‘Stop sale of the OC Fair!’ Union employees fear losing civil service privileges if fair goes private

Article source • August 27th, 2009 • Orange County Register, Teri Sforza, Register staff writer

UPDATE: Several fair employees say they did not vote to approve this letter, and they do not endorse its contents. Read the fair’s response here.

As the Orange County Fair pursues its metamorphosis from public agency to private nonprofit, some of its [...]

Sale of fairgrounds could bring local control

Nonprofit structure encourages community involvement

Article source • August 7th, 2009 • Orange County Register, Barbara Venezia, Contribution Columnist

For years the state’s threatened to sell the OC Fairgrounds. Now it’s a reality. Is a sale a bad thing? Depends on what happens next. The devil will certainly be in the details. The sale could bring [...]