Another OCer is on his way to Washington, D.C. Former OCBJer Nidal Ibrahim, editor and publisher of Arab American Business in Huntington Beach, has been named executive director of the Arab-American Institute, the leading advocacy group for the Arab-American community: “It’s the opportunity of a lifetime.” He’ll report to President Jim Zogby, brother of political pollster John Zogby. Ibrahim says wife Ghada will take over as editor of his bimonthly magazine. Another change for the Ibrahims,Ghada is due in April …
John Campbell increases the number of certified public accountants in the House of Representatives to six. One hundred and fifty two more and they’ve caught the lawyers …
A moderate is a liberal who’s been mugged by the Sierra Club: Toni Iseman, late of the California Coastal Commission, is thinking about trying to regain a Laguna Beach council seat. But this time, Democrat and former mayor Iseman would run as a “dynamic duo” with Republican and current Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider, a former foe. “Because we’ve both been willing to move a bit more to the middle, we’ve accomplished extraordinary things and ended years of acrimony in our little town,” Liz says. One example was a compromise on parking for businesses: “I gave up a few parking spaces, she gave up a little of the open space” …
For his 50th birthday, OC Treasurer and supe candidate John Moorlach is throwing a $250-per-person fund-raiser Tuesday at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel; PBS’ Huell Howser is special guest …
New arrival: Miranda Sydney Mason, to OC Register Web editor Amy Mason Doan and OCBJ ME Mike Mason …
Press release: Christian Acedillo has opened the first Southern California office of Pet Butler, a national pet cleanup service. He soon will be making his rounds in a decorated “Got Poop?” truck.
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The M & M; boys: Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist and OC Weekly’s “Ask a Mexican” Gustavo Arellano, on the set of “Inside OC.” They disagree over illegal immigration, but they like each other |
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| Separated at birth: Waldo and New York architect Ken Smith, winner of the Great Park design competition |
