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The CotoBuzz Journal- September 2010 Edition - Bellisimos, Unclogging the Jobs Machine & RSM Speed Networking

Common Sense Coto de Caza Budget -  FISH-BHO-Nomics do not work, FISH-COTO-Nomics don’t workIt is that time again – it is your friendly association’s budget time – this is the time   when service providers such as Keystone Pacific and or landscapers  determine how much more you have to pay for lousy service and your board of directors comes up with fish stories telling you to be thankful you are not paying that much more.	|	The Emmy Awards Connection to Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA – Former Saddleback College film student Marc Abdou has received two Emmy awards from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in a two-year time span. The first one was for a 34-show series on Anthropology and was awarded at the 60th Annual Emmy Awards. The latest one was for the 14-show series on Chemistry and was awarded this year at the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards.
Third Mutual Elections Void and Null – Necessary, but sufficient? Laguna Wood Village, CA - Hillel Pitlik, Chairman for the Third Board Inspectors of Election throws Martin and Chapman under the bus, while failing to assume any culpability when he announced yesterday that the Third Mutual elections are null and void “ due to inadvertent deletions in the ballot instructions/ candidate statements, prepared by Martin and Chapman.” Pitlink adds that “The Board and Inspectors of Election are in the process of establishing a new election and that information will be posted as soon as available. Martin and Chapman will reprint and mail the ballots at no additional cost to the Third Laguna Hills Mutual,” and that the action does not affect the United Mutual ballots or election. Or does it? Should it?	.|	Rancho Santa Margarita Business Alliance Networking Event There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. - Oscar WildeRancho Santa Margarita, CA –    The Rancho Santa Margarita Business Alliance (RSMBA) is hosting a networking mixer Thursday September 9th at TGI Fridays from 5:00-7:00 PM located in RSM at 22022 El Paseo.$10 Members/$15 Non-Members entry fee includes appetizers and no host bar.

Public Safety..  

Orange County DUI Mobilization - The OC's Law Enforcement Jobs Initiative Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD's) unveiled today what it refers to as the Labor Day Holiday DUI Mobilization Schedule. We prefer to call it the OC's Law Enforcement Jobs Initiative. The following is the schedule of operations, dates, and locations. Bell-isimos: Bell City Manager Rizzo Convicted of DUI WESTMINSTER, CA - Robert Adrian Rizzo, the infamous former manager of the parasitic bureaucracy passing as City Hall in the City of Bell, California, who with Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia, and Police Chief Randy Adams were allowed to have a combined salary of more than $1.6 million, was convicted today of driving under the influence of alcohol with a .28 blood alcohol level and crashing into his neighbor's mailbox. LA County Sheriff's Deputy Charged with felony count and gross negligence WESTMINSTER, CA - Patricia Margaret Bojorquez, a deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has been charged with filing a false police report against her ex-husband and firing a firearm in her Westminster home, endangering children playing nearby, according to the Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) office.

Villa Appalling is a timely and critical expose of buying and living in deed-restricted communities. It contains road maps for boards of directors in recognizing their fiduciary duties and how to deal with management companies and "vendor vultures

Veltre Gets 18 Years for Ponzi and Real Estate Fraud
SANTA ANA, CA - Joseph Anthony Veltre was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in state prison for stealing $2.6 million from investors in a Ponzi and real estate fraud scheme, according to the Orange Country District Attorney's (OCDA) office.

Beware of Fake Nurses - CAAG Gets $500,000 Restitution to Cheated Former Students
LOS ANGELES, CA - According to the California Attorney General, a half-million-dollar settlement with RN Learning Center, the operator of a sham nursing school in Los Angeles that created the illusion it was training future nurses by pretending to offer an accredited nursing program and tricking graduates into believing they had qualified to become registered nurses.

Man gets 25 to life for MWSP - murder while stealing porno
SANTA ANA -Weston Scott Kruger, Newport Beach, was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison for murdering a liquor store owner who confronted him about stealing a pornographic magazine. At the time of the murder, the defendant was out of custody on two other unrelated felony cases for domestic violence and residential burglary, according to the Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) office. Weston Scott Kruger, 32, was found guilty by a jury May 5, 2010, of one felony count of murder.

Implications of Arizona Courts and Gated Communities
The most expensive line item in most gated communities' budget is the security budget, followed by a number of disclaimers stating something to the effect that the community is not responsible for security - In Coto de Caza the security budget for not security purposes, for example, is now close to $2 million/year when you include the ancillary items such s Keystone's involvement.

Community/Art

The Emmy Awards Connection to Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA – Former Saddleback College film student Marc Abdou has received two Emmy awards from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in a two-year time span. The first one was for a 34-show series on Anthropology and was awarded at the 60th Annual Emmy Awards. The latest one was for the 14-show series on Chemistry and was awarded this year at the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards.

Earth: Fragile Planet Exhibition at Saddleback College
ission Viejo, CA – Bob Rickerson , Gallery Director of The Saddleback College Art Gallery is pleased to present Earth: Fragile Planet on September 13th through the 30th. This traveling exhibit, from the Society of Illustrators, New York, showcases the world’s most accomplished illustrators giving them a forum to set forth their personal views about the state of the world and the environment. The exhibition is divided into five categories: earth, energy, air, water, and wildlife

Politics 

Coto de Caza Superheroes face off against the Pair of Evil Twins
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Coto de Caza Superheroes are scheduled to meet Friday, September 10th at 8 Fresian Coto De Caza CA 92679 as they get energized to face off against the Evil Twins. No, Rod R. Blagojevich is not scheduled to attend, neither is Shaquille O'neille. Now the pair of Evil Twins are not supervillains like The Joker, the Green Goblin, Lex Luthor, Palpatine, Magneto and or Doctor Doom, but just as destructive, if not more: The fist pair of Evil Twins are Harry Reid and Speaker Pelosi - together, they have destroyed the Job's Machine, for instance.

Third Mutual Elections Void and Null – Necessary, but sufficient?
Laguna Wood Village, CA - Hillel Pitlik, Chairman for the Third Board Inspectors of Election throws Martin and Chapman under the bus, while failing to assume any culpability when he announced yesterday that the Third Mutual elections are null and void “ due to inadvertent deletions in the ballot instructions/ candidate statements, prepared by Martin and Chapman.” Pitlink adds that “The Board and Inspectors of Election are in the process of establishing a new election and that information will be posted as soon as available. Martin and Chapman will reprint and mail the ballots at no additional cost to the Third Laguna Hills Mutual,” and that the action does not affect the United Mutual ballots or election. Or does it? Should it?

Coto de Caza Superheroes face off against Pair of Supervillains
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Coto de Caza Superheroes are scheduled to meet Friday, September 10th at 8 Fresian Coto De Caza CA 92679 as they get energized to face off against the Evil Twins. No, Rod R. Blagojevich is not scheduled to attend, neither is Shaquille O'neille. Now the pair of Evil Twins are not supervillains like The Joker, the Green Goblin, Lex Luthor, Palpatine, Magneto and or Doctor Doom, but just as destructive, if not more:

Carly’s Cadre Coalesce at Crescent (not THAT crescent)
Carly is hosting a meeting characterized as a “Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Barney Frank protest” today Saturday, August 28th at 4:00 p.m.The meeting is to be held at the corner of Crescent and Stanton Avenue in Buena Park (next to Knott's Berry Farm). Carly is asking those planning to attend to bring appropriate home-made sign to “help us send a strong message to Boxer and Frank about the job they are doing in Congress.”

Meet Georgie (Soros) Boy
Who IS George Soros?The man behind the curtain directing Presidents & Congress The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. ~ George Soros

OCGOP Who is Who Converge in Coto de Caza for a Let’s Dump Harry Reid Fundraiser
Coto de Caza- CA - OC GOP Chairman, Scott Baugh, Congressman Ken Calvert, Congressman Ed Royce, Senator Dick Ackerman, RNC Committeewoman Linda Ackerman, the CWLA, Lincoln Club, OCYR and Friends Of Sharron Angle convene Friday, September 10th for a reception & dinner in honor of Sharron Angle, Republican Candidate & Nominee for U.S. SENATE (NV) at the Coto de Caza home of Ann & Craig Rommel

Boxer’s Epiphany: Small Business - From Enemy Combatant to Centerpiece
Madame Barbara Boxer thinks that a small fish is much more important than the California Farmer – which is why California farmers no longer have the water they need to keep the food supply chain fed.

The CA Lawyer’s Jobs Bill
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - While most of the readers in this forum are conversant with the smoke-filled backroom deals concocted to enact National Health Care Reform, such as Supack’s Soul Sale, Unions’ Bribe, The Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker’s Kickback fand most recently the $26 Billion Teacher’s Job bill the President characterized as “as special interest, only if you think it is”, I dare say not to many know that something similar has been going on here in California for at least the last decade so, embodied in in what I call California’s Triple Threat: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyists and 3) Parasitic Bureaucracies.

The CA Lawyer’s Jobs Bill & Why Boxer Should be Fired
While most of the readers in this forum are conversant with the smoke-filled backroom deals concocted to enact National Health Care Reform, such as Supack’s Soul Sale, Unions’ Bribe, The Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker’s Kickback fand most recently the $26 Billion Teacher’s Job bill the President characterized as “as special interest, only if you think it is”, I dare say not to many know that something similar has been going on here in California for at least the last decade so, embodied in in what I call California’s Triple Threat: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyists and 3) Parasitic Bureaucracies.

The Misguided DOE’s Gainful Employment Rule & Public Education Reform
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Larry Sand, the president of the non-profit California Teachers Empowerment Network – a self-described non-partisan, non-political group dedicated to providing teachers with reliable and balanced information about professional affiliations and positions on educational issues—information teachers will often not get from their school districts or unions, recently made the argument that the Los Angeles Times may have started a revolution in teacher accountability by measuring teacher performance and posting it in its Los Angeles Teacher Ratings web page using a technique called value add, where value add is the difference between a student’s expected growth and actual performance.

The NYC Ground Zero Mosque Debate - Vini, Vidi, Bombed, Vincero
Veni, Vidi, Bombed, Vincero – “I came, I saw, I bombed, I win!In a piece published in the Red County last week, Assistant Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and adjunct professor at Chapman Law School Karen Carpenter Lugo not only argues against the building of a Mosque close to 9-11 Ground Zero, but argues for a national mosque litmus test.Using what appears to be Islam-phobia, Ms. Lugo quotes from Bernard Lewis’ Islam and the West: “There is only a single law, the shari’a, accepted by Muslims as of divine origin and regulating all aspects of human life: civil, commercial, criminal, constitutional, as well as matters more specifically concerned with religion in the limited, Christian sense of that word.”

AG Jerry Brown Introduces Technology to Help CA’s Gambling Addicts & Pols
California Attorney General Jerry Brown Introduces Technology to Help California Gambling Addicts - Technology has the potential to be applied to legislators and politicians in general who suffer from pathological tax-and-spend syndromeSACRAMENTO, CA - Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today unveiled an innovative, web-based computer program intended to help addicted gamblers break their spiral of debt and addiction by allowing them to voluntarily exclude themselves from gambling establishments. The technology has the potential to be applied to compulsive tax-spenders and cheaters in general.

The Temple of Blame & the HOA Attorneys Full Employment Act
Re: Statutory Clarification and Simplification of CID Law Table of Contents I. Due Notice to all common interest development titleholders II. Fiscal impact on the State of California III. Making new law(s) under the guise of Simplification and Clarification IV. CLRC's circumvention of ongoing public complaints V. Bypassing the legislative process by using made to order changes that include altering substantive issues resulting in titleholder disenfranchisement * Double taxation without representation? VI. Moratorium on changes to Davis-Stirling Act; no so-called bill of rights needed; creation of Victim's Fund for deed-restricted owners VII. Voluntary waiver VIII. Warning: the staff recommends against that change Dear California Law Revision Commission, and Mr. Hebert:

Parasitic Bureaucracies

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD's) unveiled today what it refers to as the Labor Day Holiday DUI Mobilization Schedule. We prefer to call it the OC's Law Enforcement Jobs Initiative. The following is the schedule of operations, dates, and locations.

Bell-isimos: Bell City Manager Rizzo Convicted of DUI
WESTMINSTER, CA - Robert Adrian Rizzo, the infamous former manager of the parasitic bureaucracy passing as City Hall in the City of Bell, California, who with Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia, and Police Chief Randy Adams were allowed to have a combined salary of more than $1.6 million, was convicted today of driving under the influence of alcohol with a .28 blood alcohol level and crashing into his neighbor's mailbox.

Laguna Woods Bellisimos
LETTERS
Laguna Woods, CA - August 29, 2010Golden Rain Foundation BoardThird Laguna Hills Mutual BoardUnited Laguna Hills Mutual BoardRe: City Councils approval of a permit for the new golf clubhouse conditionedon GRF’s dedicating Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village to the City ofLaguna Woods, Ca

The Parasites (US Congress & FDA) in our Midst
For sometime now, we have been updating our list of Parasitic Bureaucracies to support our argument that California and the country are in dire need of a Bureaucracy Realignment and Closure Initiative- We posist that such initiative, coupled with the Evil Twins - the US Economic Triple Constraint: 1) Card Check 2) Health Care and 3) Cap & Trade, and California’s Triple Threat: 1) Public sector organized labor, 2) un-elected, un-checked parasitic bureaucracies and 3) lobbyists. is of national security importance.

The California Law Revision Commission and the Evil Twins
For years, we have been warning against the Evil Twins: The US Economic Triple Constraint and California’s Triple Threat - , with a message mostly tailored to self-described fiscally conservative legislators. We define the US Economic Triple Constraint as 1) Card Check 2) Health Care and 3) Cap & Trade, whereas California’s Triple Threat consists of : 1) Public sector organized labor,  2) un-elected, un-checked parasitic bureaucracies and 3)  lobbyists.  Interestingly enough, one of the them told us we were off base when we argued against earmarks, because the “percentage was so small” he said – that was some three years ago.

The Recalcitrant Parasitic California Law Revision Commission
LETTERS
As a past board member of a homeowner association with over 140 members, I would like to ask why you have not addressed Donie Vanitzian’s concerns. For example, her statement “the proposed law does not impose penalties on errant board members, establish a victims’ restitution fund, or require statutory warnings to new purchasers.” Our membership called for a special election and subsequently voted out 3 board members who had not been representing the desired interests of members. Instead they implemented their own agenda without consent of the membership.

The Recalcitrant Parasitic California Law Revision Commission Redux
LETTERS
It appears once again that CLRC continues to ignore valid, legitimate anti-CID communications sent to it under the writer's right to a public voice in CLRC deliberations. Ms. Vanitzian continues to be ignored -- re August 28, 2010 letter from Irene Hoffman, Vanitizian's August 12th fax to your attention, titled, THE TEMPLE OF BLAME AND THE HOA ATTORNEYS FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT.

What Part of NO does the CLRC NOT Understand?
LETTERS
THE TEMPLE OF BLAME AND THE NOT-SO-SIMPLESIMPLIFICATION OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS:IDENTITY THEFT Re: Statutory Clarification and Simplification of CID Law Table of Contents I. Misuse and Abuse of Titleholder Personal Information II. Management Companies and Boards Merely Make it Up as They Go Along III. Homeowner Association Corruption Continues Unabated Dear California Law Revision Commission:

Coto De Caza Subsidies Qualify as Bellisimos
Coto de Caza, CA -The CZ Master Association's population stopped growing some ten years ago and as the CZ population has aged, the total number of residents has gone down. In fact, Joe Morabito, a former member of the CZ Master Association board of directors, continues to argue for a Senior Center - The CZ Master Association is the largest homeowners associaiton in Coto de Caza.

The CA Lawyer’s Jobs Bill
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - While most of the readers in this forum are conversant with the smoke-filled backroom deals concocted to enact National Health Care Reform, such as Supack’s Soul Sale, Unions’ Bribe, The Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker’s Kickback fand most recently the $26 Billion Teacher’s Job bill the President characterized as “as special interest, only if you think it is”, I dare say not to many know that something similar has been going on here in California for at least the last decade so, embodied in in what I call California’s Triple Threat: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyists and 3) Parasitic Bureaucracies.

The CA Lawyer’s Jobs Bill & Why Boxer Should be Fired
While most of the readers in this forum are conversant with the smoke-filled backroom deals concocted to enact National Health Care Reform, such as Supack’s Soul Sale, Unions’ Bribe, The Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker’s Kickback fand most recently the $26 Billion Teacher’s Job bill the President characterized as “as special interest, only if you think it is”, I dare say not to many know that something similar has been going on here in California for at least the last decade so, embodied in in what I call California’s Triple Threat: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyists and 3) Parasitic Bureaucracies.

The Misguided DOE’s Gainful Employment Rule & Public Education Reform
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Larry Sand, the president of the non-profit California Teachers Empowerment Network – a self-described non-partisan, non-political group dedicated to providing teachers with reliable and balanced information about professional affiliations and positions on educational issues—information teachers will often not get from their school districts or unions, recently made the argument that the Los Angeles Times may have started a revolution in teacher accountability by measuring teacher performance and posting it in its Los Angeles Teacher Ratings web page using a technique called value add, where value add is the difference between a student’s expected growth and actual performance.

Examples: FISH-BOH-NOMICS/FISH-COTO-NOMICS
Think about it: This is your brainNow, think about 5 billion plus wasted dollars while our roads and bridges are in decay.Think about the $4 Million/year CZ subsidiesAny questions? AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding IraqPosted: 31 Aug 2010 11:41 AM PDTKHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq – A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children’s hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets As the U.S. draws down in [...]

AG Jerry Brown Introduces Technology to Help CA’s Gambling Addicts & Pols
California Attorney General Jerry Brown Introduces Technology to Help California Gambling Addicts - Technology has the potential to be applied to legislators and politicians in general who suffer from pathological tax-and-spend syndromeSACRAMENTO, CA - Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today unveiled an innovative, web-based computer program intended to help addicted gamblers break their spiral of debt and addiction by allowing them to voluntarily exclude themselves from gambling establishments. The technology has the potential to be applied to compulsive tax-spenders and cheaters in general.

General Interest

Carly’s Cadre Coalesce at Crescent (not THAT crescent)
Carly is hosting a meeting characterized as a “Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Barney Frank protest” today Saturday, August 28th at 4:00 p.m.The meeting is to be held at the corner of Crescent and Stanton Avenue in Buena Park (next to Knott's Berry Farm). Carly is asking those planning to attend to bring appropriate home-made sign to “help us send a strong message to Boxer and Frank about the job they are doing in Congress.”

Third Mutual Elections Void and Null – Necessary, but sufficient?
Laguna Wood Village, CA - Hillel Pitlik, Chairman for the Third Board Inspectors of Election throws Martin and Chapman under the bus, while failing to assume any culpability when he announced yesterday that the Third Mutual elections are null and void “ due to inadvertent deletions in the ballot instructions/ candidate statements, prepared by Martin and Chapman.” Pitlink adds that “The Board and Inspectors of Election are in the process of establishing a new election and that information will be posted as soon as available. Martin and Chapman will reprint and mail the ballots at no additional cost to the Third Laguna Hills Mutual,” and that the action does not affect the United Mutual ballots or election. Or does it? Should it?

Coto de Caza Superheroes face off against the Pair of Evil Twins
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Coto de Caza Superheroes are scheduled to meet Friday, September 10th at 8 Fresian Coto De Caza CA 92679 as they get energized to face off against the Evil Twins. No, Rod R. Blagojevich is not scheduled to attend, neither is Shaquille O'neille. Now the pair of Evil Twins are not supervillains like The Joker, the Green Goblin, Lex Luthor, Palpatine, Magneto and or Doctor Doom, but just as destructive, if not more: The fist pair of Evil Twins are Harry Reid and Speaker Pelosi - together, they have destroyed the Job's Machine, for instance.

In Laguna Woods, Who sues First? Who sues Second? Who sues Third?
Laguna Woods, CA - In mid-June, the Third Mutual board of directors filed a lawsuit against its property management company PCM with the Orange County Superior Court, “asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the Unfair Practices Act (Business & Professions Code Section 17000, et seq.) and the Elder Abuse Act, and negligence,” according to a Third Mutual press release.

Laguna Woods Raid...err. Tea Parties
Laguna Woods Village, CA: The questions most frequently asked around the community leading up to elections include:The Third Mutual lawsuit against PCM, Janet Price and Milt Johns. Are you for or against and why?? What is it going to

Orange County DUI Mobilization - The OC's Law Enforcement Jobs Initiative
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD's) unveiled today what it refers to as the Labor Day Holiday DUI Mobilization Schedule. We prefer to call it the OC's Law Enforcement Jobs Initiative. The following is the schedule of operations, dates, and locations.

Bell-isimos: Bell City Manager Rizzo Convicted of DUI
WESTMINSTER, CA - Robert Adrian Rizzo, the infamous former manager of the parasitic bureaucracy passing as City Hall in the City of Bell, California, who with Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia, and Police Chief Randy Adams were allowed to have a combined salary of more than $1.6 million, was convicted today of driving under the influence of alcohol with a .28 blood alcohol level and crashing into his neighbor's mailbox.

Laguna Woods Third Mutual Budget Process: Now You See it, Now You Don't
Laguna Woods Village, CA: A savvy business person and a member of the community has this to say about the Laguna Woods' Third Mutual Budget Process:A number of things struck me upon watching the version 3 budget meeting for Third Board. According to John Paulus and Kathryn Freshley, the board made a great effort to keep 2011 assessments at the same level as 2010. And yet, their words are not completely accurate. Yes, the total assessment we will pay next year remains unchanged, that part is true. However, the Third Mutual part of our assessment has increased substantially. The truth lies hiding somewhere among these facts.

ObamaLand in Coto de Caza
Hello All: How nice that we now have a “Canine Corral” in Coto so that about 100 CZ Members have a place to run their dogs and crap on common ground maintained by the other 3,450 CZ Members. I guess it is a dog’s world, isn’t it. I still say that CZ should issue dog licenses in Coto to cover the cost to maintain this big dog run.

The Voice of Reason in the Asylum – Laguna Woods Village - Or Take Back this Village and Shove It!
Laguna Woods, CA – If your community’s local governance files a lawsuit against its property management company for “asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the Unfair Practices Act (Business & Professions Code Section 17000, et seq.) and the Elder Abuse Act, and negligence,” what do you do? What should you do?

Coto de Caza Superheroes face off against Pair of Supervillains
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Coto de Caza Superheroes are scheduled to meet Friday, September 10th at 8 Fresian Coto De Caza CA 92679 as they get energized to face off against the Evil Twins. No, Rod R. Blagojevich is not scheduled to attend, neither is Shaquille O'neille. Now the pair of Evil Twins are not supervillains like The Joker, the Green Goblin, Lex Luthor, Palpatine, Magneto and or Doctor Doom, but just as destructive, if not more:

Meet Georgie (Soros) Boy
Who IS George Soros?The man behind the curtain directing Presidents & Congress The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. ~ George Soros

OCGOP Who is Who Converge in Coto de Caza for a Let’s Dump Harry Reid Fundraiser
Coto de Caza- CA - OC GOP Chairman, Scott Baugh, Congressman Ken Calvert, Congressman Ed Royce, Senator Dick Ackerman, RNC Committeewoman Linda Ackerman, the CWLA, Lincoln Club, OCYR and Friends Of Sharron Angle convene Friday, September 10th for a reception & dinner in honor of Sharron Angle, Republican Candidate & Nominee for U.S. SENATE (NV) at the Coto de Caza home of Ann & Craig Rommel

Boxer’s Epiphany: Small Business - From Enemy Combatant to Centerpiece
Madame Barbara Boxer thinks that a small fish is much more important than the California Farmer – which is why California farmers no longer have the water they need to keep the food supply chain fed.

Beware of Fake Nurses - CAAG Gets $500,000 Restitution to Cheated Former Students
LOS ANGELES, CA - According to the California Attorney General, a half-million-dollar settlement with RN Learning Center, the operator of a sham nursing school in Los Angeles that created the illusion it was training future nurses by pretending to offer an accredited nursing program and tricking graduates into believing they had qualified to become registered nurses.

Man gets 25 to life for MWSP - murder while stealing porno
SANTA ANA -Weston Scott Kruger, Newport Beach, was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison for murdering a liquor store owner who confronted him about stealing a pornographic magazine. At the time of the murder, the defendant was out of custody on two other unrelated felony cases for domestic violence and residential burglary, according to the Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) office. Weston Scott Kruger, 32, was found guilty by a jury May 5, 2010, of one felony count of murder.

Implications of Arizona Courts and Gated Communities
The most expensive line item in most gated communities' budget is the security budget, followed by a number of disclaimers stating something to the effect that the community is not responsible for security - In Coto de Caza the security budget for not security purposes, for example, is now close to $2 million/year when you include the ancillary items such s Keystone's involvement.

You Cant' Fight Your Homeowners association
Here's an Alabama case where a homeowner encroaches on the common area by building some steps to a lake. The HOA tells him to cease and desist. He files suit against the HOA in which he argues that the HOA was improperly formed since it never filed incorporation papers as required by the CC&Rs, and a board was formed by a group without the required quorum and with a board membership that violated the CC&Rs. Based on this, the trial court agreed and decided in favor of the homeowner. Victory? NOT!!!

Common Sense Coto de Caza Budget
FISH-BHO-Nomics do not work, FISH-COTO-Nomics don’t workIt is that time again – it is your friendly association’s budget time – this is the time when service providers such as Keystone Pacific and or landscapers determine how much more you have to pay for lousy service and your board of directors comes up with fish stories telling you to be thankful you are not paying that much more.

The NYC Ground Zero Mosque Debate - Vini, Vidi, Bombed, Vincero
Veni, Vidi, Bombed, Vincero – “I came, I saw, I bombed, I win!In a piece published in the Red County last week, Assistant Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and adjunct professor at Chapman Law School Karen Carpenter Lugo not only argues against the building of a Mosque close to 9-11 Ground Zero, but argues for a national mosque litmus test.Using what appears to be Islam-phobia, Ms. Lugo quotes from Bernard Lewis’ Islam and the West: “There is only a single law, the shari’a, accepted by Muslims as of divine origin and regulating all aspects of human life: civil, commercial, criminal, constitutional, as well as matters more specifically concerned with religion in the limited, Christian sense of that word.”

Public Education

An argument for a Paradigm Shift in Public Education – One in a series
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Arguably, there is a need for a paradigm shift in public education. That is, a radical transformation, as opposed to the continuous partisan bickering, such as the one going on in CAPO.To be clear, “radical transformation” means different things to different people - not in the words must mean something demagoguery sense: visionary leaders see what others can’t see, for example.

Taking Don Corleone to (CUSD) School
A preview of the 2010 Elections now playing at your Local Capo. - The Teacher’s Union CAPORancho Santa Margarita, CA - It is an understatement to say that the teachers’ union dislikes the transformation going on in the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) aka CAPO. – What with the last three elections placing Seven Republican trustees, dubbed the Lucky Seven, on the board. On day one of the Lucky Seven, union members threatened to recall the new board members from office. Local union bosses called in reinforcements from Then California Teachers Association (CTA).

CAPO Teachers are Nice - CUSD board not Nice
A Capo teacher opines that CAPO teachers are nice - the problem is with the fiscally responsible CUSD board members. We agree - CAPO teacher are nice:Teachers are nice and want everyone else to be nice, this is the main reason teachers endorse criminalizing home schooling - Parents are NOT nice - they teach hateful thinks such as values, work ethics, commitment and g

Around  HOAs

Third Mutual Elections Void and Null – Necessary, but sufficient? Laguna Wood Village, CA - Hillel Pitlik, Chairman for the Third Board Inspectors of Election throws Martin and Chapman under the bus, while failing to assume any culpability when he announced yesterday that the Third Mutual elections are null and void “ due to inadvertent deletions in the ballot instructions/ candidate statements, prepared by Martin and Chapman.” Pitlink adds that “The Board and Inspectors of Election are in the process of establishing a new election and that information will be posted as soon as available. Martin and Chapman will reprint and mail the ballots at no additional cost to the Third Laguna Hills Mutual,” and that the action does not affect the United Mutual ballots or election. Or does it? Should it?

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In Laguna Woods, Who sues First? Who sues Second? Who sues Third?
Laguna Woods, CA - In mid-June, the Third Mutual board of directors filed a lawsuit against its property management company PCM with the Orange County Superior Court, “asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the Unfair Practices Act (Business & Professions Code Section 17000, et seq.) and the Elder Abuse Act, and negligence,” according to a Third Mutual press release.

Laguna Woods Raid...err. Tea Parties
Laguna Woods Village, CA: The questions most frequently asked around the community leading up to elections include:The Third Mutual lawsuit against PCM, Janet Price and Milt Johns. Are you for or against and why?? What is it going to

How to sue your homeowner association
QUESTION: I am fed up with my homeowners association and successive boards for sabotaging owner requests for records and refusing to fix maintenance problems in common areas that directly affect individual units. I believe I have no other choice than to sue the association and the boards. What are the steps I have to take?ANSWER: Suing to obtain association records and suing to force an association to fix common-area problems are different types of lawsuits. The former can typically be done in Small Claims Court. The latter must be brought in Superior Court; in such cases, consulting with an attorney to assess your chances of winning might be helpful.

Laguna Woods Third Mutual Budget Process: Now You See it, Now You Don't
Laguna Woods Village, CA: A savvy business person and a member of the community has this to say about the Laguna Woods' Third Mutual Budget Process:A number of things struck me upon watching the version 3 budget meeting for Third Board. According to John Paulus and Kathryn Freshley, the board made a great effort to keep 2011 assessments at the same level as 2010. And yet, their words are not completely accurate. Yes, the total assessment we will pay next year remains unchanged, that part is true. However, the Third Mutual part of our assessment has increased substantially. The truth lies hiding somewhere among these facts.

ObamaLand in Coto de Caza
Hello All: How nice that we now have a “Canine Corral” in Coto so that about 100 CZ Members have a place to run their dogs and crap on common ground maintained by the other 3,450 CZ Members. I guess it is a dog’s world, isn’t it. I still say that CZ should issue dog licenses in Coto to cover the cost to maintain this big dog run.

The Voice of Reason in the Asylum – Laguna Woods Village - Or Take Back this Village and Shove It!
Laguna Woods, CA – If your community’s local governance files a lawsuit against its property management company for “asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud by concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the Unfair Practices Act (Business & Professions Code Section 17000, et seq.) and the Elder Abuse Act, and negligence,” what do you do? What should you do?

Coto De Caza Subsidies Qualify as Bellisimos
Coto de Caza, CA -The CZ Master Association's population stopped growing some ten years ago and as the CZ population has aged, the total number of residents has gone down. In fact, Joe Morabito, a former member of the CZ Master Association board of directors, continues to argue for a Senior Center - The CZ Master Association is the largest homeowners associaiton in Coto de Caza.

Implications of Arizona Courts and Gated Communities
The most expensive line item in most gated communities' budget is the security budget, followed by a number of disclaimers stating something to the effect that the community is not responsible for security - In Coto de Caza the security budget for not security purposes, for example, is now close to $2 million/year when you include the ancillary items such s Keystone's involvement.

You Cant' Fight Your Homeowners association
Here's an Alabama case where a homeowner encroaches on the common area by building some steps to a lake. The HOA tells him to cease and desist. He files suit against the HOA in which he argues that the HOA was improperly formed since it never filed incorporation papers as required by the CC&Rs, and a board was formed by a group without the required quorum and with a board membership that violated the CC&Rs. Based on this, the trial court agreed and decided in favor of the homeowner. Victory? NOT!!!

Common Sense Coto de Caza Budget
FISH-BHO-Nomics do not work, FISH-COTO-Nomics don’t workIt is that time again – it is your friendly association’s budget time – this is the time when service providers such as Keystone Pacific and or landscapers determine how much more you have to pay for lousy service and your board of directors comes up with fish stories telling you to be thankful you are not paying that much more.

Breaking News: WMD Found In Coto De Caza
Coto de Caza, CA - In the August 2010 Newsletter, Xochitl Yocham, writing on behalf of the CZ Master Association consciously, unconsciously, or because of not being informed, provides misleading information anent CZ Master Association assessments: “There are two other associations behind Coto gates, Los Ranchos Estates and the Village. The residents of these two communities do not contribute monthly funds to the CZ Master Association,” she writes, “but they do pay a separate monthly assessment to maintain their own association property.” And consequently, apparently all is well – NOT

How to sue your homeowner association to get records or repairs
QUESTION: I am fed up with my homeowners association and successive boards for sabotaging owner requests for records and refusing to fix maintenance problems in common areas that directly affect individual units. I believe I have no other choice than to sue the association and the boards. What are the steps I have to take?ANSWER: Suing to obtain association records and suing to force an association to fix common-area problems are different types of lawsuits. The former can typically be done in Small Claims Court. The latter must be brought in Superior Court; in such cases, consulting with an attorney to assess your chances of winning might be helpful.The only place you are not liable for attorney's fees if you lose is in Small Claims Court, and that is probably where you should start.

Examples: FISH-BOH-NOMICS/FISH-COTO-NOMICS
Think about it: This is your brainNow, think about 5 billion plus wasted dollars while our roads and bridges are in decay.Think about the $4 Million/year CZ subsidiesAny questions? AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding IraqPosted: 31 Aug 2010 11:41 AM PDTKHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq – A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children’s hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets As the U.S. draws down in [...]

Don't Tread on Me flag- HOA calls the flag debris and said it broke neighborhood rules.
This is a solid First Amendment violation of the right to speak freely on politcal matters. Supreme Court has upheld such rights. Any deed restriction or covenant that is against public policy or is unconstitutional is invalid and unenforceable. Long held law, thank goodness! Now, you would think that the HOA attorney, Delgado. another member of the CAI law firm of Carpenter Hazlewood, would know that. Wouldn't you think so? It is interesting that the media always fails to mention this affiliation with CAI, as many of these attorneys lecture on how to live happily in an HOA. And they are supported by your local town government through the HOA Academy and Leadership Centre programs. Are the media and local supporting govenments part of the unspoken alliance of No negatives about HOAs? Seek the truth! Visit http://pvtgov.org and http://pvtgov.wordpress.com

George K. Staropoli President, Citizens for Constitutional Local Government

LETTERS

The Recalcitrant Parasitic California Law Revision Commission
LETTERS
As a past board member of a homeowner association with over 140 members, I would like to ask why you have not addressed Donie Vanitzian’s concerns. For example, her statement “the proposed law does not impose penalties on errant board members, establish a victims’ restitution fund, or require statutory warnings to new purchasers.” Our membership called for a special election and subsequently voted out 3 board members who had not been representing the desired interests of members. Instead they implemented their own agenda without consent of the membership.

The Recalcitrant Parasitic California Law Revision Commission Redux
LETTERS
It appears once again that CLRC continues to ignore valid, legitimate anti-CID communications sent to it under the writer's right to a public voice in CLRC deliberations. Ms. Vanitzian continues to be ignored -- re August 28, 2010 letter from Irene Hoffman, Vanitizian's August 12th fax to your attention, titled, THE TEMPLE OF BLAME AND THE HOA ATTORNEYS FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT.

What Part of NO does the CLRC NOT Understand?
LETTERS
THE TEMPLE OF BLAME AND THE NOT-SO-SIMPLESIMPLIFICATION OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS:IDENTITY THEFT Re: Statutory Clarification and Simplification of CID Law Table of Contents I. Misuse and Abuse of Titleholder Personal Information II. Management Companies and Boards Merely Make it Up as They Go Along III. Homeowner Association Corruption Continues Unabated Dear California Law Revision Commission:

Laguna Woods' Little Bell, or...For Whom the Laguna Woods' (Dingle) Bells Toll
The letter below ( click on link to view the original file) is in response to my comment at the 8/10/10 Board Meeting stating that we do not have control over the PCM salaries and are exposed to the same excesses as the Bell City salaries.Mr. Rubin inferred that the annual salary budget is done with a bottom-up detailed analysis and that we could not be exposed to this in LWV.I still maintain that with our limited knowledge of how PCM manages our village, what we don't know has a potential for disaster

Can you afford to keep your home?- A Petition
This CLRC project:is intended to cost homeowners more money indefinitely.prevents homeowners from protecting their personal assets.raises homeowner fees and other costs without any input from you.creates problems for homeowners where none existed before.forces homeowners to hire lawyers to accomplish otherwise simple tasks.prevents you from suing and protecting your rights immediately.is geared to take away rights of homeowners.is a sham and rewrites laws without using proper channels to do so.is a deceit perpetrated on the public under the guise of the Commission's wor

How to file a complaint against your homeowners association
If you have a complaint against your homeowners association, but government officials such as the Attorney General, the Sheriff’s Department, the Department of Real Estate or the District Attorney have told you to take a hike, the last resort is to file. This can be used as a template: See how careful the homeowner's attorney has supported his position with facts: documented events, the CC&Rs, bylaws, and state law. All of these documents must be provided to the court. Anything not submitted or said in court does not enter into the judge's decision.

Business

Rancho Santa Margarita Business Alliance Networking Event
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. - Oscar WildeRancho Santa Margarita, CA – The Rancho Santa Margarita Business Alliance (RSMBA) is hosting a networking mixer Thursday September 9th at TGI Fridays from 5:00-7:00 PM located in RSM at 22022 El Paseo.$10 Members/$15 Non-Members entry fee includes appetizers and no host bar.

Carly’s Cadre Coalesce at Crescent (not THAT crescent)
Carly is hosting a meeting characterized as a “Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Barney Frank protest” today Saturday, August 28th at 4:00 p.m.The meeting is to be held at the corner of Crescent and Stanton Avenue in Buena Park (next to Knott's Berry Farm). Carly is asking those planning to attend to bring appropriate home-made sign to “help us send a strong message to Boxer and Frank about the job they are doing in Congress.”