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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.
October 23, 2018
Today: Proposed homeless settlement filed in federal court; UC workers to begin three-day strike at UCI and, Prop 103 has saved California drivers $154 billion says report.
October 22, 2018
Today: Last day to register to vote; mail-in ballots are arriving! Consult your OCEA Voter Guide before casting your ballot and, Here is where you can vote early in Orange County.
October 19, 2018
Today: Here is where you can vote early in Orange County for the 2018 midterm; 18 local cities will ask to raise sales tax in November and, one job should be enough; stand with Marriott workers.
October 18, 2018
Today: Supervisors order destruction of campaign money enforcement emails; County passes registry for some drug rehab centers, and children in Orange County report shows improvement.
October 17, 2018
Today: Disney spends almost $1 million on Anaheim elections; Southern California to see smaller rent hikes over the next two years, and roads in LA, Long Beach and Anaheim rank 3rd worst in U.S.
October 16, 2018
Today: 9,200 without power as winds continue in So Cal counties; November’s election could reshape the Board of Supervisors and sewage spill contaminates area beaches.
October 15, 2018
Today: Thousands left without electricity during powerful Santa Ana winds; Edison warns it may shut down power in high fire-risk areas during windstorms and fewer people are getting onto OCTA’s buses.
October 12, 2018
Today: OCEA’s Voter Guide for the Nov. 6, 2018 Election is here; OC Parks honored for excellence and UC workers vote to authorize another potential strike.
October 11, 2018
Today: Anaheim minimum wage could apply to Garden Walk Mall and DoubleTree Hotel; Orange Coast College to be the first community college in Orange County with on-campus housing and Inland Empire home to hottest U.S. job market in last 5 years.
October 10, 2018
Today: Protecting public safety; Disney announces it’s pulling the plug on Anaheim luxury hotel and the union movement's ground zero is California.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
