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The Voice of OC!Get Vern’s Latest and Greatest…
- John Earl’s Surf City Voice!
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Carlos Sanchez Hernandez Busted for Jerking It While Staring at Santa Ana School Girls: Police
- Martinis and Movie Fundraiser at The Frida Screens The Women This Friday!
- Santa Ana Federal Judge Seeks August 2015 Trial on $5 Bil Suit Against Standard & Poor's
- St. Michael's Abbey Begins Holtz Ranch Grading, Conservationists Scramble
- Mark LeVine, Provocative UC Irvine Professor, Proposes "Parallel" Israeli-Palestinian States
- Timothy Charles Wilkinson Wanted to Commit Murder-Suicide But Only Got Suicide: Deputies
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Duffy reports $67K in donations to his Newport Beach City Council campaign
- Cronyism infects a second Lake Forest City Commission
- The Bryson Chronicles: She didn’t violate the Brown Act
- Rep. Sanchez introduces a bill to deal with the border crisis
- Right, let’s do business with Caltrans
- Jose Solorio’s 34th S.D. campaign has $625K to spend against Janet Nguyen
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budget Archive
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Do Away with the Highway Trust Fund?
Posted on July 19, 2014 | 5 CommentsForty Miles of Bad Road ….ahead. As you may or may not have heard……the Congress again has lost its way and “somehow” emptied the Federal Highway Trust Fund. A... -
The Convention Center, CATER, and the Sad Necessity of SUING to get what SHOULD be Public Knowledge.
Posted on May 21, 2014 | 33 CommentsThe Orange County Register’s Art Marroquin has been a busy boy in Anaheim lately. This morning he covered two subjects near and dear to the hearts of Orange Juice... -
Further Misadventures and Malfunctions of the Murrbot™
Posted on April 3, 2014 | 5 CommentsOne of the few areas right and left generally agree on is the primacy of Public Safety as a critical function of government. If taxes do nothing else, keeping us... -
The War of Words, over Drug Policy
Posted on December 19, 2013 | 10 CommentsThe death of Kelly Thomas and the ongoing trial has been grounded in the stigmas that surround both mental illness and substance abuse. As the defense attorneys continue to blame... -
California’s Lawmakers thank YOU, the Taxpayer!
Posted on December 5, 2013 | 1 CommentMany Californians continue to struggle through the incredibly-slow economic recovery… wages in many areas are stagnant, employment opportunities are difficult to find and November tax hikes and Obamacare stand as... -
Pension “Reformers” get whipped in 2 city elections
Posted on November 6, 2013 | 7 CommentsIn the myriad of conservative think tank writings, including newspaper columns, so-called research papers, and hand-wringing diatribe, one would believe that the status of public pensions and their funding is... -
A Primer on Pension Politics
Posted on October 28, 2013 | 22 CommentsWhat follows is an attempt to provide a general overview of the public pension controversy that seems to be in our media and various blogs continuously. If you are sick... -
This Graphic Says that Most Discussions about Our Spending Priorities are Bullshit
Posted on August 10, 2013 | 4 CommentsAnytime we say that we don’t have enough money to do something good, this chart shows why that’s a lie. It depends on the definition of “we.” ”We” have plenty... -
Hysteria Among County Supervisors Proves Premature.
Posted on May 27, 2013 | 3 Comments. Personally, I’m getting tired of looking for the day our County Supervisors start acting like the leaders of a large, complex organization rather than reactive, soundbite-driven politicos who engage... -
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY – Irvine’s Northwood Community Center.
Posted on May 11, 2013 | 8 Comments. The recent news that the remodeling of a community center at Northwood Community Park is now 45% over budget is not surprising at all. It’s yet another reminder of... -
A Peek into Some Current Democratic Discussion of “Chained CPI”
Posted on March 16, 2013 | 24 Comments[This is taken (with permission and some editing) from a post in Daily Kos by a fellow who goes by the name of "lefthandedman." He describes himself (in my paraphrase)... -
Saving the Orange County Republican Party?
Posted on January 24, 2013 | 18 CommentsYes Virginia, there is a way to save the Orange County Republican Party. Jim Brulte, recently spoke at the Orange County Central Committee meeting. There was a lot of “revitalize the base”... -
The National Debt (since 1776) and our Annual Federal Deficit Confusion – updated with invaluable chart!
Posted on January 12, 2013 | 23 Comments. Politicians are cute – they love to confuse everyone and then laugh heartily amongst themselves; “The people are just so dumb! – Let’s get lunch!” What is the National... -
STOP calling them “Entitlements,” for Christ’s sake!
Posted on December 3, 2012 | 26 Comments. What do you think of when you hear the word “entitlement” or “entitled?” As in, “he’s got this sense of entitlement about him,” right? Someone who feels they have...
