Category: Open Forum

The latest Irvine Community Poll shows that 90% of those who have taken the poll favor the efforts to recall unelected Mayor Shea and Councilmember Carroll.

The latest Irvine Community Poll shows that 90% of those who have taken the poll favor the efforts to recall unelected Mayor Shea and Councilmember Carroll.

After Shea’s latest scheme with FivePoint was caught on video — with the Mayor telling a group of homeowners about her plans to put forward a completely different site as a “diversion tactic”  and offer an unprecedented “99-year lease” of the City-owned ARDA site to a commercial developer” — we asked our readers this question: “Do you approve or disapprove of Mayor Shea’s handling of the Veterans Cemetery issue?

Under the guise of “adjusting” park and recreational fees charged to Irvine residents, Mayor Christina Shea included a provision in the City’s $200 million budget threatening to ground the popular, iconic Great Park Balloon — unless someone comes up with “private dollars” to pay for its operation and maintenance.

Irvine residents and voters have said over and over that they want the State Veterans Cemetery built. But, three members of the Irvine City Council have systematically thwarted the will of the people for more than two years.

Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV) is Irvine’s only independent community newspaper — free of developer control.

Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV) is Irvine’s only independent community newspaper — free of developer control.

As an independent newspaper, our mission at Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV) is to inform and educate Irvine residents on issues that directly impact their lives.

We are sad to report that Steve Layton, a longtime Irvine resident, civic activist, and contributing cartoonist to Irvine Community News & Views, passed away this summer after a long illness.

As an independent newspaper, our mission at Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV) is to inform and educate Irvine residents on issues that directly impact their lives.

As an independent newspaper, our mission at Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV) is to inform and educate Irvine residents on issues that directly impact their lives.