Facilities Management West Archive
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Fairgrounds Swindle defeated in court! YEAH! Gimme ten! SPIKE that football!
Posted on June 8, 2011 | 3 Comments. . . So, good news this week if you hadn’t already heard – the Fourth Appelate District Court, which was but ONE place we were fighting against the sale... -
Hey you idiots who voted for Allan Mansoor (you know who you are!)
Posted on June 4, 2011 | 8 Comments. . . Yeah, maybe you voted for Allan Mansoor over Phu Nguyen because you really believe the OC’s biggest problem is the huge wave of dark-skinned, Spanish-speaking immigrants pouring... -
Further misadventures of Costa Mesa’s inebriated leprechaun Mayor. (and Fairgrounds news)
Posted on May 19, 2011 | 12 Comments. . . What a wild ride it’s been for poor Gary “Skosh” Monahan – Costa Mesa councilman for 16 of the last 18 years, and mayor more times than... -
Who is Dave Ellis? A Portrait of our Fair Board Chairman.
Posted on March 4, 2011 | 75 Comments. . . . Given the shitstorm coming down the pike for the various insiders implicated in the attempted Great Swindle of the Orange County Fairgrounds, we figure it’s time... -
![. . . [Report from OJ reader and Fairgrounds activist "Gericault." Illustration by Gericault, Nov. 2009] The State of af-FAIRs, Jan. 2011 Last years Orange County Fair broke all attendance...](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/pigs.jpg "The “State of af-FAIRs” – Gericault’s update on the Great Fairgrounds Swindle.")
The “State of af-FAIRs” – Gericault’s update on the Great Fairgrounds Swindle.
Posted on January 31, 2011 | No Comments. . . [Report from OJ reader and Fairgrounds activist "Gericault." Illustration by Gericault, Nov. 2009] The State of af-FAIRs, Jan. 2011 Last years Orange County Fair broke all attendance... -
Arnold Caves on Fair; and other nice LINKS for a rainy Wednesday… (and happy birthday Gabriel!)
Posted on December 29, 2010 | 8 Comments. . . Other blogs have a regular feature where they link to what they think are the best, most interesting stories on other sites that day or week. I... -
CONTEMPT: Arnold defies Court Orders, pushes ahead with Fairgrounds Sale.
Posted on December 24, 2010 | 20 Comments. . . Remember this? “I was always dreaming about very powerful people. Dictators and things like that. I was always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds... -
Fairgrounds Victory: A Lady has sung, but is she the Fat One?
Posted on December 22, 2010 | 2 Comments. . . So, given that yesterday’s hearing on the Great Fairgrounds Swindle went exactly as we hoped, given that the Fourth District Appellate Court agreed to hear the case... -
Fairgrounds Update: The Forces of Goodness win Six More Precious Days…
Posted on December 17, 2010 | 16 Comments. . . Long story short, the forces fighting against the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds – in Norberto’s phrase the “activists and vendors” – have been given six... -
Derail the Sale hauls out the big guns as Correa, Solorio and Foley join the Fairgrounds Swindle Lawsuit.
Posted on December 11, 2010 | 12 Comments. . . “After following this issue for over a year and continually fighting to keep the Orange County Fairgrounds under public ownership, I could not sit by and watch... -
That Damn Padilla: Fired Fair Board Member talks to Norberto instead of Vern.
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment. . . . . Well, Dave Padilla – the only Orange County Fair Board member and Schwarzenegger appointee to vociferously oppose the sale of our Fairgrounds from (nearly) the... -
What the hell is going on with the Fairgrounds now? Lobdell sounds off…
Posted on December 5, 2010 | 8 Comments. . . Ken Fait, the Fairgrounds’ presumptive owner presumptuous “owner.” What the hell? Register headlines telling us that “The New Owner” is promising to give all the full-time Fairgrounds... -
Eat ice cream this weekend to help Save Our Fairgrounds. No, seriously, read this.
Posted on November 27, 2010 | 8 Comments. . . (Not to scale.) Number one, you ARE going to want to go to the OC Marketplace (or “swap meet”) down on the Fairgrounds, today or tomorrow –... -
OC Voters: Republicans stole your Fairgrounds. Remember that Tuesday.
Posted on October 31, 2010 | 15 Comments. . . . . L.A. Live, which Facilities Management West has mentioned as a model for their envisioned “O.C. Fame.” Very, very few Orange County residents are happy to...
