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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 10, 2018
Today: 18,100-acre Holy fire threatens 3,000 structures near Lake Elsinore; new contract for ambulance staffing clears way for Costa Mesa to transport patients and San Clemente fights Toll Road Agency over public records.
August 9, 2018
Today: EPA provides $135 million for Groundwater Project expansion in OC; Anaheim Council rejects changes to wage increase ballot question and threat from Holy fire leads to school closures in Riverside County.
August 8, 2018
Today: County asks Court to block needle exchange program; Disneyland still world’s No. 2 theme park and Missouri 'right-to-work' law rejected by popular vote.
August 7, 2018
Today: Irvine Planning Commission expedites veterans cemetery reports; Firefighters battle Holy fire amid excessive heat and, Costa Mesa council weighs ban on needle and syringe exchanges.
August 6, 2018
Today: Fast-moving Holy Fire breaks out near Trabuco Canyon; Supervisors’ secret policy making is updated amid legal questions and, Orange County must shelter 1,550 homeless people, judge says.
August 3, 2018
Today: Does OC County government need performance auditing? Costa Mesa considering legal action over mobile needle-exchange program and, 405 widening project moving forward with closure of McFadden Avenue bridge on Aug. 7.
August 2, 2018
Today: Will Orange County veterans finally get a local cemetery? Supervisors to hold emergency meeting on needle exchange program and with hundreds of homeless back on streets, judge sets Friday hearing.
August 1, 2018
Today: Fire evacuation issues force county re-do of 340-home development; State OKs mobile syringe exchange program over local objections and, Community group launches fundraising for Mendez desegregation case.
July 31, 2018
Today: County names candidates/donors who may have exceeded campaign limits; state investigating conflict allegations against Supervisor Andrew Do and, Fed set to leave rates alone as trade war raises anxiety.
July 30, 2018
Today: Does Orange County need 72 more hotels? Garden Grove and Seal Beach put a local sales tax request on the ballot and, NFL Chargers open preseason training camp in Costa Mesa.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
