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This weekend Irvine residents received a letter* from Irvine Planning Commissioners Anthony Kuo and Greg Smith urging support for the Great Park plan that comes before the City Council on Tuesday, November 26 at their 4pm meeting at City Hall. Specifically, the letter tells residents to call […]

Published: Nov. 23, 2013 Updated: Nov. 24, 2013 5:09 p.m. Whiting: Great Park CEO says go By DAVID WHITING / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER In the messy, never-ending wasteful wars over the Great Park, it’s time for the politicians to listen to the experts. After nearly six years of […]

More than 25 Irvine residents and sports leaders sent a hand-delivered letter to Mayor Pro Tem Lalloway yesterday.  The letter urges Lalloway to get the deal done next week. Letter: “On an important detailed note, we support your positions that the city: 1) not take on the risk […]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/irvine-537765-park-sports.html ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Published: Nov. 19, 2013 Updated: 2:06 p.m. Change is long overdue  BY DICK OWENS / GUEST COLUMNIST I voted for Jeff Lalloway because he said he would bring change to the stagnation of the Great Park. He said once he got into office he […]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/irvine-537766-sports-city.html ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Published: Nov. 19, 2013 Updated: 2:05 p.m. It’s time for endless athletic possibilities  BY MIKE FILIA / GUEST COLUMN My family moved to Irvine in 1978. I am proud of the parks our kids play in. The sports fields are immaculate. We’ve all read […]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/deal-537483-fivepoint-business.html My little tirade last week about the Irvine City Council meeting focused on the debacle that was the eight-hour, no-decision meeting itself and not the Great Park deal in the works. That column had been welling up inside of me for 30 years – the lack […]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/council-536849-city-historic.html Mickadeit: Show respect for public’s time By FRANK MICKADEIT 2013-11-13 20:19:09 “A historic night,” Irvine Mayor Steven Choi called it when on Tuesday the City Council began taking up the matter that had drawn hundreds to City Hall. Historic night turned into a historic morning before it was finally […]

Last night was a huge disappointment for our committee and for the 2,000 residents who attended the City Council meeting in hopes of witnessing a historic vote to finally build the Great Park…without taxpayer money.  Unfortunately, Mayor Pro Tem Lalloway chose to vote against the deal. When […]

Published: Nov. 8, 2013 Updated: 2:52 p.m. Editorial: No reason not to dig in on Great Park Newly raised objections to latest development plan too little, too late to halt progress. ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER When we last left the Great Park, we hailed the unanimous Irvine City […]