David Paine is on a roll. First, OC’s top public relations exec cashes in chips by selling 80% of PainePR (reported here last week and detailed by Jennifer Bellantonio on page 16). Next, his national nonprofit, One Day’s Pay, wins a unanimous Congressional resolution calling upon the president to recognize Sept. 11 as a day of voluntary service. Paine’s next step: a presidential proclamation “transforming a day of terror and sadness into a day of generosity and compassion.” Most Sept. 11 organizations and JPMorgan Chase Corp. (a $50,000 donor) support the group, founded by Paine, with his friend Jay Winuk and Alice Hoglan. Winuk’s brother Glenn was a volunteer firefighter killed in the World Trade Center; Hoglan’s son Mark was
one of the heroic passengers on United Flight 93. Paine, who said he was inspired by the power of good deyeds as portrayed in
the movie, “Pay It Forward,” can point to
a similar snowball effect: In 2002, the
www.onedayspay.org Web site collected 20,000 good deed pledges; this year, it recorded more than a million Conde Nast Traveler Senior Editor Dana Dickey on CNN last week: “The OC is hot. Laguna Beach’s Montage Resort & Spa is the No. 2 U.S. resort” “Newport Beach” T-shirts are showcased at trendy DNA Clothing Company boutique in Venice But it might reduce their chances of getting another sports team: Mayor Curt Pringle says he’s delighted to have Anaheim ranked as the top city for safe sex by Men’s Health magazine, which reviewed sexual disease data from 101 cities. “It’s in keeping with Anaheim’s overall reputation of being safe and responsible. It might also enhance our chances of getting at least one political convention,” Pringle said, declining to specify which political party he was referring to Tony Soares, president of the minor league Long Beach Ice Dogs, welcomes the National Hockey League lockout: “It’s a tough market because we are overshadowed by not only the Ducks and Kings, but also the Lakers, Clippers, Trojans, Bruins, etc.,” Soares says. But with the lockout, hockey fans “will look for an alternative and we are that alternative.” How does Soares spread the word on a tight budget? One way is to contact the Insider Even Larry Agran and Miguel Pulido want to be seen with the Governator Something new to do at your next teambuilding conference: Pound on West African drums. Drum Caf & #233; is giving a demonstration this week Astronaut Sally Ride keynotes the 50th anniversary dinner of Girls Inc. of Orange County Oct. 22. Call (949) 646-7181 Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin lectures at UCI Oct. 26. Call (949) 824-2904 … What, we don’t have enough lawyers? The Irvine law firm Samuels, Green, Steel & Adams is importing 14 lawyers, accountants, economic development reps and other overseas experts. It’s for a “Doing Business in Europe” seminar Oct. 27.
