oc fair Archive
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My letter to S-Kang: Re-open investigation into Dick Ackerman’s Illegal Fairgrounds Lobbying!
Posted on January 18, 2012 | 26 Comments. . . Here goes nothing. Hand delivery tomorrow or Friday… January 16, 2011 Dear Ms. Kang Schroeder: Looking back over the work many of us did over the last... -
Scott Baugh’s “Non-profit, for the children” OC Marathon is actually FOR profit! And other surprises from the Fair Board Meeting.
Posted on November 2, 2011 | 64 Comments. . . Whatever, I wondered, was Scott Baugh doing at the Orange County Fair Board meeting last Thursday? I recognized the longtime lobbyist, OC GOP chairman, and newly-minted warrior... -
Two openings on the OC Fair Board – apply online to give Dave Ellis an ulcer!
Posted on October 1, 2011 | 4 Comments. .. . “Babs” Venezia reported yesterday that cranky shriveled pharisee Dale Dykema and hapless long-suffering follower Gary Hayakawa, who have been two of Dave Ellis’ dependable allies in all... -
Dave Ellis’ Fair Board pursues political vendetta against Sale Derailers, evicts Jeff Teller’s OC Marketplace
Posted on September 22, 2011 | 9 Comments. . . It’s infuriating that, six months after our celebrated and blistering exposé on the dude, with all its baleful warnings of the legal “shitstorms” supposedly “coming down the... -
Say what you will about Berardino, but…
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 8 Comments. . . …but it sure is nice to have him on the Orange County Fair Board now facing down Chairman Dave Ellis. Good call, Governor Brown! I know a... -
Orange County officially freaks out over Jerry Brown’s draconian balanced budget.
Posted on June 30, 2011 | 44 Comments. . . So, Governor Brown and the Sacramento Democrats, finally giving up on getting ANY co-operation from Sacramento Republicans on the matter of revenue, have come up with an... -
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... -
Prosecutorial Misconduct – OC’s Hapless District Attorney
Posted on May 11, 2011 | 19 Comments. . . . . . So, just how bad is the Orange County District Attorney’s office? If you’re following what’s happening at Capo USD and in Costa Mesa, the... -
What’d we say about DAVE ELLIS? What’d we say? Ooo, is he in hot water now!
Posted on March 10, 2011 | 31 Comments. . . When we – and that’s the royal “we” – wrote at the conclusion of our War and Peace-length litany of OC Fair Board chairman Dave Ellis’ misdeeds... -
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... -
The Bad Penny That Keeps Popping Up: Ackerman The Lobbyist
Posted on February 22, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Mr. Peabody The smile turned to painful grimace as the appendage was pulled ever farther into the wringer. Over at the Voice of OC(EA) Norberto Santana reports that his... -
What a Thursday: Fair Board meeting, John Campbell protest, & candlelight vigil in solidarity with Wisconsin!
Posted on February 22, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . Thursday, Feb. 24 10 AM, OC Fair Board meeting, Arlington east of Fairview, CM The Dave Ellis-led Fair Board will be having one of their meetings tomorrow...
