![New Assembly Republican leader Sam Blakeslee announced his new leadership team, according to the Sacramento Bee…and it is incredibly lame. Here is the new GOP lineup, with mostly unknown legislators […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sam-blakeslee.jpg "New GOP legislative team in Sacramento looks totally lame!")
![I swear you can’t make this stuff up. The red-faced jokers over at the Red Klownty blog posted a press release today touting troubled GOP Assemblywoman Diane Harkey. Here is […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/harkey-gets-busted.jpg "ROFLMAO – Insolvent Assemblywoman Diane Harkey to try to fix state solvency problems")
![H/T to Gustavo Arellano, over at the OC Weekly’s Navel Gazing blog, for turning me on to an interesting tale involving Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and a possible conflict of interest. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/loretta-likes-the-military.jpg "Is Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez having an affair with a married defense lobbyist?")
![[poll id=”173″] “Slightly more than half — 54% — said they would like to see the Senate confirm the president’s first nominee for the nation’s highest court, according to the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/obama-and-sotomayor.jpg "Americans approve of Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court")
![Arnold put on his Reformer face today Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to have multiple personalities. Today Arnold the Reformer showed up again as he railed at the state of our […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/arnold-is-two-faced.jpg "Gov. Schwarzenegger finally gets back to reform, for now")
![[poll id=”178″] A friend of mine tipped me off about an OCTA meeting yesterday where they discussed extending the 57 Freeway. And you thought that was off the table? Nope! […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/57-extension.jpg "Should the OCTA extend the 57 Freeway through Santa Ana?")
![I just received the note below, from Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu, regarding a job fair coming up tomorrow in Anaheim: Through the combined efforts of major workforce agencies and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Job fair in Anaheim tomorrow")
![The FBI just released their latest crime statistics and sure enough, Santa Ana is still number one in violent crime in Orange County – by a wide margin. “Santa Ana, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/santa-ana-1-in-violent-crime-again.jpg "FBI says Santa Ana is still #1 – in violent crime in the O.C.")
![Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing! In this case our 2009 SAUSD thread has so many comments on it that it is now running too slowly. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sausd-protest.jpg "2009 SAUSD Thread Part 2")
![Dr. George Tiller was gunned down in church today by a religious terrorist Nothing says “I love Jesus” like murdering a doctor and church usher, in front of his family, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dr-george-tiller.jpg "Did Operation Rescue inspire the killing of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller?")
![The City of Santa Ana took over the Neighborhood Associations in town years ago – turning them into controlled sessions run by city staffers. Today I saw what could be […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/south-coast-2.jpg "Councilman Sal Tinajero walks the South Coast Neighborhood in Santa Ana")
![Graffiti in Santa Ana’s “South Coast” Neighborhood You would think that the activist types in Santa Ana would be up in arms over the impending water rate increase that will […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cimg0574.jpg "Santa Ana activists to push for an Anti-Graffiti Ordinance on Monday")
![Lt. Erin Giudice, in happier days “A ranking Orange County sheriff’s official has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of alcohol after causing a car […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lt-erin-giudice.jpg "Hutchens fails again as OCSD Harbormaster is busted for DUI accident")
![Did you know that State Senator Lou Correa used to be a boxer when he was a teenager? Now he is sponsoring a Self Defense workshop this Saturday, from 10 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/self-defense.jpg "State Senator Lou Correa sponsors a self defense workshop this Saturday")
Hi Vern, Thanks for all of your efforts in helping us outsiders make rational, ethical choices in local elections. As…
It's about time! I've been calling for a Nascar David P for weeks - someone at CHISPA finally made one.…
It's about time! I've been calling for a Nascar David P for weeks - someone at CHISPA finally made one.…
I don't know why Greg woulda done that, longtime commenter who was most recently "Phil de Basquette" (and before that,…
Just happened to run across some possibly useful info ; observations on Garden Grove situation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1sJgGwbcHU but lets see how…
Becerra is just more of the same milquetoast Dems that got us into where we are today. California needs real…
Thank you, Greg!
Thank you, Vern and Greg!
It's about the struggle against the rich and powerful; against oppression; the struggle for justice .
Icymi carpetbagging Ada canvassing with Zahra. Hahahaha. She is shameless. https://www.instagram.com/p/DYQrltGB7gQ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DY6O0GBkUfX/