Chris Cox says he plans to exit politics when his SEC term ends in 2009 …
OC fitness entrepreneur Augie Nieto fights on against Lou Gehrig’s disease: “Augie’s Quest” is hitting bookshelves with buildup from Barnes & Noble; Augie was on Dr. Phil last week, wife Lynne will be on the “The Today Show” on Nov. 9; his fundraising for ALS research approaches $12 million …
Michael Cipolla e-mailed back last week: “Thanks for thinking about us … flames up to my back prop line … firemen through my front door with hoses out the back to beat back fire.” Cipolla, owner of Resources Printing and Graphics and a CHOC Follies performer/benefactor, lives and works in one of the 77 Santiago Canyon Estates homes near Cooks Corner: “We look like an island of homes in a sea of scorch. It’s amazing what these firemen were able to do” …
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who helped open Chapman U’s law school in 1999, returns to campus on Dec. 17 to give a talk and promote his new memoir, “My Grandfather’s Son.” Chapman Law Dean John Eastman is a former Thomas law clerk …
Other VIP visits: Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Bill Bennett and Pat Sajak, headlining the Claremont Institute’s annual Churchill Dinner, Nov. 17 at the Island Hotel; CNN’s Lou Dobbs, at a World Affairs Council dinner, Nov. 10 at the Irvine Marriott; former SEC chairman Harvey Pitt at a Forum for Corporate Directors dinner, Nov. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine …
What’s next, Carnegie Hall? Chapman moves up to the OC Performing Arts Center for its annual economic forecast luncheon Dec. 5. Only $165 per ticket to hear Jim Doti and Essie Adibi …
Doti dumps Adibi for Oscar winner Rita Moreno Saturday at Chapman U’s annual American Celebration …
He also forecasts: Cal State Fullerton Biz Dean Anil Puri predicted a “near-recession” and lower housing prices through next year at the OC Biz Council/CSUF Economic Forecast luncheon, which drew 850 …
“Is OC the New Detroit?” Mazda North American chief Jim O’Sullivan addresses the OC Forum luncheon Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency Irvine …
New arrival: Matthew Ryan Fleischman, to Maureen and FlashReport’s Jon Fleischman …
Todd Theodora says the OC office of Theodora Oringher Miller & Richman is “thriving, busier than this time last year” despite turnover following the departure of former name partner George Stephan?down a net two lawyers but with four more being hired. And a correction: George Rudolph did some preliminary work on the Angels naming case when he was with the firm, but it was Stephan, not Rudolph as previously stated here, who teamed with lead trial counsel Theodora.
