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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.
July 25, 2017
Today: Anaheim considers “Sunshine Ordinance” and restrictions on lobbyists, Rackauckas and Spitzer clash over settlement talks on DA investigators’ claims and recent water well failures leave Fountain Valley with only two still working.
July 24, 2017
Today: County set to approve no-bid $25 Million contract with Motorola for emergency radio overhaul, Orange County jail inmate found dead; five workers put on leave and how will Orange County cities and malls confront “e-tail” revolution as tax revenues decline?
July 21, 2017
Today: Costa Mesa and New Harbor Inn drop lawsuits against each other, water district receives $124 million to expand water replenishment system and Coast college district OKs resolution to change election system after lawsuit threats.
July 20, 2017
Today: Important information re: contracting/privatizing public services, former Santa Ana police chief alleges wrongdoing by top city officials and officers’ union leader and an emergency shelter for homeless families with children opening in Orange.
July 19, 2017
Today: Kerr: Supervisors reject professional advice and common sense, Anaheim approves homeless service center and after a struggle, Anaheim finds ARTIC naming rights consultant.
July 18, 2017
Today: Weeks after committing taxpayers to a new $315 Million Building, County reveals its design, Cinderella is homeless, Ariel ‘can’t afford to live on land’: Disney under fire for pay and Garbage workers in CA win union after a ten-year fight.
July 17, 2017
Today: OC Public Works to evict homeless from the Honda Center side of the Santa Ana riverbank, here’s why Orange County homes are selling for more than their asking prices and first-day visitors to Orange County Fair find a lot to like.
July 14, 2017
Today: An interactive memorial for Orange County farmworkers will be open to the public during the OC Fair, ex-staffer’s claim against Spitzer didn’t pan out, according to DA investigator and local lawmakers deliver bipartisan win for taxpayers.
July 13, 2017
Today: Sparks fly between Anaheim Mayor and Councilwoman over fire fighter outsourcing inquiry, Sheriff didn’t fire or demote any jail managers for failures that enabled escape, and $5-million program finds housing for only 268 veterans, report says.
July 12, 2017
Today: Orange County D.A. is investigating his biggest critic — a former ally — as ugly political battle looms, Battle intensifies for control of OC’s health care plan for low income residents and Anaheim City Manager Paul Emery resigns.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
