Its only a matter of time.......

Someday Orange County will have a similar problem that happened at Denver International Airport where a jet skidded off the runway. Ironically it was a Continental Airlines jet, where Chris Cox's wife Rebecca Cox works as an executive. What we have here is one spouse who is an airport obstructer and a failed Wall Street regulator, while the other works for the airline industry. That is about as strange of a relationship as James Carville being married to Mary Matalin.

Fortunately, there were no fatalities in Denver. While it is terrible that some people were injured during the holiday season, at least they are still alive. It helped that Denver has long runways and large amount of open space in the surrounding area.....kind of like what we have right here in Orange County with the now idle El Toro International Airport.

Instead we are only using John Wayne with its dinky 5700 foot runway on a mere 500 acres. It is only a matter of time before a jets rolls off the runway onto the Corona Del Mar Freeway and explodes into a fireball and there are few if any survivors.
While some nasty NIMBYs would find it amusing for an explosion to hit Newport Beach, will they find it so amusing if at least half the victims on that jet are their fellow South County NIMBYs? So you NIMBYs out there you really should rethink your irrational opposition to El Toro. After all, the life you save someday may be your own!

The fact is John Wayne is really just a blivet, a World War II military term which means "cramming ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag".
What we have here folks is a tiny airport with nearly 1,000 daily operations with turboprops, jets, and small planes crammed into one setting.

Since I do live in Newport Beach, I will surely be accused of wanting "to shift the noise 7 miles down the road". Blah blah blah! I got news for you, there was already noise from much louder military jets to begin with. What did the South County denizens think they were moving near? A monastery? Also, I am near the Balboa Beach area so the jets at worst are mostly white noise in my area, so noise is hardly an issue to me and I have no need to move it.

I support El Toro because it would be a job creator and an economic catalyst for Orange County. Also, corporate jets with business executives whose time is precious should not be competing for airport space and air space with the traveling masses.

Small charter jets are suitable for John Wayne and commercial jets belong at the much larger El Toro. There are private golf courses for the select few and there are public courses for everyone else. That is how John Wayne and El Toro should work.

I also grow tired of the bitter hateful class warfare NIMBYs from South County who want John Wayne expanded, even though they supposedly grounded El Toro. If they had actually won, why do they keep fighting?

They never did care about the great pork. They just want to expand John Wayne so that can condemn Newport Beach homes and wipe us off the map. We are like Israel where we have hostile neighbors who want to push us into the sea. One can either spend their life being a jealous hater or one can spend their life pursuing success and bettering their financial status.

If these irrational NIMBYs actually made an objective cost analysis between using the existing 3700 acres and already built and paid for aviation infrastructure at El Toro versus sinking 4.5 billion (in 1998 dollars) to double the size of John Wayne, they would see El Toro is a no brainer economically and capacity wise. The great news is Los Angeles World Airports would foot the bill for El Toro conversion. Unlike John Wayne expansion this does not put O.C. taxpayers at risk. Let's show Los Angeles our support and finally move into the 21st century.

El Toro NIMBYs Gored at Ballotbox!

North County has Montezuma's Revenge, but South County suffers from Eltoro's Revenge! By not re-opening El Toro International Airport for business, this has put a curse on the NIMBYs. They have fewer job opportunities, fewer destinations, higher fares, and farther drives to catch a flight. Due to their irrational hatred and class envy of Newport Beach spread by Irvine socialists, they incessantly bang the drum for John Wayne 24/7. However, I got news for them, John Wayne only has a mere 500 acres and contains no room for expansion. It will never be nothing more than a dinky airport incapable of helping Orange County realize its true potential.

Other curses for keeping El Toro closed include very bad luck at the ballot box for the loud mouth NIMBY politicians who seek re-election or aspire for higher office. We now present an analysis of different races. Yes, this is more than a month after the most recent election. However, some races were very close and not certified until very recently.

Propositions:

Prop 1A - unfortunately it barely passed.
However, Orange County will be the very LAST area to get any stations built.
High Speed Rail is NOT a substitute for El Toro! Orange County passengers will still have to battle thick traffic to drive out of county to catch planes or trains.

Prop 8 - COWAN COWED!
Payback to Costa Mesa turncoat Libby Cowan!
Revenge is a dish best served cold!

Prop 10 - DEFEATED!
No bond money for Irvine! There will only be greater pressure upon Irvine taxpayers to finance Larry Agran's Great Pork! Surely bankruptcy will follow, where only an airport ran by L.A. can save the city.

Candidates:

Congress 46th District: - DEBBIE DOES DEFEAT!

This race featured staunch conservative and unwavering El Toro supporter Dana Rohrabacher defending his seat against the ultra-radical leftist Huntington Beach mayor and Measure W sponsor Debbie Cook. There are no other candidates out there with such stark contrasts. Since Obamamania swept the country, this was the Dems best and only chance to pull an upset in Orange County and take a congressional seat.

However, there was one major problem for Mrs. Debbie Cook. She wanted to represent Costa Mesa and Santa Ana Heights which overwhelmingly voted NO on Measure W! We Newport Mesa residents grow tired of hearing from the whiny class warfare activists from South County who want to shove Newport Mesa into the sea. Mrs. Cook chose to align herself with people who ruthlessly and bitterly hate our region. As a Newport Beach resident, I could not pull the lever for Dana and against Debbie. But I am quite pleased with her defeat.

The entire 46th district voted against Larry Agran's Great Pork scam. Besides being too liberal for the district, Cook's views on El Toro were clearly out of the mainstream. She will NEVER even get elected to so much as dogcatcher as long as her would be district includes any sizable portion of Newport Mesa.

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 12 - MARSH MASHED!

Though Kermit Marsh was the more conservative judicial candidate, we are pleased to see him soundly defeated. He reportedly urged the OCRAA (Orange County Regional Airport Authority) to disband right after the misleading and fraudulent Measure W vote passed by a narrow margin in a low turnout election. The South County-appeasing surrender monkey gets crushed at the ballot box anyways!

COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 3
-RUIZ RUINED!

Larry Agran pal and fellow con artist could not even muster 37% of the vote to retain his trustee seat. It is rare when a trustee is so soundly defeated. However, Mr. Ruiz had it coming as his name regularly appeared on the anti El Toro propaganda trash spewing from Irvine that ended up in people's mailboxes. Like Debbie Cook, Armando Ruiz was also shown some payback for being such an anti El Toro puppet in an overwhelmingly pro El Toro district!

Fountain Valley - GUS GUTTED!

Incumbent Gus Ayer failed to retain his city council seat and in fact finished dead last! He was overconfident of re-election and instead spent his time working on fellow socialist Debbie Cook's failed congressional campaign. Looks like Mr. Ayer forgot to mind the store and got robbed of his own seat.

On the conservative OC Blog, Mr. Ayer was exposed as being too liberal for conservative Fountain Valley. In addition, Ayer was a Great Pork lackey. Fountain Valley voted 60-40 not to support Agran's Abomination. So Ayer was clearly out of step with his constituents and they showed him the door.

The People's republic of Irvine -
Ship of fools retained by gullible sheep!

We endorsed the Larry Agran slate and sure enough the loony Irvine voters retained them despite massive cost overruns and rampant mismanagement with the Great Pork. You see folks, when a city is so thoroughly infested with socialists and gay pride activists they do not care about what their leaders do! The lemmings so blindly tow the party line. Its only a matter of time before Irvine has a municipal bankruptcy and Los Angeles takes over El Toro!

CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH - Cheryl Shredded!

Strident anti El Toro NIMBY and ETRPA (El Toro Reuse Planning Authority) board member Cheryl Kinsman finishes dead last! Perhaps the voters of Laguna Beach have woken up and seen that they have been fleeced by the city of Irvine. Kinsman convinced the Lagunaites to finance Irvine's frivolous El Toro fight and all Laguna Beach residents got for it was a lame 27 acre park way over budget that puts taxpayers at risk. Unlike Irvine voters, they can actually see they have been hoodwinked by the Agranistas!

CITY OF LOS ALAMITOS - Parker Punked!

Ken Parker failed to retain his city council seat. He is listed as a Great Pork lackey by the Great Pork board. This did not go over terribly well in a city that voted 2-1 against Measure W. Plus the citizens of Los Alamitos are tired of hearing from self serving South County NIMBYs asking for the military to be kicked out of the reserve air base so that they can have cheap flights. At El Toro, the military is already gone. Use that place for cheap flights instead! That's a no brainer!

CITY OF TUSTIN - Jeffrey Jinxed!

Jeffrey Thompson failed to retain his council seat. That is because his name appeared on anti El Toro propaganda hit pieces spewing from Irvine. This especially does not play too well in a city where John Wayne flights go over.

Yes Tustin foolishly voted for Measure W. But at the time, they actually thought they would get a world class park and had no idea that South County NIMBYs would clamor for revenge with JWA 24/7, as opposed to simply being happy El Toro has been grounded.

You see folks, The Nasty Neurotic NIMBYs will never truly be happy until they can use JWA as a way to launch class warfare against Newport Beach. The angry left does not care about a world class park or about innocent bystanders from their scorched earth policy, they want revenge, and they want it now! The vitriolic mean spirited postings from the class warfare warriors on this site proves it!

MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY Director, Division 7 -
Whipple Whipped!

Former Laguna Niguel councilman and anti El Toro NIMBY Mike Whipple was defeated in his quest to become a waterboy! Oh what a shame! All that money and all those hours spent in futility railing against the twice approved El Toro International Airport and his fellow NIMBYs showed him no love at the ballot box. Perhaps, they have woken up and saw that he was just a lackey for the Agranistas and did not have their best interests in mind.

Irvine Panhandling for Great Pork Dollars

Out of desperation The City of Irvine is now paying some firm to do research on how to get grants for The Great Pork. The kind of "grants" they have in mind include how much they can steal from the taxpayers. It will only be a matter of time before Irvine gets in line for federal bailout money.

Here is some FREE advice for park funding. (No need to pay my firm half a million.) Irvine should simply contact the folks at Los Angeles World Airport Authority and offer to lease 2300 acres of El Toro for $2 billion. That is exactly what LAWA offered the Navy for El Toro back in 2003. This mutually beneficial arrangement would help pay for the park without soaking the taxpayers. Airport revenues would provide park financing, not to mention low fares, and thousands of jobs.

Besides Irvine begging for park money, the County Supes also find they do not have enough revenue to finance their own parks. Most especially agitated over this was RINO and union lackey Bill Campbell.

Mr. Campbell here are some suggestions. First, lay off all those donuts and pass on the cost savings on to your district. Next, change your myopic stance on El Toro and vote to re-open it so that the county can have low fares, jobs, and convenience.

What's stopping the possibility of re-opening El Toro? For some NIMBYs and politicians they just cannot bring themselves to admitting they were wrong about the airport. That is OK, they were ignorant and did not know any better. That is why we are here to enlighten people and show them the truth about El Toro. Once they know the truth, it will set them free.

El Toro would relieve overcrowding!

Thanksgiving Break is upon us and with falling air fares and lower fuel prices, demand for air travel is surging. That is why we need El Toro International Airport re-opened more than ever.

For those with lots of time on their hands and looking to save a buck, they will make the trecherous trip to LAX for lower fares and greater choices. Ironically, those in South County making the trek will at least have the silly Great Pork balloon to stare at while they idle in traffic on interstate 5.

But this would not be necessary if we simply re-opened El Toro International Airport for business. Sitting on 4700 acres and twice the size of LAX or ten times the size of dinky John Wayne, it has served the U.S. government quite nicely for nearly 60 years, and it could serve Orange County quite nicely for eternity. The airport infrastructure is already there as we the taxpayers paid for it!

South County NIMBYs who already got deeply discounted housing due to being near the airbase to begin with, are now likely freeloading off the generous unemployment extension the federal government just handed out last week. They do not have a job, nor any incentive to go get one, but they sure do have lots of spare time to go travel frivolously. It sure must be nice to live on the Dole!

The freeloading NIMBYs whose time is not really all that valuable clearly have no issue with fighting traffic to LAX and waiting in long lines. But for those of us who do create wealth and pay taxes, our time is quite valuable indeed! A loss of our valuable time cuts into production of goods and services.

The Orange County business community deserves a world class international airport that is convenient to our needs. We are the ones that hire people, and pay taxes, and ironically the high unemployment insurance rates, which enables the freeloading NIMBYs of South County to have lots of free time and free money to goof off and travel.

Airports are not just for leisurely travel, they are also important economic engines that serve the business community, which drives the economy. NIMBYism and socialism will surely kill the golden goose! You see folks we are now starting to get a taste of what it will be like to have Democrats in charge with unrestrained power!

Leftist Protestors Invade Newport Beach!

These left winged protesters are soiling my fine city with their incessant carping for some imaginary slight. The gays already have civil unions. So that is plenty of rights.

Gayness belongs in places like Irvine and Laguna which embrace that lifestyle thanks to Larry Agran pushing the gay rights agenda. Go have a gay pride parade in those deviant cities for all I care. But please keep your protests out of my fine conservative city where we have traditional values. When the gay activists throw their lifestyle in people's faces like this protest for example, that only causes resentment and that is why Prop 8 passed.

I would have loved to have seen turncoat Libby Cowan's face after it passed! Payback is sweet!


If one looks at the map, they will see that the exception of Costa Mesa, the cities in Orange County that opposed proposition 8 are home to some of the most rabid NIMBYs of South County. This is the result of unmitigated Larry Agran led brainwashing over the past 20 years. It will only spread to the rest of South County in a matter of time.

So let me get this straight; the South County denizens think an airport which would provide low fares and plentiful jobs is somehow very bad. Yet, having a park where they can put their alternative lifestyle on display is a fine idea. Not only is our country headed in the wrong direction, so is our once fine county.

Chances are the California Supreme Court judges will overturn proposition 8 on grounds of it being "unconstitutional." Fine, just keep the gay agenda out of my conservative city and in Irvine and Laguna where it belongs.

While the judges are at it, they should overturn Measure W, which is truly misleading and deceptive. The gullible voters were promised a large tax free park at El Toro. Instead all we have after 6 1/2 years is a mere 27 acres with a price tag of 1.6 billion dollars, some of which is expected to come from the public trough. The park has failed miserably and should be scrapped.

El Toro = Orange County's 911

It is mid-November and we have fires in Orange County that are out of control. I dread to imagine what summer will be like. In the center of Orange County sits the idle El Toro International Airport or that incredibly sorry excuse for an attempt at a park by Larry Agran.

El Toro International Airport is a 10 billion dollar asset that OUR tax dollars paid for! El Toro has TWO 10,000 foot runways and TWO 8,000 foot runways that easily handle the largest firefighting aircraft around. Sorry Newport Haters but this cannot be said about John Wayne Airport with its mere 5700 foot runway.

In addition, El Toro provides close proximity to the ocean where aerial tankers would have an infinite supply of water. Instead, the NIMBY brain trust of South County would likely recommend we use March Air Force Base and suck Lake Elsinore and Lake Matthews dry. Oh yeah, like dried up lakes would not add to the drought and create a future fire hazard. Please!

In the meantime, to allow El Toro sit idle during an emergency like wildfires is absolutely unacceptable. Most NIMBYs in South County could probably care less that their neighbors in North County like Yorba Linda and Anaheim Hills are getting the brunt of the wildfire damage and the dirty air. However, I got news for them. The fire is now in their backyard! It is just east of San Juan Capistrano in Ortega Highway. Let's see if their NIMBYism trumps their sense of self preservation on this one.

There are no good excuses not to use El Toro to fight fires. Someday the home you save from a fire may be your own!

Irvine World News Readers Are Horrified!

Oh boy is this GREAT!!!!!

Here is the opinion page of Saturday's edition of the Irvine World News.

FROM THE WEB FILES

READERS ASK WHY RACE IS NEWS
Sukhee Kang on Tuesday was elected the city’s first Korean-American mayor. Kang’s mayoral win reflects the growing political power of the city’s Asian-American population, four years after he and Steven Choi became the first Korean-Americans elected to the council. Choi, the third-place finisher, will serve the two years left on Kang’s council seat.

Readers said:

TAXPAYER1 WROTE: Is his race really that important? Shouldn’t this story focus on his policies and plans for the future of all citizens of Irvine? This is why race remains such a divisive issue, because people won’t stop obsessing over it. In today’s world, a person’s race should not be any more important than their height, their weight, their hair color or their eye color. Can you imaging how stupid the headline would sound if it read “first tall mayor” or “first obese mayor” or “first brownhaired mayor.” Think about it.

BEACHLOVER WROTE: Choi said, “Luckily the citizens were not fooled.” Ha! The citizens were either fooled or are fools. Why would anyone with half a brain elect the Agran gang? Stupid is as stupid does. Irvine gets what they deserve. With the Agran gang in charge, Irvine may have to open up El Toro as an airport to keep from going bankrupt.

BTINIRVINE WROTE: I grew up back east in a neighborhood where people came to America from Italy, Germany, China, Poland, Africa, Armenia and Russia. We were all Americans, not “hyphenated Americans”. I guess this is what diversity and political correctness gets us. Sure wish we’d cling more to common sense and unity, but I guess those days are gone.

READERS QUESTION VOTERS
Voters on Tuesday backed park leaders’ decisions to keep the Great Park directly under the city’s control, despite criticism from some current and former park leaders that the board has spent too much money on temporary facilities, glossy mailers and no bid-contracts and not enough on key infrastructure. Instead, the voters backed the park vision set forth by Great Park Chairman Larry Agran and the majority of the current park board, who contend that the project is on time and on budget.
The measure’s approval also dealt a setback to council and Great Park board members Christina Shea and Steven Choi, who are pushing for an independent Great Park Corporation that they claim would create a firewall between park and city finances.

Readers said:

BEACHLOVER WROTE: The pro El Toro airport crowd is cheering the voters of Irvine, apathetic and ignorant, all. Larry and his gang will bankrupt the city and Irvine will be forced to open the airport to pay it’s bills. Irvine is a ship of fools.

STEPHANIES WROTE: Measure R = blank check from the general fund and Irvine residents’ taxes to Larry Agran. Measure S = the way to hide the money taken by Larry Agran. Irvine residents who clearly do not care about their city = any election in the past 10 years. I am sure the Newport Beach residents are loving this!
(Editors note: We are indeed loving this! Keep it up Irvine Voters!)

IRVINETAXPAYER WROTE: Hey thanks to the Agran crew, after four years, we got a “beautiful” balloon to be proud of. So, do we call it a “Great” Balloon too? As for the park’s progress, I like how the conceptual drawings are purely conceptual. How many millions have been spent so far? Way to go fellow Irvine residents. Maybe next year, they’ll add “Great” pony rides.

Thank You Irvine Voters!

I am in stitches with laughter. I was seriously very worried with such an anti-incumbent environment that Larry Agran's political career was doomed. I figured Irvine voters would finally wise up to the corruption with the Great Pork and vote in some new blood. But that did not happen. The city council will retain the same Agran slate 3-2 majority and the same infighting will continue, much to our amusement! It appears our endorsements are indeed influential and carried some weight.

As long as Agran remains in power, the Great Pork will continue to be over budget and have problem after problem. Also, with the passage of Measure R, The Irvine general fund can and will be raided to attempt to pay for this $1.6 billion dollar boondoggle.

I cannot think of any other instance where some city spent this kind of money on a park, especially during an economic recession. The exception for financing multi billion dollar playing fields would be for professional sports stadiums, which typically bring in revenue and tourism dollars.

Just give it some time and Irvine will be declaring bankruptcy. We can hardly wait! Then L.A. or some private airport investors can buy the El Toro property for next to nothing and re-open El Toro International Airport.

Last but not least, Proposition 10 was soundly defeated and there will not be $25 million coming into Irvine from the state. Without that anticipated revenue stream, funding the Great Pork has become all the more difficult.

Help us Irvine Voters. You are our only hope!

Please Re-elect Darth Agran's slate and Vote Yes on Measure R.

Now my Conservative Republican friends will think I must have been poisoned from drinking TCE water in Irvine for this rather uncharacteristic endorsement on my part. Remember folks, I am endorsing Agran for IRVINE, no where else.

On the other hand, I would NEVER think of supporting a socialist deviant like Larry Agran as my representative in a million years. Were he to take office in Newport Beach, he would surely kill the business community with over taxation and over regulation!

Besides inflicting his economically challenged thinking upon us, he would probably try to ram though a gay boat parade in Newport Harbor. After all he has promoted the gay agenda in Irvine. He was defeated in the 1990s for this when Irvine was actually a respectable conservative community.

Since Agran's political comeback from the dead, Irvine has devolved into a bunch of nihilistic NIMBY class warfare socialists. Agran's left winged agenda has successfully been spread throughout South County as some kids were recently demonstrating in the streets of Mission Viejo for gay marriage!

The upside of having Larry Agran in power is the Great Pork has been an utter failure! The runways are 99% intact. The Great Park has blown through millions of dollars and all they have are lots of pretty brochures, and an impotent balloon that cannot rise half the time due to safety issues. There is not even any running water or electricity. Even shanties in third world countries have higher standards than the Great Pork.

Thanks to the Agran's slate mismanagement of the Great Pork, this has given us airport backers great optimism that El Toro International Airport will be revived. The more Agran's Great Pork fails, the more the airport looks good to the public, and gives them buyers remorse about the park. Were there to be another vote on El Toro, an airport would easily win.

By Keeping Agran and his slate in power, it keeps The Great Pork in a negative spotlight with its perpetual failures and missteps. I laugh every time I hear about some gullible park supporter laments how they feel they have been betrayed and ripped off by Larry Agran. The Irvine Tattler is a perfect example of this mindset.
The voters screwed up. They TRUSTED him.

And they will continue to do so much to my amusement.

On the other hand, were Christina Shea's slate to get a majority on the council, they would likely ditch the boondoggle Great Pork and go with the more economically viable Millennium Plan. But of course the airport is the best overall economic catalyst for El Toro. In addition, Shea is my kind of woman, pretty and right wing!

However, I have no interest in endorsing someone like Shea who might actually right the wayward ship in Irvine. I am endorsing Agran who will continuously captain that mighty ship of fools called the Great Pork Board. His continuous gross mismanagement of the Great Pork is the best thing to happen to us airport backers.

Also Irvine voters would you please pass Measure R. This will make sure that the Irvine general fund can be raided for the Great Pork. Once Irvine bankrupts themselves by attempting to finance the $1.6 billion Great Pork, they will be ripe for a takeover.

America defeated the Evil Empire communists by forcing them to spend themselves into economic ruin. And The People's Republic of Irvine will suffer the same fate as previously defeated communist empires.

Dump the Double Dipping Dipstick!

Coast Community College District 3 Trustee and white collar criminal Armando Ruiz is up for re-election. We strongly recommend voting for his opponent Lorraine Prinsky.
While she seems to be a little treehuggerish as she affiliates with The Bolsa Chica Land Trust, she appears to be a clean, well qualified candidate who enjoys widespread bi-partisan support. The other candidate whose name appears on the ballot, Don Apodaca has dropped out and endorsed Prinsky. So please do not vote for him, lest the anti-Ruiz vote is divided.

We are adamantly opposed to Armando Ruiz's re-election as a "trustee" because he has strong ties with the infamous sleazy socialist Larry Agran. Ruiz's name has even appeared on Great Pork mailers endorsing Agran's Abomination. Typically people who align themselves with Agran are white collar criminals.

Ruiz is definitely no exception. He is an outright untrustable "trustee". Ruiz took advantage of a state loophole, and retired as a college administrator, then ran for election as a trustee. His retirement happened AFTER the ballots were printed. His maneuvering allowed him to double dip on the pensions. He is collecting an additional $60,000 in retirement that our tax dollars paid for.

Now, I know some you Newport hating class warfare NIMBYs on here will likely want to cut Mr. Ruiz a check just to spite me, and blindly support him simply because he is a Great Porker.

However, use your brain just once and THINK for a change BEFORE you actually cut "The Honorable" Mr. Ruiz a check, FIRST read these articles about Mr. Ruiz's lack of ethics. Then ask yourself if you would like to have YOUR NAME to show up as one of his "contributors". The reputation you save may be your own!

Even the liberaloc is against Mr. Ruiz's re-election. Typically they are like a dead watch; which would be right twice a day. Their opposition to Armando Ruiz is one of those rare instances.
http://www.theliberaloc.com/2008/10/06/coastline-college-trustee-wasting-money-on-nyc-trip

The Orange Juice Blog weighs in:
http://orangejuiceblog.com/2008/10/focus-on-coastal-community-college-district-board-of-education-candidates-lorraine-prinsky/#more-11706

Plus all these Register article's about Rude Ruiz
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ruiz-board-prinsky-2204314-accreditation-one

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ruiz-prinsky-apodoca-2200080-coast-district
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ruiz-district-patterson-2195520-one-apodaca

Payback to Libby Cowan - Vote Yes on Prop 8.

I originally was not going to make any suggestions on how to vote on Proposition 8; as I am not one who likes to discuss divisive polarizing subjects that stir up people's emotions. :-) j/k. However, the outcome of proposition 8 is indirectly related to El Toro which I will address later in this post.

Personally, I would leave it up to each city within California as to whether or not gay marriage should be recognized rather than have a statewide blanket ruling. No church in conservative Newport Beach would even think about performing a gay marriage. So I would not have to deal with it. On the other hand, Irvine and Laguna are the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah of Orange County and would not only condone gay marriage, but actively promote it. Fine. They can keep that kind of activity to themselves and leave it out of my city.

Here is how prop 8 indirectly relates to El Toro. During the last El Toro election, the city of Costa Mesa voted 3-2 to bend over and grab their ankles rather than stand up and fight. The terrible triplets who got down on their knees to service South County would be Linda Dixon, Karen Robinson, and Libby Cowan. They governed Neville Chamberlain style and it came back to haunt them. Just months later, The Airport Working Group succeeded in keeping Linda Dixon from being re-elected. Then, Karen Robinson got out of dodge with a judgeship and no longer has to answer to Costa Mesa voters.

Finally, we have Libby Cowan who works for the city of Irvine and was their Agranchurian candidate who sided with her employer over her so called hometown. Plus, Cowan is openly gay. That in itself is not the issue. However, during her tenure she made a point of ramming through a "Dykes on Bikes" parade in Costa Mesa while surrendering on El Toro. As one can see, her priorities were seriously out of whack for Costa Mesa by promoting gayness over El Toro.

In addition, Libby Cowan has likely gotten married to her partner or probably desires to get married. By passing prop 8, and having her (pending) marriage voided, this would be the ultimate payback!

On the other hand, had Libby Cowan stood up for her Costa Mesa constituents and fought for El Toro, there would now be some powerful political and business interests that would be working to help defeat proposition 8 as a way of saying thanks to her for a job well done.

Instead Liberal Libby made far too many enemies who will be paying her back at the ballot box. I only wish I could be a fly on the wall in her household on election day, and watch her reaction when prop 8 passes!

No on Proposition 10

This is a rare occasion where I would oppose T Boone Pickens, who is bankrolling this initiative. Otherwise, he is a fine American businessman who has helped keep America great. Brother Pickens is to be saluted for bankrolling the Swiftboat ads that saved America from a Kerry Edwards presidency back in 2004.

Like many wealthy businessmen, he is overtaxed and deserves to get something from the government for a change instead of having his hard work punished and his wealth redistributed. What some whiney liberals will dismiss as corporate welfare, I call sensible economic policy. It is tax breaks for corporations that fuel economic growth and create jobs. That is the RIGHT way to "share the wealth"!

In most instances, I would fully favor bond money supporting T Boone Pickens business empire. But where proposition 10 loses me is, 25 million dollars from prop 10 would be earmarked for the city of Irvine. Would you actually trust Larry Agran with a blank check? We all know if it is earmarked for the "Great Park", the money will just continue to find its way into "advertising" and "planning" the park, or anything but actually building the park itself.

T Boone Pickens could take 25 million dollars and create hundreds, if not thousands of jobs, while Larry Agran would waste it away on his cronies. These two men are polar opposites on the economic intelligence spectrum. Because Larry Agran would be a recipient of bond money, I recommend a NO on 10 vote. Besides, didn't the Great Park promise no government assistance would be necessary? Why throw good money after bad on the Great Pork?

The trainwreck from nowhere to nowhere!

Airport opponents are incredibly delusional to think that if we commit billions of dollars to supporting so called "high speed" rail, all our transportation problems will magically be solved, and no increase in airport capacity will be necessary. Proponents are so desperate for support that they are even fear mongering the voters with the "global warming" myth to drum up support for the Algore trainwreck from nowhere to nowhere.

Let's get real folks. This boondoggle has very LIMITED destinations. You cannot even take this train outside of California. Want to go to Hawaii, Europe, or even Las Vegas? Fuggedboutit! To get to any of these choice tourist destinations in a timely manner from California, one must fly a JET! Yes! Remember those? However, if you are in a hurry to get from Palmdale to Fresno, then high speed rail might be for you. Seriously, this multi billion dollar project offers too few (worthy) destinations for too much money.

Let's look at other flaws with trains. For instance, if some wino fell asleep on the tracks and was ran over, train service would be shut down for hours while the police investigated and taped off the area! You don't ever hear of winos passing out on runways. And even if they did, a jet could take off right over them! Which brings me to El Toro International Airport. With those 10,000 foot runways, people could travel all over the world! That cannot be said about John Wayne with a mere 5700 foot runway.

Los Angeles Airport Authority with their immense capital reserves could easily afford to retrofit El Toro to become a state of the art facility. This would employ thousands of Orange County residents and pump money into OUR economy! That is what what we should be supporting instead of some boondoggle that will only benefit areas outside of Orange County.

Should prop 1A pass, an Orange County resident would have to travel to L.A. or the Inland Empire to catch the train. How is that an improvement over going out there to catch a flight? That is why El Toro International Airport is the ANSWER to solving Orange County's transportation problems. We already paid for it, we just need to turn on the lights.

Please see www.hjta.org/prop1a

PS check in frequently as we will be reviewing more propositions and candidates!

Cox the Pox makes the Top Ten!

Chris Cox did not just screw up Orange County's economy by running interference against the twice voted for El Toro International Airport. Thanks to him Orange County air travelers must pay higher fares, or make long commutes for cheaper flights.

In place of an economic catalyst that El Toro could be is a so called Great Pork has been hijacked by Agranista Socialists. They have built very little park, but spend lots of money convincing gullible people there is a "Great Park" amongst all that tarmac and runways while the air travelers and the economy are punished in the meantime.

Chris Cox has also royally screwed up America's economy under his watch as chair of the S.E.C. The appointment of Cox to this position is probably one of the worst moves President Bush has made during his otherwise fine presidency.

Now people outside of Orange County are catching on to how much of an economic disaster Chris Cox is to everything he touches. No matter who becomes president, Cox will be FIRED!

Comparing an Apple to an Orange (County)

El Toro International Airport opponents are getting more desperate all the time to twist the truth in their favor. They are now citing the struggles of Ontario International Airport as "proof" that El Toro would have similar struggles. As usual the NIMBYs have not done their homework and are truly making an apple to an orange comparison with Ontario versus El Toro.

Here are the facts:
Ontario is in San Bernardino County.
Total population is around 2,000,000 people spread out over 20,000 plus square miles.
Total population density is about 85 people per square mile.

El Toro is in Orange County.
Total population is about 3,000,000 people crammed into about 800 square miles.
Total population density is about 3600 people per square mile.

Next, lets look at disposable income.
The only cities in San Bernardino County that have a median household income in excess of $75,000 are Rancho Cucamonga and Chino Hills.
On the other hand, there are 22 Orange County cities where median household income exceeds $75,000.

El Toro not only has a far greater population base in close proximity to draw passengers from than Ontario. It also has far more affluent residents nearby that can afford to fly more frequently. The same cannot be said about the Inland Empire area, which ranks FIFTH in the nation in foreclosures!

The class warfare activists who are jealous of Newport Beach are incessantly clamoring for more capacity out of John Wayne Airport. Remember folks, it is the Orange County Board of Supervisors who are responsible for John Wayne, and it is they who would be on the hook for any financial struggles. That means all of us Orange County taxpayers would be at risk.

On the other hand, were Los Angeles to operate El Toro International Airport it would be they, not Orange County that would assume the financial risks. Therefore, any concerns about El Toro being a financial boondoggle to OC taxpayers are purely disingenuous.

Finally, the Great Pork with an estimated price tag of 1.6 billion dollars along with Lennar circling the drain is the REAL financial boondoggle for El Toro. In fact, Great Porkers are so desperate for funding that they have resorted to begging Barbie Boxer for a bailout. Sorry, but congress is far more occupied with other bailouts these days.

Which Way El Toro?

Our campaign to re-educate Orange County on the merits of El Toro International Airport is showing some promise. Everyone knows The Great Park will NEVER be built. They all know Lennar is near extinction. Everyone also knows we are in a recession where gas prices are up and property values are down.

People are starting to catch on that Larry Agran manipulated their emotions and the facts are that El Toro International Airport has tremendous potential as an economic catalyst to benefit ALL of us.
El Toro will create thousands of jobs.
El Toro will cause a rise in demand for housing in Orange County and thus raise property values.
El Toro will have billions of dollars in annual economic output.
El Toro will offer lots of flights with competitive fares.
El Toro will take many cars off the road that would otherwise be clogging the freeways en route to LAX and Ontario.
El Toro will save drivers on fuel costs, not to mention wear and tear since it is convenient and close to home.
El Toro will provide local manufacturers additional time to create their products rather than being rushed to meet an earlier shipping deadline for LAX bound cargo.

Since most of us have come to the realization how great El Toro will truly be, we now find ourselves in a spirited discussion as to which way should the airplanes take off.
Should we have cross runways?
Should we have parallel runways?
Shall we take off to the north, the south, the east, the west, or all of the above?
Since the airport configuration is the only real objection for some people to overcome to their opposition to El Toro International Airport, let's all collaborate and create an airport that can best serve the needs of Orange County.

Hooray for L.A.!

Lets hear it for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for winning their divisions! Los Angeles is becoming the city of champions once again. The Lakers made it back to the NBA finals last spring and will rebound from their loss to the Celtics. The USC Trojans had their one fluke loss of the season last night and will proceed to annihilate the competition as usual and should win another BCS bowl.

Los Angeles has billions of dollars at its disposal and can AFFORD to reopen El Toro International Airport. Lennar cannot afford to build the Great Pork or even houses for that matter. The real estate market is flooded with homes. Adding more to the local market only further dilutes values.

In contrast, Los Angeles World Airports can give billions to the federal government and Lennar for El Toro. Los Angeles will spend billions to retrofit El Toro and hire thousands of workers, including many from South County who were previously brainwashed into irrationally fearing El Toro International Airport.

There will be billions of dollars in annual economic output from El Toro International Airport. The Great Pork and Irvine will never bring prosperity to Orange County like Los Angeles can.

Go Los Angeles Dodgers! Go Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim! Go Los Angeles International Airport of El Toro!

Chris Cox = Dumb and Dumber!

Newsflash: Our next president John McCain to Chris Cox: YOU'RE FIRED!

Dumb - Chris Cox for being an anti business obstructionist RINO by delaying and preventing reuse of El Toro International Airport after Orange County voters had already TWICE affirmed it! The lack of flights from El Toro has stunted economic growth for Orange County in the meantime.

Without El Toro staying open, air travelers now find themselves saddled with higher air fares locally, or they are forced to cough up nearly $4 a gallon to travel on congested roads to use outlying airports. With oil shooting up by over $16 a barrel today, gas prices will be rebounding to the previously higher prices and may even set new records.

In addition, there are a glut of homes in Orange County because Cox in his infinite wisdom thought it would be a great idea to get El Toro sold to housing developers for chump change, not to mention removing the housing restrictions from the massive El Toro Crash/Buffer zone for the benefit of The Irvine Company.

When housing supply greatly exceeds housing demand, this lowers almost every one's property values with the exception of a few prestigious addresses such as Newport Beach of course. =)

Foreclosures are on the rise. Irvine Company CEO Donald Bren is estimated to have lost over 1 billion dollars to his net worth. Of course, we all know that Lennar leaks money like a submarine with a screen door.

Irvine has also seen some sub prime lenders dry up and close shop. Irvine's economy has primarily been built on the real estate bubble which has been popped. Any wise investor will possess a DIVERSIFIED portfolio. Irvine lacks a diversified economy; thus, construction at the alleged Great Park proceeds at a snail's pace and will not be delivered within our lifetimes.

What Irvine and South Orange County truly lack is a powerful economic catalyst like El Toro International Airport. Los Angeles World Airports is willing to invest billions of dollars in our economy by renovating and re-opening El Toro International Airport. After the initial construction phase, It is estimated that El Toro would create 90,000 jobs and continuously produce $1.5 billion dollars of economic output. Seriously, what have we got to lose?

The reopening of El Toro International Airport would reduce local unemployment, plus cause an influx of workers thereby placing greater demand on the existing housing supply, hence causing prices to rise. Everyone in Orange County, most especially the denizens of South County would see their property values rise as a result. Unfortunately for them, they are not only suffering from lower property values, they are also suffering from a decade plus of irrational Irvine propaganda and fear. They are too paralyzed with irrational hatred and envy of Newport Beach to see the light. (As a free service we are here to re-educate them. No thanks is needed.)

Dumber - Chris Cox for his malfeasance and negligence as Chair of the S.E.C. which has caused economic turmoil to the world's financial markets. There maybe a 700 billion dollar proposal of tax dollars on the table to clean up Cox's mess. However, Wall Street did not respond too favorably today. This indicates the damage done by Cox is far worse than previously imagined.

(Fortunately for yours truly, a significant portion of my assets are invested in oil and gold. Others who are not so lucky will be feeling some economic pain for sure. That is why we need to have El Toro International Airport re-opened!)

George W. Bush will go down in history as one of the best presidents our nation has ever had. However, placing Cox in charge of the S.E.C. has been the very worst decision Mr. Bush has made during what has otherwise been an excellent eight years in office!

Cox is Dumb for Orange County and Dumber for the world. No matter who wins the White House, Cox will be FIRED! It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He should also serve time at Gitmo for betraying the United States Marine Corps, Orange County, and the world's financial markets.

Bury the Great Pork. It is DEAD!

Its not like Lennar is not having enough problems these days, like TWO BILLION dollars in losses in the past year alone for instance. Now Forest Lawn Mortuary wants to sue Lennar in court! The very last thing this money mismanaging misfit needed right now was to incur some nasty litigation costs. With Wall Street in a meltdown, Lennar will soon be dead. Isn't it quite fitting that a lawsuit over a cemetery is what may finally bury Lennar permanently?

Its also time to bury the crap in Irvine posing as a "Great Park". The Kromunists have even admitted the Great Pork price tag is now near 1.5 billion dollars and rising! If we factor in that Lennar must offset 2 billion dollars in previous losses, then they will need at least 3.5 billion in PROFITS to bankroll the Great Pork. Dream on! Then, a Los Angeles Times article mentioned that Lennar does not think they can realistically add houses at El Toro until 2010 at the EARLIEST. In the meantime, the bleeding continues.

Lennar these days is working on a, get this; a "Life Long Learning District". Obviously, Life Long Learning and Lennar do not belong in the same sentence. Like everything else Lennar touches, they also have not shown much financial wisdom with this project. Lennar wants to evict the Montessori School that is leasing the day care center and even evict tenants like the Great Pork Foundation from building one. Some "partnership" they and the Great Pork have going there!

Lennar is too much! The comedy from them makes my sides ache with laughter. During a real estate recession they will cut off what few incoming sources of revenue they now have with El Toro. If Lennar had any economic common sense, they would lease out as many buildings as possible and ride out the storm. Odds are good they will also be evicting the Cal State Fullerton campus from El Toro. Then all those poor students will be forced to commute all the way to Fullerton and search for an elusive parking space. Lets hope the evictions don't happen during finals week!

Chances are the majority of those who now face eviction from either the Montessori center or Cal State Fullerton are South County residents who got brainwashed and terrified into voting for the Great Pork. In contrast, an international airport revenue stream could very easily finance the day care center and a college campus as a convenience to the county residents.

Remember folks, Lennar and The Great Pork foundation will never do anything that does not benefit their own immediate interests. They do not care about the people at all. Los Angeles World Airport Authority is able and willing to take care of the people. All they need is a chance.

09-11

Seven years ago, the tragic events of 09/11 occurred. Today we still live in a dangerous world. If 09/11 had happened before the base closure rounds of the 1990s, many military bases like El Toro would still have military personnel today. There is no way in hell "Congressman" Chris Cox could justify getting it shut down to benefit the developers. We are lucky he also did not get Camp Pendleton shut down as well.

When The United States Marine Corps occupied El Toro, I felt much better about our nation's security. The Los Angeles metropolitan area is a major target. Don't forget Orange County has the world famous Disneyland. We are still potentially vulnerable, and the military was kicked out of the area!

California has had way too many strategic bases shut down, in light of the fact that there are hostile communist regimes like North Korea and China that sit across our ocean. El Toro International Airport not only needs to be re-opened to serve as an economic catalyst for Orange County, it also must be retained for our country's national security needs. Those who would oppose the return of The United States Marine Corps to Orange County are nothing more than America hating leftists that incessantly protest against The War on Terror and undermine our troops. We are on the verge of victory in Iraq. If the Angry Left had their way, we would be cheese eating surrender monkeys and now be forced to wear veils, worship "Allah", and learn Arabic right now.

Orange County vs. Minneapolis St. Paul

I am back from my travels to Minnesota and had a Grand Old Time with the Grand Old Party! Even seeing the black clad America hating anarchist degenerates in the streets of St. Paul was worth some laughs. They are just like those South County NIMBYs who blindly drink the socialist Kool-Aid of fear, hate, and loathing of capitalism and success. The only real differences being the brainwashed NIMBYs of South County are older, dress a little nicer, shower a little more often, and for some bizarre reason register "Republican".

Here is a report from my field trip to the North Star State on our airports versus their airports. The Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport has striking similarities with the currently idle El Toro International Airport. It too has fuel saving crossed runways pointing the planes to where they need to go. It consists of a 11,000 footer, a 10,000 footer, and two 8,000 footers. Compare this with El Toro International Airport having two 10,000 footers and two 8,000 footers. Would you also believe the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard share the field? You see folks military and civilian jets can exist in perfect harmony! We can have perfect harmony at El Toro International Airport as well!

Next we check out the St. Paul Airport in downtown St. Paul. It is very similar to John Wayne Airport. Its longest runway is a mere 6400 feet, or only 700 feet longer than John Wayne Airport. It also has two smaller runways to complement it. St. Paul is a general aviation airport, while the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport handles all the commercial passenger and cargo flights for the Minneapolis St. Paul area. That is how it should be in Orange County as well! Its petty simple folks; jets belong at big airports, not little airports!

Also, both Metropolitan Statistical Areas have roughly the same population. Orange County has about 3.0 million residents whereas Minneapolis St. Paul has about 3.2 million residents.

Can you imagine if some socialist thugs and Lennar got their hands on the massive Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport and tried to make some so called Great Park and housing development out of it? All while simultaneously trying to cram jumbo jets and small planes onto a tiny airfield with a tiny runway at downtown St. Paul airport.

It is a good thing that Minneapolis is not economically retarded like (South) Orange County is. The Minneapolis St. Paul region benefits tremendously from having adequate air transportation services. They get to host national conventions such as the RNC, and are home to four professional sports teams! In the meantime Orange County will never have a major political convention and languishes with a mere 2 professional sports teams due to our lack of adequate transportation infrastructure.

Orange County has the potential to become an international powerhouse. El Toro International Airport is just the economic catalyst to make it happen. We are only held back from realizing our full potential due to the decade plus of irrational fear and hatred spread throughout South County by the Agranistas.

Speaking of which, I found a Great Pork "Benchmark Report" in my mailbox showcasing their illustrious concert "schedule". They are a day late and a dollar short as usual. Most of those concerts have already happened!

Isn't it quite obvious that they are not delivering the park they duped the gullible voters into. Not even the mere 27 acre "preview park" is done right. Sending out a concert schedule after the fact is laughable and just one more screwup of many associated with The Great Pork.

Virtually all the money raised for the Great Pork goes into "advertising" or "planning" versus actual construction or even timely announcements. The people of Orange County have seen they have been scammed and are entitled to another vote on El Toro. Then Orange County can become an international powerhouse and finally live up to its full potential.

The Angry Left Arrives in Minnesota!

These are some pictures from the mean streets of Minnesota showing a typical day for the Angry Left. Aren't these protesters such civilized peaceful human beings? The same kind who typically protest against keeping El Toro Airport open for business.

It is not surprising to see liberals and socialists possessed with such hatred and envy. Unfortunately many so called Republicans in South County are afflicted with the very same problem. You see folks this is due to the millions of dollars of ceaseless propaganda funded by The People's Republic of Irvine to convince them that Newport Beach is rich and evil. They also have been brainwashed into believing that keeping El Toro Airport open for business will somehow "harm" them. When the United States Marine Corps occupied El Toro Airport nobody was harmed. Therefore, El Toro Airport being "harmful" is a completely bogus assertion. Repeat a lie often enough and it eventually becomes believable. The Terrorists hate America for our freedom, and the denizens of South County have been taught to hate Newport Beach for our success.

On to the convention. Did anyone see that speech Sarah Palin made! Wow! She hit it out of the park! Plus that young lady is a major league babe! (Only a non-hetero male would not most definitely concur!) With Sarah Palin on the ticket, the Republican party will dominate the next election! America is ready for a woman in the White House, just not a liberal woman like Hillary Clinton.

Someone who obviously did not make the cut for VP was former Congressman Chris Cox, rumored to be on John McCain's short list. Good thing he was not selected, or the MSM would have vetted him and saw he really accomplished nothing significant while in office; except for being an anti-business obstructionist who simply got in the way of having El Toro Airport, (a 10 billion dollar taxpayer funded asset) stay open to serve the flying public. Besides, a few South County cities would have nowhere near enough voters to help put California in the McCain column. Today Cox could not even get elected to serve as dogcatcher of Newport Beach!

Additionally, Cox would have been a liability to the Republican ticket on a nationwide basis. What if the voters of our great nation discovered that Chris Cox's wife Rebecca Cox had served on a base closure commission and voted to unceremoniously evict the United States Marine Corps from El Toro? Logic dictated that a war hero like John McCain could not possibly have someone on his ticket who is outrageously unpatriotic. Those who would like to surrender in Iraq and undercut our military will be voting for Obama anyways.

John McCain's first major decision as our next president to select Sarah Palin as his running mate was a stroke of pure brilliance!


Vote McCain Palin in 2008!

The costs to the NIMBYs to fly out to Minnesota to protest.

Next Monday The Republicans will stage their convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. One can bet that some of these class warfare NIMBYs from South County will be flying out there to protest - against the very things we In Newport Beach hold dear, such as wealth accumulation, and corporate dominance.

For their convenience I checked around to see how much flights would cost to go from various airports in Southern California.

Naturally, their first choice airport would be John Wayne. As they takeoff over Newport Beach, they will press their face and middle finger against the window and flip off the people down below, and curse under their breath.

However, the cheapest flight to Minneapolis/St. Paul airport will cost $515 total and will take 8.5 hours to complete. The other option is 6.5 hour flight which will cost $536.

Next we have Long Beach Airport which is approximately 30 miles past El Toro, and a flight out of there will cost $515 and take 6.75 hours. The faster option is to pay $598 to travel there in 5.75 hours.

Now we check out Ontario Airport which would be 42 miles past El Toro, plus toll road fees. The cheapest flight out there is $523 and would take 5.5 hours.

Next, The NIMBYs have often said we should use March Air Force Base which is 52 miles beyond El Toro, plus toll road fees of course. The problem is there is NO air service available.
Since it is a military base wouldn't that really make it an "air station" instead of an AIRPORT? Well, the NIMBYs like to play semantics and make the dubious claim that El Toro is merely an "air station" as opposed to an (idle) AIRPORT.

Finally, we check out LAX which is 50 miles past El Toro. Hands down, it is the best deal and travel time all around. One can get a flight from LAX for $358 and arrive NON-STOP in 3.5 hours. Ironically and with no sense of shame these class warfare NIMBYs from South County will fly over poor people near LAX to go protest in St. Paul against "economic inequality".

By opposing El Toro, the class warfare NIMBYs only cut off their nose to spite their face. El Toro is tan, rested, and ready. Not to mention, crowd free, convenient, and close to home.

Were they to use El Toro, they would not have to pay $4 a gallon to travel out of county, or use any toll roads along the way. In the meantime, if they do want to fly locally and use John Wayne it will cost them almost $200 more than LAX! (Ouch! That has got to hurt!)

However, El Toro with its massive amount of space and runways sitting idle could attract a lot of airlines and due to the economies of scale, the costs would be very reasonable.

Instead, out of bitter spite for Newport Beach, the NIMBYs continue to resist El Toro, but they really only hurt themselves by paying for it with increased air fares and additional travel time.

Those of us from Newport Beach who are attending the RNC will be there as delegates or at least attending some great corporate parties, while the class warfare NIMBYs from South County will be out in the streets protesting.

Class Envy is not a rational aviation policy!

It is class envy of Newport Beach that fuels much of the hysterical extremist opposition to El Toro Airport. Whether it would be a letter to the editor or a post on a message board, the haters simply cannot resist taking a cheap shot at Newport Beach in the process.

Orange County, including South County is clearly a Republican stronghold. But one would never know that from reading the average letter or posting from South County. Their messages often read like that of redistribute-the-wealth Berkeley socialists. What we have here folks is the U.S.S.R.- The Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans, or a bunch of whiny RINOs.

The success haters should simply work harder, invest smarter, and be more innovative if they wish to acquire more wealth. A poor person does not create jobs or give money to charity. It is wealthy entrepreneurs who open businesses that employ people and donate to various philanthropies. They are the risk takers who make America great.

If it was Fullerton that had the jets instead of John Wayne, many of the residents of South County would not even have an issue with El Toro doing its fair share. But since John Wayne is near Newport Beach, these class warfare NIMBYs will continue to oppose El Toro Airport to the very bitter end. In the meantime, they are only hurting themselves as they must pay higher air fares locally, or drive far away for cheaper flights at $4 a gallon.

On the other hand, residents lived near John Wayne BEFORE there were jets!

The first picture from 1963 shows John Wayne Airport and the surrounding area. As one can see, it is the Newport Mesa area, NOT Irvine that has the homes. The second picture shows El Toro and environs in 1963 where NO residents exist other than Marines in base housing.

Some will counter that John Wayne has been around for a long time. True. However, jets were NOT added until the late 60s well AFTER homes were established in the area. In contrast, El Toro has had jets there long BEFORE Irvine was even incorporated in 1973! Some as loud as F-18s. South County residents have received housing discounts and double paned windows because of this.

Civilian aircraft replacing fighter jets at El Toro is quite an improvement not to mention convenient, crowd free, and close to home. But wait, there's more! El Toro has a massive buffer zone. Therefore, South County residents really have nothing to legitimately complain about.

Another shortcoming of John Wayne is it has a mere 5700 foot runway and was never meant to have jets in the first place. John Wayne, along with Fullerton are meant to be general aviation airports for Orange County. Nothing more, nothing less.

Since El Toro is now available and the park has failed quite miserably and will never be built, there just happens to be a pair of 10,000 foot and 8,000 foot fallow runways sitting on 4700 acres ready for our utilization. After all, our taxes paid for it.

El Toro Airport was built BEFORE the NIMBYs moved next door!

The picture above is El Toro and surroundings circa World War II. As one can see the airport was there before the houses were constructed where NIMBYs would move next door to it only to incessantly whine about it.

In Real Estate the general rule is "Let the Buyer Beware". Irvine and South County residents got their homes DISCOUNTED because they live in a flight zone with noisy military jets. They are living on the cheap. Otherwise, many of these same people could not afford to live in Orange County. If anything, they should be grateful for the presence of El Toro Airport.

El Toro is a 10 billion dollar taxpayer asset that is sitting idle. The so called "Great Park" after three years and 60 million dollars has a mere 27 acres to show for it. The taxpayers of America deserve a return on their investment. The citizens of Orange County need improved airport access that is not a 2 hour drive to another county. "Far away from Orange County" is not the answer as some posters have suggested. The whole idea of an airport is to have convenience and create jobs. If you do not like El Toro Airport, then move! It was here first!

Agran's Irvine Folly

OC Register Letters
August 20th, 2008

Agran's Irvine folly

I congratulate Larry Agran for the wonderful job he is doing putting the Great Park in the hole before it is even built. By now Orange County could have the best airport in the world. It would have brought more revenue and business to this great county than the Great Park ever will. The Great Park looked so good in the advertisement, but now there is a balloon ride that sometimes works and sometimes does not, mostly the latter.

I hope when bonds are put on the ballot for more money, people in Orange County will reject them. The city of Irvine should have to finance the entire park because the land was a gift from the United States Navy to it. Irvine, you get what you vote for.

Don D. Williams

Newport Beach

The Great Park is not dead, it is just "resting".

This Great Pork ordeal resembles the Monte Python skit about a dead parrot. To sum it up, a customer returns a dead parrot to a shopkeeper for a refund. The shopkeeper strenuously denies that the parrot is dead and insists it is only "resting".

This is the same kind of bullcrap the voters and taxpayers are being fed by the city of Irvine on an almost daily basis. Any impartial observer can see that El Toro has runways, hangars, and aviation facilities and that it is indeed an (idle) AIRPORT. It is NOT a Great Park! Irvine the shopkeeper keeps insisting to the gullible voters that is a "resting" Great Park of the Norwegian Blue variety. Where is the Great Park? A floating orange gasbag and a hangar on 27 acres does not make El Toro a Great Park!

The voters were sold a bill of goods. The Register had an article that this so called park will need ANOTHER $377 million dollars! Lennar will be dead in a matter of time and will not be resting. They clearly cannot afford it. There is no money for Great Pork! It is not resting, IT IS DEAD!

Irvine politics should not trump public safety!

Such incredible timing! The City of Irvine announces the latest CEO of the Great Pork, while a jet had to make an emergency landing at John Wayne Airport today. The 5700 foot runway is the shortest of any commercial airport nationwide! One of these days a jet is going to roll off that runway onto the Corona Del Mar freeway and explode into a fireball.

We need an airport at El Toro now, not some lame 27 acre, 60 million dollar pork that hardly anyone visits. With two 10,000 foot runways and two 8,000 foot runways El Toro can easily handle emergency landings, not to mention all of our county's passengers and cargo needs for the foreseeable future.

Baghdad Bob Speaks about the Great Pork

We just heard "the facts" from Irvine's Baghdad Bob or spokeshole Sam Allevato about The Great Pork in today's Register.


OK OK it has only been three years NOT six years since the park "opened". Therefore, $18 million a year instead of $9 million a year has been flushed down the toilet so far. WOW! Twice the waste in half the time! Irvine Government at its finest!

Baghdad Bob was also kind enough to let us know that a 27 acre preview park will be debuting in July and we are all invited! Oooooh boy I can't wait! Since 54 million has already been squandered, "development" costs has averaged about $2 million an acre so far. At that rate, not adjusted for inflation The 1300 acre park that is proposed should end up costing about $2.6 billion dollars. Now where will that kind of money ever come from? Lennar is on death's door. Why have no fear Comrad Agran, Comrad Boxer will come to the rescue with a federal bailout courtesy of U.S. taxpayers!

Barbie Boxer Backs Bogus Boondoggle

Here is the latest news with the ever cost-increasing acreage-shrinking Great Pork. Out of sheer desperation Comrad Agran from the People's Republic of Irvine has enlisted Comrad Boxer's help. She hails from The People Republic of Marin County.

Didn't the Great Pork promise there would be no need for any tax revenue to finance it? They had all these rosy projections from the housing market that failed to materialize. Now even more tax dollars will go down the toilet to fund this boondoggle, while gas is now above $4 a gallon for one to drive out to LAX or Ontario. Coincidentally, The People's Republic of Irvine had a 1.8 million dollar shortfall and had to dip in to their reserves. On parking lot revenue alone for an airport at El Toro they could have a revenue surplus! But that would be too logical.

The Great Pork has very little public interest in it that they must give out FREE balloon rides out of desperation to attract visitors. In the meantime El Toro continues to languish and be utterly useless to taxpayers of Orange County.

Slap south O.C. with fees

This letter appeared in the OC Register on April 17th.

Slap south O.C. with fees

Ladera Ranch and the rest of south Orange County continue their not-in-my-backyard attitude toward infrastructure improvements ["People power vs. power plant," Local, April 15]. They don't want a new airport, a new courthouse, a jail, new roads or, now, a power plant in their neighborhood.

South county residents should pay higher fees when using the aforementioned services, and San Diego Gas and Electric should cut off their power at the first need for rolling blackouts.

Richard Moree

Corona

Traffic? What me worry? I got secret plates!

There was a Register investigation showing how government officials with secret plates were evading tolls. I bet much of the esteemed South County leadership has these secret plates. They all said we should go to Inland Empire Airport instead of using nearby El Toro. Easy for them to say, when they are likely evading tolls.

Their incessant mantra for Inland Empire Airports resembled "Go to March, Go to Ontario, Go to San Bernardino, Go to Victorville, Go to Palm Springs, Go to Desert Center, Go to Baker, Go to Blythe, Go to Needles etc. etc. Just go anywhere except El Toro. Because that would like cause lots of traffic ya know!"

Next time I head to the store, I suppose I should shop in the Inland Empire instead of Orange County. Remember, shopping locally and using local airports will cause more traffic than driving further away for the same product and service. South County logic at its finest. Makes me glad I invested quite a bit of my portfolio in oil companies.

Irvine Cannot Afford Great Pork

Orange County Register

Friday, April 4, 2008
Editorial: Great moments in waste
Here's an idea of how some California governments are spending your money



• Orange County's own Great Park's cost soared to more than $1 billion, helped along by a $5 million tethered helium balloon, a $300,000 visitor-center tent that costs $75,000 a year just to clean and $14,000 for a series of orange dots painted along the park's entrance road, the Los Angeles Times said.

Isn't it obvious that Irvine cannot afford the exorbitant price tag of The Great Pork? Time to put those runways to use and make some money as opposed to continuously hemorrhaging it on such a frivolous park.

Only 40,000 people have rode in the balloon to date. That is barely 1% of the county's population. Let's make El Toro into something worthwhile that people will actually use like an airport! Irvine is not fooling anyone with their feeble attempt at a park except for the very gullible.