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The Voice of OC!-
- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Joseph Elija Ettima Gets 28 Years to Life for Killing Grandmother and Setting Home Ablaze
- Robert Douglas Fischer Ordered Released from Jail After Arizona Murder Verdict Overturned
- OC Dems Chair Declares War on OC Labor Fed Boss Julio Perez For Not Blindly Backing Party's Pathetic Candidates
- Edgar Salvador Luciozamudio Guilty of Slaying "Father Figure" Who Tried to Initiate Sex
- Rampage Jackson and Tito Ortiz Set for Grudge Match in July--Against Trainer Juanito Ibarra
- Officers Jose Flores, Ryan Reyes, Brian Perez Win $3.5 mil Discrimination Suit Against WPD
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
- The Tea Party, Conservatism and the Constitution – a Thought Provoking Article by Professor Charles Kesler
- Eric Woolery to Dominate Mail in Auditor-Controller Election with 1.5 Million Pieces
- Petrilla Makes Statement to CRA About 2001 Arrest – Double Wow!
- OCTA Board Members Discuss State Lobbyist Contract
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Popular SAUSD Trustee Iglesias is challenging Daly for the 69th A.D.
- CA Senate’s Democratic leaders deny motion to expel Sen. Wright
- Will slate mailers put OC Auditor-Controller candidate Woolery over the top?
- Temp retirees hired by the OC Sheriff to process CCW applications
- Prop. 13 saved by naughty Democratic lawmakers?
- Irvine mayoral candidate touts family values but has a checkered past
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Drug Policy Archive
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The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.
Posted on March 4, 2014 | 45 CommentsSpoiler Alert Spoiler After we published part two of this blockbuster four-part series detailing the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of our friend Paul Lucas, the always-hateful Dan Chmielewski of... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 2: Bad Buena Park Cops and Feckless Druggies!
Posted on February 18, 2014 | 63 Comments“…Paul Lucas won’t be the last to have been left drooling and limping pathetically in an erratic loop by one too many encounters with the everlasting car wreck of the... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas over Dirty Cops and Draconian Drug Warriors, pt 1.
Posted on February 16, 2014 | 33 CommentsWe all know Paul Lucas here – those of us who read blogs, and anyone who’s been involved in local politics over the last decade, especially in the Democratic Party.... -
The DEA’s Leadership is Obsolete.
Posted on January 25, 2014 | 19 CommentsThis article in today’s Boston Herald the author portrays the glee of the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) over the statements made by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) head Michelle Leonhart, statements... -
What the Cops in Denver Have to Say about Marijuana Legalization
Posted on January 1, 2014 | 18 CommentsOne huge problem for marijuana legalization petitions like the ones that just passed in Colorado and Washington are that people can’t agree on what initiative should be on the ballot... -
I am a Recovering Drug War Addict.
Posted on December 29, 2013 | 18 Comments2013 has been a boon year for drug policy reform everywhere in the nation except, sadly, in California. I have watched law enforcement evolve and implement strategies nationwide that reduce... -
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... -
Political Drug Scandals: Why is Crack So Hilarious While Cocaine is So Forgivable?
Posted on November 20, 2013 | 5 CommentsBy now, you’ve probably heard of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. If you know only one thing about him, other than that he’s both the Mayor of Canada’s largest city and... -
O Frabjous Day: Our Alt-Weekly correctly identifies our Scariest People! We elaborate…
Posted on November 5, 2013 | 26 Comments“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” As this past Halloween approached, the county’s alternative weekly, the estimable OC Weekly – whose motto LIKE... -
GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 45 CommentsCrazy 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 kill Obamacare, the... -
Cornucopia 2013!
Posted on May 28, 2013 | 12 CommentsThe theory of the six degrees of separation is a wonderful concept. The idea, for those who may be unfamiliar with it goes something like this: If you know someone……..within... -
Looking for a few good Hemp-and-Cannibis-Friendly Democrats!!!
Posted on May 8, 2013 | 27 Comments. This was passed on to us by old Orange Juice friend and Democratic cannabis warrior John Paul Lucas, who has NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT on this important issue! ... -
On Doomed SB 289, Correa’s Friends Let Him Down by Not Telling Him the Truth
Posted on May 8, 2013 | 16 CommentsWhile I was otherwise occupied on April 29, the State Senate Public Safety Committee refused to pass Sen. Correa’s “zero-tolerance” drug DUI bill, SB 289, about which Vern had written previously and I... -
After a Quarter-Century, Dana introduces a decent bill: the “Respect State Marijuana Laws Act!”
Posted on April 13, 2013 | 10 Comments. As though in celebration of his twenty-fifth year in Congress, Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) – who first came to power in 1988 promising to only serve six years –...
