pension are unsustainable
IF YOU WANT an example of public employee pensions mushrooming out of control, consider the case of Berkeley City Manager Phil Kamlarz.His story shows how a state plan a decade ago to boost retirement packages for firefighters and police officers...

Firefighters rack up the overtime pay
FIRE CAPT. ARTHUR Jacobsen earned $265,000 last year, including about $150,000 in overtime. Engineer Franklin Penaloza earned $230,000, including $127,000 in overtime. Firefighter Guy Hayashi earned $204,000, including $110,000 in overtime.It's a good...

Water Torture ? LA Confidential
The Los Angeles City Council for some time has recognized that Los Angeles is an enormous metropolis with an extraordinary variety of unique neighborhoods and a "one-size fits all" policy does not fit the City and instead has looked at programs that...

Join a Constitution Revolt Near You
The US Constitution has been under attack for some time now. The Federal Government continues to intrude in States? Rights. The First and Second Amendment are under siege.

 

 

 

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Irvine Fine Arts Art Opening
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-08-2009 2:00 PMIrvine, CA - The City of Irvine?s Irvine Fine Arts Center today announced the Art Opening this Saturday June 13, 2009 from 6:00- 8:00 PM with two shows: We must Repeat and Postcards from the Edges of America,...

Nun-Stop Laughs @ Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA ? Saddleback College ?s Unconventional Summer Season presents Late Nite Catechism on Saturday, June 27th at 8 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre. Starring Nonie Breen. Now in its 14th year, Late Nite Catechism has brought its nostalgic kick

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Try Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA ? Rockapella players wrote and performed the theme song for PBS?s hit show Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? and they are scheduled to perform it a cappella style as the first guest artist in Saddleback College ?s Unconventional...

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Internet Child Predators in the OC
WESTMINSTER, CA - The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) will appear in court this afternoon to oppose a motion by a convicted sex offender, who is trying to modify his 6-month sentence after serving only two weeks in jail. Pharmaceutical...

Cold Case in the OC ? Shooting Arrest of Ladera Ranch Resident
NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Nanette Ann Packard McNeal and her former lover have been arrested and charged for the 1994 cold case shooting-murder of her benefactor boyfriend in his Newport Beach home.

DUI Saturation Patrols In South Orange County Start This Weekend
05/20/2009 3:30 PM |With funding from a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Orange County Sheriff?s Department in conjunction with the the Avoid The 10 DUI Task Force will be...

Reviewing the OCDA Review ? People Vs. Hibbs
Is COS (code of silence) part of the OCSD?s culture, something that just happened to show up during the Pople Vs. Hibbs? trial as the Orange County District?s Attorney (OCDA) alleges, or simply a figment of the OCDA?s imagination as the Association of...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Politics

 

Coto de Caza's SupplierGate: Taking Care of Someone Else's Business
A simple question to the CZ Master association has not turned into SupplierGate: An apparent concerted effort by the board to protect its self-interests instead of the residents who pay their monthly dues.

Beware Of Coto de Caza?s Website
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-07-2009 | 6:00 PM Only you can protect Cyber-Crimes - There is a reason the US has a new Cyber-Czar.If you are using the Coto de Caza website, or are thinking about it, think again. We are urging users to opt out of the CZ...

Desperate (HOA) Directors - Out of Order
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/06/2009 05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA - Everything and everybody was out of order in Laguna Woods Village during the June 2, 2009 Golden Rain Foundation Meeting, supporting our previous conclusion that "after precedent...

Laguna Woods Village Board Meetings - You cannot make this up
GRF Meeting June 2, 2009: HOA President Stuller crying out "Open Sesame" and trying to accuse activist and critic Mr. Michael Curtis of sexual abuse. Mr Curtis has cancer (chemo therapy) - for three years and has barely enough energy to make it through...

Desperate Directors of Laguna Woods - The Facts Behind the Fiction
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/01/2009 05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA - Exactly what happened during the June 2, 2009 Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) Board of Directors Meeting? Because there were at least to differing accounts, we decided to present the...

Homeowner Association Members Face Huge Assessment for Legal Fees
QUESTION: Our board of directors made a claim against our insurance company that was denied. Without surveying the owners and membership or asking for a vote, the board filed a lawsuit. Before the court's judgment against us, the insurer made a...

Coto de Caza's Insane Supplier Management Process
Don't Ask, We Wont' Tell Anyway! Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-01-2009 03:00 PM One of the major issues Joe Morabito, former member of the CZ Master Association board of directors, has been raising for years with respect to prudent fiscal policies is...

United Recall Petition Signed Sealed and Delivered - Finance Committee Meeting
Laguna Woods Village, CA - As promised, earlier today United Mutual director Michael Curtis during the Finance Committee Meeting, delivered a petition to recall certain United board boards, with close to 100 verified signatures over an above the required...

Insane in the Coto de Caza Terrain- Just like a Changeling Neighbor, CZ is there
CZ resident, you are a trespasser in your own turf! ?Please remember that the Coto Golf & Racquet Club golf course is private property. If you chose to walk your dog on the golf course, you are considered a trespasser?, reads an all too-familiar message...

United Board Recall In Final Stretch ? 4th of July in June!
Laguna Woods Village, CA - Change is in the air. So is anticipation, excitement, thrill and for some, fear. Fear that their telephones are bugged. Fear of retribution. Fear of the unknown.

Psssst - Do not tell anyone, Coto Elections are Held Today!
The good news is that the email message below was sent out May 21 and again May 26 reminding CZ Master association delegates and alternates of today's board election.There are a couple of major issues. a) What happened to Candidate's Night and b) How...

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


General Interest

 

Irvine Fine Arts Art Opening
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-08-2009 2:00 PMIrvine, CA - The City of Irvine?s Irvine Fine Arts Center today announced the Art Opening this Saturday June 13, 2009 from 6:00- 8:00 PM with two shows: We must Repeat and Postcards from the Edges of America,...

Nun-Stop Laughs @ Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA ? Saddleback College ?s Unconventional Summer Season presents Late Nite Catechism on Saturday, June 27th at 8 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre. Starring Nonie Breen. Now in its 14th year, Late Nite Catechism has brought its nostalgic kick

Beware Of Coto de Caza's Website
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-07-2009 | 6:00 PM Only you can protect Cyber-Crimes - There is a reason the US has a new Cyber-Czar.If you are using the Coto de Caza website, or are thinking about it, think again. We are urging users to opt out of the CZ...

Desperate (HOA) Directors - Out of Order
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/06/2009 05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA - Everything and everybody was out of order in Laguna Woods Village during the June 2, 2009 Golden Rain Foundation Meeting, supporting our previous conclusion that "after precedent...

United Recall Petition Signed Sealed and Delivered - Finance Committee Meeting
Laguna Woods Village, CA - As promised, earlier today United Mutual director Michael Curtis during the Finance Committee Meeting, delivered a petition to recall certain United board boards, with close to 100 verified signatures over an above the required...

Insane in the Coto de Caza Terrain- Just like a Changeling Neighbor, CZ is there
CZ resident, you are a trespasser in your own turf! ?Please remember that the Coto Golf & Racquet Club golf course is private property. If you chose to walk your dog on the golf course, you are considered a trespasser?, reads an all too-familiar message...

United Board Recall In Final Stretch ? 4th of July in June!
Laguna Woods Village, CA - Change is in the air. So is anticipation, excitement, thrill and for some, fear. Fear that their telephones are bugged. Fear of retribution. Fear of the unknown.

Psssst - Do not tell anyone, Coto Elections are Held Today!
The good news is that the email message below was sent out May 21 and again May 26 reminding CZ Master association delegates and alternates of today's board election.There are a couple of major issues. a) What happened to Candidate's Night and b) How...

Coto de Caza's SupplierGate: Taking Care of Someone Else's Business
A simple question to the CZ Master association has not turned into SupplierGate: An apparent concerted effort by the board to protect its self-interests instead of the residents who pay their monthly dues.

 

 

 


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Is Journalism Dead?- Or Just in a Temporary State of Suspended Transgender Animation?
Some have said that journalism died during the recent presidential elections, pointing to the practice of Pen to Play ? where journalists such as Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman who got rewarded with a political appointment for her brand of journalism...

Beware Of Coto de Caza?s Website
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-07-2009 | 6:00 PM Only you can protect Cyber-Crimes - There is a reason the US has a new Cyber-Czar.If you are using the Coto de Caza website, or are thinking about it, think again. We are urging users to opt out of the CZ...

Desperate (HOA) Directors - Out of Order
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/06/2009 05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA - Everything and everybody was out of order in Laguna Woods Village during the June 2, 2009 Golden Rain Foundation Meeting, supporting our previous conclusion that "after precedent...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Around  HOAs

 

 

Coto de Caza's SupplierGate: Taking Care of Someone Else's Business
A simple question to the CZ Master association has not turned into SupplierGate: An apparent concerted effort by the board to protect its self-interests instead of the residents who pay their monthly dues.

Beware Of Coto de Caza?s Website
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-07-2009 | 6:00 PM Only you can protect Cyber-Crimes - There is a reason the US has a new Cyber-Czar.If you are using the Coto de Caza website, or are thinking about it, think again. We are urging users to opt out of the CZ...

Desperate (HOA) Directors - Out of Order
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/06/2009 05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA - Everything and everybody was out of order in Laguna Woods Village during the June 2, 2009 Golden Rain Foundation Meeting, supporting our previous conclusion that "after precedent...

Laguna Woods Village Board Meetings - You cannot make this up
GRF Meeting June 2, 2009: HOA President Stuller crying out "Open Sesame" and trying to accuse activist and critic Mr. Michael Curtis of sexual abuse. Mr Curtis has cancer (chemo therapy) - for three years and has barely enough energy to make it through...

Desperate Directors of Laguna Woods - The Facts Behind the Fiction
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/01/2009 05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA - Exactly what happened during the June 2, 2009 Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) Board of Directors Meeting? Because there were at least to differing accounts, we decided to present the...

Homeowner Association Members Face Huge Assessment for Legal Fees
QUESTION: Our board of directors made a claim against our insurance company that was denied. Without surveying the owners and membership or asking for a vote, the board filed a lawsuit. Before the court's judgment against us, the insurer made a...

Coto de Caza's Insane Supplier Management Process
Don't Ask, We Wont' Tell Anyway! Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-01-2009 03:00 PM One of the major issues Joe Morabito, former member of the CZ Master Association board of directors, has been raising for years with respect to prudent fiscal policies is...

United Recall Petition Signed Sealed and Delivered - Finance Committee Meeting
Laguna Woods Village, CA - As promised, earlier today United Mutual director Michael Curtis during the Finance Committee Meeting, delivered a petition to recall certain United board boards, with close to 100 verified signatures over an above the required...

Insane in the Coto de Caza Terrain- Just like a Changeling Neighbor, CZ is there
CZ resident, you are a trespasser in your own turf! ?Please remember that the Coto Golf & Racquet Club golf course is private property. If you chose to walk your dog on the golf course, you are considered a trespasser?, reads an all too-familiar message...

United Board Recall In Final Stretch ? 4th of July in June!
Laguna Woods Village, CA - Change is in the air. So is anticipation, excitement, thrill and for some, fear. Fear that their telephones are bugged. Fear of retribution. Fear of the unknown.

Psssst - Do not tell anyone, Coto Elections are Held Today!
The good news is that the email message below was sent out May 21 and again May 26 reminding CZ Master association delegates and alternates of today's board election.There are a couple of major issues. a) What happened to Candidate's Night and b) How...

 

Prosecuting Mr. Curtis - or is it Persecuting?
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 05/26/2009 8:30 PMPCM General Manager Milt Johns, taking exception to the coverage by Orange County Register of the recent exile of United Mutual Director Michael Curtis from his own community, documents his displeasure at the...

How to recognize a cheater
The traditional cheater is, for example, the crude sneak thief. He is also the small-time bureaucrat or politician on the take. He needs little skill and much gall to extract his living. But he lives in constant danger of being caught in the act and...

Laguna Woods Village - United Board on Official Notice
TO: United Board:About a month ago, the official "United Membership List" was provided to me by Bill Hart. I believe it is dated April 29th. This is being used to verify all signatures on the Removal (or recall) Petition, so that the official...

The $5 Million Landscape Budget and Recall Petition
Laguna Woods Village, CA - We have been to Laguna Woods Village. We have seen Laguna Woods Village. The place is nicely kept, but how many gardeners does it take to justify a $5 million/year budget?That is the question residents are asking, as the...

 

 

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