Just when we think the TCA can’t astound and disappoint us more…they do!
The surprise factor came when the TCA Board of Directors approved to spend nearly one million dollars annually on lobbying expenses! Yep! Just this week, they hired a second lobbying firm and will pay that company $35,000 a month!!!! Combined with current lobbying expenses, the TCA will be spending more monthly on lobbying, than the average American household earns annually!
San Clemente, CA (June 19, 2008) – This week, there have been several calls for Congress to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. In response to these announcements, the Surfrider Foundation has released a statement on its position against offshore oil drilling.
| June 20, 2008 |
The following is a post from the Orange County Register Blog:
| July 16, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
July Newport Beach Public Meeting: WEDNESDAY JULY 16, 7PM OASIS SENIOR CENTER
800 Marguerite and 5th Avenue, Room 1B, Corona del Mar, 02625
| August 2, 2008 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 2:00 pm |
More information to come! Contact Lisa if you are interested in volunteering or want to attend this event. Check back soon for updated information.
The ocean lost one of its champions recently with the death Mike Boudreaux. Mike became famous in local water quality circles for the creation of the Boudreaux boom. After spending a day carting numerous bags of trash out of the Upper Newport Bay Mike said, “There has to be a better way,” and he came up with a debris boom that would trap trash in the creeks before it could get to the bay. He went to the county and sold them on his idea, and they put the first one in the Delhi channel. It worked so well, that the county has put them along the Santa Ana River and in other areas, and it’s made a huge difference in the amount of trash reaching these sensitive areas. An active member of the Newport Beach chapter, Mike was instrumental in launching 50 in 5, a program to reduce pollution at the mouth of the Santa Ana River which has been adopted by the City of Costa Mesa. He also helped the chapter publicize various water quality messages by donating a billboard at the site of his business to the chapter for three years. Mike was killed in a motorcycle accident.
