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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Asm. Allen sues to overturn the CA Attorney General’s misleading title for the Gas Tax Repeal initiative
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OC Water District Archive
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![. . . This call to action comes from R4RD, which is short for the great Huntington Beach activist group “Residents For Responsible Desalination,” a name which admittedly has always […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-snows-115x115.jpg "OCWD tonite: Replenish the Aquifer with the winter’s fabulous snows!")
OCWD tonite: Replenish the Aquifer with the winter’s fabulous snows!
Posted on April 19, 2017 | 2 Comments. . . This call to action comes from R4RD, which is short for the great Huntington Beach activist group “Residents For Responsible Desalination,” a name which admittedly has always […] -
![. . . Yes, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) has many other important issues that it deals with besides just opening the door to the Poseidon boondoggle: for example, of particular concern […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/flory-no-chaffee-whitaker-115x115.png "Fullerton Reaches its Day of Decision on Poseidon.")
Fullerton Reaches its Day of Decision on Poseidon.
Posted on January 17, 2017 | 22 Comments. . . Yes, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) has many other important issues that it deals with besides just opening the door to the Poseidon boondoggle: for example, of particular concern […] -
![. . . Who was that dapper, bald gentleman at the right end of the dais Tuesday night? It couldn’t have been (could it have?) Steve Faessel, the 5th-district council […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/team-tait-with-faessel-115x115.png "Anaheim 12/20/2016: Faessel Surprises; the Empire Strikes Out!")
Anaheim 12/20/2016: Faessel Surprises; the Empire Strikes Out!
Posted on December 28, 2016 | 29 Comments. . . Who was that dapper, bald gentleman at the right end of the dais Tuesday night? It couldn’t have been (could it have?) Steve Faessel, the 5th-district council […] -
![. . . 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 […] -
![. . . 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 […] -
![‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sulnick-jokes-11-e1436742307760-115x115.png "Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project.")
Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project.
Posted on July 12, 2015 | 11 Comments‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […] -
![. . . 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 […] -
![. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mermaloni1-e1433960352161-115x115.jpg "Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?")
Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?
Posted on June 10, 2015 | 40 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […] -
![. . . 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. -
![. . . Vern here. I’ve been guilty of thinking, and communicating, that each new development in the OCWD/Poseidon courtship is the final and irreversible one, which could lead to […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/OK-corral-115x115.jpg "Showdown at the OCWD Corral nears; R4RD fires volley at Poseidon Term Sheet.")
Showdown at the OCWD Corral nears; R4RD fires volley at Poseidon Term Sheet.
Posted on May 12, 2015 | 28 Comments. . . Vern here. I’ve been guilty of thinking, and communicating, that each new development in the OCWD/Poseidon courtship is the final and irreversible one, which could lead to […] -
![. . . Ten people, ten men and women, elected either onto the OC Water District Board or onto some city council and APPOINTED onto that board, are going to […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/phil-anthony1-115x115.jpg "OCWD profile #1: Phil Anthony, the quiet skeptic.")
OCWD profile #1: Phil Anthony, the quiet skeptic.
Posted on April 23, 2015 | 23 Comments. . . Ten people, ten men and women, elected either onto the OC Water District Board or onto some city council and APPOINTED onto that board, are going to […]