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Garden Grove 2012 in review: Beauty, taxes and a mayor’s return
Posted on December 26, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Beauty queens, veteran politicians and hotels led the news parade for Garden Grove in 2012. Leah Cecil, a former Miss Garden Grove, won the Miss... -
2012 Sports in Review: Titles, tears and more
Posted on December 26, 2012 | No CommentsBy Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal For sports fans in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area, 2012 was a year of excitement tinged with disappointment. Local high school teams excelled in CIF Southern... -
D.A. clears GGPD officer in shooting death
Posted on December 24, 2012 | No CommentsBy Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal A Garden Grove police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the 2011 shooting death of a 31-year-old man. On Wednesday, the Orange County... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: No solution to gun violence?
Posted on December 20, 2012 | 2 CommentsAmericans are an optimistic people. All evidence to the contrary. We believe that nearly every problem can be solved if we just try hard enough, enact enough laws (or rules)... -
Local voters swung to Obama
Posted on November 21, 2012 | No CommentsBy Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Political pundits who are reflecting on why President Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney in the Nov. 6 general election might find some food for thought... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: Rights and wrongs
Posted on November 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe great cowboy-philosopher Will Rogers once said, “The problem isn’t what people don’t know, it’s what they ‘know’ that ain’t so.” That’s one of the main lessons from the Battle... -
Broadwater mulls over who will serve on council
Posted on November 14, 2012 | 2 CommentsBy Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal The catchphrase “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over” applies to the Garden Grove City Council election. While the vote-counting is completed, the process of selecting... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: A food giant of an issue
Posted on November 8, 2012 | No CommentsAs I am fond of saying, if you wait long enough, everything comes back into fashion. My family moved into Garden Grove when I was 7 years old, and the... -
Soon, voters will decide 2012 races
Posted on October 31, 2012 | 2 CommentsBy Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal The long election year finally comes to an end Tuesday when voters all across the nation – and in Garden Grove, Stanton and Westminster –... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: Education is story-telling
Posted on October 31, 2012 | No CommentsLining one wall of my home office, from floor to ceiling, is a collection of many of my best friends. No, it’s not photographic mementos from my past, it’s the...
