“An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind.” – Attributed to Mohandas Gandhi. “An eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth would lead to a world of the blind and the toothless.” – […]
A closer look at the eye-for-an-eye
Could Anaheim and Mickey get divorced?
The Nov. 6 general election will be of special interest to residents of Anaheim and Garden Grove. And how. How? The Anaheim City Council voted 4-3 late Tuesday night to place on […]
From gay bars to gay rights on GG Blvd.
The resolution passed by the Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday night declaring June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month marked a kind of milestone in the history of […]
As Mickey flirts with Garden Grove …
Forgive me while I daydream for a bit …. Disney, finally dissatisfied with Anaheim’s newfound resistance to being a company town, decides to aim the expansion of its expanding resort plans down […]
Festival, fire service and SteelCraft
The 60th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival saluted the event’s history, but made some history of its own. According to Scott Weimer, president of the Strawberry Festival Association, the four-day event had […]
Memorial Day is more than just a party
Monday is Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor the memory of American men and women who died while serving in our nation’s military. It was first called Decoration Day with […]
Retorts: Love among the game booths
Garden Grove owes a lot to the Strawberry Festival. I owe it my wife. The 60th annual event, to be held for four days over this Memorial Day weekend at the Village […]
The shape of things to come … maybe
Development, for good or bad, is one of the things that affects people the most in an urban/suburban environment. Construction of a new shopping center, housing project, restaurant, etc. can influence things […]
Retorts: Skating on the edge of theater
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a “sport” called roller derby. The illegitimate cousin of professional “wrestling,” this cheesy enterprise was broadcast on Channel 13 and involved a bunch […]
Retorts: Many great GG neighborhoods
No good deed goes unpunished. That’s clear from this week’s reaction to Garden Grove City Councilman (and mayor pro tem) Kris Beard’s latest initiative. He wrote a proposed resolution to declare that […]
