The CotoBuzz
Journal, March 2010- New Reality TV: Real Pet Owners of Coto de
Caza, Laguna Woods' Own Humpty and California's Triple Threat: 1)
Unions 2) Lobbyists 3) Parasitic Bureaucracies (LAFCO, CLRC, etc)
Community/Campus/Art/Entertainment Composers
Concert at Saddleback College
Monday, March 08, 2010, 7:36:19 PM
Mission
Viejo , CA – Saddleback and Irvine Valley College faculty members are
scheduled to perform a concert of original compositions on Thursday, March
25th at 8pm in the McKinney Theatre. Pieces include a world premiere of a
set of songs for trombone and soprano by Jazz Studies Saddleback faculty
member Joey Sellers. Another world premiere of a string quartet composed
by Saddleback College Music faculty member Norman Weston will be performed Saddleback
College Speech & Debate Team Score 3rd Place
Saturday, March 06, 2010, 7:27:42 PM
Mission
Viejo, CA – The Forensics Team represented Saddleback College well at
the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association (PSCFA) Spring
Championships Tournament in San Diego on February 26-28. According to
Heidi Ochoa, "This year's team is committed and talented enough to
compete with the top 5 schools in the nation! Co-director Larry Radden and
I are looking forward to seeing the efforts of our students rewarded at
this prestigious tournament.” “I can't express what a joy it is to
work with this particular group of students." Irvine
Fine Arts Exhibit: Vintage Rock & Roll Photography
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:17:15 PM
The
Vintage Rock and Roll Photography is an exhibition of Edward Finnel's
early black and white rock 'n' roll photography. According to Finnell, all
pictures were shot at live rock shows in California between 1972 and 1978.
Many of these images are being seen by the public for the first time
ever." International
Art Exhibit Winners Announced
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:15:16 PM
Mission
Viejo, CA – The Saddleback College Art Gallery has announced the winners
of the 4th International Small Teapot Show, an international exhibition,
which opened on February 11th\ and continues through March 11th at the
Saddleback College Art Gallery .
Monday, March 08, 2010, 9:11:52 PM Joe
the Taxpayer is under siege, whether he knows it or not. Senate
rejects checks for elderly- Coto Rejects Park for SeniorsThursday,
March 04, 2010, 12:00:53 PM WASHINGTON
(Reuters) – A measure to give some 57 million elderly people, veterans
and persons with disabilities a $250 check was rejected by the Senate on
Wednesday, a setback for the powerful seniors' lobby. Coto
de Caza's New Dog Dance Studio
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 6:13:54 PM
Today,
merely a studio, tomorrow, a Reality TV show featuring the Real Coto de
Caza Pet Owners. Coto de Caza, CA - the Coto de Caza's local
governance's controversial decision to proceed with the construction of
a Dog Park, in the face of a looming fiscal tsunami of its own making,
is apparently getting traction. Redondo
Beach Nixes Dogs in Park - Coto Nixes Seniors in Parks:
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 6:13:20 PM
Coto
plans to build the Yocham/Varo Memorial Park - a park for dogs. All this
with looming fiscal tsunami of the governance's own making, while
denying seniors a place of their own. Lake
Forest City Hall Does the Mumbaugh
Tuesday, March 02, 2010, 4:26:14 AM
Lake
Forest, CA - We continue to be amazed at how quickly the mumbaugh
(rhymes with mambo), a new dance craze has spread all over Orange
County. Not unlike the theatrical Riverdance show consisting of
traditional Irish step dancing, and notable for its rapid leg movements
while body and arms are kept stationary for the most part the mumbaugh
also consists of rapid leg movement, but in this case, in complete
silence, mostly in the dark and most popular with the politicians
throughout Orange County, triggered by the Baugh Initiative Laguna
Woods New GM: a Profile in Industry Experience & Diplomacy?
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:19:37 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - Candidate Obama rightfully demanded that words
must mean something. President Obama regularly parses words not unlike
the infamous "it all depends on what is is". Politicians
regularly use the terms accountability and transparency, but when
pressed as to what they are ready to do, they deflect, deny or ignore,
perhaps even lie - that is, the political game of DIDL. Riverside
County Young Republicans Announces Endorsements
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:31:26 PM
Riverside,
CA. – The Riverside County Young Republicans (RCYR), self-described as
the only GOP organizations to endorse in a primary election, announced
its endorsement for the June 2010 primary and preceding special
elections. To receive an endorsement from the organization one must
receive a majority vote from the members present. Any candidate not
receiving 50% plus 1 is not endorsed. DeVore
on ANDRES BOCELI
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:04:15 PM
Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA- Candidate Obama rightfully demanded that words must
mean something. President Obama regularly parses words not unlike the
infamous "it all depends on what is is". Politicians regularly
use the terms accountability and transparency, but when pressed as to
what they are ready to do, they deflect, deny or ignore, perhaps even
lie - that is, the political game of DIDL. Craig
DeLuz Weighs in on ANDRES BOCELI
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:03:09 PM
Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA- While Orange County City Hall has been reluctant to
stand up and be counted, assembly and senate candidates seem to be more
receptive to fielding Joe the Taxpayer questions. Chuck DeVore did it,
now assembly candidate district 5 Craig DeLuz has weighed in on what we
call the ANDRES BOCELI Initiative: Assembly and Reactive Senate
Bureaucracy Obliteration Cronyism Elimination and Lobbyist Incineration. You
know you are a demagogue if ….
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:49:23 PM
Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA - If as a candidate, you vehemently denounce the use
of devious methods to circumvent the Constitution and as elected
official you argue this to be the only method available for
"effective government continuity”, you know you are a demagogue.
If you claim to have pioneered progressive ethics legislation and then
with a straight face, you characterize Charlie Rangel’s ethical lapses
as minor improprieties, which did not hurt the country, then you know
you had too much cosmetic surgery, you are a demagogue, or both. Curry,
the Mayor of the City of Newport Beach, Gets it
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:45:55 PM
Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA – The mayor of Newport Beach gets it. 298 Orange
County City Hall council members do not get it. During his State of the
City address Friday. Mayor Keith Curry unveiled an initiative creating a
new “gold standard for customer service” to be implemented by City
Manager David Kiff. Part of this new gold standard requires city
employees to return calls, whether the residents are so-called
disgruntled residents or not, within 24 hours. Job's
Bill Fallacy - Scott Brown a JAP
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:44:52 PM
Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA - The US Congress continues its generational theft
by passing yet another Jobs Bi - this time, with the approval of the
newly anointed star, Scott Brown, who apparently, turned out to be a JAP
- just another politician. Congress
WILL activate the nuclear option AND will pass Health Care Reform
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:40:54 PM
Newsflash:
Congress WILL activate the nuclear option AND will pass Health Care
Reform by 51%, with all due respect to Charles Krauthammer who has the
odds of passing legislation at only 33%. Ode
to Sen Bayh - A Song
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:37:16 PM
Bye
bye Sen Bayh Bye Bye Healthiness Hello Health Care Reform I think Im
gonna cry One
Baugh Down, One BOCELI to Go
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:33:43 PM
Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA - Over one year ago we forecasted that 2010 would
usher in a disruptive political environment such that it would make
Madam Senator Barbara Boxer, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Harry Reid
vulnerable. Pundits and observers alike laughed at our thinking then,
describing it as typical fringe teabagger mentality. Who is laughing
now?
. All
in the Family - $16M in Real Estate Fraud.
Yesterday, March 09, 2010, 2:43:07 PM
SANTA
ANA, CA - Sushama Devi Lohia and her daughter Supriti Soni are scheduled
to appear in court tomorrow to face charges of conspiracy to commit over
$16 million in real estate fraud by forging documents and purchasing homes
using "straw buyers." The daughter's husband and sister are also
charged in this case. A straw buyer is a person who knowingly and
willingly allows their credit to be used for the purchase of a property
they never intend to control. The four defendants are accused of working
together to secure loans for "straw buyers" using forged and
false documents. Composers
Concert at Saddleback College
Monday, March 08, 2010, 7:36:19 PM
Mission
Viejo , CA – Saddleback and Irvine Valley College faculty members are
scheduled to perform a concert of original compositions on Thursday, March
25th at 8pm in the McKinney Theatre. Pieces include a world premiere of a
set of songs for trombone and soprano by Jazz Studies Saddleback faculty
member Joey Sellers. Another world premiere of a string quartet composed
by Saddleback College Music faculty member Norman Weston will be performed Saddleback
College Speech & Debate Team Score 3rd Place
Saturday, March 06, 2010, 7:27:42 PM
Mission
Viejo, CA – The Forensics Team represented Saddleback College well at
the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association (PSCFA) Spring
Championships Tournament in San Diego on February 26-28. According to
Heidi Ochoa, "This year's team is committed and talented enough to
compete with the top 5 schools in the nation! Co-director Larry Radden and
I are looking forward to seeing the efforts of our students rewarded at
this prestigious tournament.” “I can't express what a joy it is to
work with this particular group of students." Laguna
Nigel's Home Flipper Arrested
Thursday, March 04, 2010, 11:52:21 AM
SANTA
ANA, CA - William Warren Baker was arrested today for stealing over
$900,000 from investors in a Ponzi scheme by fraudulently promising to
buy, refurbish, and re-sell distressed homes for a profit. Laguna
Woods' Humpty Dumpty
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 10:59:09 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - Humpty Dumpty appears in Lewis Carroll's through the
Looking-Glass where he discusses semantics with Alice - not unlike PCM's
CEO Disbro's use of the terms expertise and diplomacy, attributes he
adjudicates to Jerry Storage, replacement for the fired Laguna Wood
general manager Milt John Coto
de Caza's New Dog Dance Studio
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 6:13:54 PM
Today,
merely a studio, tomorrow, a Reality TV show featuring the Real Coto de
Caza Pet Owners. Coto de Caza, CA - the Coto de Caza's local governance's
controversial decision to proceed with the construction of a Dog Park, in
the face of a looming fiscal tsunami of its own making, is apparently
getting traction. Redondo
Beach Nixes Dogs in Park - Coto Nixes Seniors in Parks:
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 6:13:20 PM
Coto
plans to build the Yocham/Varo Memorial Park - a park for dogs. All this
with looming fiscal tsunami of the governance's own making, while denying
seniors a place of their own. Lake
Forest City Hall Does the Mumbaugh
Tuesday, March 02, 2010, 4:26:14 AM
Lake
Forest, CA - We continue to be amazed at how quickly the mumbaugh (rhymes
with mambo), a new dance craze has spread all over Orange County. Not
unlike the theatrical Riverdance show consisting of traditional Irish step
dancing, and notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are
kept stationary for the most part the mumbaugh also consists of rapid leg
movement, but in this case, in complete silence, mostly in the dark and
most popular with the politicians throughout Orange County, triggered by
the Baugh Initiative Laguna
Woods New GM: a Profile in Industry Experience & Diplomacy?
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:19:37 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - Candidate Obama rightfully demanded that words
must mean something. President Obama regularly parses words not unlike the
infamous "it all depends on what is is". Politicians regularly
use the terms accountability and transparency, but when pressed as to what
they are ready to do, they deflect, deny or ignore, perhaps even lie -
that is, the political game of DIDL. Ode
to Sen Bayh - A Song
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:37:16 PM
Bye
bye Sen Bayh Bye Bye Healthiness Hello Health Care Reform I think Im gonna
cry 15
Minutes Could Save You 15 Year in the Nut Farm
Saturday, February 06, 2010, 1:37:36 PM
Agoura
Hills,, CA - We love Geico’s (Government Employees Insurance Co.)
accidental success with the green gecko character and subsequent
advertising spots pitching the slogan, 15 minutes can save you 15% or more
in car insurance. When not using the gecko, the company uses a series of
rhetorical questions, such as Ø Is Too Tall Jones too tall? Ø Does
Charlie Daniel's play a mean fiddle? Although lacking a gecko to pitch the
theme, something similar can be said about life in a homeowners
association – common interest development (HOA/CID) community: “15
minutes studying HOA/CID statue can save you 15 years or more in the nut
house- not to mention your wallet, or your life in general”
All
in the Family - $16M in Real Estate Fraud.
Yesterday, March 09, 2010, 2:43:07 PM
SANTA
ANA, CA - Sushama Devi Lohia and her daughter Supriti Soni are scheduled
to appear in court tomorrow to face charges of conspiracy to commit over
$16 million in real estate fraud by forging documents and purchasing homes
using "straw buyers." The daughter's husband and sister are also
charged in this case. A straw buyer is a person who knowingly and
willingly allows their credit to be used for the purchase of a property
they never intend to control. The four defendants are accused of working
together to secure loans for "straw buyers" using forged and
false documents. Laguna
Nigel's Home Flipper Arrested
Thursday, March 04, 2010, 11:52:21 AM
SANTA
ANA, CA - William Warren Baker was arrested today for stealing over
$900,000 from investors in a Ponzi scheme by fraudulently promising to
buy, refurbish, and re-sell distressed homes for a profit. Laguna
Woods' Humpty Dumpty
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 10:59:09 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - Humpty Dumpty appears in Lewis Carroll's through the
Looking-Glass where he discusses semantics with Alice - not unlike PCM's
CEO Disbro's use of the terms expertise and diplomacy, attributes he
adjudicates to Jerry Storage, replacement for the fired Laguna Wood
general manager Milt John Coto
de Caza's New Dog Dance Studio
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 6:13:54 PM
Today,
merely a studio, tomorrow, a Reality TV show featuring the Real Coto de
Caza Pet Owners. Coto de Caza, CA - the Coto de Caza's local governance's
controversial decision to proceed with the construction of a Dog Park, in
the face of a looming fiscal tsunami of its own making, is apparently
getting traction. Redondo
Beach Nixes Dogs in Park - Coto Nixes Seniors in Parks:
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 6:13:20 PM
Coto
plans to build the Yocham/Varo Memorial Park - a park for dogs. All this
with looming fiscal tsunami of the governance's own making, while denying
seniors a place of their own. Lake
Forest City Hall Does the Mumbaugh
Tuesday, March 02, 2010, 4:26:14 AM
Lake
Forest, CA - We continue to be amazed at how quickly the mumbaugh (rhymes
with mambo), a new dance craze has spread all over Orange County. Not
unlike the theatrical Riverdance show consisting of traditional Irish step
dancing, and notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are
kept stationary for the most part the mumbaugh also consists of rapid leg
movement, but in this case, in complete silence, mostly in the dark and
most popular with the politicians throughout Orange County, triggered by
the Baugh Initiative Laguna
Woods New GM: a Profile in Industry Experience & Diplomacy?
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:19:37 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - Candidate Obama rightfully demanded that words
must mean something. President Obama regularly parses words not unlike the
infamous "it all depends on what is is". Politicians regularly
use the terms accountability and transparency, but when pressed as to what
they are ready to do, they deflect, deny or ignore, perhaps even lie -
that is, the political game of DIDL. Laguna
Woods Executive Fired: Change, Only The Naive Should Believe In!
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:56:13 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA. – Milt Johns, Laguna Woods property management
company's - Professional Community Management of California, Inc. (PCM),
general manager has finally been fired. PCM has named Jerry Storage as
Johns' replacement. Storage “... is noted as one of the industry’s
most respected experts and is fully equipped to uphold the PCM standard of
excellence. In addition, Jerry’s diplomacy will assist our boards of
directors to achieve the goals set out for their community.” said PCM's
CEO Donny Disbro, in a press release officially announcing Johns'
departure. Laguna
Woods' Mr. Blodgett’s Sisyphean task
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:55:33 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - We reported previously that the first Residents Voice
Meeting of 2010 held last Thursday lived up to the hype: Conine Grunke
discussed a MS PowerPoint(R) presentation on Credit Cards, Employee
Expense Reimbursements, comments on the Incentive Plan, and some other
items. Pat Feeney's announcement of the Save Our Space meeting next week
and United director Stan Feldstein's brief on the status of property
management company's executive, Milt Johns. Laguna
Woods Resident's Voice Meeting Unqualified Success: Addressed Potential
Firing of PCM's Executive
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:54:51 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - We billed the first Residents Voice Meeting of 2010
held last evening at least inflammatory, if not explosive. It live up to
the hype: There were seats for over 500 people and there were not too many
visible empty seats. Conine Grunke discussed a MS PowerPoint(r)
presentation on Credit Cards, Employee Expense Reimbursements, comments on
the Incentive Plan, and some other items. " My emphasis has been on
the way the GM has mislead us by lying on a number of things, such as;
Credit Cards are for Emergency Use Only, keeping the Incentive Plan Costs
under wraps and with no Board approval." He says. "We can argue
over spending money for meals, BUT, you cannot argue that he lied to us
when he said these were for Emergency Use Only," he added. Laguna
Nigel's Blue Note Bandit Charged with 14 Robberies of Banks Inside Grocery
Stores
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:48:04 PM
SANTA
ANA, CA - David Andrew Camp, aka the "Blue Note Bandit" was
arraigned today on charges of committing 14 robberies inside banks located
in Orange County grocery stores. Foreclosure
Relief Services Hazardous to Your Wallet
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:46:40 PM
Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA - If you are thinking about a foreclosure relief
service hawked under the "forensic loan audit" rubric, think
again. Today, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, joined the California
Department of Real Estate (DRE) and the State Bar of California in warning
Californians to avoid forensic loan audits, the loan-modification
industry's latest "phony foreclosure-relief service," in which
homeowners pay up-front fees for a forensic review of their lender's
practices, but are provided no actual foreclosure relief Serial
Killer Convicted of Murder of 12-year old girl
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:44:08 PM
*This
is the defendant's third conviction for the Orange County murder; he was
linked to the Los Angeles murders through DNA SANTA ANA, CA - Rodney James
Alcala, a serial murderer was convicted today of kidnapping and murdering
a 12-year-old Orange County girl and raping and murdering four Los Angeles
County women in the 1970s. Man
gets 40 years for killing Lake Forest man over a girl
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:42:29 PM
ANTA
ANA, CA - Edgar Calvillo was sentenced today to 40 years to life in state
prison for shooting and murdering a Lake Forest man outside of his home
after a dispute over a girlfriend and a vandalized car. Two co-defendants
are awaiting trial in this case. Edgar Calvillo, Santa Ana, was found
guilty by a jury Nov. 25, 2009, of one felony count of special
circumstances murder with sentencing enhancements for murder by drive-by
shooting and the personal discharge of a firearm causing death. OCDA
Seeking Foothill Ranch Driving Instructor Child Victims(untitled)
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:41:47 PM
NEWPORT
BEACH, CA - The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) is seeking
the public's help in identifying potential additional victims of a driving
instructor who is charged with making inappropriate sexual comments to two
underage girls. Gholamreza Namdari, 55, Foothill Ranch, was charged late
yesterday with two misdemeanor counts of child annoyance. AOCSD
Jumps on AG Brown's Early-Release Law Clarification
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:39:46 PM
Sacramento,
CA - The ink was barely dry when Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. sent
a law-enforcement bulletin to California's district attorneys and sheriffs
asserting that California Penal Code Section 4019, the new law that
reduces jail time for prisoners in local facilities, applies in he future,
not now, when the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS)
files a lawsuit gainst the County of Orange to stop the County from
releasing jail inmates early, before their scheduled release dates Army
deserter charged with murder
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:38:38 PM
WESTMINSTER,
CA- Pasqual Raul Loera, an unemployed Army deserter was charged today with
special circumstances murder for shooting and killing a woman and
critically injuring her boyfriend after posing as a potential buyer for a
car the victims listed for sale and fleeing to Las Vegas. Loera, 32,
Redlands, is charged with one felony count of special circumstances murder
and one felony count of attempted murder. The special circumstances
include murder during the commission of robbery and burglary. Loera is
being held in Las Vegas and waiting to be extradited to Orange County to
face the charges Six
Charged with Forged American Express Checks - Case is Ongoing
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:38:01 PM
SANTA
ANA, CA - Six defendants have been charged for stealing over $650,000 from
retail stores in a fraudulent scheme involving hundreds of forged American
Express travelers' checks. The defendants face various charges in a
99-count criminal complaint including felony second degree commercial
burglary, felony forgery, felony street terrorism, misdemeanor receiving
stolen property, sentencing enhancements for loss over $100,000,
aggravated white collar crime over $500,000, property damage over $65,000,
criminal street gang activity, and crime-bail-crime. Laguna
Hill's Fraudster Convicted, Wife charged, in California's Largest
Insurance Scam
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:36:21 PM
15
Minutes Could Save You 15 Year in the Nut Farm
Saturday, February 06, 2010, 1:37:36 PM
Agoura
Hills,, CA - We love Geico’s (Government Employees Insurance Co.)
accidental success with the green gecko character and subsequent
advertising spots pitching the slogan, 15 minutes can save you 15% or more
in car insurance. When not using the gecko, the company uses a series of
rhetorical questions, such as Ø Is Too Tall Jones too tall? Ø Does
Charlie Daniel's play a mean fiddle? Although lacking a gecko to pitch the
theme, something similar can be said about life in a homeowners
association – common interest development (HOA/CID) community: “15
minutes studying HOA/CID statue can save you 15 years or more in the nut
house- not to mention your wallet, or your life in general” Around
Homeowners Associations Laguna
Woods' Humpty Dumpty
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 10:59:09 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - Humpty Dumpty appears in Lewis Carroll's through the
Looking-Glass where he discusses semantics with Alice - not unlike PCM's
CEO Disbro's use of the terms expertise and diplomacy, attributes he
adjudicates to Jerry Storage, replacement for the fired Laguna Wood
general manager Milt John Coto
de Caza's New Dog Dance Studio
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 6:13:54 PM
Today,
merely a studio, tomorrow, a Reality TV show featuring the Real Coto de
Caza Pet Owners. Coto de Caza, CA - the Coto de Caza's local governance's
controversial decision to proceed with the construction of a Dog Park, in
the face of a looming fiscal tsunami of its own making, is apparently
getting traction. Redondo
Beach Nixes Dogs in Park - Coto Nixes Seniors in Parks:
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 6:13:20 PM
Coto
plans to build the Yocham/Varo Memorial Park - a park for dogs. All this
with looming fiscal tsunami of the governance's own making, while denying
seniors a place of their own. Lake
Forest City Hall Does the Mumbaugh
Tuesday, March 02, 2010, 4:26:14 AM
Lake
Forest, CA - We continue to be amazed at how quickly the mumbaugh (rhymes
with mambo), a new dance craze has spread all over Orange County. Not
unlike the theatrical Riverdance show consisting of traditional Irish step
dancing, and notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are
kept stationary for the most part the mumbaugh also consists of rapid leg
movement, but in this case, in complete silence, mostly in the dark and
most popular with the politicians throughout Orange County, triggered by
the Baugh Initiative Laguna
Woods New GM: a Profile in Industry Experience & Diplomacy?
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:19:37 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - Candidate Obama rightfully demanded that words
must mean something. President Obama regularly parses words not unlike the
infamous "it all depends on what is is". Politicians regularly
use the terms accountability and transparency, but when pressed as to what
they are ready to do, they deflect, deny or ignore, perhaps even lie -
that is, the political game of DIDL. Laguna
Woods Executive Fired: Change, Only The Naive Should Believe In!
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:56:13 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA. – Milt Johns, Laguna Woods property management
company's - Professional Community Management of California, Inc. (PCM),
general manager has finally been fired. PCM has named Jerry Storage as
Johns' replacement. Storage “... is noted as one of the industry’s
most respected experts and is fully equipped to uphold the PCM standard of
excellence. In addition, Jerry’s diplomacy will assist our boards of
directors to achieve the goals set out for their community.” said PCM's
CEO Donny Disbro, in a press release officially announcing Johns'
departure. Laguna
Woods' Mr. Blodgett’s Sisyphean task
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:55:33 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - We reported previously that the first Residents Voice
Meeting of 2010 held last Thursday lived up to the hype: Conine Grunke
discussed a MS PowerPoint(R) presentation on Credit Cards, Employee
Expense Reimbursements, comments on the Incentive Plan, and some other
items. Pat Feeney's announcement of the Save Our Space meeting next week
and United director Stan Feldstein's brief on the status of property
management company's executive, Milt Johns. Laguna
Woods Resident's Voice Meeting Unqualified Success: Addressed Potential
Firing of PCM's Executive
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:54:51 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - We billed the first Residents Voice Meeting of 2010
held last evening at least inflammatory, if not explosive. It live up to
the hype: There were seats for over 500 people and there were not too many
visible empty seats. Conine Grunke discussed a MS PowerPoint(r)
presentation on Credit Cards, Employee Expense Reimbursements, comments on
the Incentive Plan, and some other items. " My emphasis has been on
the way the GM has mislead us by lying on a number of things, such as;
Credit Cards are for Emergency Use Only, keeping the Incentive Plan Costs
under wraps and with no Board approval." He says. "We can argue
over spending money for meals, BUT, you cannot argue that he lied to us
when he said these were for Emergency Use Only," he added. Mike,
a True HOA War Hero in Battle Till the End
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:52:25 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA - If you live in Laguna Woods, all you need to do is
mention "Mike" and immediately friend and foe realize you are
talking about Michael Curtis. They also know that Michael has been
battling a multi-frontal battle: Against cancer, against corruption and
specifically against local governance and the property management company
- for years. We have chronicled a number of his battles here. Back-of-the-Check
Contract - Only in a Common Interest Development (CID)
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:50:50 PM
Agoura
Hills, CA - In the case LAV 09V07093 Jan Gerstel Vs. Morrison States Ranch
HOA, the Court decided that the HOA board of directors had breached its
fiduciary duty by failing to be responsive to Mr. Gerstel’s request to
have the board produce board meeting minutes. We followed up with the
board, since we understood it was considering appealing the Court’s
decision. Specifically we asked the board if it was conversant with the
Business Judgment Rule and the concept of Privileged Information. The
board responded on the affirmative in both cases. Laguna
Woods New GM: Ethical Issues
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:43:06 PM
So
PCM's Disbro wants Jerry Storage to be our new General Manager. Why! When
he violates the basic ethical rule of not using exempt property without
paying for it. How can we trust someone who intimidates a 75 year old
women who loves her job and needs the extra money. See the video Board
should set boundaries for its meddlesome attorney
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 4:39:28 PM
One
way to deal with legal counsel who shows up on the property unannounced
and attends board meetings uninvited is to revise the terms of his
agreement. Another is to replace him. By Stephen Glassman and Donie
Vanitzian What
lurks beneath?...In Laguna Woods Village
Sunday, February 07, 2010, 5:46:44 PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA -Milt Johns was asked to resign as General Manager of
Laguna Woods Village. Since he learned of the request coming he has made
tracks to imitate Chicken Little in his most frantic attempts to scare the
members into thinking the whole place will crumble without him. He had
conducted a hyperactive PR campaign by attending numerous coffee klatches
and propaganda meetings to get the word out about what a hale fellow he
is. The question each and every resident here in Laguna Woods Village
should ask on Tuesday at the United Board meeting is this: WHY? What Lurks
Beneath? 15
Minutes Could Save You 15 Year in the Nut Farm
Saturday, February 06, 2010, 1:37:36 PM
Agoura
Hills,, CA - We love Geico’s (Government Employees Insurance Co.)
accidental success with the green gecko character and subsequent
advertising spots pitching the slogan, 15 minutes can save you 15% or more
in car insurance. When not using the gecko, the company uses a series of
rhetorical questions, such as Ø Is Too Tall Jones too tall? Ø Does
Charlie Daniel's play a mean fiddle? Although lacking a gecko to pitch the
theme, something similar can be said about life in a homeowners
association – common interest development (HOA/CID) community: “15
minutes studying HOA/CID statue can save you 15 years or more in the nut
house- not to mention your wallet, or your life in general”
Illegals
in Laguna Woods?
Saturday, March 06, 2010, 7:57:45 PM
Editors
Note: For evidence to support Mr. Loughrey's assertions, click here Laguna
Woods's Scary Witch
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 11:00:00 PM
Editors
Note: To add context to Mr. Loughrey's message, refer to video clip of the
Laguna Woods Village Open Board Meeting of February 9, 2010 Click here for
paper trail documenting Mr. Curtis' efforts to shed light on infamous
Incentive Plan Also refer to Katie McDaniel's with more details about Mr.
Johns activities - click here The Thrilla in the Villa: Laguna Woods, that is
- The Ultimatum Posted by: CotoBlogzz | After a successful Initial Public
Offering (IPO) and experiencing an exponential growth in revenue circa 1996,
Gateway Computer issued an ultimatum to a computer peripheral supplier: You
can bid on a new product, however, you must significantly improve the quality
AND reduce the price of the new product, or else. The demands were so drastic
that the CEO of the Taiwan-based supplier conceded in a press release, picked
by by various local newspapers, to hav Argument
for reduction in Laguna Woods Assessments
Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 10:58:00 PM
Editors
Note: For evidence in support of Mr. Loughrey's argument, click here. Laguna
Woods New GM: Ethical Issues
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:43:06 PM
So
PCM's Disbro wants Jerry Storage to be our new General Manager. Why! When he
violates the basic ethical rule of not using exempt property without paying
for it. How can we trust someone who intimidates a 75 year old women who loves
her job and needs the extra money. See the video Laguna
Woods Willful Neglect
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:34:45 PM
Editors
Note: To add context to Mr. Loughrey's message, Milt Jones, the property
management company issued an ultimatum to the Laguna Woods Village board of
directors saying in essence: You will do as I say and you better sit down and
shut up, or else - see below: The board took it without uttering a beep. Click
here for paper trail documenting Mr. Curtis' efforts to shed light on infamous
Incentive Plan Also refer to Katie McDaniel's with more details about Mr.
Johns activities - click here Laguna
Woods' Executive Compensation - Exposed
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:24:35 PM
Editors
Note: To add context to Mr. Loughrey's message, Milt Jones, the property
management company issued an ultimatum to the Laguna Woods Village board of
directors saying in essence: You will do as I say and you better sit down and
shut up, or else - see below: The board took it without uttering a beep. Now
PCM has replaced Johns with Jerry Storage because of his industry and
diplomacy acumen: Storage participated in Ultimatum's One and Two and was the
biggest User of controversial credit card debacle. Click here for paper trail
documenting Mr. Curtis' efforts to shed light on infamous Incentive Plan Laguna
Woods' McNulty Exposed- Open Letter
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:23:29 PM
We
each shape our own reality. Perceptions and cognitive process unique to each
of us determine our individual perspective on the world, and we present to
ourselves what we are programmed to see. But what if we could change our
perceptions and cognitive process-and consequently our reality? Death
Defying Snake in Laguna Woods - a Video Clip
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:21:34 PM
Director
Mike Curtis reminds the Laguna Woods Village local governance that it is their
fiduciary responsibility to notify shareholders of misuse of assets. Asks for
McNulty to resign. Where is the press? Was it not planned
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