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The Voice of OC!Get Vern’s Latest and Greatest…
- John Earl’s Surf City Voice!
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Michael Frederick Molle Held for Attempted Murder in Shootings of His Step-Grandkids
- Chapman University's Dodge College Ranked 7th Best Film School in U.S.
- Border Wars: Crystal Cove Panga'd; Irvine Becomes Murrieta; Rohrabacher Backs Boehner
- Neel Kashkari, California's GOP Nominee for Governor, Gives Homelessness a Spin: VIDEO
- Rev. Bud Green of Guest of Wally George Fame Takes Credit for White Flags on Brooklyn Bridge
- Checkpoints in Anaheim, Santa Ana; Patrols in SJC, Dana Point, San Clemente TONIGHT
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- OC Supervisors consider a charter amendment regarding the use of private contractors
- The Bryson Chronicles: Her critics lied about her finances and didn’t mention her dying husband
- Rep. Sanchez blames the Republicans for the border crisis
- Mansoor says we need to keep the 405 Freeway free!
- Conservative hopes to take back an important seat in North OC
- Santa Ana Tea Party Patriots meeting set for August 12
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Don Wagner Archive
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California Weed Wars: the Legal Lay of the Land.
Posted on June 10, 2014 | 34 CommentsAs measures to reform marijuana policy make great strides across the rest of the nation, California continues to lag behind in establishing a statewide system of regulation that protects safe... -
The Orange Juice June 2014 Primary Voter’s Guide!
Posted on May 19, 2014 | 78 CommentsSHORT VERSION Vern here. Greg obviously put a lot of thought and research into this guide, and on the races I’m familiar with I MOSTLY agree with him. And in... -
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... -
Immigration Reform, back to the front of the line!
Posted on November 6, 2013 | 3 CommentsImmigration reform is an issue that has been discussed and debated about for years now yet no national consensus has been reached. Unfortunately, like many other important issues facing the... -
John and Ken’s 2012 Orange County Voters’ Guide. By Vern.
Posted on November 6, 2012 | 59 Comments. I understand there has been some confusion resulting from my dedicating my voters’ guide, as I traditionally do, to my gay friends John and Ken. Some of the fans... -
Jim Reardon takes Capistrano Unified School District in a rough love embrace!
Posted on September 10, 2012 | 11 Comments. . Have you heard of Jim Reardon? Have you heard of the Capistrano Unified School District? How about the strange relationship Jim seems to have with the district, on... -
An Open Challenge to Disingenuous Don Wagner
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 16 Comments. . . [ED. NOTE - As soon as I saw this incredibly wordy and dishonest piece supposedly penned by Irvine Assemblyman Don "Spanky" Wagner, on the Flash Report, attacking... -
Orange County’s Brand New Assembly Districts!
Posted on July 30, 2011 | 22 Comments. . . We’ve got seven Assembly Districts now instead of nine – partly due to the slight loss of population in the OC relative to the state, but mostly... -
This week’s great OC videos: Spanky vs. the Sopranos, and Laguna Woods Stoners! (UPDATED with great NORBY vid)
Posted on June 19, 2011 | 16 Comments. . . Assemblyman Don “Spanky” Wagner, R-Irvine, at left. The unfortunate nickname, which I did not invent, refers to his unflagging advocacy for corporal punishment at home and in... -
Hey you idiots who voted for Allan Mansoor (you know who you are!)
Posted on June 4, 2011 | 8 Comments. . . Yeah, maybe you voted for Allan Mansoor over Phu Nguyen because you really believe the OC’s biggest problem is the huge wave of dark-skinned, Spanish-speaking immigrants pouring... -
OC Legislator Follies: Harkey, High-speed Rail & Genocide; doomed Minuteman legislation and Mansoor comatose?
Posted on April 10, 2011 | 17 Comments. .. . Callin’ em like she sees ‘em: Diane Harkey. Hold on a second. If indeed Orange County’s major export to Washington and Sacramento consists of dunderheads, jackanapes, and... -
Looking forward to the Governor’s OC visit – What brave Republican will take him on?
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 17 Comments. . . I was pleased to read over the weekend that Governor Brown, exasperated with the intransigence of Sacramento’s useless Republicans (who have strung him along with faux-negotiations just... -
Damn Assembly Republicans save Redevelopment. Our Norby only GOP vote to kill it! Profile-in-courage Mansoor doesn’t even vote.
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 39 Comments. . . Chris Norby (Fullerton) – the ONLY Republican Assemblyman to vote to end the waste and abuse of Redevelopment Agencies. Just now, up in Sacramento, Jerry Brown’s proposal... -
Cal Budget 2011, pt 2: the GOP’s anti-Democracy Caucus, vs. the Few Republican Grownups.
Posted on March 11, 2011 | 34 Comments. . . . The Anti-Democracy Caucus In our previous installment we looked at the options that will hopefully be put before us this June: an unthinkable all-cuts budget ($25...
