board of supervisors Archive
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Why Did Orange County Lose $48 Million in State Funds?
Posted on September 27, 2011 | 3 Comments. . . We have read in this blog and elsewhere that the State budget this year deleted $48 million that had been earmarked to come to Orange County as... -
Should Fountain Valley Go?
Posted on September 12, 2011 | 4 Comments. . . With the budget pressures on government these days there is increasing talk about possibly consolidating some cities, thereby reducing their numbers and the number of high priced... -
Moorlach Should be Embarrassed, Censured
Posted on September 8, 2011 | 3 Comments, , , Imagine that you are sitting on the Board of Directors of a large corporation, making policy decisions for the CEO and staff to carry out. Your organization... -
Chuck DeVore: Caught With His Fingers in the Union Cookie Jar
Posted on July 14, 2011 | 32 Comments. . . I take a break from my regularly scheduled exposé of fraud in Placer County / CRA politics to bring you an important update on Fraud in Orange... -
Orange County officially freaks out over Jerry Brown’s draconian balanced budget.
Posted on June 30, 2011 | 44 Comments. . . So, Governor Brown and the Sacramento Democrats, finally giving up on getting ANY co-operation from Sacramento Republicans on the matter of revenue, have come up with an... -
Harvey Milk Day in the OC? And did Janet really rush out of the BOS meeting to avoid hearing about it?
Posted on May 16, 2011 | 6 Comments. . . . “If a Bullet Should Enter My Brain, Let That Bullet Destroy Every Closet Door in the Country.” So, a bunch of our gay OC citizens have... -
1 – 2 – 3 – Moorlach Strikes Out!
Posted on April 14, 2011 | 19 Comments. . . Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach is a personable fellow. His 6’5” presence, sense of humor and automatic ability to schmooze with most anyone makes him easy to... -
Chuck DeVore forms exploratory committee for BOS seat
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 11 Comments. . . . . Just received from an Orange County colleague: Chuck DeVore forms exploratory committee for Orange County’s Third District Board of Supervisors Mar 09 2011 Today I’m... -
Supervisor Districts – It’s Game Time !
Posted on March 8, 2011 | 17 Comments. . . The mechanics of government often fly under the radar screen of most voters because they are tedious, boring and time-consuming. Drawing new boundaries for the five Supervisors... -
Who is Dave Ellis? A Portrait of our Fair Board Chairman.
Posted on March 4, 2011 | 75 Comments. . . . Given the shitstorm coming down the pike for the various insiders implicated in the attempted Great Swindle of the Orange County Fairgrounds, we figure it’s time... -
Supervisors to slash the Gordian Knot that ties the OC to John Williams!
Posted on February 24, 2011 | 25 Comments. . . In another great if long-delayed victory for honest frugal governance, for the Orange County taxpayer, and above all, for the crusading OC blogosphere, the Board of Supervisors... -
Vallejo Pension / Bankruptcy Strategy FAILS.
Posted on December 26, 2010 | 9 Comments. . . While the advocates for cutting or even eliminating public employee pensions salivated like Pavlov’s dog over the news in 2008 that the City of Vallejo, California had... -
![. . . [pics by Bruce Chambers of the Register] UPDATE Wednesday, 5:30 PM Mission Viejo HS Shelter Closed The shelter operating at Mission Viejo High School is now closed. ...](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/oc-storm-6-155x155.jpg "Updates on OC’s storm emergency…")
Updates on OC’s storm emergency…
Posted on December 21, 2010 | No Comments. . . [pics by Bruce Chambers of the Register] UPDATE Wednesday, 5:30 PM Mission Viejo HS Shelter Closed The shelter operating at Mission Viejo High School is now closed. ... -
Most Republican legislators voted to spike public employee pensions
Posted on July 11, 2010 | 14 CommentsMy colleague Larry Gilbert has written a post fingering State Senator Lou Correa for authoring Senate Bill 400, way back in 1999. This bill allowed the now-infamous “3% at 50″...
