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Ojai City Council Selects Joseph Fletcher as City Attorney

by Tyler Suchman December 31, 2011

PR from the City…

The Ojai City Council has selected Joseph Fletcher of Tustin to serve as city attorney after a six‐month search to replace Monte Widders, who retired in May after nearly 30 years in the post.

The decision is pending final approval by the Ojai City Council on January 10,…

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City of Ojai Hires Public Works Director

by Tyler Suchman June 3, 2011

PR from the City of Ojai…

City Announces Hiring of Greg Grant as Public Works Director

The City of Ojai announces the hiring of Greg Grant as Public Works Director/City Engineer, filling a key vacancy in the City staff.

Grant, an Oak View resident, comes to the City from the Ventura Regional Sanitation…

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PR: Widders Retires

by Tyler Suchman May 25, 2011

Press release from Steve McClary, Assistant to the Ojai City Manager…

Longtime Ojai City Attorney Monte Widders Retires; City Council Names Steven Lee Acting City Attorney

Longtime Ojai City Attorney Monte Widders has advised the City Council that, for medical reasons, he has retired from his position as City Attorney. His firm,…

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City Council Building Code Workshop

by Tyler Suchman March 15, 2011

From Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce CEO Scott Eicher to their members…

Good Morning Chamber Members,

Tonight at City Hall there will be a City Council Building Code Workshop. At this meeting, the Council, your elected representatives, could pass a new set of building codes that will have a great impact on…

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Sleeping giant threatens Ojai

by Jim Hines February 1, 2011

Two sleeping giants from Ojai’s past are now ready to reawaken at the entrance to the Ojai Valley.

Remember the major battle back in the 1980′s to stop the pollution at the Petrochem refinery along the lower Ventura River?

Well, you will love the encore presentation: Plans for hundreds of dwelling units…

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Ojai hires new city manager

by Tyler Suchman January 30, 2011

from the VC Star, forwarded by HJS…

Ojai has chosen the town manager of Mammoth Lakes to serve as its next city manager. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Robert Clark after an extensive four-month search. Clark will begin his new post on Feb. 21. He succeeds John Baker,…

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Pat McPherson: accountability in counting our votes

by Suza Francina January 7, 2011

Pat McPherson wrote the following Letter to the Editor in response to the recent VCStar article, November election dispute lingers: Mistakes in Ojai, Camarillo races still being questioned (see link below).

My hat goes off to county Supervisor Steve Bennett who continues to stand up for Ventura County and Ojai by requesting more…

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Election: Klaif Letter to Supervisors

by Tyler Suchman December 7, 2010

Following is a letter from City Council candidate Len Klaif to the County Supervisors, in anticipation of tonight’s meeting.

Supervisor Steve Bennett
Supervisor Linda Parks
Supervisor Kathy Long
Supervisor Peter C. Foy
Supervisor John C. Zaragoza
800 S. Victoria Avenue
Ventura, California 93009

Re: November 2, 2010 general election

Dear Supervisors Bennett, Parks, Long, Foy and Zaragoza:

As you…

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Ojai City Council Recount Request

by Tyler Suchman December 2, 2010

The following guest editorial is from Pat McPherson…link to Official Election Recount Request (PDF)

On November 29, 2010, twelve Ojai voters filed a request with the Ojai City Clerk to recount the votes for the November 2, 2010 City Council race (see attached). The reason for the recount request is that the…

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McPherson: Subtracted Votes are a Fiasco

by Tyler Suchman November 24, 2010

From: Pat McPherson
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 11:37 PM
To: [city and county officials]
Subject: Some thoughts about the revised Election Results

Dear All,

Had we not had the fiasco with the subtracted votes I might have accepted todays revised count. But we don’t know where the subtracted votes came from or why, or…

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