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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.
November 7, 2018
Today: Costa Mesa voters pick Katrina Foley as the city's first directly elected mayor, Election 2018: Some OC election races still too close to call and, homelessness legal settlements approved.
November 5, 2018
Today: Tomorrow is Election Day!; if all politics is local, then democracy is in real trouble, says columnist, and, Costa Mesa fire captain, hit by possible DUI driver while off-duty, dies.
November 2, 2018
Today: Check out Veterans Day deals for vets and active military on Nov. 11; there is a downside of moving your company out of state and, construction starts on Placentia Veterans Village.
November 1, 2018
Today: Free community event coming up on November 10th: “Salute to Veterans”; Fight fake news by supporting local news and, tax increases go before voters in seven OC cities.
October 31, 2018
Today: OC expands drug and alcohol rehab registration; L.A., O.C. rentals are overcrowded and, "Pop Up" mobile voting returns to Orange County.
October 30, 2018
Today: Breaking - Chris Prevatt Re-elected to the OCERS Board of Retirement; Santa Ana close to opening 200-bed shelter and, As hate crimes rise in Orange County, Don Han is the 1st responder.
October 29, 2018
Today: Voting for the OCERS election ends tomorrow at 9 a.m. Mark your ballot for Chris Prevatt; people dropped a lot of money on this year’s OC Fair and, research shows employment bias at University of California
October 26, 2018
Today: OC Supervisor candidates Shaw and Chaffee debate at CSUF; City and Anaheim Ducks propose 25-Year lease and,there are some chilling economic trends in CSUF's forecast.
October 25, 2018
Today: No party preference voters could be key to OC Congressional races; California’s infrastructure report card ranks low and, Costa Mesa prepares to start improving technology at City Hall.
October 24, 2018
Today: Irvine City Council strengthens transparency; Voice of OC partnering with New York Times and KPCC on election events and, new Garden Grove fire station replaces 47-year-old facility.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
