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TThe City Council RETREAT has Retreated and Now Do
Oxnard
Residents have to Retreat from its Council . . . Wait &
See.....Tuesday 25 Jan. promises to hold its fair share of fun
public comments....from Sunny Atkinson talking about another Peace
project to Ventura Fernandez telling the Council they have their heads
firmly inserted into their own ....well, you know where....
The Council will
hear public comments and surely most comments will be about ...... ......
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The Guest Column in the Sunday Star (1/23) by our Councilmember John C. Zaragoza. JCZ used his column inches to defend the City, the City Council, and most of all the City Manager. Zaragoza lambasted the Star for what he considered "one-sided" reporting by the Star's lead Oxnard Reporter, Raul Hernandez, who did his job by interviewing people for quotes and then reporting accurately what he heard.
So it appears that, according to JCZ, nothing really happened on the Council. That all this fuss over College Park and the forced insertion of BIG LEAGUE DREAMS into the park without proper public awareness is really nothing. Nothing happened and Everything was above board in Oxnard Civic Government. Zaragoza was aiming his editorial towards the unwary and un-informed constituency that voted him into another term of office. Council-watchers surely dropped jaws when they read JCZ's editorial....it blatantly tried to whitewash the whole issue of the missing agreement and the not-seen payment checks amounting to 88-thousand dollars apparently drafted with ease by our top City Manager.
While the City Council circles its wagons to safely protect its Staff and buy time to formulate reasons why what happened really didn't happen, and then repeat it loud and long enough so we, the people of Oxnard forget what really happened behind the closed doors of our civic government.
Oxnard needs to get a clue and get informed.
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PROGRAM
AGAIN @ RISK
The City Council wants to again muck around with the Neighborhood Council....as
it did in January of 2004 and again, the INCF is left in the dark as to
plans by the City Council. The Council used its Retreat as a
platform to express their interest in fostering public 'interest' and
awareness in Oxnard's Neighborhood Council program.
The first thing that should happen was stated in my Campaign for Mayor,
when I then and again challenge Tom Holden to attend a Neighborhood meeting.
Mayor Holden has stated his interest in the Neighborhoods, he could show
by attending any one of the following Neighborhood Council Meetings --
this week.....
EAST VILLAGE
Gonzales Rd. -to- Camino del Sol // Rose -to- Graves Ave
Monday - Jan. 24
7:00 p.m. (1900)
Rio Rosales School -- 2001 Jacinto Dr.-
<<< Cafeteria >>>>
ELECTION MEETING.
New Neighborhood Council Reps Sought.
BARTOLO SQUARE SOUTH
Hemlock -to- Channel Islands Blvd. // Vta. Rd. -to- J St.
Wednesday - Jan. 26
7:00 p.m. (1900)
Kamala Elementary School - 634 W. Kamala Street -
<<< Cafeteria >>>>
ELECTION MEETING.
New Neighborhood Council Reps Sought.
REDWOOD SUNKIST
Channel Islands Blvd -to- Bard / Vta. Rd. -to- J Street
Thursday - Jan. 27
7:00 p.m. (1900)
Sunkist Elementary School - 1400 Teakwood
<<< Cafeteria >>>>
ELECTION MEETING.
New Neighborhood Council Reps Sought.
If you live in these Neighborhoods, please attend and show interest in your city, your neighborhood, and your home.
Bill
Winter
Editor
Ox Jo
