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Toll Lanes Archive
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![. . . Well. That I wasn’t expecting! New Assemblyman Matt Harper, who represents at least half of the area that would be affected by the threatened 405 toll […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/young-kim-toll-lane-presser-e1425448619517-115x115.jpg "Young Kim picks up the anti-Toll Lane torch for the OC. With exclusive video!")
Young Kim picks up the anti-Toll Lane torch for the OC. With exclusive video!
Posted on March 3, 2015 | 46 Comments. . . Well. That I wasn’t expecting! New Assemblyman Matt Harper, who represents at least half of the area that would be affected by the threatened 405 toll […] -
![. . . WHILE we are printing pieces that The Register and its subsidiaries refuse to, here is a response Eric Bever wrote to a typically whory pro-toll editorial (“Toll […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bever-kicking-caltrans-115x115.png "405 Tolls: Eric Bever’s Modest Proposal for CalTrans")
405 Tolls: Eric Bever’s Modest Proposal for CalTrans
Posted on October 14, 2014 | 3 Comments. . . WHILE we are printing pieces that The Register and its subsidiaries refuse to, here is a response Eric Bever wrote to a typically whory pro-toll editorial (“Toll […] -
![. . . Lucy Dunn is the President, CEO, and ubiquitous spokeswoman of the Orange County Business Council (OCBC.) Masterminded by tireless and insatiable lobbyist Curt Pringle (former Speaker of […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dunn-allen-115x115.png "OCBC’s Fatuous Lucy Dunn celebrates imposition of 405 Toll Lanes; and is Travis Allen a Toll Troll?")
OCBC’s Fatuous Lucy Dunn celebrates imposition of 405 Toll Lanes; and is Travis Allen a Toll Troll?
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 15 Comments. . . Lucy Dunn is the President, CEO, and ubiquitous spokeswoman of the Orange County Business Council (OCBC.) Masterminded by tireless and insatiable lobbyist Curt Pringle (former Speaker of […] -
![. . . Well, what do you think? I mean, we’ve been fighting this here for a couple of years. And our friend Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey has been […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/braveheart-battle-bf863-115x115.jpg "It’s War. CalTrans moves to impose 405 Tolls. WE start the OC Drivers’ Union.")
It’s War. CalTrans moves to impose 405 Tolls. WE start the OC Drivers’ Union.
Posted on July 28, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . Well, what do you think? I mean, we’ve been fighting this here for a couple of years. And our friend Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey has been […] -
![. . . Remember that Flag Day event I played piano for on Saturday? I used to think of it as a Democrat, or as THE OC Democrat Flag […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/alvarez-kelly-oconnell-115x115.png "Scenes from the “Labor” Flag Day: SQS, RINO’s, Teamsters and Toll Lanes!")
Scenes from the “Labor” Flag Day: SQS, RINO’s, Teamsters and Toll Lanes!
Posted on June 17, 2014 | 8 Comments. . . Remember that Flag Day event I played piano for on Saturday? I used to think of it as a Democrat, or as THE OC Democrat Flag […] -
![Allan 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mansoor-405-sqs-daly-allen-correa-115x115.png "Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.")
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 […] -
![1. Mansoor Sues Mrs. Steel Over Goofy Ballot Designation. First off, I live in the Second Supervisorial District, which includes HB, Newport, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Seal Beach, up to […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/stepford-carpetbaggers-115x115.png "Michelle Steel, Stepford Carpetbaggers, Termed-out Termagants, and Goofy Ballot Designations.")
Michelle Steel, Stepford Carpetbaggers, Termed-out Termagants, and Goofy Ballot Designations.
Posted on March 16, 2014 | 29 Comments1. Mansoor Sues Mrs. Steel Over Goofy Ballot Designation. First off, I live in the Second Supervisorial District, which includes HB, Newport, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Seal Beach, up to […] -
![One of the Orange Juice’s favorite OC politicians has just won a great honor – first-term Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey was named “Woman of the Year” for the 74th […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/woty-3-e1394691142252.png "Diana Lee Carey named Woman of the Year, AD 74. Boo-yah!")
Diana Lee Carey named Woman of the Year, AD 74. Boo-yah!
Posted on March 14, 2014 | 4 CommentsOne of the Orange Juice’s favorite OC politicians has just won a great honor – first-term Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey was named “Woman of the Year” for the 74th […] -
![Oh whoops, DAMN. Did I mis-type “stories” as “sorties?” Well, you know what, that’s okay! Because “sortie” is a military term meaning a “sudden issuing of troops against the enemy […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/american-revolution-sortie-e1388114330493.jpg "The Orange Juice’s Top Sorties of 2013 – and a few new items for our VICTORY list!")
The Orange Juice’s Top Sorties of 2013 – and a few new items for our VICTORY list!
Posted on December 31, 2013 | 10 CommentsOh whoops, DAMN. Did I mis-type “stories” as “sorties?” Well, you know what, that’s okay! Because “sortie” is a military term meaning a “sudden issuing of troops against the enemy […] -
![I was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mansoor-and-405-traffic-115x115.png "Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.")
Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.
Posted on December 6, 2013 | 17 CommentsI was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […] -
![This Thanksgiving, The Orange Juice Blog is grateful for several victories great and small the people of Orange County have been fighting for, with this blog at the forefront (in […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Cornucopia-2013-115x115.jpg "Thankful for a Cornucopia of Victories This Year!")
Thankful for a Cornucopia of Victories This Year!
Posted on November 28, 2013 | 15 CommentsThis Thanksgiving, The Orange Juice Blog is grateful for several victories great and small the people of Orange County have been fighting for, with this blog at the forefront (in […] -
![This is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/winterbottomcrabluminositycopy-e1383965772929.jpg "Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.")
Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.
Posted on November 9, 2013 | 23 CommentsThis is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry, […] -
![. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/No-OC-Toll-Lanes-115x115.png "The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1")
The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1
Posted on November 7, 2013 | 33 Comments. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […] -
![“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 […]
