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The irreplaceable Voice of OC- Padilla: OC Should Empower Local Voters
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
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desalination Archive
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![. . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dancing-puppets-e1468686474668-115x115.gif "Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune! (and Weekend Open Thread)")
Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune! (and Weekend Open Thread)
Posted on July 24, 2016 | 31 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […] -
![. . . Vern here – I didn’t get around to writing up a report on the last OCWD meeting, with the election coming right up and everything, but it WAS […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/green-soaky-dewane-115x115.png "Dispatches from the Battle Against Poseidon, summer 2016")
Dispatches from the Battle Against Poseidon, summer 2016
Posted on July 5, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . Vern here – I didn’t get around to writing up a report on the last OCWD meeting, with the election coming right up and everything, but it WAS […] -
![. . . Talk about dripping incrementalization. At the last OCWD meeting Feb. 3, long-suffering hardworking staff did as they were instructed to by the politicians on their Board, coming […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/soaky-no-legs-115x115.png "Poseidon progress report: Eight ways to screw the public!")
Poseidon progress report: Eight ways to screw the public!
Posted on February 15, 2016 | 46 Comments. . . Talk about dripping incrementalization. At the last OCWD meeting Feb. 3, long-suffering hardworking staff did as they were instructed to by the politicians on their Board, coming […] -
![. . . The Orange Juice Blog proudly congratulates its official singing geologist, Dr. John C. Hoaglund III, otherwise known as “The Rock Doctor” – a friend Greg and I […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rock-doctor-carbon-neutral-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Rock Doctor’s Improved Desal Concept wins Acceptance of his Peers")
Weekend Open Thread: Rock Doctor’s Improved Desal Concept wins Acceptance of his Peers
Posted on December 18, 2015 | 36 Comments. . . The Orange Juice Blog proudly congratulates its official singing geologist, Dr. John C. Hoaglund III, otherwise known as “The Rock Doctor” – a friend Greg and I […] -
![. . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/baking-soda-115x115.jpg "OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions.")
OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions.
Posted on August 19, 2015 | 16 Comments. . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […] -
![. . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/carbon-neutral1-e1439946234472-115x115.png "OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions. (Longer footnoted version.)")
OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions. (Longer footnoted version.)
Posted on August 16, 2015 | 1 Comment. . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […] -
![. . . I always thought of Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan as an honest, trustworthy Republican politician, and wrote nice things about him when he ran for Supervisor. He […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/phan-poseidon-115x115.png "Garden Grove Poseidon Update – PHAN is the MAN… who stopped this and needs to start it again!")
Garden Grove Poseidon Update – PHAN is the MAN… who stopped this and needs to start it again!
Posted on July 30, 2015 | 41 Comments. . . I always thought of Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan as an honest, trustworthy Republican politician, and wrote nice things about him when he ran for Supervisor. He […] -
![‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sulnick-jokes-11-e1436742307760-115x115.png "Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project.")
Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project.
Posted on July 12, 2015 | 11 Comments‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […] -
![. . . by John Earl, from Surf City Voice Sometimes a person wants something so badly that he or she starts to believe it’s real… or maybe it actually […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cathy-green-bitch-e1435260367893-115x115.jpg "OCWD chairwoman Cathy Green falsely carries Poseidon water to Coastal Commission.")
OCWD chairwoman Cathy Green falsely carries Poseidon water to Coastal Commission.
Posted on June 25, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . by John Earl, from Surf City Voice Sometimes a person wants something so badly that he or she starts to believe it’s real… or maybe it actually […] -
![. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mermaloni1-e1433960352161-115x115.jpg "Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?")
Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?
Posted on June 10, 2015 | 40 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Prop 218 and Tiered Water Rates
Posted on June 6, 2015 | 6 CommentsTiered Rates are fine. Obfuscation isn't. -
![. . . INTRO BY VERN: Easy-going and honest OCWD Director Phil Anthony, who represents the western one-third of Garden Grove on the water board and who was one of […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dina-ugly-cropped-115x115.jpg "Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum.")
Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum.
Posted on May 20, 2015 | 27 Comments. . . INTRO BY VERN: Easy-going and honest OCWD Director Phil Anthony, who represents the western one-third of Garden Grove on the water board and who was one of […] -
The Poseidon Adventure Sails On!
Posted on May 14, 2015 | 29 CommentsOCWD voted 7-3 to have North County rate payers subsidize South County development. -
![. . . Vern here. I’ve been guilty of thinking, and communicating, that each new development in the OCWD/Poseidon courtship is the final and irreversible one, which could lead to […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/OK-corral-115x115.jpg "Showdown at the OCWD Corral nears; R4RD fires volley at Poseidon Term Sheet.")
Showdown at the OCWD Corral nears; R4RD fires volley at Poseidon Term Sheet.
Posted on May 12, 2015 | 28 Comments. . . Vern here. I’ve been guilty of thinking, and communicating, that each new development in the OCWD/Poseidon courtship is the final and irreversible one, which could lead to […]