At the regular meeting of the governign board of the Rossmoor Community Services District (RCSD) on Tuesday, Dec. 11, outgoing RCSD General Manager Henry Taboada presented in lieu certificates to three board members. The three board members — Michael Maynard, Ron Casey and Jeffrey T. Rips — ran unopposed for re-election. Because no one opposed [...]

My prediction was for a Mitt Romney win. I was in good company: Michael Barone, George Will, Newt Gingrich, Peggy Noonan, Steve Forbes, Dick Morris, Karl Rove and Rush Limbaugh also predicted that Romney would win the presidency. Beyond Barack Obama having a better ground campaign, here are my thoughts about why Mitt Romney lost [...]

According to the California Secretary of State: 100.0% ( 555 of 555 ) precincts partially reported Ron Varasteh 86,993 38.4% Dana Rohrabacher 139,772 61.6% Featured photo Courtesy photo of Dana Rohrabacher. Did you know that we have a monthly print edition? We do! We also have digital version of our print edition online. To receive [...]

According to the California Secretary of State, five of eleven state-wide ballot measures appear to be headed for approval by the state’s voters:   Proposition Title Yes Votes % No Votes % Yes 30 Temporary Taxes to Fund Education 4,869,645 54.0% 4,141,202 46.0% No 31 State Budget, State and Local Government 3,299,270 39.2% 5,109,913 60.8% [...]

According to the California Secretary of State, Bob Huff appears to have kept his seat in the State Senate: Greg Diamond 95,179 43.6% Robert “Bob” Huff 122,997 56.4% 98.2% ( 546 of 556 ) precincts partially reported. State Senate District 29 includes Cypress. Featured photo Courtesy photo of Bob Huff. Did you know that we [...]

According to the California Secretary of State, Sharon Quirk-Silva has ousted Chris Norby in Assembly District 65: Sharon Quirk-Silva 51,451 50.5% Chris Norby 50,447 49.5% 276 of 276 precincts have (partially) reported. Assembly District 65 includes Cypress. Featured photo Courtesy photo of Sharon Quirk-Silva. Did you know that we have a monthly print edition? We [...]

According to the California Secretary of State, Travis Allen has won election to Assembly District 72: Travis Allen 60,732 55.7% Troy Edgar 48,398 44.3% 315 of 315 precincts have reported. Featured photo Courtesy photo of Travis Allen. Did you know that we have a monthly print edition? We do! We also have digital version of [...]

According to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, Richard Murphy and Dean Grose have won election to the Los Alamitos City Council: Richard Murphy 1,758 33.7% Dean Grose 1,452 27.9% Ken Stephens 1,217 23.4% Demi Devaney 782 15.0% Ten of ten precincts have reported. William Poe, Jim Bell and Van Jew have won election to [...]

According to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, Rob Johnson and Mariellen Yarc have won election to the Cypress City Council: Rob Johnson 8,584 38.1% Mariellen Yarc 6,843 30.4% Jay Sondhi 4,092 18.2% Bijan Mohseni 3,023 13.4% Thirty-two of thirty-two precincts have reported. Featured photo File photo of Cypress Civic Center by C.E.H. Wiedel. More [...]

I have complained long and frequently that Alan Lowenthal, running for Congress in the gerrymandered 47th District, has ignored the portion of that District that is on the far side of the Orange Curtain, relying on his base of Democratic voters in Long Beach to send him to Washington, D.C. According to information released by [...]

When we checked out the local polling station at OCFA Station 2, just down the street from Orange County Breeze World Headquarters, things were progressing swimmingly. All of the polling booths were filled by citizens casting their votes on many issues, from a proposition to abolish the death penalty to the next president of the [...]

Remember to vote! Polls will remain open until 8 p.m. tonight. If you vote late in the day — after polls on the East Coast close — try to ignore election coverage from the East Coast until after you have voted. The first Orange County results posted after polls close will be the count of [...]