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The Essential Voice of OC- Kriz: Another Fourteen Die on Orange County’s Streets
- McCormick: Special Districts Stress Focused Services, Prudent Planning
- Judge Carter Removed From South OC Homelessness Case
- Chapman’s Hilbert Museum of California Art to Expand and Nearly Triple In Size
- Allies on Westminster Council Add to Their Power Over the Agenda
- Judge Hears Arguments on Immediate Destruction of County Public Records
- Newport Beach to Install Pipe Screens to Reduce Harbor Pollution
- Choral Arts Initiative Takes Chances to Present New Composers
- Rackauckas Secretly Cleared Deputies Accused of Lying About Informants
- Proposed 200 Homes for Mentally Ill Homeless at Fairview Prompts Local Debate
- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Why is a carpetbagger from Yorba Linda running for Congress in the Irvine area?
- The OCTA Board approves a $1.5 billion balanced budget
- Orange County receives 14 awards for innovation and achievement
- Rep. Porter introduces legislation to promote oversight of student loan servicers
- Westminster Councilmember Sergio Contreras will challenge Supervisor Do in the First District
- Mission Viejo’s Mayor announces he is running for Katie Porter’s House Seat
Bureaucracy Archive
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![. . . Readers of this blog may remember, from last November, that Anaheim’s Public Works Department, motivated by both a $5 million transportation grant and grave concern over how […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lincoln-harbor-places-115x115.png "Save Lincoln Avenue – the official Questionnaire!")
Save Lincoln Avenue – the official Questionnaire!
Posted on April 14, 2017 | 11 Comments. . . Readers of this blog may remember, from last November, that Anaheim’s Public Works Department, motivated by both a $5 million transportation grant and grave concern over how […] -
![. . . [First published Christmas 2009] * Actually, it was the 23rd of December in the Year of the Great Fog – not literally “one foggy Christmas Eve” – […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudolph-e1419448434829.jpg "An Orange Juice Christmas Tradition: The True Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!")
An Orange Juice Christmas Tradition: The True Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!
Posted on December 24, 2014 | 16 Comments. . . [First published Christmas 2009] * Actually, it was the 23rd of December in the Year of the Great Fog – not literally “one foggy Christmas Eve” – […] -
![Eric Bever, a former Mayor of Costa Mesa who helped bring the “405 Corridor Cities” together last year to fight the proposed Toll Lanes, sent this into the local papers […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bever-405-115x115.png "Eric Bever asks: What’s the REAL reason OCTA wants to make us a Toll Lane County?")
Eric Bever asks: What’s the REAL reason OCTA wants to make us a Toll Lane County?
Posted on December 7, 2013 | 31 CommentsEric Bever, a former Mayor of Costa Mesa who helped bring the “405 Corridor Cities” together last year to fight the proposed Toll Lanes, sent this into the local papers […] -
![This is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/winterbottomcrabluminositycopy-e1383965772929.jpg "Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.")
Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.
Posted on November 9, 2013 | 23 CommentsThis is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry, […] -
![. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/No-OC-Toll-Lanes-115x115.png "The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1")
The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1
Posted on November 7, 2013 | 33 Comments. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […] -
![. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vern-and-donnelly-115x115.jpg "GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.")
GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 45 Comments. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […] -
![. So! Today at 5, THIS happens. Found in our inbox, this comes from Huntington Beach Visitors Bureau’s snazzy new consultants, Cerell Associates: Save the Bonfire Rings.Com Community Treasures Under […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/crowd-with-torches-cropped-115x115.jpg "Fire Pits Showdown in HB Friday at 5!")
Fire Pits Showdown in HB Friday at 5!
Posted on May 17, 2013 | 48 Comments. So! Today at 5, THIS happens. Found in our inbox, this comes from Huntington Beach Visitors Bureau’s snazzy new consultants, Cerell Associates: Save the Bonfire Rings.Com Community Treasures Under […] -
![. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-at-meeting-115x115.jpg "Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?")
Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 1 Comment. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […] -
![You may have noticed – well probably not – that I added a few new blogs to our “blogroll” at the bottom of our front page (and removed a few.) […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Jubal-eyes-flopped-five-115x115.jpg "Failures of California’s “First 5” Commissions (and other additions to our Blogroll!)")
Failures of California’s “First 5” Commissions (and other additions to our Blogroll!)
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 8 CommentsYou may have noticed – well probably not – that I added a few new blogs to our “blogroll” at the bottom of our front page (and removed a few.) […] -
![Eric Cantor is the Majority Leader of the House of Represenatives from the 7th District of Virginia. His elitist left wing horn rimmed glasses belie his aggressive attitude on Tax […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cantor-Slugworth-115x115.jpg "The Republican “Tax Reform” Boondoggle")
The Republican “Tax Reform” Boondoggle
Posted on April 19, 2012 | 31 CommentsEric Cantor is the Majority Leader of the House of Represenatives from the 7th District of Virginia. His elitist left wing horn rimmed glasses belie his aggressive attitude on Tax […] -
![Damn, this county has been run badly these last few years. I mean, hell’s bells. Who’s been in charge? Are they asleep at the switch? That would be our County […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mauk-cropped-115x115.jpg "A complete MAUK-ery: The Misrule of Orange County’s CEO.")
A complete MAUK-ery: The Misrule of Orange County’s CEO.
Posted on April 17, 2012 | 31 CommentsDamn, this county has been run badly these last few years. I mean, hell’s bells. Who’s been in charge? Are they asleep at the switch? That would be our County […] -
![Something is drastically wrong with the leadership of county government here. Basically, it looks like no one on the Board of Supervisors is interested in or capable of doing the […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/metled-orange-popsicle-115x115.jpg "Orange County Government Melting Down")
Orange County Government Melting Down
Posted on March 30, 2012 | 22 CommentsSomething is drastically wrong with the leadership of county government here. Basically, it looks like no one on the Board of Supervisors is interested in or capable of doing the […] -
![. And also, like, what the fuck? Is this what you voted these guys in for? I sat down to write this piece, having been alerted that three of our […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Nelson-Bates-Moorlach-115x115.jpg "What does it mean for the OC, when three of our Supervisors say “Thanks But No Thanks” to $10 million in Federal Healthcare Money?")
What does it mean for the OC, when three of our Supervisors say “Thanks But No Thanks” to $10 million in Federal Healthcare Money?
Posted on March 14, 2012 | 25 Comments. And also, like, what the fuck? Is this what you voted these guys in for? I sat down to write this piece, having been alerted that three of our […] -
![. . . Part of the reason that there is so much dissatisfaction with the current state of politics is that neither party is listening at all to what the […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/im-not-listening-115x115.jpg "Neither Party Listening to Voters, Both Are Corrupt")
Neither Party Listening to Voters, Both Are Corrupt
Posted on January 4, 2012 | 11 Comments. . . Part of the reason that there is so much dissatisfaction with the current state of politics is that neither party is listening at all to what the […]
