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1st Supe Race: Do Certified as Winner by 43, but It Ain’t Actually Over Until the Bald Guy Concedes (and Maybe Not Even Then)

The OC Registrar of Voters office has finished counting the ballots and has certified the results, stating that Andrew Do has won the election over Lou Correa by 43 votes out of 48,626…

Correa Moves Closer on Day 3, but Less Than a Quarter of Provisionals Remain as Later VBM Pile Grows

Today was mostly a provisional ballot counting day, and Lou Correa accordingly edged closer to Andrew Do. His deficit has now dropped from 239 ballots down to 85. But, if…

D’ohh! Andrew Do Up by 239 (0.5%) Over Correa After the First Day of Post Election Counting

Well … this wasn’t supposed to happen! After the first day of counting late absentees and such, Andrew Do’s lead over Lou Correa has climbed from a modest 2 —…

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Policing for Profit.

, , , Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of criminal justice professionals opposed to the war on drugs (of which I am a board member), has long held…

Who Should Buy the OC Weekly? Tim Keck of Index Newspapers LLC — Publisher of Seattle’s ‘The Stranger’

With a great owner, a disciplined editorial staff, and an improved sensibility, the OC Weekly is a money-making proposition. It’s even more than just that: it would be capable of huge…

UPDATE: In First Supe District Election, Do leads Correa 16,002 to 16,000 (Phan Finishes a Respectable Third)

Last week former State Senator Lou Correa had a fundraiser at the home of local Democratic official Florice Hoffman. It was a topic of substantial discussion last night at the…

Introducing the Huntington Beach No-Styrofoam Challenge!

. . . Let’s first, quickly, pro forma, belabor the obvious for a few paragraphs: Anyone who’s walked along the beach in this county, especially anyone who’s tried cleaning it…

Immigration: Republicans and Democrats should listen to Jorge Ramos and Gustavo.

. . . Last December it seemed we’d practically beaten the immigration issue to death, so I didn’t post a piece on Obama’s Executive Order. Univision‘s Jorge Ramos had recently…

Count the homeless… but watch your back!

. . . The media is reporting that this weekend in Orange County volunteers are out and about to count the homeless. This in fulfillment of a federal requirement in…

Weekend Open Thread: Robert Reich, Wilhelm Reich, the Island of Pleasure, and David Brooks’ Farts.

. . . First things first: Ricardo suggested a week or two ago that we should begin our next Weekend Open Thread with populist former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s inspirational…

How DARE Moorlach bring up Wagner’s prison-guards-union-funded Hawaii junket?

. . . I’m not on the mailing list for John Moorlach’s State Senate campaign, OF COURSE!, but someone forwarded me his latest hit piece against his opponent Don Wagner. Seriously,…

Victorious Huntington Beach Patriots want their Plastic Bags Back – or something (???)

. . . Former Huntington Beach Mayor and environmentalist Connie Boardman sent out this e-mail yesterday: Hello My Friends, Councilman Posey has an agenda item to repeal the reusable bag…

The Scandal of San Juan Capistrano’s Not-So-Open Space

. . . We welcome our new South County blogger, known as “Capistrano Common Sense.” We wouldn’t mind having one or two more bloggers from down there, to help unlock…

Turmoil Continues in County Government!

. . . Some of it has already started, but the next month or so will see turmoil within and about county government accelerate. Currently the race for the vacant First…

Chismes of the First District Supervisor Race

. . . Hark! how the brisk January days are enlivened by exaltation of birdsong. And what chismes are these pajaritos warbling this month? They sing of the Tuesday January…

37th Senate District election date announced; and The Moorlach Jumps In Feet First!

. . . . The news comes to us from former OC Treasurer and Supervisor and Orange Juice friend John “The Moorlach” Moorlach, whom we agree with nearly half the…

Westminster beats Garden Grove to have first Viet-English Dual Immersion program in state.

. . . It was a friendly competition between Garden Grove’s Bao Nguyen (just elected Mayor) and Westminster School Board Trustee Jamison Power to see whose school district could…

Loretta: House Republicans’ Latest Anti-Immigrant Demagoguery is “Sin Verguenza.”

. . . Just across the transom E-MAIL from Congresswoman Sanchez (who I’m betting is NOT gonna go up against Kamala for Senate.) We agree with Lo here: the Congressional…

The Latest Bombshells!

1January 31, 2015
Weekend Open Thread: Campaign Finance in Chile and Rebelling Against Austerity in Greece

The efforts to remove the influence of big money from politics is not only confined to the USA. Other democracies suffer the same problem as ours, and even use American…
27January 30, 2015
1st Supe Race: Do Certified as Winner by 43, but It Ain’t Actually Over Until the Bald Guy Concedes (and Maybe Not Even Then)

The OC Registrar of Voters office has finished counting the ballots and has certified the results, stating that Andrew Do has won the election over Lou Correa by 43 votes out of 48,626…
14January 29, 2015
Correa Moves Closer on Day 3, but Less Than a Quarter of Provisionals Remain as Later VBM Pile Grows

Today was mostly a provisional ballot counting day, and Lou Correa accordingly edged closer to Andrew Do. His deficit has now dropped from 239 ballots down to 85. But, if…
4January 28, 2015
D’ohh! Andrew Do Up by 239 (0.5%) Over Correa After the First Day of Post Election Counting

Well … this wasn’t supposed to happen! After the first day of counting late absentees and such, Andrew Do’s lead over Lou Correa has climbed from a modest 2 —…
5January 28, 2015
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Policing for Profit.

, , , Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of criminal justice professionals opposed to the war on drugs (of which I am a board member), has long held…
10January 28, 2015
Who Should Buy the OC Weekly? Tim Keck of Index Newspapers LLC — Publisher of Seattle’s ‘The Stranger’

With a great owner, a disciplined editorial staff, and an improved sensibility, the OC Weekly is a money-making proposition. It’s even more than just that: it would be capable of huge…
18January 27, 2015
UPDATE: In First Supe District Election, Do leads Correa 16,002 to 16,000 (Phan Finishes a Respectable Third)

Last week former State Senator Lou Correa had a fundraiser at the home of local Democratic official Florice Hoffman. It was a topic of substantial discussion last night at the…
9January 26, 2015
Introducing the Huntington Beach No-Styrofoam Challenge!

. . . Let’s first, quickly, pro forma, belabor the obvious for a few paragraphs: Anyone who’s walked along the beach in this county, especially anyone who’s tried cleaning it…
42January 26, 2015
Immigration: Republicans and Democrats should listen to Jorge Ramos and Gustavo.

. . . Last December it seemed we’d practically beaten the immigration issue to death, so I didn’t post a piece on Obama’s Executive Order. Univision‘s Jorge Ramos had recently…
9January 25, 2015
Count the homeless… but watch your back!

. . . The media is reporting that this weekend in Orange County volunteers are out and about to count the homeless. This in fulfillment of a federal requirement in…
41January 23, 2015
Weekend Open Thread: Robert Reich, Wilhelm Reich, the Island of Pleasure, and David Brooks’ Farts.

. . . First things first: Ricardo suggested a week or two ago that we should begin our next Weekend Open Thread with populist former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s inspirational…
5January 23, 2015
OC’s 2015-2016 Democratic Party Assembly District Delegates

I’m not sure how Republicans choose their delegates to their State Party Conventions — and I’m not even sure whether Libertarian, Green, American Independent, Peace and Freedom do it — but in…
12January 23, 2015
Kobe on His Last Leg and Torn Rotator

. *Kobe Bryant has done more in his NBA career than anyone might have ever expected. Kobe single-handedly facilitated Pau Gasol and some other fine Laker players to the NBA…
16January 21, 2015
How DARE Moorlach bring up Wagner’s prison-guards-union-funded Hawaii junket?

. . . I’m not on the mailing list for John Moorlach’s State Senate campaign, OF COURSE!, but someone forwarded me his latest hit piece against his opponent Don Wagner. Seriously,…
3January 21, 2015
Help Save the Elephants and Fight African Terrorism at the Same Time!

. . . Hat-tip to frequent OJ commenter Even Steven, who urges us to pass along this powerful short film from Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker, Zero-Dark-Thirty) on how the worldwide…
19January 19, 2015
Victorious Huntington Beach Patriots want their Plastic Bags Back – or something (???)

. . . Former Huntington Beach Mayor and environmentalist Connie Boardman sent out this e-mail yesterday: Hello My Friends, Councilman Posey has an agenda item to repeal the reusable bag…
10January 18, 2015
Which Supreme Being are we talking about?

. . . According to most sources there are 19 Major Religions and 270 Major Sects throughout the world….as we know it. When you are start counting soon that number…
21January 17, 2015
The Scandal of San Juan Capistrano’s Not-So-Open Space

. . . We welcome our new South County blogger, known as “Capistrano Common Sense.” We wouldn’t mind having one or two more bloggers from down there, to help unlock…