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Voice of OC- Two Votes Separate Do, Correa in County Supervisor Race
- County Officials Could Have to Disclose Social Relationships With Contractors
- Supervisors Pass Moratorium to Block Senior Housing Project
- Garden Grove Mayor Calls For Investigations Into Ex-Fire Chief’s Deal
- Garden Grove Considers Banning Sale of Pets From Puppy Mills
- Civic Center Homeless at Odds With City Over Proposed Storage Center
- Buena Park To Look at District Elections
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Lou Correa loses to Andrew Do in the First District Special Election by 2 votes
- Correa takes a small lead as the First District election earlyresults are posted
- Orange County awarded $19.5 million in grant funding for homeless services
- OCDA Rackauckas endorses Wagner for the 37th State Senate District
- Costa Mesa liberals launch a libelous attack on Righeimer and Harper
- Will Andrew Do and Janet Nguyen succeed in fooling GOP voters on 1/27?
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- John Earl’s Surf City Voice!
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Who Wants to Buy OC Weekly? 'Cause We're For Sale!
- 10 Things to Know About the Upcoming Matches of OC-Based UFC Fighters
- Anti-Slavery Campaign Brings Author to Santa Ana and Life-Like Dolls Outside the Super Bowl
- Kobe Bryant Suffers Injury and Real Estate Setbacks, But at Least Kobe Inc.'s Doing Fine
- Violence in Places of Worship Deplored Hours After OC Church Closes Due to Bomb Threat
- Michael Goodwin Conviction Upheld in Murders of Ex-Partner Mickey Thompson and His Wife
democracy Archive
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Lucille Kring and Tom Tait Spar over District Elections. OJB says Yes on L & M!
Posted on September 19, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . We strained forward in our seats to hear tiny Lucille Kring, speaking in the hushed tones of a shocked gerbil, describe a nightmare dystopian vision of a... -
Water Board’s Misuse of Committee Meetings gives the finger to OC Ratepayers.
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook, first posted in Surf City Voice, Aug. 4, 2014. At a recent (July 3) sub-committee meeting (see video at bottom of story) OC Water... -
The Terrorist State: Are YOU on the Right Side of History?
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 30 CommentsI will be the first to admit when I use hyperbole or exaggeration to make a point in my writing. Unfortunately, I am using neither when I describe the City... -
Checks and Balances within Local Government: Anaheim Case Study
Posted on July 31, 2014 | 25 CommentsEvery child in America is taught that our Founding Fathers wisely enshrined checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution. The term checks and balances is credited to the French... -
Why do some OC Water District Directors LOATHE being WATCHED?
Posted on July 23, 2014 | 29 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook, July 22, 2014; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. About a dozen members of the public attended the July 16 meeting of the Orange County... -
Making Obstructionism Fun?
Posted on July 6, 2014 | 5 CommentsMuch is being made of the 10,000 to 20,000 unaccompanied children coming across our borders each and every month. Seems like this is just some old Mel Gibson Road Warrior... -
Your June 2014 Primary Election OCD Live-blogging Thread! (Last update Thursday)
Posted on June 3, 2014 | 12 CommentsFinal Results (pretty much) Wednesday morning: The best news: Judge Joanne Motoike (right) won by a lot! Board of Education incumbent David Boyd beat his tea-party challenger whatsisname by a... -
Huntington Beach Teabaggers Want their Plastic Bags Back! (I’m sorry, they want the CHOICE.)
Posted on April 21, 2014 | 52 CommentsFirst off, am I a bad man? A hypocrite, a holder of double standards? I’m just sayin’, because generally I’m always agitating for more democracy, direct democracy, bring this burning... -
Just the Headlines (Plus a Bit More) for Now from Friday at the Registrar of Voters’ Office
Posted on March 8, 2014 | 12 CommentsI’m off to the California Democratic Party convention soon, where I hope to raise $420,000 today for my now-official campaign for District Attorney, so I have time only to give... -
If Susan Kang Schroeder Plans to be DA by 2017, I Want to Run Against Her Now!
Posted on February 27, 2014 | 9 CommentsMy nominal opponent in this year’s race for Orange County District Attorney (now fortified with Public Administrator) is incumbent Tony Rackauckas. Many people, though, apparently think that he doesn’t plan to be... -
Why CATER is Suing Anaheim Over the Angels Stadium “Negotiations”
Posted on February 24, 2014 | 3 CommentsLabor Day weekend, 2013, kicked off with the late Friday afternoon posting of the Anaheim City Council agenda, disclosing that the Angels lease of our taxpayer-owned stadium was up for negotiation. ... -
How much taxpayer money did Kris Murray and Gail Eastman spend ensuring themselves a second term?
Posted on January 8, 2014 | 38 CommentsIt looks like the answer will be over $2 million of Anaheim taxpayers’ money, possibly as much as two and a half million. That’s the answer to the question, how... -
Major, Huge, Breaking, Groundbreaking News on the U.S. Senate Filibuster’s Rule
Posted on November 21, 2013 | 58 CommentsHarry Reid just gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate that will rightfully belong in the history books. He’s taking on the filibuster — at least as... -
Basta de chingaderas: Anaheim is not Selma!
Posted on October 22, 2013 | 17 CommentsPolarized politics has ugly manifestations, and Anaheim is no exception. The most visible expression these days are the city council meetings, both by council members and the public. The loss...
