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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.
May 31, 2018
Today: Orange County Fair board promises dialogue about future of fairgrounds equestrian center; hundreds of future citizens will be at polls to help non-English speaking voters and here’s how much millennials are making in one chart.
May 30, 2018
Today: Public use battles loom over OC Fair; North OC’s open seat for supervisor draws six candidates and Oakcrest Terrace in Yorba Linda is the new face of affordable housing.
May 29, 2018
Today: Costa Mesa council will discuss next city budget at special meeting; supporters set the record straight on the OC Veterans Cemetery and O.C. Fair Board delays contracts for 3 gun shows amid license questions.
May 25, 2018
Today: Here’s when and where you can cast a ballot early or by mail in Orange County today; Caltech to keep close eye on integrity of Orange County June 5 election and a new mobile unit is planned for OC's needle exchange program.
May 24, 2018
Today: Three law enforcement veterans compete for Orange County Sheriff; Irvine, Los Angeles high on U.S. cities’ population growth list, and Memorial Day weekend air travelers could see delays.
May 23, 2018
Today: Home prices hit $715,000 in Orange County; here are Memorial Day 2018 events around Orange County and a desalination plant appears to woo skeptics.
May 22, 2018
Today: Performance auditing offers a real look under the public-sector hood; dozens of mentally ill homeless people may leave County treatment motel and when you break even as a homeowner depends on where you live in SoCal.
May 21, 2018
Today: Supreme Court decision delivers blow to workers' rights; Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove or Westminster: Where’s housing hotter? and, Santa Ana halts city council redistricting, points to new lawsuit.
May 18, 2018
Today: UC strike is over growing racial, gender inequality; Santa Ana rent control petition drive underway and Santa Ana suspends updating council wards pending lawsuit over voting rights.
May 17, 2018
Today: Irvine voters to decide future of Orange County veterans cemetery; Southern California house prices up 7.3 percent in April, realtors report, and Boeing in discussions with potential buyers of 30 acres of Huntington Beach site
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
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