VOL. XXIX NO. 42
(Photo courtesy City of Oxnard)
City Manager Alex Nguyen
Ponies
NGUYEN CALLS PAST MANAGEMENT PROMISES INAPPROPRIATE
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By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry Oxnard-- The story about affordable housing in the City of Oxnard picks up with City Manager Alex Nguyen pointing out there were promises made by past management. The council, Tuesday, October 5, approved the sale of Oxnard Community Development Commission Successor Agencyowned property located on Sixth and Seventh streets to the Oxnard Housing Authority. The hearing drew controversy because many community members preferred a park instead of housing, and council members felt blindsided about promises made about a park. Nguyen said management could not make promises and bind the city. “It shouldn’t happen, it can’t n Nguyen, see page 5
OCTOBER 15, 2021
By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry
roars into the harbor
Channel Islands--The Ponies by the Sea Car Show, Ventura County’s longest-running Mustang and Ford Car show, returned to the harbor, Sunday, October 10.
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HE event, presented by the Tri-County Mustang Club, featured a dessert and food truck, vendors, a raffle, lots of show shirts for sale, and of course great cars. Proceeds raised went to the Guide Dogs of America. Car Show Co-Chair Marcia Fryslie is happy to be back at the show after losing 2020 due to Covid-19 and said the harbor was happy to work with the group. “We reserved the date last year to make sure we could be here in this spot,” she said. “We have
127 cars, from what I’m told, which is a record for us.” Fryslie said she caught Mustang fever from a 1965 Mustang that she idolized when she was a five-year-old. “It was the headlights in the back that, for some reason, I liked,” she said. “I bought my first car on March 10, 1985, and I still have it, my 1965 coupe. I joined the club in 1990 in college, and I’ve been with them ever since.”
S h e h a s n’t spent a ton of money to maintain h e r Mustang. “I don’t drive it a whole lot, so the more you drive it, the more things fall apart and wear out,” she said. “It’s been crashed a couple of times; not my fault, of course, I got it painted a couple of times. It’s not a show car, but I don’t put a lot of money into it anymore. I like it the way it is.” The first time she drove her Mustang and heard the engine roar gave her a great feeling. “I’m a pretty cool chick,” she said. “When you’re a teenage
girl, and my car was lifted in the back and had bigger tires in the back. It didn’t look like something a teenage girl would drive. I liked the attention it got me, to be honest with you.” She said the newer Mustang E is not her favorite. “I wish they wouldn’t have called it a Mustang anything,” she said. “It’s not a Mustang to me. The taillights look the same, but I wasn’t crazy about them naming it that. It was a disservice to Mustangs.” Fryslie said the Tri-County Mustang Club has been together for almost 40 years. “Tri-County used to be San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura County,” she said. “The northern people dropped off, so we made Los Angeles one of the three counties. This is a charity car show, so all the money after n Ponies, see page 7
Supervisors form seal change subcommittee By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry Ventura-- On a split vote, 4-1, the Board of Supervisors, Tuesday, October 12, voted to form a subcommittee to examine updating the county seal. The item was brought forward by Supervisors Carmen Ramirez and Linda Parks, and Parks said there is a county logo out there, but the seal was created in the 1960s and does not reflect what’s happening today.
“It has the county being recognized for rocket testing and atoms, and that isn’t what our county says today, among other things,” Parks said. Ramirez said she remembers when there was a discussion before she got on the board, and she believes it’s time for a real update.
“I think the logo, not the seal we’re using right now, is very nice,” she said. “It talks about some of the natural features of our county, which are amazing. I really think it would be good to have something that has more input from folks and reflects some of the unique features of our county, which are the islands that
we have, the endangered species of the condor, which is coming back, and hopefully will survive.” Parks said there is a lot of opportunities to update the seal. “The thought was to have a subcommittee of Supervisor Ramirez and myself to look at some options and bring it back to our board for consideration,” Parks said. “In January 2023 will be our county’s 150th anniversary, so it would be nice to have it all in place by then.” n Supervisors, see page 5