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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.
June 28, 2018
Today: Supervisors start taking control of County’s financial checks and balances; Irvine gives notice it may exit OC Fire Authority in 2020 and, Heroes Hall offers preview of ‘Bravemind’ exhibit.
June 27, 2018
Today: Supreme Court does bidding of corporate elites as working people fight on; can California’s public employee unions thwart U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus decision? And, OC supervisors publicly move forward with veterans cemetery study.
June 26, 2018
Today: Supervisors’ vets cemetery policy discussion must be public, experts say; final results for OC’s highest-turnout midterm in more than three decades and, apply for the OCEA Scholarship and begin your college journey.
June 25, 2018
Today: Anaheim’s oversized Vehicle Parking Ban leaves RV dwellers wondering where to live; Newport Beach may need voters’ permission before taking on large debt and California home prices called ‘rational’ when climate is factored in.
June 21, 2018
Today: Santa Ana upside-down by $10 Million in new fiscal year; Costa Mesa won't pursue options to city's adopted voting districts and, Placentia may want out of Fire Authority contract.
June 22, 2018
Today: Heat wave peaks as high pressure lingers over Southern California; 1,500 seasonal workers to be hired for OC Fair and National HIV Testing Day is Wednesday, June 27.
June 20, 2018
Today: After Irvine voters rejected land swap, could veterans cemetery move to Anaheim? Grand Jury warns against closing any OC landfills and Huntington Beach to help expand homeless shelters in Midway City.
June 19, 2018
Today: Headed to the ocean? 4 stretches of beach to avoid in Orange County; Bat found in Anaheim Hill tests positive for rabies and County officials ask state to reject mobile needle exchange proposal.
June 16, 2018
Today: Anaheim Council votes Tuesday on minimum wage measure aimed at city-subsidized businesses; Anaheim picks UC Irvine chief to head police department and, Huntington Beach PD to test drones for public safety work.
June 15, 2018
Today: Disney workers fighting to make dreams come true; last chance to get the OCEA Night special offer for Angels baseball and, must California rents be cut by 31% to reach affordability?
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
