Publisher’s Perspective: Four Irvine Councilmembers Betray Veterans … Again!
I wrote an article in May regarding four Irvine City Councilmembers — William Go, James Mai, Melinda Liu, and Kathleen Treseder — who voted to break a promise that the City of Irvine made 11 years ago to veterans and their families to build a Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery on the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station at the Great Park.
That has become the most-read article Irvine Community News & Views has ever published, with more than 75,000 residents having read the article and 1,293 Irvine residents (so far) sharing it on their own social media platforms.
On December 9th, City staff proposed a compromise, suggesting the City build a beautifully sculpted “columbarium” structure within a Wall of Honor & Remembrance as part of the Veterans Memorial Park & Gardens. But once again Councilmembers Go, Mai, Liu, and Treseder voted NO!
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