A formal state audit will now examine waste, fraud, and abuse at the OCBE. I intend to discuss what this…
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…
If we're talking about Dan C, he has never seemed "happy."
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…
If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
Don Barnes Archive
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Expand the OC Board of Supervisors to NINE members.
Posted on October 2, 2025 | 24 CommentsSam Myovich's response to a recent Norberto Santana piece. -
The Weird, Wacky and Wonderful: New Filings for OC June races!
Posted on February 27, 2022 | 38 CommentsLotsa new entries... -
“Like a Thief in the Night” – June Election is FOUR MONTHS FROM TODAY!
Posted on February 7, 2022 | 44 CommentsDon't let the June election sneak up on you! -
OC GOP releases Twits’ Gallery of Re-election Endorsements.
Posted on November 26, 2021 | 26 CommentsWow, what a lot of ... bad candidates! -
OC GOP shows its character choosing Harkey over Raths for South-County Supervisor.
Posted on November 13, 2021 | 58 CommentsThe immigrant-bashing swindler will do, over the conservative Marine, for Fred Whitaker's gang. -
Insane Coup Posse – OC’s Gallery of MAGA Goofballs & Terrorists!
Posted on February 28, 2021 | 31 CommentsA "crowd-sourced" resource which will be in progress for some time. -
Meet Orange County’s New Terrorists.
Posted on June 21, 2020 | 12 CommentsIt's becoming an accurate description of our county's notorious anti-maskers. -
The nation’s “MASKERS” keep up the good fight against the VIRUS.
Posted on May 28, 2020 | 21 CommentsLessons learned from the Wed. May 26 Supervisors meeting. -
CoVid-19 in the OC Jails: We need a BIG early release!
Posted on April 1, 2020 | 7 CommentsTime is of the essence - reduce the inmate population! -
Weak-Kneed Spendthrift Cop Worshipers, bipartisan edition: Doug Chaffee and Trevor O’Neil.
Posted on March 12, 2020 | 14 CommentsPublic money is no concern to these pols when The Man comes a-knocking. -
Teaching Constitutional Law 101 to Supervisor Andrew Do.
Posted on November 4, 2019 | No CommentsBoard of Supervisors oversees the Sheriffs Dept AND decides funding priorities, DUH. -
Correa Stays Schizo on Immigration, urges Comprehensive Reform.
Posted on December 5, 2018 | 14 CommentsLou needs to make up his mind whose side he's on! -
Songs of the 2018 Blue Surge Election (a Weekend Open Thread)
Posted on November 23, 2018 | 9 CommentsGil on the Hill! Goodbye Kris Murray! And Lou Correa to the tune of De Colores! -
Lou Correa and Tom Daly support Trump deportations and OC cooperation with ICE!
Posted on November 19, 2018 | 17 CommentsThey gave us Sheriff Don Barnes.
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…