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of Innocence
If the practice of child abuse is to be diminished or ultimately
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judicial/socio system promotes silence, denial, and ignorance,
there is little opportunity for the public to become...
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Stopping
The Socialized Health Disaster in three easy steps:
1. Sign the petition here:http://freeourhealthcarenow.com/
2. Forward this on to all of your friends.
3. Call or contact your Congressional representatives.
Opting-out
of Coto de Caza a Hazard to your Identity
No matter how hard you try, we own you, says the CZ Master
association. According to the CZ Master Association's legal
counsel, the CZ Master association is above the law and does not
have to adhere to the CA Code 8338 nor the Information Protection
Act
A
Case for Eliminating the Coto de Caza General Manager Position
Just as the California controller prepares to hand out $3 billion
in IOUs, we keep making an argument that in order to save
California from insolvency it requires the elimination of 80% of
its bureaucracies. Similarly, the following makes an argument
that...
Another
CAI Myth Bust - The Case of the Laguna Woods Village Dueling
Lawyer Letters
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-21-2009 | According to its website, the
Community Associations Institute (CAI) is an ?organization
dedicated to fostering vibrant, competent, harmonious community
associations. For more than 30 years, CAI has been the leader
in...
Argument
against Coto de Caza?s Cumulative Voting
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-21-2009 |For some time, the California
Legislature has tried to reign in on power-hungry boards. In fact,
the California Supreme Court in the case of Nahrstedt v. Lakeside
Village Condominium Assn. (1994) 8 Cal.4th 361, 33...
United
Board Recall Point-Counterpoint
To say that the Laguna Woods United board of Directors Recall
Process is contentious may be the understatement of the year.
Below is a Point-Counterpoint table authored by recall targets
Rosenhaft & Rubin and Connie Grundke respectively.
The
Peter Pan Syndrome and the Earthquake in LAG, LAG, Land
Laguna Woods Village ? CA - If you have not heard of Pop-Super
Mega Uber-Star Michal Jackson?s death, you are probably
unconscious or from another planet. While a good number of
reporters covering the loss of the great artist, work hard to find
the most...
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(Landscape) Work Is Not Done Until All Directors are Taken Care of
Laguna Woods, CA - Given the current unemployment rate you would
think that landscape work can be done on the cheap - right? Not in
Laguna Woods! Consider that the hourly rate for landscape work in
the community is $40.00/hour. Yes it is not $4.00, it...
Review
of Agreement between CZ Master Association and dwellingLIVE
Posted By CotoBlogzz 06-10-2009 1:00 PMOverviewA definitive
conclusion from a cursory review of the Agreement between CZ
Master Association and dwelingLIVE clearly is that the agreements
reflects poorly on everyone involved including Keystone, legal...
Just
Say No to Plumping?
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/09/2009 06:00 AMLaguna Woods Village, CA
- As the previously announced Foster Circus comes to town, the
magic tricks already started, perhaps to warm up the crowd. First,
there was the June 2, 2009 GRF meeting where all...
Community/Campus/Art
Hilarious
Helium Hilarity @ Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA ? Saddleback College ?s Unconventional Summer
Season presents Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. on Friday, July
10th at 8:00 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre. Bring the whole family
to an evening of ?helium hilarity? with pneumatic wizard...
Gypsy
Jazz & Silent Movies @ Saddleback
Mission Viejo, CA ? Saddleback College ?s Unconventional Summer
Season presents The Hot Club of San Francisco Silent Surrealism on
Friday, July 24th at 8pm in the McKinney Theatre
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...
Public
Safety..
Lowering
the Bar ? A Kinder Gentler California Bar
Posted By CotoBlogzz 06-10-2009 1:00 PMThe California Bar was
created by the state legislature in 1927 as a public corporation
within the judicial branch of government, serving as an arm of the
California Supreme Court. All State Bar members are officers...
Former
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tustin Executive to Be Arraigned for Theft
- Defendant accused of turning the Chief Professional Officer position
into an oxymoron ? sort of like Congressional Ethics, for instance.SANTA
ANA - Clifford Lewis Polston, the former Chief Professional Officer for
the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tustin...
Caltrans
Probation for Tustin HS Trainer Convicted of Unlawful Relations
with a Minor
NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Hope Ashley Jacoby, a high school athletic
trainer was convicted today of having an unlawful sexual
relationship for almost one year with a male high school student.
Man
Convicted of Party Killing
By CotoBlozz | 07-02-2009 2:30 PMSANTA ANA, CA- David Louis Vinci
Jr. was convicted today of stabbing and killing another man after
getting into an argument at a party at an apartment in Anaheim.
Long
Beach LASD convicted of Molesting Terminally ill Friend?s Daughter
FULLERTON, CA - James Joseph Doyle bailiff for the Los Angeles
County Sheriff?s Department was convicted today of sexually
assaulting a 15-year-old girl, the daughter of a friend, while her
father was in the hospital.
SJC
Fraudster Preying on Seniors in $11 million Ponzi Scheme Convicted
SANTA ANA, CA - Jeffrey Gordon Butler was convicted today of
stealing the life savings of numerous seniors in a ?Ponzi? scheme
and filing false tax returns on his ill-gotten profits after
fraudulently raising more than $11 million in investments from...
HOA
President Sentenced for Embezzlement & Police Laser-Pointing
SANTA ANA, CA- Peter Kontos was sentenced today to two years in
state prison for embezzling over $500,000 from a condominium
association and pointing a laser several times at a police
helicopter pilot. Kontos, 36, Newport Beach, pleaded guilty
Politics
WHAT'S
EATING CALIFORNIA LAW REVISION COMMISSION'S LAWYER BRIAN HEBERT?
Sacramento, CA - June 9, 2009Taxpayers are paying $122,259 per
year plus generous health and pension benefits to keep Mr. Hebert
in a job at the California Law Revision Commission. [see
www.sacbee.com, State employee income public records] Do
homeowners...
Lowering
the Bar ? A Kinder Gentler California Bar
Posted By CotoBlogzz 06-10-2009 1:00 PMThe California Bar was
created by the state legislature in 1927 as a public corporation
within the judicial branch of government, serving as an arm of the
California Supreme Court. All State Bar members are officers...
Opting-out
of Coto de Caza a Hazard to your Identity
No matter how hard you try, we own you, says the CZ Master
association. According to the CZ Master Association?s legal
counsel, the CZ Master association is above the law and does not
have to adhere to the CA Code 8338 nor the Information Protection
Act
United
Board Recall Point-Counterpoint
To say that the Laguna Woods United board of Directors Recall
Process is contentious may be the understatement of the year.
Below is a Point-Counterpoint table authored by recall targets
Rosenhaft & Rubin and Connie Grundke respectively.
Another
CAI Myth Bust - The Case of the Laguna Woods Village Dueling
Lawyer Letters
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-21-2009 | According to its website, the
Community Associations Institute (CAI) is an ?organization
dedicated to fostering vibrant, competent, harmonious community
associations. For more than 30 years, CAI has been the leader
in...
Argument
against Coto de Caza?s Cumulative Voting
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-21-2009 |For some time, the California
Legislature has tried to reign in on power-hungry boards. In fact,
the California Supreme Court in the case of Nahrstedt v. Lakeside
Village Condominium Assn. (1994) 8 Cal.4th 361, 33...
The
Peter Pan Syndrome and the Earthquake in LAG, LAG, Land
Laguna Woods Village ? CA - If you have not heard of Pop-Super
Mega Uber-Star Michal Jackson?s death, you are probably
unconscious or from another planet. While a good number of
reporters covering the loss of the great artist, work hard to find
the most...
A
Case for Eliminating the Coto de Caza General Manager Position
Just as the California controller prepares to hand out $3 billion
in IOUs, we keep making an argument that in order to save
California from insolvency it requires the elimination of 80% of
its bureaucracies. Similarly, the following makes an argument
that...
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COMMENTS |
General
Interest
HOA
President Sentenced for Embezzlement & Police Laser-Pointing
SANTA ANA, CA- Peter Kontos was sentenced today to two years in state
prison for embezzling over $500,000 from a condominium association and
pointing a laser several times at a police helicopter pilot. Kontos, 36,
Newport Beach, pleaded guilty
Lowering
the Bar ? A Kinder Gentler California Bar
Posted By CotoBlogzz 06-10-2009 1:00 PMThe California Bar was created by
the state legislature in 1927 as a public corporation within the judicial
branch of government, serving as an arm of the California Supreme Court.
All State Bar members are officers...
Opting-out
of Coto de Caza a Hazard to your Identity
No matter how hard you try, we own you, says the CZ Master association.
According to the CZ Master Association?s legal counsel, the CZ Master
association is above the law and does not have to adhere to the CA Code
8338 nor the Information Protection Act
United
Board Recall Point-Counterpoint
To say that the Laguna Woods United board of Directors Recall Process is
contentious may be the understatement of the year. Below is a
Point-Counterpoint table authored by recall targets Rosenhaft & Rubin
and Connie Grundke respectively.
Another
CAI Myth Bust - The Case of the Laguna Woods Village Dueling Lawyer
Letters
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-21-2009 | According to its website, the
Community Associations Institute (CAI) is an ?organization dedicated to
fostering vibrant, competent, harmonious community associations. For more
than 30 years, CAI has been the leader in...
Argument
against Coto de Caza?s Cumulative Voting
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-21-2009 |For some time, the California
Legislature has tried to reign in on power-hungry boards. In fact, the
California Supreme Court in the case of Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village
Condominium Assn. (1994) 8 Cal.4th 361, 33...
The
Peter Pan Syndrome and the Earthquake in LAG, LAG, Land
Laguna Woods Village ? CA - If you have not heard of Pop-Super Mega Uber-Star
Michal Jackson?s death, you are probably unconscious or from another
planet. While a good number of reporters covering the loss of the great
artist, work hard to find the most...
A
Case for Eliminating the Coto de Caza General Manager Position
Just as the California controller prepares to hand out $3 billion in IOUs,
we keep making an argument that in order to save California from
insolvency it requires the elimination of 80% of its bureaucracies.
Similarly, the following makes an argument that...
Community
Journalism
How
to be Like Bob ? Mentoring Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ - http://www.spj.org/)
invites professional journalists to give back:
Journalism
101 on YouTube
By CotoBlozz | 07-02-2009 2:30 PMGoogle recently launched a YouTube
channel called Reporters? Center: helping you report the news The hub
features well-known journalists, such as Bob Woodward, Katie Couric, Scott
Simon and Nicholas Kristof, giving advice...
Around
HOAs
WHAT'S
EATING CALIFORNIA LAW REVISION COMMISSION'S LAWYER BRIAN HEBERT?
Sacramento, CA - June 9, 2009Taxpayers are paying $122,259 per year plus
generous health and pension benefits to keep Mr. Hebert in a job at the
California Law Revision Commission. [see www.sacbee.com, State employee
income public records] Do homeowners...
HOA
President Sentenced for Embezzlement & Police Laser-Pointing
SANTA ANA, CA- Peter Kontos was sentenced today to two years in state
prison for embezzling over $500,000 from a condominium association and
pointing a laser several times at a police helicopter pilot. Kontos, 36,
Newport Beach, pleaded guilty
Opting-out
of Coto de Caza a Hazard to your Identity
No matter how hard you try, we own you, says the CZ Master association.
According to the CZ Master Association?s legal counsel, the CZ Master
association is above the law and does not have to adhere to the CA Code
8338 nor the Information Protection Act
United
Board Recall Point-Counterpoint
To say that the Laguna Woods United board of Directors Recall Process is
contentious may be the understatement of the year. Below is a
Point-Counterpoint table authored by recall targets Rosenhaft & Rubin
and Connie Grundke respectively.
Another
CAI Myth Bust - The Case of the Laguna Woods Village Dueling Lawyer
Letters
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-21-2009 | According to its website, the
Community Associations Institute (CAI) is an ?organization dedicated to
fostering vibrant, competent, harmonious community associations. For more
than 30 years, CAI has been the leader in...
Argument
against Coto de Caza?s Cumulative Voting
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06-21-2009 |For some time, the California
Legislature has tried to reign in on power-hungry boards. In fact, the
California Supreme Court in the case of Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village
Condominium Assn. (1994) 8 Cal.4th 361, 33...
The
Peter Pan Syndrome and the Earthquake in LAG, LAG, Land
Laguna Woods Village ? CA - If you have not heard of Pop-Super Mega Uber-Star
Michal Jackson?s death, you are probably unconscious or from another
planet. While a good number of reporters covering the loss of the great
artist, work hard to find the most...
A
Case for Eliminating the Coto de Caza General Manager Position
Just as the California controller prepares to hand out $3 billion in IOUs,
we keep making an argument that in order to save California from
insolvency it requires the elimination of 80% of its bureaucracies.
Similarly, the following makes an argument that...
LETTERS
WHAT'S
EATING CALIFORNIA LAW REVISION COMMISSION'S LAWYER BRIAN HEBERT?
Sacramento, CA - June 9, 2009Taxpayers are paying $122,259 per year plus
generous health and pension benefits to keep Mr. Hebert in a job at the
California Law Revision Commission. [see www.sacbee.com, State employee
income public records] Do homeowners...
If
the Smell Stinks, you must remove
Another argument for a United Board Recall
Is
this legal?
Why did this Sly Fox Sell our barn?
Sly
and The Laguna Woods Hound Dogs
Does it really matter what the IRS thinks?
Does
it Really Matter What the IRS Thinks..?
Does it Really Matter What the IRS Thinks..?
When
Globe-ally Hound Dogs are Fat, Happy, Sleepy and Dopey...
Is it that time Yet?
Don't
Ask, PCM Won't Tell - what we do with your money is none of your business!
or.....A Nursery is not for the faint of heart - Keep Out!
The
Perpetually Funded ATM Machine - To Make a Withdrawal, Stamp Confidential
The Perpetually Funded ATM Machine - To Make a Withdrawal, Stamp
Confidential
Playing
Chicken, or Just Plain Chicken?
Playing Chicken, or Just Plain Chicken?
You
Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
Don't
Ask, PCM Won't Tell
Don't Ask, PCM Won't Tell
The
Hen House in Our Midst
Where is the Hen House?
Not
My Fault, The Hen Made Me Do It!
You see, I really do not know what is going on - I simply do as told!
The
Fable of the Fox Guarding the Hen House
The Fable of the Fox Guarding the Hen House. Moral of the Story? The Hen
made Me Do It!
The
Fox and the Hen House
What have we done to ourselves?
The
IRS says No to use of credit cards for Code 4958 disqualified persons
Would you consider this willful neglect?
It
is our money, and the law says we should get it back - will we?
It is our money, and the law says we should get it back - will we?
The
Fox in the 2nd Floor In Charge of the Hen House, Or?
The Fox in the 2nd Floor In Charge of the Hen House, Or?
The
$4 Million+ Questions
Cris Trapp states that beginning in January 1988, with the passage of AB
279 in 1987, a transfer fee was no longer collected upon the sale of a
manor. Someone forgot to tell the new buyers because the financial
statements tell us that they paid $4,192,...
The
Hatched Transfer Fee Story
In response to the emails from all of you, I'd like to add my two cents. I
just finished reading The Transfer Fee History and Mr. Hatch's attempts to
justify its need.
The
Man Behind the Curtain
In the Letters to the Laguna Woods Globe Editor, Thursday, June 25, 2009,
is an anti-recall letter from Harry Curtis. The fact that below his
signature is the phrase no relation is quite puzzling.
The
OC Register - Argument for Community Journalism
Letter to OC Register's Local ManagementIt's incredible ... you keep
interfering with our community getting important information regarding the
United Recall. Now you've pulled stories of the recall from the Local
News/Laguna Woods site. This site is...
Stirring
Up the Pot
Mike Curtis, a member of the United Mutual board of directors, has been
asking for documents for the last 5 years from the Laguna Woods Village
boards and the managing agent, PCM. These documents have been denied .
To
Recall or No Recall, & The HOA Hall of Shame
The Hen House Guarded by the Fox in Laguna Woods Village's Foster's Farm
& the Hall of Shame - News This Friday at 2:00 PMLaguna Woods Village,
CA -Whether the United Board recall is absolutely necessary is debatable.
What is not debatable is the...
Fact
or Fiction? - You Be the Judge
Note: We sent copies of these Photos to the Editor to the Laguna Woods
property management company, PCM's Public Relations and Legal Affairs
departments for comment, before publication - so far, we have not heard
from anyone
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