Author: ICNV Staff

Yet another major embarrassment has befallen the Irvine City Council, especially City Councilmember Christina Shea.  This time, it involves the scandalous misconduct of Shea and her hand-picked accounting firm to conduct a “forensic audit” of the Great Park.

On Tuesday (January 9th), Irvine Mayor Donald Wagner and Councilmembers Christina Shea and Melissa Fox voted against Councilmember Jeff Lalloway’s motion to immediately begin construction of the Veterans Cemetery in the Great Park.

The City Council voted (3-to-2) last fall to replace the planned 125-acre Veterans Cemetery in the Great Park with developer FivePoint’s plan for 812,000 square feet of office and commercial development.  The unpopular Council decision — now challenged by a 2018 ballot referendum — would bring nearly 10,000 more auto and truck trips every day to neighborhoods along Irvine Blvd. (above), Sand Canyon, Jeffrey and throughout Irvine.

Construction of the 125-acre Veterans Cemetery in the Great Park would have started five months...