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Cathy Green Archive
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New OCWD director Kelly Rowe’s ALTERNATIVE to Poseidon.
Posted on August 11, 2019 | 2 CommentsClick through to find a MUCH better way to use our resources for fresh water. -
Important Poseidon Updates – VIDEO of Wednesday meeting and Who’s up for re-election on OCWD?
Posted on July 24, 2018 | 18 CommentsVOTE ANTI-POSEIDON SLATE on your WATER BOARD this FALL! -
TODAY AT 5: Poseidon-obsessed OCWD will try to ram $1 Billion desal project down our throats.
Posted on June 6, 2018 | 1 CommentThey're baaack ... when you least expected it, and as underhanded as ever. -
$1 Billion Subsidized Desal Plant pushed by Water Board that ignores Cheaper Alternatives.
Posted on March 1, 2018 | 1 CommentWhile Sheldon napped, the Board declined to study any cheaper, better alternatives. -
![. . . Short Version: Sign. Isn’t it interesting, and highly worthy of contemplation, that the members (directors, technically) of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) who consistently vote in […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ocwd-fuckfaces-e1472345158735-115x115.jpg "Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings!")
Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings!
Posted on August 27, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . Short Version: Sign. Isn’t it interesting, and highly worthy of contemplation, that the members (directors, technically) of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) who consistently vote in […] -
![. . . Vern here – I didn’t get around to writing up a report on the last OCWD meeting, with the election coming right up and everything, but it WAS […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/green-soaky-dewane-115x115.png "Dispatches from the Battle Against Poseidon, summer 2016")
Dispatches from the Battle Against Poseidon, summer 2016
Posted on July 5, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . Vern here – I didn’t get around to writing up a report on the last OCWD meeting, with the election coming right up and everything, but it WAS […] -
![. . . Talk about dripping incrementalization. At the last OCWD meeting Feb. 3, long-suffering hardworking staff did as they were instructed to by the politicians on their Board, coming […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/soaky-no-legs-115x115.png "Poseidon progress report: Eight ways to screw the public!")
Poseidon progress report: Eight ways to screw the public!
Posted on February 15, 2016 | 46 Comments. . . Talk about dripping incrementalization. At the last OCWD meeting Feb. 3, long-suffering hardworking staff did as they were instructed to by the politicians on their Board, coming […] -
![. . . 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cathy-green-bitch-e1435260367893-115x115.jpg "OCWD chairwoman Cathy Green falsely carries Poseidon water to Coastal Commission.")
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 […] -
![. . . I remember my first OC Water District meeting, maybe six months ago, which I attended at the urging of John Earl who invoked the blessed name of Gus Ayer. I’d opposed the […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cathy-green-divine-e1427161651236-115x115.jpg "Cage Rattled Hard, OCWD dons a fig leaf before marrying Poseidon.")
Cage Rattled Hard, OCWD dons a fig leaf before marrying Poseidon.
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 24 Comments. . . I remember my first OC Water District meeting, maybe six months ago, which I attended at the urging of John Earl who invoked the blessed name of Gus Ayer. I’d opposed the […] -
![. . . by Debbie Cook; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Give me a chimpanzee with a dart board and I’ll give you a water demand forecast about as reliable […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chimp-dartboard-115x115.jpg "OCWD’s forecast for the future: Cloudy with a huge chance of Error.")
OCWD’s forecast for the future: Cloudy with a huge chance of Error.
Posted on March 7, 2015 | 12 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Give me a chimpanzee with a dart board and I’ll give you a water demand forecast about as reliable […] -
![. . . So, cut to the chase you say – what happened Wednesday night at the OCWD meeting on entering into contract negotiations with Poseidon? Fair enough, I’ll tell […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/poseidon-missile-tip-115x115.jpg "Poseidon update: OCWD “just sticks the tip in…”")
Poseidon update: OCWD “just sticks the tip in…”
Posted on January 8, 2015 | 51 Comments. . . So, cut to the chase you say – what happened Wednesday night at the OCWD meeting on entering into contract negotiations with Poseidon? Fair enough, I’ll tell […] -
![. . . Newish OC Water District member (and Fullerton councilwoman) Jan Flory uttered the line that stuck in everybody’s head, at one packed December meeting: “If we are taking […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/far-side-what-kind-of-fools1-e1420613573271.jpg "Surfin’ Sheldon, Little Lost Dina, Righteous Flory, what you’ve been missing at OCWD…")
Surfin’ Sheldon, Little Lost Dina, Righteous Flory, what you’ve been missing at OCWD…
Posted on January 7, 2015 | 42 Comments. . . Newish OC Water District member (and Fullerton councilwoman) Jan Flory uttered the line that stuck in everybody’s head, at one packed December meeting: “If we are taking […] -
![. . . by Debbie Cook, first posted in Surf City Voice, Aug. 4, 2014. At a recent (July 3) sub-committee meeting (see video at bottom of story) OC Water […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ocwd-subcommittee-e1407363342563.jpg "Water Board’s Misuse of Committee Meetings gives the finger to OC Ratepayers.")
Water Board’s Misuse of Committee Meetings gives the finger to OC Ratepayers.
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook, first posted in Surf City Voice, Aug. 4, 2014. At a recent (July 3) sub-committee meeting (see video at bottom of story) OC Water […] -
![. . . by Debbie Cook, July 22, 2014; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. About a dozen members of the public attended the July 16 meeting of the Orange County […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hiding-face-115x115.jpg "Why do some OC Water District Directors LOATHE being WATCHED?")
Why do some OC Water District Directors LOATHE being WATCHED?
Posted on July 23, 2014 | 29 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook, July 22, 2014; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. About a dozen members of the public attended the July 16 meeting of the Orange County […]
