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- Steven Dean Gordon and Franc Cano Have Arraignment Delayed for Alleged Serial Killings
- Judge Rejects Dismissal of Murder Charges in Kim Pham Beating Death Case: Update
- Judge Blocks Trial For Fatal Police Shooting, Sticks Victim's Family With Cop's Legal Bill
- Pennysaver Ad of the Week Does Not Need Mel Gibson in Face Paint to Proclaim "Freedom!"
- Robert Rizzo Faces Big Fat Sentence for Greed He Partly Poured into Huntington Beach Home
- 15-Year-Old Boy Held in Seizure of Illegal Fireworks, M80s, Quarter Sticks and Half Sticks
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
- Respected South County Leaders Bates, Walters, Harkey Endorse Linda Lindholm for Orange County Board of Education
- Good Guys Win One In Court – Righeimer And Mensinger Defeat Union’s Bogus Legal Ploy
- AD-55 Watch: Ling-Ling Chang Quacks out of SGV Tribune Editorial Board Meeting
- Phillip Chen Not Truthful with O.C. Register
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Tax Freedom Day comes even later this year – again!
- AD73 Tax Day Update: Do not handle your tax bills the way Anna Bryson did
- Op-Ed: Discrimination against the chronically ill or a cost control measure?
- The OC Democratic Party leader shows his true colors in ripping 74th A.D. candidate Onofre
- Fomer CYA Director Walter Allen endorses Jeff Ferguson for O.C. Judge
- AD73 Update: Anna Bryson sued four times for not paying her bills!
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taxes Archive
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Does Jerry Brown have it right this time?
Posted on November 25, 2013 | 6 CommentsBack in the late 70’s, under then-Governor Jerry Brown, the State of California ran a healthy budget surplus. So healthy in fact that Howard Jarvis, in launching the Proposition 13... -
Irvine gets to play with “other people’s money.”
Posted on October 23, 2013 | 6 CommentsFinally, here’s some good news for you… something to cheer about! The city of Irvine is scheduled to receive $134.5 million dollars over the next 17 years. This is the... -
No such thing as a Good Tax: Irvine and the OC Fire Authority
Posted on August 21, 2013 | No CommentsAn ever-present and growing problem in today’s recession economy has been the acquisitive public employee unions and related organizations. The city of Irvine is no stranger to this, particularly when... -
This Graphic Says that Most Discussions about Our Spending Priorities are Bullshit
Posted on August 10, 2013 | 4 CommentsAnytime we say that we don’t have enough money to do something good, this chart shows why that’s a lie. It depends on the definition of “we.” ”We” have plenty... -
The Dangerous Votes of Sharon Quirk-Silva.
Posted on July 28, 2013 | 23 CommentsLast month I expressed my disappointment that our new Democratic assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (pictured above taking on corruption and injustice in Sacramento) had joined forces with Reefer Madness Republicans and... -
Does anyone still believe in “Hope and Change?”
Posted on June 25, 2013 | 17 Comments. Five years ago, much of the American public bought into the “new” era of American politics and thrust Barack Obama into office. For many citizens the concept of “Hope... -
Fire Ring Compromise Should Substantially Increase Newport Beach Property Tax Assessments
Posted on June 8, 2013 | 17 CommentsThe key word in this story’s headline is “should.” I won’t say “will” — and I don’t even know that I’d say “might.” But a compromise that leaves Huntington Beach’s... -
Opening the Tap on Fullerton’s Water Rates
Posted on May 8, 2013 | 6 Comments. On May 7 the Fullerton City Council approved two resolutions to charge more money to provide water to the city’s residents. The council unanimously approved a simple pass-through increase... -
Who’s Really Punishing Hard Workers? (pt. 2 of 3)
Posted on April 2, 2013 | 1 Comment. Capital gains are the profits acquired from the sale of property or an investment and they are taxed at a different rate than that of typical income bracket rates. If you... -
Who’s really punishing hard workers? (part one)
Posted on March 26, 2013 | 68 Comments. Many people are familiar with the right wing rhetoric that suspending the tax cuts on the rich and taxing multi-national corporations is somehow “punishing hard work and success.” Glorifying... -
Tell the OCTA we want what we paid for: TWO NEW FREE LANES on the 405!
Posted on February 13, 2013 | 8 Comments. From the fine folks at the OCTA, to me and you: Reminder: Measure M Annual Public Hearing Tonight! The Measure M Taxpayers Oversight Committee is conducting the 22nd Annual... -
A VAT and Gun Control……
Posted on January 26, 2013 | 24 CommentsThe only thing that separates the United States from being Europe West is simply adding a VAT and Unconstituional Gun Control. The United States can easily turn into the One World... -
Governor Brown’s 2013 State of the State Address. Discuss!
Posted on January 24, 2013 | 34 CommentsVideo and transcript below of Governor Brown’s State of the State address for 2013, preceded by what in most cases will be a loud ad. FULL TEXT: The message this... -
Grover Norquist and Wayne LaPierre drown in small bathtub.
Posted on December 28, 2012 | 18 Comments. As probably most of you know, the most famous quote associated with puffed-up, has-been, anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist, the snide quip with which he will always be equated, is...
