anaheim Archive
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Late August chismes: the new Districts and next year’s Elections!
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 39 Comments. . . Hark! how the sultry pre-September days are enlivened by exaltation of birdsong. All the larger species are chirping the jolly tune about the Victim Party (the California... -
Pringle’s Cash Cow Stops Giving Milk
Posted on July 19, 2011 | 3 CommentsBy Grover Cleveland Thanks to Friend Tony Serra for providing a link to a Sac Bee story about Anaheim’s former Mayor-for-Hire Kurt Pringle quitting the California High Speed Rail Board.... -
Like “musical chairs with switchblades” – the latest Redistricting Scuttlebutt
Posted on June 14, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . “Like musical chairs, etc.“ – people seem fond of that apt Dan Schnur quote from the LA Times, referring to the practical effects of California’s redistricting. It’s... -
Overview of O.C. city employee pensions
Posted on June 2, 2011 | 13 Comments. . . Sac Bee Columnist Dan Walters article in today’s Register is a red flag that we all acknowledge. “Big spending cities facing music.” He cites Vallejo, which filed for... -
[This Weekend] Al-Awda’s Annual Pro-Palestinian Conference in OC
Posted on April 29, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . . . The Al-Awda Palestinian Right to Return Coalition will be holding its ninth annual convention in Orange County this weekend. It’s a very important political gathering... -
Exclusive Guitar Auction Supports Education in Anaheim
Posted on April 2, 2011 | No Comments. . . . . WAR/PHILM bassist Pancho Tomaselli has generously donated an electric guitar valued at $10,000 to help launch the Anaheim City School District Education Foundation. The exclusive... -
Harry Sidhu Throws Hat in Ring Again
Posted on April 1, 2011 | 1 CommentWe just received the following press release and forward it along to the Friends: Anaheim City Council member Harry Sidhu today officially joined the race for Orange County 3rd District... -
[UPDATE: Local Event Canceled] Feliz César Chávez Day!
Posted on March 31, 2011 | 7 Comments. . . . . “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels... -
Sacramento Kings Move to Anaheim Uses No Public Money
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 8 Comments. . . OK, I’m getting a little ahead of myself. The Sacramento Kings of the NBA have not completed all of the steps necessary to move the basketball franchise... -
Hairbrain Sidhu Still In the News!
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 1 Comment. . . Repuglican Jon Fleischman’s “Flash Report” blog unleashed a poll recently about potential 3rd District Supervisorial candidates. It addresses a possible Third District candidacy of Chuck Devore, the... -
LA-to-Anaheim High Speed Rail on Verge of Derailment
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No Comments. . . By Mr. Peabody Our friends over at the the Voice of OC(EA) are reporting on yesterday’s California High Speed Rail Authority meeting. And if you’re one of... -
Der Pringle Creeps Out of Shadow, Into OCTax Light
Posted on March 3, 2011 | 1 CommentWe got wind of a press release put out the other day by an organization called “OCTax,” an organization that purports to be an advocate for taxpayers, yet in actuality... -
Unarmed and Afraid: Police Shootings in the OC
Posted on March 1, 2011 | 9 Comments. . . . . . On Feb. 17, 27-year-old Santa Ana resident Travis S. Mock was shot by an Anaheim police officer in a quiet Anaheim Hills neighborhood. Authorities... -
Taking the Rubber Stamp Report into the Community
Posted on February 27, 2011 | 6 Comments. . . . . OCCORD’s “Rubber Stamp Process” report on broken governance and development is making its way from the pdf file to the community. The original research and...
