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.