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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.
January 23, 2020
Today: Lawsuits and referendums on the horizon for Santa Ana 2525 apartment project; Santa Ana wants to extend OCTA streetcar project and, Fullerton joins growing list of North OC cities building homeless shelters.
January 22, 2020
Today: Costa Mesa council to hear report on possible future of Fairview Developmental Center; homelessness crisis has many faces in Fullerton and, republican leaders call for Assemblyman Bill Brough to resign.
January 21, 2020
Today: Lawsuit likely against Anaheim over secretive stadium negotiations; critics demand answers after OC jail scandal leads to no charges and is high traffic in future for Anaheim’s 5-years old ARTIC station?
January 17, 2020
Today:OC Women's March tomorrow! Major Orange County freeway closures planned for Jan. 18-24 Cal Trans work and, Surf City school district might close a site, lay off teachers, oust 750 transfers.
January 16, 2020
Today: Irvine and Newport join fight against new housing mandates; effort to discipline/fire Irvine city manager fails and, OC Fair officials consider ticket price hikes.
January 14, 2020
Today: Where is new housing going in Anaheim? City council to debate 56 new condos in Anaheim Hills; OC cities pushing back against housing target increases and, can I prohibit websites from selling my personal information?
January 13, 2020
Today: Anaheim hotel renovation revives debate over city subsidies; how stadium land deal affects a proposed $700 million performing arts center and, Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa could be used to house local homeless.
January 9, 2020
Today: Westminster Special Recall election set for April 7; murals, construction are revitalizing Placentia’s downtown and historic area and, state says N.B. council member can’t call herself ‘businesswoman’ on Assembly ballot.
January 8, 2020
Today: Two city council recalls to watch this year; mock election shows new 2020 Orange County voting process and, U.S. and Iran step back from the brink of war.
January 7, 2020
Today: Angel Stadium – a look ahead in 2020 and a look back at 2019; Voice of OC's most popular news columns on Orange County and, Irvine is trying a hybrid light system to provide safer street crossing for pedestrians.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
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