By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune What’s likely to be a contentious – and lengthy – meeting of the Westminster City Council meeting is set for Wednesday. The council will be tackling two […]
Sales tax, Quang Tri on agenda
Council can’t agree on Quang Tri
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The matter of where the controversial proposed Quang Tri monument should be located hit another roadblock Wednesday night as the Westminster City Council was unable to reach […]
Zodys went out of fashion
The Sprouts Farmers Market which recently opened on Chapman Avenue in Garden Grove is welcome, especially as it replaced the long-empty Vons Pavilion store. Long-timers will recall that the Pavilion building was […]
Quang Tri back on the agenda
The long-running drama over the Quang Tri monument returns on Wednesday, July 27 when the Westminster City Council takes up the matter of its location. At the last council meeting – after […]
Monument design accepted, but no decision on location made
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The battle at Quang Tri in South Vietnam in 1972 continues to be echoed in 2022 by a contentious struggle over the controversial monument intended to honor […]
Pot, STRs, monument on agenda
Cannabis, short-term rentals and the Quang Tri Monument top the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. The council will hear a report from staff on commercial cannabis regulations in […]
Cordon is new city manager
Christine Cordon, the one-time city clerk, has been hired as the new city manager of Westminster. The council voted 5-0 on Wednesday to remove the word “interim” from her title. A formal […]
Quang Tri before council again
Once again, the Westminster City Council will wrestle with issues surrounding the controversial proposed Quang Tri Monument. Under consideration is the recommendation by the Quang Tri Monument Committee for the depiction and […]
Deadline extended for Quang Tri
By Carolina Valencia/Orange County Tribune Facing a heavy agenda Wednesday night, the Westminster City Council took on the fate of the controversial Quang Tri Monument, retooled its program to deal with homelessness […]
Quang Tri monument advances
The Westminster City Council voted narrowly Wednesday afternoon to approve the “design and depiction” of the controversial Quang Tri monument, with two members – Mayor Tri Ta and Councilmember Chi Charlie Nguyen […]
