Mark Fudge News Today

Every politician has a mentor, a sounding board, a guiding presence. Nelson Mandela had Walter Sisulu, Winston Churchill had Bourke Cockran, and John F. Kennedy had Ted Sorensen. When wondering about councilman George Weiss, only one name comes to mind: Yosemite Sam. Yes, the proud cartoon cowboy, the mean-spirited and aggressive gunslinger with the hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits - whose “shoot first” efforts always seemed to backfire. Substitute common sense for rabbit...

With hip boutiques, restaurants and heritage properties, Bonavista has been rebuilding — if not reinventing — itself for a good few years, writes John Gushue. The town's mayor says selling things abroad, apart from the tourism experience, will be necessary for the future.

Laguna Beach officials pushed back against the Orange County District Attorney’s findings of Brown Act violations surrounding a closed session meeting.

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