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Dina Nguyen Archive
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![. . . I always thought of Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan as an honest, trustworthy Republican politician, and wrote nice things about him when he ran for Supervisor. He […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/phan-poseidon-115x115.png "Garden Grove Poseidon Update – PHAN is the MAN… who stopped this and needs to start it again!")
Garden Grove Poseidon Update – PHAN is the MAN… who stopped this and needs to start it again!
Posted on July 30, 2015 | 41 Comments. . . I always thought of Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan as an honest, trustworthy Republican politician, and wrote nice things about him when he ran for Supervisor. He […] -
![. . . It’s as good a “litmus test” as any, in contemporary OC politics. I’m saying, the proposed Poseidon desal plant in Huntington Beach – though I hate to […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bao-poseidon-dina-115x115.png "Bao stands for Garden Grove against Poseidon; the rest of council waffles (temporarily?)")
Bao stands for Garden Grove against Poseidon; the rest of council waffles (temporarily?)
Posted on July 20, 2015 | 20 Comments. . . It’s as good a “litmus test” as any, in contemporary OC politics. I’m saying, the proposed Poseidon desal plant in Huntington Beach – though I hate to […] -
![. . . 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dina-ugly-cropped-115x115.jpg "Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum.")
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 […] -
The Poseidon Adventure Sails On!
Posted on May 14, 2015 | 29 CommentsOCWD voted 7-3 to have North County rate payers subsidize South County development. -
![. . . 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 […] -
![Last Tuesday night, three of our five City Council members voted against an amendment that would have allowed the Black Umbrella Studio, a hybrid art gallery and […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/no-tattoos-allowed1-e1409677994185.jpg "Garden Grove City Council Says No Ink on Main Street!")
Garden Grove City Council Says No Ink on Main Street!
Posted on September 2, 2014 | 12 CommentsLast Tuesday night, three of our five City Council members voted against an amendment that would have allowed the Black Umbrella Studio, a hybrid art gallery and […] -
![. . . Spoiler Alert Spoiler After we published part two of this blockbuster four-part series detailing the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of our friend Paul Lucas, the always-hateful […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/yak-steele-danielle-115x115.png "The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.")
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.
Posted on March 4, 2014 | 50 Comments. . . Spoiler Alert Spoiler After we published part two of this blockbuster four-part series detailing the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of our friend Paul Lucas, the always-hateful […] -
![. . . “…Paul Lucas won’t be the last to have been left drooling and limping pathetically in an erratic loop by one too many encounters with the everlasting car […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/paul-lucas-cannabis-e1392709184983.jpg "The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 2: Bad Buena Park Cops and Feckless Druggies!")
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 2: Bad Buena Park Cops and Feckless Druggies!
Posted on February 18, 2014 | 63 Comments. . . “…Paul Lucas won’t be the last to have been left drooling and limping pathetically in an erratic loop by one too many encounters with the everlasting car […] -
![We all know Paul Lucas here – those of us who read blogs, and anyone who’s been involved in local politics over the last decade, especially in the Democratic Party. […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/paul-lucas-pier-cropped1-115x115.jpg "The Triumph of Paul Lucas over Dirty Cops and Draconian Drug Warriors, pt 1.")
The Triumph of Paul Lucas over Dirty Cops and Draconian Drug Warriors, pt 1.
Posted on February 16, 2014 | 33 CommentsWe all know Paul Lucas here – those of us who read blogs, and anyone who’s been involved in local politics over the last decade, especially in the Democratic Party. […] -
![You just HAVE to hear Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey tearing it up here. NO, it’s not about Toll Lanes this time, not fracking, and not jazzercise. She is explaining, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dlc-human-rights-e1388180469241.jpg "Diana Lee Carey’s passionate speech on human rights, the First Amendment, and the Tet Homophobes.")
Diana Lee Carey’s passionate speech on human rights, the First Amendment, and the Tet Homophobes.
Posted on December 27, 2013 | 5 CommentsYou just HAVE to hear Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey tearing it up here. NO, it’s not about Toll Lanes this time, not fracking, and not jazzercise. She is explaining, […] -
![“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” As this past Halloween approached, the county’s alternative weekly, the estimable OC Weekly – whose motto LIKE […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jabberwockandmore-115x115.jpg "O Frabjous Day: Our Alt-Weekly correctly identifies our Scariest People! We elaborate…")
O Frabjous Day: Our Alt-Weekly correctly identifies our Scariest People! We elaborate…
Posted on November 5, 2013 | 26 Comments“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” As this past Halloween approached, the county’s alternative weekly, the estimable OC Weekly – whose motto LIKE […] -
![. 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-Tet-Toro-5-115x115.jpg "Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.")
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 […] -
![. 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rain-on-parade-e1360373230818.jpg "Will God Rain on this year’s Anti-Gay Tet Parade?")
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 […] -
![. . . 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/3-viets-in-72-115x115.jpg "Brilliant, just brilliant: THREE Viets line up against Matt Harper in the 72nd AD.")
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 […]
