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A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blogPerfect Christmas gift…
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Reflecting on Nelson Mandela’s life
- MAJOR Setbacks for the Browndoggle This Month
- GOP Dinosaur Keith Curry in AD74 Race
- Two new CA surveys show overall approval of Gov. Brown remains high
- U.S. Rep. Sanchez secures bipartisan support for O.C. pension reform
- Sen. Correa invites you to his 2013 Holiday Open House, today
Monday, December 9, 9 AM!
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
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- The Liberal OC
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Todd Spitzer Archive
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Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.
Posted on November 9, 2013 | 23 CommentsThis is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry,... -
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... -
A Primer on Pension Politics
Posted on October 28, 2013 | 22 CommentsWhat follows is an attempt to provide a general overview of the public pension controversy that seems to be in our media and various blogs continuously. If you are sick... -
![[Sad-face emoticon -- I see Gus' old website has died...] Background Almost exactly a year ago, in one of our dozens of pieces following last year’s debate of 405 improvements,...](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/no405tolls-ad-115x115.jpg "OCTA Board inches closer to giving away our 405 to the Toll Trolls.")
OCTA Board inches closer to giving away our 405 to the Toll Trolls.
Posted on September 23, 2013 | 27 Comments[Sad-face emoticon -- I see Gus' old website has died...] Background Almost exactly a year ago, in one of our dozens of pieces following last year’s debate of 405 improvements,... -
Poseidon, the Disney Streetcar, and the Camel’s Nose in the Tent.
Posted on August 12, 2013 | 15 CommentsGuys. And girls. Do we have to talk to our electeds and Board representatives like children? Does this really have to be our job? Because it seems that our generally... -
Hysteria Among County Supervisors Proves Premature.
Posted on May 27, 2013 | 3 Comments. Personally, I’m getting tired of looking for the day our County Supervisors start acting like the leaders of a large, complex organization rather than reactive, soundbite-driven politicos who engage... -
Damage Control in Orange County Government
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 12 CommentsLate Wednesday and Thursday the press this week reported that the Superior Court ruled against Orange County, in the trial in which the State of California claimed that our Supervisors... -
Hallucinating Teens Rescued from Six-Hour Ordeal in Mile Square Park.
Posted on April 10, 2013 | 18 Comments. The nation breathed a sigh of relief late this afternoon as the last of three or four hallucinating teenagers, lost for literally hours in Fountain Valley’s forbidding Mile Square... -
Live! Dirty! Your County Clerk-Recorder Special Coverage. (Update – It’s Hieu!)
Posted on April 2, 2013 | 19 Comments. Keep checking back, this is the day you’ve all been waiting for! The Orange Juice Blog has its crack team of live-bloggers reporting blow-by-blow from the Hall of Administration... -
And then there were Eleven: Looking at the remaining Clerk-Recorder candidates.
Posted on March 14, 2013 | 29 Comments. Of the hundreds of OC citizens who would have loved to take Tom Daly’s place in the powerful, six-figure post of County Clerk-Recorder, the Board of Supervisors yesterday narrowed... -
Fairgrounds Sale Struggle ends with whimper and adoption of new policies.
Posted on March 3, 2013 | 7 Comments. “ENOUGH ALREADY! This Fair Sale Review Committee has done great work, but we can’t go any farther without subpoena power which we don’t have. I move that we pack... -
So You Want a Career in Orange County Government? Are You SURE?
Posted on February 5, 2013 | 9 Comments. A wave of departures of high-level county managers and executives began in late 2011 with the resignation of David Sundstrom, the elected Auditor-Controller. Press reports were that he was... -
So, apparently it was the IRVINE Great Park all along. Who knew.
Posted on January 10, 2013 | 27 Comments. The “editorial staff” of the Liberal OC produced a surprisingly mature and balanced editorial yesterday entitled “Let’s See What A Republican Majority Can Do With the Great Park.“ It... -
A complete MAUK-ery: The Misrule of Orange County’s CEO.
Posted on April 17, 2012 | 31 CommentsDamn, this county has been run badly these last few years. I mean, hell’s bells. Who’s been in charge? Are they asleep at the switch? That would be our County...
