The transformation of the Willowick Golf Course from an affordable set of links into a huge moneymaker was always a little like drawing to an inside straight in poker. Possible, but not […]
Was Willowick a bad bet?
Getting a hold on city’s future
The Open Streets event held on the streets of Garden Grove’s civic center-downtown core on April 2 is touted as something of a big success. According to the city, a crowd of […]
A welcome to our Little Kyiv
“Here is the hospitality which forever indicates heroes.” – Walt Whitman Our cities here in Orange County have sometimes been imagined as strongholds of white middle class folks, as homogenized as Wonder […]
From city hall to state Capitol?
Election season is slowly creeping up on us. There’s a statewide primary election coming on June 7 and a bunch of familiar names are showing up in signs on street corners as […]
Retorts: The clock is running out
The last time an Orange County city tried something this reckless, it was almost never heard from again. Back in 1911 the residents of a community then called Benedict incorporated as the […]
Vlad’s mystical “superpower”
What’s your superpower? I mean, short of being a strange visitor from another planet or coming in possession of a magic ring, hammer or sword, what would give you powers and abilities […]
A gem in your own back yard
The situation at Westminster City Hall is as fractious as it’s been in decades. City staff has been gutted by financial problems and political battles on the city council, recall campaigns are […]
The grass is green here, too…
Don’t leave! This is the time of year, it seems, when a lot of leaders in our communities are moving on to – or at least trying to – what I call […]
The shape of things to come
Last month The Tribune did an interview with Lisa Kim, Garden Grove’s director of community and economic development (and assistant city manager) for our semi-annual update on new businesses planned (or under […]
Retorts: Speak softly, or don’t
There’s only a short time until the end of the year, so it’s time for a short column with some short quotes about the issues of the day. Coronavirus “When you wrestle […]
