Orange Juice Blog Archive
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One more Republican vote needed to shut down Redevelopment Agencies
Posted on March 17, 2011 | 18 Comments. . . Gilbert’s personal Agenda. True. I am an elected Board Member of the CAPPPR, California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights. Our president just issued the following press release:... -
Financial impact on Japan’s industries
Posted on March 17, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . . . Without knowing the full extent of the disaster that hit Japan, public sector bean counters need to address “cause and effect” spread sheets as they... -
City Hall handouts revisited
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 13 Comments. .. . . . . As the state budget is on the front burner, with the GOP virtually united in the last piece of the puzzle, shutting down our... -
Redevelopment agency abuses – not a new discovery!
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 4 Comments. . . . . With the recent report by State Controller John Chiang of his department finding abuses in several redevelopment agencies in our state, a look back to AB... -
War zone. No, not Afghanistan. Mount Holly, New Jersey!
Posted on March 14, 2011 | 13 Comments. . . Folks. While we can all follow the reports of US troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan to give these nations a chance to enjoy freedom, there is... -
Judge denies request to block implementation of WI collective bargaining law
Posted on March 11, 2011 | 9 CommentsWisc. gov. Walker From this afternoon’s Wassau Daily Herald. Judge denies request to block implementation of Wisconsin collective bargaining law 1:08 PM, Mar. 11, 2011 | Written by TODD... -
Opponents of CA HSR gaining national momentum
Posted on March 10, 2011 | 3 Comments. . . Promoting sound expenditure of taxpayer funds is a full time job. Case in point is the effort to curtail wasting billions of dollars for a high-speed train in CA... -
Chuck DeVore forms exploratory committee for BOS seat
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 11 Comments. . . . . Just received from an Orange County colleague: Chuck DeVore forms exploratory committee for Orange County’s Third District Board of Supervisors Mar 09 2011 Today I’m... -
Rep Kevin McCarthy joins CA Assembly Member Diane Harkey in opposing HSR
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . . . ROAD BLOCK AHEAD! In addressing high-speed rail, Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard has just quoted CA Rep Kevin McCarthy claiming he is: “the first publicly... -
California’s Hemorrhaging Debt does not faze our High Speed Rail Authority.
Posted on March 6, 2011 | 6 Comments. . . . . Today’s San Francisco Chronicle sounds the same alarm that some of us have been shouting for almost two years as we oppose the under funded high-speed... -
LA Congresswoman Maxine Waters comments on property rights
Posted on March 5, 2011 | 3 Comments. . . . United against Eminent Domain! – Chris Norby, Maxine Waters, Tom McClintock. This is one of my favorite photos. Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you... -
Reason Foundation: Florida rejects $2.4 billion High Speed Rail funds, so they’ll just get spent elsewhere.
Posted on March 4, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . Florida Rejects High-Speed Rail Money – Again, So LaHood Will Just Spend Elsewhere Robert Poole | March 4, 2011 Florida Gov. Rick Scott made the right decision... -
Comparing China high-speed rail vs CA HSR is not apples to apples
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 13 CommentsLet’s set the “feel good” emotions of high-speed rail aside for some realism. For over 50 years I have enjoyed the rush of high-speed starting with my involvement in... -
Gov. Brown Bill to kill any last minute redevelopment projects
Posted on February 25, 2011 | 13 Comments. . . I fully support Governor Brown’s plan to shut down the recent flurry of redevelopment project activity. He should begin with CRA/LA in the city of Los Angeles...
