We want to make sure there is no way around keeping the fair, whether it be 10, 20 or 50 years from now.
Moving on to other local affairs, the “Battle for the Bell” game Friday will be decided by the time this goes to print. The battle is for bragging rights to being the best football team in Costa Mesa.
It will be played at Jim Scott Stadium and pits the two cross-town rivals: Estancia Eagles against the Costa Mesa Mustangs.
At our Costa Mesa Planning Commission meeting, Commissioner Colin McCarthy noted that two of the commissioners, myself and Steve Mensinger, lived west of Harbor Boulevard, and Colin and Sam Clark lived east of it.
Seeing that Harbor is the dividing line of the respective high schools’ attendance boundary line, McCarthy proposed a wager.
Fifty dollars each from the losing commissioners to the winning team’s booster club. Not wanting to leave it at that I upped the ante: The losing commissioners have to wear the winning school’s colors at our next meeting, which happens to be Monday.
Colin, you will love the cardinal and gold jersey I have picked out for you.
JIM RIGHEIMER is a Costa Mesa Planning Commissioner, business owner and father of four. He can be reached at Jim@rigonomics.com.
