1990 Orange County. Challenge For The 1990s : Community leaders were asked what top five issues face Orange County in the next decade and what will be the single biggest challenge.
“Quality of life:
Maintaining and improving our quality of life. We’re blessed with great weather and a vibrant, diverse population. Can we provide the needed services--both public and private--to make Orange County a stimulating, satisfying place to live? Can we provide needed traffic relief, rebuild our schools, provide the needed facilities for the future?”
Stan Oftelie, executive director of the Orange County Transportation Commission Top five issues in ‘90s: Traffic congestion. Drugs. Deterioration of public schools. Aging infrastructure. Applying ideas of the ‘90s on a county built in the ‘50s and ‘60s.
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