1. Approval for High Rise Apartment Towers at former Levitz Site - the City Council will approve even though no traffic study is conducted and Neighborhoods protest.

2. Sports Park - this issue will taunt the City Council as they want housing to go here and the citizens want a sports park - expect numerous hearings, lots of meetings, but no progress.

3. Old Saint John's Hospital - The first 2-by-4 will go up and the joists lifted at this project finally takes root to convert the shell of the former local hospital into a Senior living center.  The City Council has ordered that the condos and houses proposed for the other portions of the property cannot be started until the main unit is 50% complete.  This restriction will be tested late in 2007.

4. Lowe's - Progress will move ahead and proposals for modifying the intersection of Gonzales and Oxnard Blvd. will be submitted to handle the extra traffic at an already overloaded intersection.

5. Five Points - with Conroy's and the Thompson Lumber removed, this vacant lot will be pivotal in the City's plan to revamp and redesign this intersection. Ox Jo predicts no changes to this intersection this year.

6. Gang Injunction - several arrests for violating the new gang injuction will cause city officials to look at a City-Wide injunction, with Port Hueneme and Ventura possibly looking at injunctions for their cities based on the Oxnard Model.

7. Late October Rains - a torrent of rains will come in October and flooding along the Santa Clara river will create new concerns for the low lying River Park development along with the new housing created in the riverbanks in Fillmore.

8. BIG LEAGUE DREAMS - This proposal will meander its way into and out of City Hall with much debate still ahead - the city has spent millions already, and the fight looms over whether this commercial alcohol-vending venture will come to pass or just pass away.

9. RECALL - a petition will circulate for the recall of the entire City Council - based on the loan to the cinema, the Molina verdict and City's pay-off, and a surprise inspection by the Ventura County Grand Jury and District Attorney's Office.

10. Francisco Romero - will be offered a position on one of the Citizen Advisory Boards.  His decision will be news-worthy.  In the November 2006 issue of the Ox Jo, it was predicted that Francisco Romero will form a citizen action organization and achieve national attention.

11. Ormond Beach - a Federal proposal to make this beach a protected area and Park will cause the City to change plans on South Oxnard development.

12.  Andres Herrera, in a move to distract attention from the Recall will propose adding two new seats to the Oxnard City Council, placing seven members on the current five member board.

13. Mayor Holden will host Governor Schwarzenegger on a surprise visit to Oxnard.

14. John Flynn will announce retirement - Tim Flynn will run for and win his Dad's seat on BOS.

15.  Public outcry for more park and open space will become more vocal and activist.

16. New TV series will be set in Oxnard with some locals hired on for walk-on parts.

17.  Downtown cinema will seek another loan from the City.

18.  Developer brings proposal for new Convention Center which will rival the one in Long Beach - Oxnard allows the proposal to go through as it will bring positive attention to the City and much needed revenue.

19.  Hot air balloon festival is proposed for late summer.

20.  A happy and prosperous new year is granted to all the Ox Jo readers.