Yorba Linda - In God We Trust

During the last City Council meeting, council members discussed displaying “In God We Trust” in the council chambers. A vote was not cast allowing time to gather data and put out a report for public review.

Some might say this is a violates Seperation of Church and State. I say you are wrong and this is not the City mandating what church you must attend and what God you must believe in. This is just a city displaying what the believe.

Yorba Linda is home to at least 14 churches that I have counted. We are also home to the largest Quaker Church in the world, Friends Church of Yorba Linda

The city council has my vote to approve the display of “In God We Trust” in the City Council Chambers.

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Yorba Linda Town Hall Meeting - July 29th 2008

Town Hall Meeting Scheduled for July 29

Yorba Linda, CA – As part of its effort to increase the level of dialogue between residents and City officials, the Yorba Linda City Council will be holding a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, July 29 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The location of the meeting is the East Lake Village Community Association Building at 5325 Village Center Drive in Yorba Linda. The meeting is open to the public.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for members of the community to talk with Yorba Linda City Council members in a relaxed, informal setting. The format of the meeting will allow participants to discuss whatever is important to them, raise any concerns they might have, share ideas, ask questions, and get the latest information about issues and projects in their neighborhood and community.

Anyone wanting more information may call the City’s Public Information Officer,
Mike Maxfield, at (714) 961-7173.

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Horsing Around At Yorba Linda City Hall

About 30 Horses and their handlers held a peaceful protest at Yorba Linda city hall yesterday. Horse owners and supporters were out showing their protest of delays in the city’s discussions about building stables and arenas.  Updates about the city’s decisions will be posted when available.

For more information visit the the Orange County Register.

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Yorba Linda Community Meeting Called

A huge tragedy has occurred in our quiet community on Saturday, February 23, 2008 that resulted in the murder/suicide death of 5 family members and the injury of a 14 year old boy. For more information you can read the story here: http://www.ocregister.com/news/police-old-year-1986618-boy-call

This evening, Monday February 25, 2008 there will be a community gathering at 7:00 pm at the Yorba Linda Education Service Center located at 4999 Casa Loma Avenue. This meeting will have Police Officials, Clergy and councelors on hand to help families with how to deal with this tragedy as well as answer any questions you may have about incident.

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Yorba Linda Going High Tech - High Touch

The Orange County Register interviewed our the new Mayor of Jim Winder. Jim has a tech theme for his Mayorship of Yorba Linda - The Land of Gracious Living.

What does this mean?
Jim says he “is ready to usher in a new wave of technology to the city of Yorba Linda”.

Does this help the residents of Yorba Linda?
It very possibly could. He has already implemented Webcasting of the City Council Meetings. Yorba Linda City Council Meetings Webcast

Quoted from OC Register article

Q:How does this movement toward high-tech benefit citizens and their quality of life?

A:People in Yorba Linda, like elsewhere, are very busy with a lot of things. This is a family community and they’ve got to get kids to and from school and help with homework and do all those kinds of things. Gas being what it is, the ability to sign up on a computer during a dead moment, instead of driving down to City Hall clearly contributes to positive things in people’s lives.

What the Yorba Linda City Council should do (along with every other city, county, state, etc…) is have their own blog so us technology hip people can subscribe to the blog and not have to visit the websites to get updates.

It looks like Jim might have some good ideas and goals for the City of Yorba Linda. Maybe Jim would leave a comment here or we will try to get our own interview with Jim to post here. so he can expand on his thoughts from the original OC Register article.

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Yorba Linda City Council Meetings Webcast

Starting with the December 18th 2007 City Council meeting, Yorba Linda - The Land of Gracious Living will start streaming their meetings on the internet and will also keep an archive of previous meetings that can be viewed at any time.

The meetings do not look to be streamed live but instead recorded and then put up for your viewing pleasure.

How many people watch the Yorba Linda City Council meetings? Probably a very small percentage of the residents, but maybe this will help more people watch them. I will make an effort to watch them because now I can do it on my own time.

I personally don’t think it’s a great implementation of the webcast but it is definitely a step in the write direction.

The Webcasts can be found here -> Yorba Linda City Council Webcast 
And here is a screen shot - click to view larger image

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