Anaheim's Great Idea
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Anaheim wants to install a "Walk of Stars." Like Hollywood's Walk of Fame, it'll pay tribute to local celebrities and personalities. I don't have a problem with this, but I do have a problem with Anaheim's LA vs. OC hypocrisy. The city literally spent millions....millions...of dollars fighting the Angels baseball team change to the Los Angeles prefix. Many Orange County citizens felt passionate about the Angels' name change, citing county pride and hate for their northern neighbors. But now, Anaheim wants to sell the "Orange County identity" by copying Hollywood's idea? They couldn't think of their own idea--one that is uniquely Orange County?
I guess that's how it goes. Leaders of Orange County can never seem to find an original idea. Lately, they've been trying really hard to take advantage of the OC craze (thanks, FOX and MTV). During the New Year's concert at the Orange County Fairgrounds, they dropped an orange-shaped ball for the countdown. New York called: they want their idea back. Even the Angels weren't an Orange County idea--they started in LA (hence, the name Angels). Now the Mighty Ducks...the professional hockey team named after a kids' movie. There's something we can hoist above our heads with pride.
I could complain some more, but I actually do have a good idea. It's not an original idea, but a good one: an Orange County music festival. The indie music scene in Orange County is genuine and constantly ignored by local leaders (probably because rock bands stir up the youthful, rebellious blood too much). Some of the best known bands of my generation came out of Orange County: No Doubt, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Save Ferris, Bad Religion, and more. I don't doubt there's plenty more bands trying to come out of the OC woodwork right now. Probably have it at the OC Fairgrounds, or the new great park they're trying to build in Irvine. Thousands will come in from all over California and it'll feature local howngrown talent. Now that's Orange County.
Anaheim wants to install a "Walk of Stars." Like Hollywood's Walk of Fame, it'll pay tribute to local celebrities and personalities. I don't have a problem with this, but I do have a problem with Anaheim's LA vs. OC hypocrisy. The city literally spent millions....millions...of dollars fighting the Angels baseball team change to the Los Angeles prefix. Many Orange County citizens felt passionate about the Angels' name change, citing county pride and hate for their northern neighbors. But now, Anaheim wants to sell the "Orange County identity" by copying Hollywood's idea? They couldn't think of their own idea--one that is uniquely Orange County?
I guess that's how it goes. Leaders of Orange County can never seem to find an original idea. Lately, they've been trying really hard to take advantage of the OC craze (thanks, FOX and MTV). During the New Year's concert at the Orange County Fairgrounds, they dropped an orange-shaped ball for the countdown. New York called: they want their idea back. Even the Angels weren't an Orange County idea--they started in LA (hence, the name Angels). Now the Mighty Ducks...the professional hockey team named after a kids' movie. There's something we can hoist above our heads with pride.
I could complain some more, but I actually do have a good idea. It's not an original idea, but a good one: an Orange County music festival. The indie music scene in Orange County is genuine and constantly ignored by local leaders (probably because rock bands stir up the youthful, rebellious blood too much). Some of the best known bands of my generation came out of Orange County: No Doubt, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Save Ferris, Bad Religion, and more. I don't doubt there's plenty more bands trying to come out of the OC woodwork right now. Probably have it at the OC Fairgrounds, or the new great park they're trying to build in Irvine. Thousands will come in from all over California and it'll feature local howngrown talent. Now that's Orange County.
6 Comments:
How about a walk of oranges? You'd get a giant orange-shaped placard embedded into the cement instead of stars.
"The Oranges of OC."
Oooh yeah.
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Ron, at 4/26/2006 12:28 PM
And since Anaheim represents "north OC," ie, the "ghetto-er" side, they should be half-eaten or slightly rotten orange-shaped placards.
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Ron, at 4/26/2006 12:30 PM
If you're asking why Santa Ana is the county seat and not Orange...
Santa Ana was one of the first settlements in Orange County and has historically been the "principal administrative and political center of Orange County." Thus Santa Ana was chosen county seat when Orange County was formed in 1889.
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David, at 4/27/2006 12:37 AM
santaanahistory.com
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David, at 4/27/2006 12:38 AM
Um...there are no more orange trees in Orange County.
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David, at 4/27/2006 12:26 PM
You guys are still talking about this? There are more important things to talk about, like the Automatic Bukkake Launcher.
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Ron, at 4/27/2006 4:30 PM
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