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The Voice of OC!- Community Editorial: On Vets Cemetery, Great Park Location Matters
- Irvine Releases New Round of Great Park Depositions
- OC Ahead of the Curve in Obamacare Signups for Non-English Speakers
- State Watchdog Opens Inquiry Into Fire Authority Disclosure Practices
- Great Park Boss: Consultants' Power Over Public Officials 'Was Just Wrong'
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- John Earl’s Surf City Voice!
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Kim Pham Trial, Day Eight: Case Coming to End as Prosecution, Defense Makes Closing Arguments
- Daniel Pohl Was Electrocuted While Working for Mission Viejo High School Football Booster
- Santa Ana Officials Say They Got Associated Press to Correct "Erroneous" Water Use Story
- Calvary Chapel Creation Conference Starts Today But Draws Atheist Protesters Thursday
- LA KISS Finishes Inaugural Season a Winner (in Attendance Only)
- Peter David Nitschke, Suspended Attorney Who Ripped Off Clients, Has Hissy Fit in Court
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Irvine Planning Commissioner Lynn Schott announces her campaign for the City Council
- Fisher & Phillips announces new government solutions practice group
- Toll Road Debacle Spawns Phishing Scheme
- The June Primary Election’s turnout data bodes ill for Solorio and Quirk-Silva
- Correa and the Sanchez sisters get back half the money stolen from them
- Linda Sanchez’ Name Calling
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development Archive
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The Ridge Development “DENIED” by Coastal Commission; most of HB rejoices! [update - not "denied" but stymied.]
Posted on June 12, 2014 | 3 CommentsThe mammoth, packed, Coastal Commission hearing at Huntington Beach City Hall, on whether to change the zoning of the “Ridge” portion of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands from “open space” to... -
OC’s “Great Park” still essentially an abandoned Marine Base!
Posted on August 25, 2013 | 28 CommentsIn 2002, Orange County voters approved the building of a grand metropolitan park consisting of approximately 1300 acres of land, formerly occupied by a Marine base. A lovely idea, right? ... -
ANA-HEIST 2013: Hold onto your wallets, it’s the GardenWalk on Steroids!!!
Posted on February 13, 2013 | 4 Comments. “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” -... -
Fullerton Candidate Meet-and-Greet to end all Fullerton Candidate Meet-and-Greets, at Vern’s Church Tonite!
Posted on October 29, 2012 | 16 Comments. Fullerton voters! Come tonight, Monday night at 7, to the Church Where Vern Plays Piano – that’s the Orangethorpe United Methodist Church, 2351 Orangethorpe Blvd., Fullerton, CA, between Magnolia... -
Ding, Dong, the Bridge is Dead: Steve Rosansky’s environmentalist legacy.
Posted on March 13, 2012 | 7 CommentsAs we predicted on January 26th of this year, termed-out Newport councilmanSteve Rosansky‘s attempt to leave a legacy by pushing construction of the 19th/Banning Bridge backfired badly, leading to... -
GardenWalk: Anaheim Residents Raise Hell Over Subsidized Hotels
Posted on February 8, 2012 | 3 Comments. . . . . Ahead of yesterday’s Anaheim city council meeting, a mailer to city residents from the Orange County Employees Association and numerous news reports on recently approved... -
Orange Land-Grab: Developer’s dirty tricks are illegal. UPDATE: Enough referendum sigs collected!!!
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . You may have heard, if you’ve been following what we call the “Land Grab” in the City of Orange and the citizen referendum against it, of one... -
“Dirty Politics Crosses the Line.” The latest on the Orange Land Grab, from Orange-Needs-Parks.org
Posted on August 5, 2011 | 16 Comments. . . Found in today’s bulging Orange Juice Inbox (our emphases) : Hi Vern, Sometimes one side goes too far in a political fight. In the City of Orange,... -
Fullerton citizens unite against Chevron and their own City Council to preserve West Coyote Hills.
Posted on July 24, 2011 | 22 Comments. . . This could almost be a sequel to my recent article about something very similar happening in the City of Orange. I’d been waiting for one of our... -
Orange Land-Grab: Ridgeline’s Fairy Tales vs. the “Right of Reversion.”
Posted on July 24, 2011 | 10 Comments. . . (with permission, reposted from www.orange-needs-parks.org) “It’s like they traded our cow for a handful of beans – but the beans aren’t magic. We won’t end up with... -
Who is Dave Ellis? A Portrait of our Fair Board Chairman.
Posted on March 4, 2011 | 80 Comments. . . . Given the shitstorm coming down the pike for the various insiders implicated in the attempted Great Swindle of the Orange County Fairgrounds, we figure it’s time... -
Taking the Rubber Stamp Report into the Community
Posted on February 27, 2011 | 6 Comments. . . . . OCCORD’s “Rubber Stamp Process” report on broken governance and development is making its way from the pdf file to the community. The original research and... -
‘The Rubber Stamp Process’ Reveals Deep Democracy Deficit in Anaheim and Santa Ana – UPDATED with interview!
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 1 Comment. . . UPDATE: The entire interview is now available online at www.solartradio.com I took it upon myself to find the time to read the entire report “The Rubber Stamp... -
Tuesday afternoon: Your LAST CHANCE to be heard on the OC Fairgrounds Sale for 55 years!
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 7 Comments
