FROM THE GRF TREASURER by Nick Massetti GRF Treasurer Last week, the GRF budget expense was broken down into its six major categories. Now the 2025 budget’s $27 million income is broken down into six main categories as shown in the table at right. The largest category of 2025 annual income is the GRF Assessment of $235 paid by its members. The remaining categories offset what would

GRF BOARD HIGHLIGHTS The GRF Board of Directors convened March 25 for a meeting marked by an hour of public comment that was punctuated by boos, cheers and applause from a raucous crowd. Twenty-five residents took to the podium to express concern about escalating assessments, the GRF budget, gate hours and confi guration, and GRF management. To see the entire meeting, log on to lwsb.com and

MESSAGE FROM THE GRF TREASURER by Nick Massetti GRF Treasurer In recent weeks the GRF annual assessment has been tied to the annual budget and its related overall expenses and income sources. Also the annual trends for total budget expenses along with their contributions from Human Resources were shown. But it may also be of interest to see how the 2025 budget’s $27 million expense total

Enjoy a night of live music, dinner, casino games, prizes and more from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, at the Los Alamitos Community Center. Tickets are on sale now and can be obtained at www.cityoflosalamitos. org/recreation. Pre-sale tickets for people 50 years and older are $8; under 50, $10. The event is sponsored by the Los Alamitos Recreation and Community Services department.

RUN SEAL BEACH On Saturday, April 5, the 51st annual Run Seal Beach 5K/10K will be held in Old Town and surrounding areas of Seal Beach. As a result of this event and the large number of participants expected to run, the following streets will be closed to ensure runner safety: From 4-11 a.m. • Marina Bridge to/from Long Beach to Seal Beach • Marina Drive from Electric Avenue to First

Editor: Ilona Denes letter in the March 13 issue shows a rational analysis of reality. Comparision to the preceding letter is unavoidable. That writer departed from reality in his first sentence. He quoted a statement from me that I never made. That enabled him to avoid commenting on the historical facts I listed. An actual quote of his, another departure from reality: “Democrats . .