A Busy Day Ahead

Today promises to be a very interesting day.

FOLEY AND ROEDER TO SACTO - AGAIN
First off the bat, Costa Mesa City Manager Allan Roeder and Councilwoman Katrina Foley are winging off to the state capitol again to meet with State officials regarding the sale of the Orange County Fair and Event Center.


FAIR BOARD MEETS AT 10 A.M.
And, as that meeting is commencing, almost 500 miles south the Fair Board will be holding it's meeting at the Fairgrounds in which it's "revenue sharing" scheme will be discussed and voted upon.

NATIVES ARE RESTLESS
As one might expect, ever since the agenda report for the Fair Board meeting was published this past weekend the natives have been restless. Emails flew and Facebook almost overheated with comments and speculation about the plan.

GENIS IN THE REGISTER
Unrelated to that agenda item, but perfectly timed, former Costa Mesa mayor and present President of the Orange County Fair Preservation Society, Sandra Genis, published a lengthy essay in the Orange County Register, which you can read HERE. As you'll see, Genis is against the sale of the Fairgrounds to anyone, and specifically dislikes the current agreement with Facilities Management West. You can find the Fair Preservation Society web site HERE.

WHAT ARE THEY UP TO?
I'm not exactly sure what to expect from the events today, but I hope Foley and Roeder get some insight into exactly what the Fair Board hopes to accomplish with this end run. Although it's not published as part of the agenda, I suspect this shenanigan will get a lot of discussion in the closed session segment of the City Council meeting Tuesday. We'll see..