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Dear OCEA member,
This holiday season, I am reminded how the work each of you do each day enables so many families throughout our communities to enjoy a safe and healthy time with family and friends. In fact, many among our ranks will be working throughout the holiday to make sure Orange County works, that its streets are safe and that its residents get the services they need.
Today I wrote an editorial in the Orange County Register to highlight the incredible work you all do and to remind residents that you are the unsung heroes who keep our communities working (see below).
Wishing you and your loved ones joy and love this holiday season, from your family at OCEA. Thank you for all you do.
In solidarity,
Jennifer Muir Beuthin
OCEA General Manager
Remember the unsung heroes this holiday season
By Jennifer Muir Beuthin, Contributing writer
Every year the Register recognizes influencers throughout our communities—leaders who have made a mark, whose stories provide a glimpse into the incredible and diverse fabric that makes Orange County so special. Congratulations to each of the honorees.
For each of the 100 most influential people who are singled out every year, we can all probably name people in our own circles who make a huge impact on our lives each day. And so these influencer stories also help us all tap into our own personal feelings of gratitude, feelings that are especially poignant as we shop and cook and prepare to spend time with loved ones during the holidays.
In that spirit of gratitude, I wanted to highlight the efforts of a group of incredibly influential people because the very nature of their work often means that when they’re successful, most of us hardly know they’re there.
The municipal workforce in our county impacts just about every aspect of our daily lives, and this holiday season is no different.
For those of us who have family visiting from out of town, your guests will be greeted at John Wayne Airport by Sheriff’s Special Officers whose job is to make sure the public is safe inside and outside the walls of the airport terminals. You can feel confident knowing that SSOs have intervened not only to protect the public from dangerous situations, but also to perform CPR and save lives when travelers have fallen ill.
September 7, 2017
Today: Audit uncovers cost overruns in Laguna Niguel, seniors, not lenders, to pay for FHA losses on reverse mortgages and Costa Mesa council directs planning commission to review motel ordinance.
September 6, 2017
Today: A bill, prompted by Orange County 2016 race, bans taxpayer-funded mailers near elections, Attorney Ashleigh Aitken announces run for Anaheim Mayor and state workers in Iowa will no longer receive overtime pay.
September 5, 2017
Today: Orange County faces a public safety leadership crisis, prosecutors ask to dismiss Costa Mesa spying case against P.I., who died in July and has the IRS called you, threatening arrest for missing payment?
September 1, 2017
Today: Court workers are the backbone of the justice system (OCEA Steward editorial), OCEA member Dan Davis is on the front line of Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts and don’t miss the 2017 Health Fair and Farmers Market Sept. 12.
August 31, 2017
Today: County officials didn’t protect computer systems from obvious hacking risks, auditors say, new deal could push nuke fuel out of San Onofre and wastewater agencies' feud escalates as Moulton Niguel district counter sues over sewage plant costs.
August 30, 2017
Today: County used rock riprap, sand to make Santa Ana Riverbank “less desirable for occupation," homeless encampment a growing problem for Fountain Valley residents who say police, government ignore and Orange County temps near triple digits with no relief in sight.
August 29, 2017
Today: Orange County task force rescues 200 from Tropical Storm Harvey flooding, DA’s monitor on use of informants didn’t file reports he promised and workers get a front row seat at the OC Fairgrounds.
August 28, 2017
Today: Orange County Labor is reaching out to Texas, a third candidate enters the race for District Attorney and the 'Table of Dignity' agricultural workers memorial unveiled, again, after renovation.
August 25, 2017
Today: Beuthin: Bring county contracts out of the shadows,Table of Dignity for the workers that built Orange County is unveiled and a Orange County church finds higher purpose for unused land: affordable housing.
August 24, 2017
Today: Report on DA’s Office reforms on informant use expected soon, JWA passenger traffic increases in July and report finds opioid overdoses on the rise.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
