Costa Mesa looking at further defining use of fairgrounds

Article source • October 19th, 2009 • The Orange County Register, Ellyn Pak

Staff proposing to create a specific plan, which could restrict what a new owner could do with the 150-acre site.

COSTA MESA The city is looking into further restricting the use of the fairgrounds property, which was recently placed on the auction [...]

Rigonomics: O.C. Fair campaign mobilizes

Article source • October 16th, 2009 • Daily Planet, Jim Righeimer

I have never written a column that received as much feedback as last week’s (Citizens must vote for fairgrounds, Oct. 10). With our cash-strapped state putting the Orange County Fairgrounds up for sale, the public is rightfully concerned that whoever buys it be [...]

Opposition to Sale of Fairgrounds Grows

Jim Righeimer reported on Friday that he’s never had as many e-mails to any of his columns as he did regarding his column questioning the sale of the fairgrounds.  In his column on Friday he reported that “hundreds of comments and responses” were overwhelmingly supportive of keeping the fairgrounds as they are.

He has launched a Facebook [...]