BUSINESS
April 26, 1994 | CHRIS WOODYARD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When your boss is a retired Marine Corps officer, the key to success is to run the office with military precision. Barbara M. Rier, longtime secretary to Orange County Supervisor Thomas F. Riley, says it doesn't hurt, either, that she is a compulsive list maker and self-styled efficiency expert. "I'm very organized by nature," Rier said. "Indispensable" is the word Riley uses to describe her.
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December 21, 1993 | KEVIN JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Supervisor Thomas F. Riley was resting comfortably Monday after being admitted to Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach over the weekend with a foot infection. The 81-year-old supervisor was suffering from a condition known as cellulitis, an inflammation of soft tissue, in his left foot, said Christie McDaniel, chief of staff to Riley. He was admitted to the hospital late Sunday afternoon and was expected to remain there through the end of the week.
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February 4, 1992 | ERIC LICHTBLAU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A controversy that has divided this scenic rural community over the use of its skies has now sputtered to a halt. The Orange County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote this morning on whether to allow a local financier to put a helicopter pad on his 8-acre property. But officials disclosed Monday that the home is now being sold, making moot what has been a contentious and often bitter debate. As a result, Supervisor Thomas F.
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January 12, 1992
In response to "Owners Seek to Expand Illegally Run O.C. Mine" (Jan. 5): Do our county officials have rocks in their heads? Supervisor Thomas F. Riley and John Sibley (chief deputy director of the county Environmental Management Agency) are guilty of gross negligence, if not a lot more. How can a road through a state park, 50 trucks a day, an expansion of area and 10 code violations go unnoticed by these two public servants? What's even more incredible is their casual brushoff when asked to explain their inaction.
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December 22, 1991
The article " 'Fair Deal' for Orange County Isn't So Good for Home Buyers" (Dec. 9) dramatically shows how the developers control everything in Orange County, including the county supervisors. First Mission Viejo Co. and county officials tell the public that the San Joaquin Hills tollway would be paid for by developer fees and toll revenue--an outright lie. Now, by using Mello-Roos bonds, the Mission Viejo Co. saves the $34 million it said it would advance, gets county approval to build 2,700 additional housing units and sticks the home buyers with the bill!
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August 5, 1990
Re "Sky May Be Falling on Orange County Airport Chief" (July 22): I choose The Times because I want facts, not sensationalism or character assassination. What difference does it make whether George Rebella plays soccer or tiddlywinks at the Y, the park or a club, if it is on his own time? Certainly the reporter could have given the public a meaningful article on the problems and difficulties of a project of this magnitude rather than a critical personal article depending on information from unnamed "insiders."