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Pimp My CCW ? Annex Coto de Caza
Promoters of Coto de Caza Trickle Up Welfare Program have also been promoting the annexation of Coto de Caza in ways that would make Don King proud. The cover of the January 2009 Coto de Caza newsletter proudly announces a breakfast with Sheriff Hutchens...

Coto de Caza?s Pixie Dust ? Dues Increase Fatigue
Although there is trouble in paradise, at least some of the boards in Laguna Woods Village, are doing the prudent thing and demanding that the property management company institute an immediate wage freeze on non-union employees.

Mission Viejo Resident R. Khayyam, faces trial for accepting bribes
According to the Orange County District Attorney?s Office, Reza Khayyami, 49, Mission Viejo, a former Chief Technology Officer for Orange County faces trial tomorrow for soliciting and accepting a $5,000 bribe to use his position of authority to influence..

Payroll Position at AMO Used As ATM for Luxury Goods and Gambling Robert Lee Winn, 43,  former payroll manager of  publicly traded company Advanced Medical Optics  (AMO) is scheduled to be arraigned on charges of stealing more than $487,000 from his employer by transferring money into a personal account to be spent on personal luxuries and gambling, according to Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

Government agencies spend taxpayer money to promote self-interests
According to LA Times reporter David Zahniser, ?two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Unified School District mailed voters what officials described as a ?fact sheet? on Measure Q, a $7-billion construction bond on the Nov. 4 ballot.? And ?Although it did not...

The Social Host Made Me Do It
Shannon Hyman, an underage drinker at the time this incident took place, is suing the Green Iguana Bar & Grill after the bar served her a "flaming shot" of Bacardi 151 proof rum - she got scared of the flames, spit it out and she then burned herself from...

Crime and Vandalism In Coto de Caza at All Time High
The President?s letter contained in the October 2008 CZ Master association newsletter asserts that ?With the kids back in school, incidents of vandalism have dropped 80%. There were a lot more vandalism incidents this summer compared to last year for...

Fiduciary Responsibility, Part Three ? Coto the Caza Cityhood Movement
A homeowner?s association board of directors, by statue, is responsible for the maintenance, repair and replacement of common areas. In Coto the Caza however, the local governance regularly goes beyond such mandate, creating a trickle up welfare...

David Vs. Goliath or David and His Saithe?
An undated article titled Community Association Conflict, available online from the Community Associations Institute (CAI) asserts that ?Rather than David-versus-Goliath conflicts, as occasionally portrayed in the media, disputes in community associations...

Price (LWV) Questions? - Priceless!
On the heals of the state Supreme Court ( August 27, 2008) ruling ordering the Golden Rain Foundation, to allow residents full access to their community financial records, followed by Judge Ronald L. Baur?s ruling January 5, 2009) on David Lyon?s move...

Locke and Loaded - Laguna Woods Village?s Alternate Universe
According to superstring theory, there are at least 11 dimensions to the physical universe. This would apparently allow, at least theoretically, a number of parallel universes. Apparently the directors in Laguna Woods Village live in one such alternate...

The Contextual Ladder
In the piece titled Jacob?s Ladder - Confessions of a Former Skeptic, by John Locke, the author makes references to ?a rambling e-mail addressed to Pamela Grundke of Resident?s Voice, that Cynthia Conners was an angel?. To provide some context, last...