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Solorio hits the ground running with a Fairgrounds-saving bill, first day of session.
Posted on December 6, 2010 | 4 Comments. . . Beautiful. I knew this bill was coming but I didn’t realize it would be ready so quick. And Jose introduced two other bills as well, but this... -
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... -
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... -
Solorio vows to fight Arnold’s latest attempt to sell the Fairgrounds, legislatively.
Posted on October 22, 2010 | 3 CommentsYou probably saw in the news that the Fairgrounds are finally really getting sold. To the same pricks – Facilities Management West – who have been trying to get their... -
Our own Femme Wonkita named “Best Political Protester of the Year” by OC Weekly!
Posted on October 17, 2010 | 7 CommentsLet’s congratulate former Costa Mesa Mayor Sandy Genis, who blogs brilliantly as “La Femme Wonkita” both here on the Juice and on her own site, for her latest honor –... -
Capo USD incumbents endorsed by group that wants to abolish public education.
Posted on October 16, 2010 | 20 Comments“What the hell were the Tea Party Patriots thinking?” I muttered to myself, when I heard that they had endorsed the useless incumbents on the Capistrano Unified School Board. Maybe... -
The Breaking Fairgrounds Swindle News: Screw the State’s Threats, see you at 5:30.
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 2 CommentsOn the tense evening of June 28, while the Costa Mesa City Council sat deciding whether to take the plunge with the fatally flawed MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Facilities... -
Fairgrounds Swindle: As Good As It Gets.
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 12 CommentsThere’s a story, possibly apocryphal, that a famous author offered the following as a graduation speech, then walked off the stage: Things are bad. They will not get better. They... -
Tuesday afternoon: Your LAST CHANCE to be heard on the OC Fairgrounds Sale for 55 years!
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 7 Comments -
Fairgrounds Swindle: An End Run Around Measure C?
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 5 CommentsWas Costa Mesa’s Measure C to protect the Fairgrounds a waste of $100,000? The City of Costa Mesa is poised to buy the Orange County Fairgrounds, then lease it out... -
Probolsky + Register + Poseidon = Bogus Poll
Posted on August 6, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe list of polling questions wasn’t the only thing that Fletcher’s article was hiding from Register readers, who might assume that journalists are trained to consider the source of the information they are given. -
The Great Fairgrounds Swindle pt 3: Threats, Bribes, and Videotape.
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 11 Comments. . . First – have you called Solorio and Correa yet, and asked them to stop this rotten deal? Asm. JOSE SOLORIO 714-939-8469, or 916-319-2069 Sen. LOU CORREA 714-558-4400,... -
Call Solorio and Correa TODAY: Stop this rotten Fairgrounds deal!
Posted on July 22, 2010 | 14 CommentsJOSE SOLORIO 714-939-8469, or 916-319-2069 LOU CORREA 714-558-4400, or 916-651-4034. I’ve been writing about what a terrible deal Costa Mesa was snookered into making with Facilities Management West, turning over... -
The Great Fairgrounds Swindle pt 2: Meet the Pirates!
Posted on July 14, 2010 | 45 Comments. . . “Facilities Management West was formed by three multi-generational Orange County families with a love and passion for the Fair.” –Guy Lemmon, FMW spokesman, May 10 “I want...
