Top news of the day in the OC

Trash workers defy firing threat (Register) Striking drivers and mechanics at Taormina Industries remain on picket lines after company deadline passes. These guys make over $16 an hour and were offered a raise of over $3 an hour – and that wasn’t good enough for them? Unbelievable – maybe they should have gone to college if they wanted to make big money?

Dueling rallies debate letter (Register) Backers and foes of congressional candidate Tan Nguyen argue whether message violated the Voting Rights Act. Whatever, it certainly violated the Stupid Campaign Tricks Act.

SUNDAY STORY: Campaign Superhighway (Daily Pilot) Meet the cast of the Costa Mesa City Council election subplot.

Mayor’s till still the fullest (Daily Pilot) Reports show Allan Mansoor, Wendy Leece have raised most money in Costa Mesa council race. Looks like a Return to Mansoor is in the works…

Race for Assembly gets personal (Daily Pilot) As the 68th District assemblyman, Van Tran’s legislative career has been partly a campaign against the excesses of Sacramento Democrats. Now Paul Lucas, Tran’s Democratic opponent on the November ballot, is running a campaign charging that Tran is part of what’s wrong with state government.

Candidate nets $12,000 (Daily Pilot) Jim Moreno, a two-time Huntington Beach City Council candidate, is leading the pack

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