Tag Archives: Charles Mann

McCarthyism in San Clemente?

San Clemente still embroiled – You’re a Jerk, and I’m not In response to Jim Cogan’s letter, (San Clemente Times, Vol.3, Issue 45, Nov. 6-12, 2008) Mr. Cogan is a wonderful writer. His eloquent, articulate and image-evoking pen is no doubt … Continue reading
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San Clemente: Congratulations Bob, Jim and North Beach

The highly emotional, and sometimes controversial November 2008 elections in our Spanish Village by the Sea are behind us, FINALLY! City council incumbent Jim Dahl and newcomer Bob Baker narrowly beat Steve Knoblock to nab two city council seats.  Measure W … Continue reading
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Residents First?

Are the residents really first? or is it just another political slogan? City council candidates Charles Mann and Bob Baker regularly reference their participation in Save San Clemente Open Space (SSCOS), a group formed to stop the rezoning of 50.5 … Continue reading
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Dust Unsettled

Todays winners were yesterdays and will be tomorrows losers. San Clemente, once a sleepy surf town at the southernmost tip of Orange County, California has become a hotbed of controversy. Neighbor against neighbor, children ordered to avoid their friends, grown … Continue reading
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POSTSCRIPT

Amazing ride. Protagonists, antagonists, passion, hostility, clandestine operations, derision, deception, “Spins”, petitions, court rulings, and finally a controversial ballot measure where 50% of the voters in the city participated in a Primary election. Any pollster will tell you that … Continue reading
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WHERE WERE THEY??

The group “Save San Clemente Open Space” neglects to weigh in on a conversion of open space just two weeks after a locally publicized open space issue. Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = { ‘allowfullscreen’: ‘true’, ‘allowscriptaccess’: … Continue reading
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Last Recreational Open Space in San Clemente, PLEASE!

Charles Mann and the group “Save San Clemente Open Space” want you to believe that Pacific Golf Club represents the Last Large Recreational Open Space in San Clemente. The city of San Clemente has one of greatest percentages of … Continue reading
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Open Space Defined

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YES ON MEASURE C, SAN CLEMENTE

The faux-environmental group, “Save San Clemente Open Space”, blatantly misleads the residents of San Clemente by gathering their signatures on the premise that the voters should decide the fate of “Open Space”. Then when they get the opportunity to have … Continue reading
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DESPICABLE

Gary Hopp exploits the emotions of Talega parents. Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = { ‘allowfullscreen’: ‘true’, ‘allowscriptaccess’: ‘always’, ‘wmode’: ‘transparent’ }; var attributes = { ‘id’: ‘video4′, ‘name’: ‘video4′}; var flashvars = { ‘file’ : ‘http://www.flatheadenterprises.com/streams/despicable.flv’, ‘width’ : ’450′, ‘height’ : … Continue reading
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