 Compare Municipalities Side By Side
Written by John M.W. Moorlach and Fred Smoller
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September 3, 2010 |
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Moorlach is 2nd District Orange County supervisor; Smoller is director of Brandman University's Master's in Public Administration program
Legislation proposed by state Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, which would have required cities and local government agencies to post salaries on their websites and file them with the state Controller's Office, failed to win approval in the Legislature's hectic final hours this week.
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 It Could Be Worse: County Clerk Arrested For Embezzlement Of $890,000
Written by Louis Dettorre
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September 3, 2010 |
 Former Jackson County, Miss. Clerk Ginger Lynn Lashley was arrested Tuesday at her home on eight counts of felony embezzlement, according to the Sun Herald.
Lashley, 50, allegedly stole $890,000 from Jackson County over a nine-year period.
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Staff Report Of The Week: Waiver Of Reading Of Ordinances and Resolutions
Written by Louis Dettorre
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September 3, 2010 |
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The City Council of Oceanside approved a policy requested by City Manager Peter Weiss to waive reading the full text of ordinances and the full text and title of resolutions. (Full staff report here)
Weiss and his staff recommend the City Council approve the waiving of reading the text of all ordinances and the text and title of all resolutions.
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 Desalination In Surf City: Will Reason And Sound Science Prevail?
Written by Matthew Cunningham, Red County
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September 3, 2010 |
For more, visit Red County
In a state facing as many challenges as California, one has bedeviled us even longer than chronic budget deficits. For decades, in times of both prosperity and recession, we have grappled with the problem of securing enough water.
While the drought was ended this year by heavier-than-usual rainfall, drought will continue to be a recurring reality in Southern California. We tend to forget that we live in a desert and the way of life we enjoy is due to the foresight of our civic forebears who built the great water projects that irrigate this desert.
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 Spotlight On Entrepreneurs
Written by James Spencer
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September 2, 2010 |
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Entrepreneur always seemed like a funny word. Just say it in your head.
People often claim to be an entrepreneur. Many like to tell other people that they are entrepreneurs - "you seem like one heck of an entrepreneur!" one might say at a fancy dinner, a softball game or at the local lemonade stand.
By and large though, we all tend to forget to recognize what these business people who operate as their own business do for our financial system.
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Thursday's Winner: PublicCEO Trivia Question of the Day
Written by James Spencer
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September 2, 2010 |
PublicCEO Trivia Question of the Day
A winner is randomly selected each weekday from all the correct answers received between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m and will receive a Starbucks gift card. The questions are announced each morning in the PublicCEO email newsletter (subscribe here).
Congratulations to Thursday's winner, Michael J. Marando, Deputy Director of Public Affairs, California DMV, who correctly answered that David Liebler is the Director of Public Affairs and Member Services for the California State Association of Counties.
Of the many who answered correctly, our winner was selected at random with the assistance of Random Number Service, random.org.
To view tomorrow's question, sign up for the PublicCEO morning e-mails here.
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 The Great Electricity Disconnect
Written by Patrick Dorinson
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September 2, 2010 |
 For years, the California Legislature, Governor Schwarzenegger and environmentalists have been pushing for California's investor-owned utilities to get more of the power they generate and sell to their customers from renewable energy such as wind, solar and biomass.
On paper, the efforts have produced great fanfare in the media but on the ground they are falling short.
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 City Manager Attacked By Pit Bulls
Written by PublicCEO
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September 2, 2010 |
Stockton City Manager Bob Deis was attacked by a pair of loose pit bulls on Wednesday morning while walking his dog through his neighborhood, according to the Stockton Record.
The attack occurred around 6:30 a.m. when the pit bulls went to attack Deis' Golden Retreiver puppy and, when Deis went to fight them off, was bit. Both Deis and his 5-month old retriever were treated for bite wounds.
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