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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.
August 24, 2018
Today: Company repeatedly recorded attorney-client jail phone calls; departing Newport city manager to temporarily lead countywide public policy group and, a charter school borrows millions then got shut down.
August 23, 2013
Today: Santa Ana PD should ‘harass’ homeless people to move to other cities, mayor says; has Disneyland offered Anaheim a peace treaty? and, So Cal's late mortgage payments at pre-recession lows.
August 22, 2018
Today: Disneyland to Anaheim: These tax agreements are ‘divisive’ so let’s rip them up; OC syringe exchange organizers to hold town hall in Anaheim and housing sales dip 15%.
August 21, 2018
Today: No one looks good with Disney’s busted hotel deal; Orange County’s hiring upswing grows to 96 consecutive months and DA under scrutiny for not disclosing private jet trip.
August 20, 2018
Today: Homelessness and crime increase at Anaheim’s Maxwell Park; FAQs answered on the 405 Freeway widening project and, FEMA cuts Newport flood zone saving property owners millions.
August 17, 2018
Today: Attention late-night drivers: Part of the 405 will be closed this weekend; Anaheim officials to Disney: Let’s talk about hotel subsidy and, some cities want a piece of state surplus money.
August 16, 2018
Today: The Press pushes back against assertions that reporters are enemies of the people; Newport Beach City Council names new city manager and Disney stops work on hotel.
August 15, 2018
Today: Toll road agency linked its website to Newport councilman’s campaign web page; in wake of dog’s abuse and killing, County exploring “do not adopt” list and Costa Mesa’s first-ever district, mayor elections are on the November ballot.
August 14, 2018
Today: Opioid addiction a senior problem in Orange County; firefighters hold Holy fire line overnight, containment at 59 percent and, OC Fair hits 2018 attendance record of 1.4 million visitors.
August 13, 2018
Today: OC One of least affordable places to live in U.S.; San Onofre nuclear waste canister incident resulted in ‘lessons learned’ and, striking workers can now get unemployment benefits in New Jersey.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
