Like the winter follows the fall, the national population census – conducted every 10 years – leads to the redrawing of legislative districts. What that means at the city level depends on […]
Cities to tackle redistricting
More heat at council meeting?
What could be another controversy-wracked meeting of the Westminster City Council is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 10. The meeting, which will be held via teleconference/web conference only, has on the agenda some […]
Council-staff policy is approved
By Jim Tortolano The angry verbal battles within the Westminster City Council continued at Wednesday night’s meeting. It took nearly two hours of arguments and accusations, but the city council majority approved […]
End to direct mayoral election?
Voters in Westminster may get the choice of whether to trade in the current practice of direct election of the mayor in place of a rotational system in which the job is […]
Sequel meeting Wednesday
The sequel to the last contentious meeting of the Westminster City Council is on the agenda for Wednesday’s session of that body. Several items were continued from the Oct. 13 meeting which […]
It’s the Battle of Liberty Park
The finger-pointing and insult-hurling among members of the Westminster City Council has long been confined to personal animosities, political rivalries and – sometimes – legitimate differences of opinion. But now, information has […]
A pair of investigations are ordered by the city council
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 […]
Wider driveways win vote
An ordinance allowing the widening of driveways by five feet at houses with an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit was approved by the Westminster City Council Wednesday night. The […]
Controversy likely at council
The sometimes uncivil “civil war” on the Westminster City Council may resume on Wednesday as the agenda contains several items touching on what have been sore points in the past. Among the […]
The censuring of Mayor Ta and Vice Mayor Nguyen advances
By Jim Tortolano The sharp divisions within the Westminster City Council were underlined at Wednesday’s meeting as members clashed angrily and loudly over the censure of two members of the council and […]
