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A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blogPerfect Christmas gift…
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Full 2014 Orange County June Primary election calendar now online
- Supervisor Bates compels OC Public Works to allow Christmas lights in Wagon Wheel
- Herrington, Singleton and Khachigian endorse Bryson for the 73rd Assembly District
- Reflecting on Nelson Mandela’s life
- MAJOR Setbacks for the Browndoggle This Month
- GOP Dinosaur Keith Curry in AD74 Race
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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transportation Archive
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Metrolink: Lies, Big Money, Ridiculous Corruption.
Posted on November 8, 2013 | 8 Comments“Why does government cost so much?” is a question taxpayers often ask themselves. There are many answers to that but in the case of Metrolink the response is a simple... -
![[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,... -
State Senator Bob Huff Doesn’t Think Drivers Can Count to Three
Posted on September 7, 2013 | 5 CommentsFullerton Rag Earlier this week the California State Senate approved SB 1371, a bill that would require drivers to maintain at least three feet of space between their vehicles... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
OCTA’s Big Lie – How Kempton destroyed Alternative Two (temporarily!)
Posted on October 25, 2012 | 5 Comments. I put this up near the end of my last story, with some questions. I couldn’t believe I was seeing what I was seeing, and that nobody else had... -
405 Toll Lanes Killed! (for this year at any rate…)
Posted on October 22, 2012 | 9 Comments. Smells like…. VICTORY. (temporary victory.) In another grueling OCTA session, the Toll Lane Alternative 3 was not able to muster more than six of the required nine votes to... -
OCTA Board’s 405 Toll Road Arguments: A Review and Refresher Course
Posted on October 22, 2012 | 5 CommentsVern and I were each going to do our separate stories before today’s either climactic or anti-climactic OCTA Board meeting. His is out; here’s mine, scheduled for 5 a.m. What... -
Will Kempton’s passive-aggressive war against Alternative 2, and other timely 405 thoughts.
Posted on October 21, 2012 | 3 Comments. Sigh, this isn’t the story I wanted to write this week. I wanted to be able to show some of the swing voters on the OCTA Board – i.e.,... -
John MacMurray: “Look, Boss, the Train!”
Posted on July 12, 2012 | No Comments. Reprinted with kind permission of the LA Progressive. A while back, 1863, actually, in San Jose, California, citizens and business people got together to build a railroad from San... -
Senator Correa explains his splendid High Speed Rail vote to the Orange Juice Blog!
Posted on July 12, 2012 | 6 Comments. A lot of us OC progressives – a lot of us who had become pretty accustomed to being disappointed with the votes of our one Democratic State Senator, Lou... -
405 Toll Projection – $2.95 for Three Miles!
Posted on July 2, 2012 | 6 Comments. (E-mail ALL the OCTA Board Members by clicking HERE.) If you think the tolls on OC’s existing toll roads are outrageous, you will be scandalized by the projections for... -
OCTA Expects Billions in Revenue from 405 Tolls
Posted on June 28, 2012 | 12 Comments. (E-mail ALL the OCTA Board Members by clicking HERE.) At the June 25 OCTA Meeting, Santa Ana Mayor-for-life and OCTA Director Miguel Pulido made a cryptic comment about financing...
