Monday Morning Rise and SHINE!
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A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blogPerfect Christmas gift…
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Assemblyman Mansoor to introduce legislation to stop toll lanes on the 405 Fwy.
- 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
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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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vietnamese Americans Archive
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Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 42 Comments. As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various... -
Will God Rain on this year’s Anti-Gay Tet Parade?
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 81 Comments. The beautiful and cute folks of the Viet LGBT Alliance really didn’t want me to use that title – a cheerful and generous lot, they want the parade to... -
Tet Offended? OC Viets Want Little Saigon Parade to Discriminate Against LGBTs
Posted on February 4, 2013 | 13 Comments. [Update: Voice of OC has more at this link, including news of a planned protest today for 3 p.m. at the Westminster offices of parade organizers at 14550 Magnolia St. It would be... -
Breaking – Margie Rice Returns to Westminster Council, Tri Ta first elected Viet Mayor in US!
Posted on December 13, 2012 | 10 CommentsIt’s that time of transitions, when newly elected members of legislative bodies are sworn in. Some transitional meetings are organized so they are just ceremonial, with outgoing members... -
Orange County’s Biggest Losers! Election 2012 edition.
Posted on November 21, 2012 | 23 Comments. It’s been a busy two weeks at the Registrar’s office as Neal Kelley’s staff went through a painstaking task of verifying individual signatures on over a quarter of a... -
Who Is Trying to Disqualify Vietnamese Voters’ Ballots in AD-72? [updated]
Posted on June 12, 2012 | 25 CommentsUpdate: I’m going to leave the post up mostly as is, but I’m going to repost a comment from below that explains my current state of understanding. You may want... -
So Long, Pham! Dovinh is Last Vietnamese Standing in AD-72. (Or IS he?)
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 30 Comments. . . The most dangerous job in politics: Vietnamese Republican candidate in AD-72. Back when we redistricting geeks were attending Commission hearings last year, what would become AD-72 was supposed... -
The Lowdown on MARK W. BUCHER, 3rd Supe candidate.
Posted on November 17, 2011 | 13 Comments. . . First, let me broach five topics that Mark W. Bucher will sue me for even mentioning: Anti-labor Costa Mesa Councilman Jim “Riggy” Righeimer’s bankruptcy. His “mortgage default.”... -
Brilliant, just brilliant: THREE Viets line up against Matt Harper in the 72nd AD.
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 16 Comments. . . You’d think from the look of things, wouldn’t you, that Orange County’s Vietnamese-American community, selflessly consenting to sabotage themselves in the one place where redistricting seemed to... -
Should Fountain Valley Go?
Posted on September 12, 2011 | 4 Comments. . . With the budget pressures on government these days there is increasing talk about possibly consolidating some cities, thereby reducing their numbers and the number of high priced... -
Late August chismes: the new Districts and next year’s Elections!
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 39 Comments. . . Hark! how the sultry pre-September days are enlivened by exaltation of birdsong. All the larger species are chirping the jolly tune about the Victim Party (the California... -
Like “musical chairs with switchblades” – the latest Redistricting Scuttlebutt
Posted on June 14, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . “Like musical chairs, etc.“ – people seem fond of that apt Dan Schnur quote from the LA Times, referring to the practical effects of California’s redistricting. It’s... -
On tenterhooks: What will redistricting do to our 47th Congressional District today?
Posted on June 10, 2011 | 6 Comments. . . Couple of days ago, everybody’s hair was on fire – the Democratic Party of Orange County, Latino groups like LULAC, the office of Loretta – because of this... -
Did Sanchez attacks on Tran hurt other O.C. Vietnamese candidates too?
Posted on November 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsDid you notice that Orange County’s Vietnamese American candidates took a beating on Election Day last week? According to the Bolsavik blog, their losses were incredible. They included: Phu Nguyen,...
