Comments on: Dana Point officials spent $4,800 to attend Pebble Beach “concours.”

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:56:38 +0000

This isn’t food for thought but rather “‘i’ve got a column to write and need to come up with something fast before I hear from the editor!!” You need to be more careful not to impugn people without a valid reason.

“And they splurged on the $500 VIP tickets to the Pebble Beach event, including meals, special tours around town and virtually all access to the lavish show.”

This isn’t fair reporting. replace “splurged” with spent. Delete “lavish”. You’re really trying to make them out as villians, and it’s very apparent.

By: average guy

average guy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:45:16 +0000

Nothing wrong with that!

But nice try OC Watchdog.

By: TSaavedra

TSaavedra — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:51:21 +0000

Great comments, all. Let me point out, however, these blog posts are not intended as full investigative articles. You can find those on our investigations page. The Watchdog Blog attempts to provide food for thought on how government spends tax money. The post on the concours doesn’t attempt to pass judgment one way or the other, but to let folks know what happened, and leave it to them to pass judgment.

By: HotChick

HotChick — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:17:06 +0000

This is proof that politicians are only out for themselves. They are greedy SOBs

By: HotChick

HotChick — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:15:18 +0000

This goes to show you greed and corruption is everywhere!

By: CKhong

CKhong — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:11:46 +0000

are you kidding if he were to rent a benz then it would matter

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:28:18 +0000

Just another story where the OC Register pulls out minimal numbers to try and make a point that non-profits and government should be staying in 3rd name hotels and eating at McDonald’s (but no McFlurries).

However, based on the last two (2) articles they would rather have the County spend an extra $5 Million to have an extra voting machine at every polling place instead of centralizing polling placed designed to help handicap and provide them with specialize staff at a much lower cost to the taxpayer and a great benefit to the People they serve.

By: Thatchmo

Thatchmo — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:23:56 +0000

There was a Newport Concours car show in September like the one at Pebble Beach and Huntington Beach had one as well. Could have saved money by driving to those instead of going to Pebble Beach. I know Pebble Beach is the premiere event, but the trip wasn’t necessary in our car show rich Southern California.

By: Danicalifornia

Danicalifornia — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:33:05 +0000

I smell another recall just around the corner!

By: Spam protection: Sum of 1 + 6 ?

Spam protection: Sum of 1 + 6 ? — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:24:28 +0000

It is mostly someone else’s money, so it is fine.