A formal state audit will now examine waste, fraud, and abuse at the OCBE. I intend to discuss what this…
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…
If we're talking about Dan C, he has never seemed "happy."
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…
If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
Waste Archive
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Water Rate Increase: Or Can OCWD actually self-Liposuck?
Posted on April 20, 2018 | 17 CommentsWell? Help us with alternatives to the hinky water board raising your rates! -
OCWD blocks study of alternatives to Poseidon, misleading State Lands Commission.
Posted on February 19, 2018 | 4 CommentsYes, that's Denis Bilodeau who should know better, pretending the water board has looked at alternatives to the billion dollar boondoggle. -
OCWD tonite: Replenish the Aquifer with the winter’s fabulous snows!
Posted on April 19, 2017 | 2 Comments. . . This call to action comes from R4RD, which is short for the great Huntington Beach activist group “Residents For Responsible Desalination,” a name which admittedly has always […] -
Save Lincoln Avenue – the official Questionnaire!
Posted on April 14, 2017 | 11 Comments. . . Readers of this blog may remember, from last November, that Anaheim’s Public Works Department, motivated by both a $5 million transportation grant and grave concern over how […] -
Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune!
Posted on July 24, 2016 | 31 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […] -
Mayor Tait Sets the Table for November: Anaheim’s Election Will Be About Insane Subsidies
Posted on May 16, 2016 | 27 Comments. . . Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait produced a letter to the editor in Sunday’s Register. As the entire letter is newsworthy, we feel justified (after having given the Orange Lady […] -
Baxter on the persecution of Fullerton’s most dangerous man, AJ Redkey.
Posted on April 14, 2016 | 12 Comments. . . Bax Baxter writes: It’s been two years since Fullerton Police arrested the most dangerous man in town, my friend AJ Redkey. He had originally outrun a dozen, […] -
Orange County’s Other Victims’ Rights Rally. (And Lou being Lou.)
Posted on April 12, 2016 | 31 Comments. . . Yesterday our District Attorney, Tony Rackauckas, held his 8th Annual Victims’ Rights Rally (previously Rally and March, but this year there was no march.) Victims of street […] -
Superfun in the OC North Basin….
Posted on September 27, 2015 | 5 Comments. . . *The great GWRP……Ground Water Reclamation Projects of Orange County are designated as the Poster Boy/Girl for the reason why we don’t need Desalination in our towns and […] -
OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions. (Longer footnoted version.)
Posted on August 16, 2015 | 1 Comment. . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […] -
OCWD chairwoman Cathy Green falsely carries Poseidon water to Coastal Commission.
Posted on June 25, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . by John Earl, from Surf City Voice Sometimes a person wants something so badly that he or she starts to believe it’s real… or maybe it actually […] -
Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?
Posted on June 10, 2015 | 40 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […] -
Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum.
Posted on May 20, 2015 | 27 Comments. . . INTRO BY VERN: Easy-going and honest OCWD Director Phil Anthony, who represents the western one-third of Garden Grove on the water board and who was one of […]


![OCWD tonite: Replenish the Aquifer with the winter’s fabulous snows! . . . This call to action comes from R4RD, which is short for the great Huntington Beach activist group “Residents For Responsible Desalination,” a name which admittedly has always […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-snows-115x115.jpg)
![Save Lincoln Avenue – the official Questionnaire! . . . Readers of this blog may remember, from last November, that Anaheim’s Public Works Department, motivated by both a $5 million transportation grant and grave concern over how […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lincoln-harbor-places-115x115.png)
![Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune! . . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dancing-puppets-e1468686474668-115x115.gif)
![Mayor Tait Sets the Table for November: Anaheim’s Election Will Be About Insane Subsidies . . . Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait produced a letter to the editor in Sunday’s Register. As the entire letter is newsworthy, we feel justified (after having given the Orange Lady […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Disneyland-Getaway-with-murder-115x115.png)
![Baxter on the persecution of Fullerton’s most dangerous man, AJ Redkey. . . . Bax Baxter writes: It’s been two years since Fullerton Police arrested the most dangerous man in town, my friend AJ Redkey. He had originally outrun a dozen, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/aj-and-pm-e1460673457928-115x115.jpg)
![Orange County’s Other Victims’ Rights Rally. (And Lou being Lou.) . . . Yesterday our District Attorney, Tony Rackauckas, held his 8th Annual Victims’ Rights Rally (previously Rally and March, but this year there was no march.) Victims of street […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kelly-thomas-sign-115x115.jpg)
![Levinson: Definitive proof that Fullerton is NOT run for the benefit of its people. . . . Guest post by our friend Fullerton Parks-and-Rec Commissioner and former Council candidate Barry Levinson: Attached is a copy of the spreadsheet I handed out during Agenda Item […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/levinson-115x115.png)
![Superfun in the OC North Basin…. . . . *The great GWRP……Ground Water Reclamation Projects of Orange County are designated as the Poster Boy/Girl for the reason why we don’t need Desalination in our towns and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Water-115x115.jpg)
![OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions. (Longer footnoted version.) . . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/carbon-neutral1-e1439946234472-115x115.png)
![OCWD chairwoman Cathy Green falsely carries Poseidon water to Coastal Commission. . . . by John Earl, from Surf City Voice Sometimes a person wants something so badly that he or she starts to believe it’s real… or maybe it actually […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cathy-green-bitch-e1435260367893-115x115.jpg)
![Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids? . . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mermaloni1-e1433960352161-115x115.jpg)
![Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum. . . . INTRO BY VERN: Easy-going and honest OCWD Director Phil Anthony, who represents the western one-third of Garden Grove on the water board and who was one of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dina-ugly-cropped-115x115.jpg)
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…