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- On OC: Enhancing Public Safety in Santa Ana
- Renaissance Theatre Company Presents 1960s Version of “The Importance of Being Earnest”
- Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts Ramps Up Its Offerings for College Bound Dance Students With Golden West College Dual Enrollment Opportunity
- David Ivers is new artistic director of South Coast Repertory
- David DiChiera, founder of Opera Pacific, dies in Detroit
- Paterno: Note to bigots, Read Bill of Rights, watch Mister Rogers and lay off Kaepernick
- Soka University’s Jazz Festival Packs a World into Three Days
- Chance Theater prepares to take us to ‘The Other Place’
- Harbor Blvd. Streetcar is Dead; Costs for Santa Ana-Garden Grove Streetcar Skyrocket
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Why does State Senator Janet Nguyen’s campaign website ignore her stance on all issues?
- Senator Janet Nguyen nailed for corruption and nepotism in a Democratic Party mailer
- The voters have a choice in the 69th A.D. this year even though there is no GOP candidate
- Will a blue surge in November sweep State Senator Janet Nguyen out of office?
- Former Pres. Barack Obama will appear at a rally in Anaheim this Saturday
- Mayor Ed Sachs is running for reelection to the Mission Viejo City Council
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Bureaucracy Archive
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![. . . 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lincoln-harbor-places-115x115.png "Save Lincoln Avenue – the official Questionnaire!")
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 […] -
![Allan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mansoor-405-sqs-daly-allen-correa-115x115.png "Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.")
Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 13 CommentsAllan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […] -
![I was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mansoor-and-405-traffic-115x115.png "Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.")
Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.
Posted on December 6, 2013 | 17 CommentsI was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […] -
![This 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, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/winterbottomcrabluminositycopy-e1383965772929.jpg "Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.")
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, […] -
![. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/No-OC-Toll-Lanes-115x115.png "The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1")
The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1
Posted on November 7, 2013 | 33 Comments. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […] -
![. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vern-and-donnelly-115x115.jpg "GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.")
GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 45 Comments. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […] -
![. So! Today at 5, THIS happens. Found in our inbox, this comes from Huntington Beach Visitors Bureau’s snazzy new consultants, Cerell Associates: Save the Bonfire Rings.Com Community Treasures Under […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/crowd-with-torches-cropped-115x115.jpg "Fire Pits Showdown in HB Friday at 5!")
Fire Pits Showdown in HB Friday at 5!
Posted on May 17, 2013 | 48 Comments. So! Today at 5, THIS happens. Found in our inbox, this comes from Huntington Beach Visitors Bureau’s snazzy new consultants, Cerell Associates: Save the Bonfire Rings.Com Community Treasures Under […] -
![. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY from Vern: All of you Orange County residents who drink water should read the following important piece by John Earl, but since I know how DRY (paradoxically) […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-bad-poseidon-115x115.jpg "“No Water Deal” – Gus needs YOU to finish his work defeating Poseidon’s desalination scam!")
“No Water Deal” – Gus needs YOU to finish his work defeating Poseidon’s desalination scam!
Posted on February 24, 2013 | 2 Comments. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY from Vern: All of you Orange County residents who drink water should read the following important piece by John Earl, but since I know how DRY (paradoxically) […] -
![. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-at-meeting-115x115.jpg "Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?")
Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 1 Comment. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […] -
![ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: In an odd career move, ‘former’ Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter is now working in the City Manager’s office where his “official title” is still–surprise, surprise–“Deputy Police […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/craighunter-115x115.jpg "UPDATE: Hiding in Plain Sight: ‘Former’ Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter’s Odd Career Move to the City Manager’s Office")
UPDATE: Hiding in Plain Sight: ‘Former’ Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter’s Odd Career Move to the City Manager’s Office
Posted on October 2, 2012 | 10 CommentsON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: In an odd career move, ‘former’ Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter is now working in the City Manager’s office where his “official title” is still–surprise, surprise–“Deputy Police […] -
![You may have noticed – well probably not – that I added a few new blogs to our “blogroll” at the bottom of our front page (and removed a few.) […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Jubal-eyes-flopped-five-115x115.jpg "Failures of California’s “First 5” Commissions (and other additions to our Blogroll!)")
Failures of California’s “First 5” Commissions (and other additions to our Blogroll!)
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 8 CommentsYou may have noticed – well probably not – that I added a few new blogs to our “blogroll” at the bottom of our front page (and removed a few.) […] -
![Damn, 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mauk-cropped-115x115.jpg "A complete MAUK-ery: The Misrule of Orange County’s CEO.")
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 […] -
![. And also, like, what the fuck? Is this what you voted these guys in for? I sat down to write this piece, having been alerted that three of our […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Nelson-Bates-Moorlach-115x115.jpg "What does it mean for the OC, when three of our Supervisors say “Thanks But No Thanks” to $10 million in Federal Healthcare Money?")
What does it mean for the OC, when three of our Supervisors say “Thanks But No Thanks” to $10 million in Federal Healthcare Money?
Posted on March 14, 2012 | 25 Comments. And also, like, what the fuck? Is this what you voted these guys in for? I sat down to write this piece, having been alerted that three of our […] -
![. . . MERRRRRY CHRISTMAS, JUICERS!!!!! We reprint for your enjoyment, especially for those of you who never saw it, an Orange Juice tradition – the True Story of Rudolph […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rudolph-115x115.jpg "The True Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
The True Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Posted on December 25, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . MERRRRRY CHRISTMAS, JUICERS!!!!! We reprint for your enjoyment, especially for those of you who never saw it, an Orange Juice tradition – the True Story of Rudolph […]