Article: Mears Turns on Agran; the Scientist Loved Cheesecake

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Mayor Larry Agran's controlling bloc on the Irvine City Council has fractured, with Chris Mears increasingly at odds with fellow Dems Agran and Beth Krom. The Insider hears that Mears has clashed with Agran over everything from Great Park planning to campaign strategy. Mears lately has joined Republicans Mike Ward and Christina Shea to defeat some Agranbacked measures, such as a proposal to establish a wide-ranging "mayoral committee." The fissure could mean a bitter freefor-all this November-Agran, term-limited out as mayor, is seeking another council slot and is backing Krom for mayor against Ward. Mears could run for mayor, too, but the hotter rumor has him leaving the council ...

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