9 matches for 'orange county fairgrounds'

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  A Message from Assembly Candidate Melissa Fox… on the Fairgrounds Sale

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:17pm EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 3
  Melissa Fox for Assembly What’s Wrong in Sacramento The sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds is a perfect example of what’s wrong in Sacramento. It was a deal done in the dead of night, with no public hearings and no public input. Instead, lobbyists and wealthy powerbrokers pushed the sale through with [...]

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  Supes support Solorio’s fairgrounds proposal

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:19am EST by Jennifer Muir

  Number of comments: 2
  

  Orange County Supervisors this morning unanimously expressed support for Assemblyman Jose Solorio’s bill to block the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds.

  Solorio, D-Santa Ana, proposed Assembly Bill 1590 last week, saying the process for carrying out the sale has been tainted with “misinformation and misrepresentations, conflicts of interests, questionable [...]

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  EMERGENCY – Four Faxes to save the Fairgrounds!

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:40am EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 3
  Okay, please pay attention.  It’s make or break time for saving the Orange County Fairgrounds, and it all depends on what YOU do today and tomorrow.  Katrina Foley and her contingent just returned from Sacramento, and the Fairgrounds could be saved THIS WEEK if we all move fast. Remember José Solorio’s [...]
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  ¡Qué Viva Solorio! (the Derailment advances…)

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:49am EST by Vern Nelson

  Last (Tuesday) night, when I already thought I had some big news to share about the struggle to Derail the Sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds, Katrina Foley sent a striking and classic message from her I-Phone:  “Everything is moving fast.  Don’t blink.” And sure enough, the day after Senator [...]

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  Solorio asks governor to stop sale of fairgrounds

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:51pm EST by Tony Saavedra, Register investigative reporter

  Number of comments: 7
  

  Assemblyman Jose Solorio today introduced a bill to block the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds, saying efforts to sell the property have been clouded by “conflicts of interest” as well as other problems.

  Solorio, D-Santa Ana, also wrote a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger asking him to halt the sale [...]

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  Supes to governor: Scrap the fairgrounds sale

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:20am EST by Jennifer Muir

  Number of comments: 10
  

  The Orange County supervisors voted unanimously this morning to urge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to block the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds.

  The city of Costa Mesa last week agreed to ask the governor to scrap the sale, and advocates call today’s move a critical step toward preserving the fairgrounds. The county’s [...]

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  Supes could support scrapping fairground sale

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:02am EST by Jennifer Muir

  Number of comments: 3
  

  Orange County Supervisors on Tuesday will consider whether to ask Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger not to sell the Orange County Fairgrounds.

  The city of Costa Mesa last week approved asking the governor to scrap the sale. And if it passes, the county’s resolution will ask other Orange County cities to [...]

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  Costa Mesa Opposing Sale of OC Fairgrounds

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:21pm EST by Korinke

  Costa Mesa, home to the Orange County Fairgrounds, isn't so keen on the Governor's idea of selling that property, and has made a formal request to halt the sale. The council is also considering a ballot measure to require the property remain a fairgrounds -- regardless of ownership.

  The [...]

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  Call these numbers NOW to stop the sale of our Fair!

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:04am EST by Vern Nelson

  Number of comments: 11
  Katrina says it’s important for each of us to contact ALL the Orange County legislators and ask them to unite in opposition to the needless and underhanded sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds – assembly leadership has told us that the sale can be easily reversed if the OC delegation leads [...]