By Jim Tortolano Investigations into allegations by Councilmember Kimberly Ho about the hiring of a former city council member as a consultant and the 2016 sale of a portion of a city […]
A pair of investigations are ordered by the city council
Youssef served city for 32 years
Note to readers: Here is the statement from the City of Westminster on the change in city management. City Manager Marwan N. Youssef has announced his retirement after 32 years serving the […]
Local recalls starting to fall
We said in a recent version of “Usually Reliable Sources” that recalling elected officials can be a heavy lift and at the local level, that’s turning out to be true. In Huntington […]
Youssef retires; Cordon steps in
Westminster will have its fourth city manager in a year and a half after Marwan Youssef announced his retirement at a special meeting of the city council on Monday. His retirement will […]
Special council mtg. Monday
A special meeting of the Westminster City Council has been called for Monday with an evaluation of the city manager in the closed session, and modification of the compensation plan for the […]
Special meeting on city manager
A special meeting of the Westminster City Council has been called for Wednesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. for the purposes of evaluating the performance of City Manager Marwan Youssef and getting […]
Whole new path across town
The Tribune reported recently about the Orange County Transportation Authority’s plan to extend the existing Medal of Honor Garden Grove Bike/Pedestrian Path along the old Pacific Electric right-of-way to link up with […]
And leadership deficits, too …
For reasons both mysterious and explainable, the City of Westminster has been in various degrees of municipal agony over the past two decades. The causes are multiple – the end of redevelopment, […]
Big budget deficits are looming
A wave of red ink is projected to hit Westminster within two years, the city council was told at another long meeting Wednesday night. Eventually, the council approved – on a 5-0 […]
Lobby deal’s impact on agenda
The ripples from a controversial decision by the city manager to hire a former city council member as a lobbyist will be on display at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. […]
