![Abel Maldonado just might come out on top after all. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Maldonado just might end up getting appointed to replace John Garamendi as our […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lt-governor-abel-maldonado.jpg "Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado?")
![Bill Maher wrote in a recent L.A. Times op-ed column that “If conservatives don’t want to be seen as bitter people who cling to their guns and religion and anti-immigrant […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/angry-republicans.jpg "Angry Republicans intent on driving off a cliff")
![Kudos to the O.C. Register for their latest investigative effort. They have dug up startling information about how much money our O.C. firefighters are making, thanks in great part to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/overpaid-firefighters.jpg "Pension spike stuffed O.C. firefighters’ wallets")
![One of our readers, Michael Witzigman, found out the city of Santa Ana is charged by Orange County Water District (OCWD) to extract the ground water from aquifers, since the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/santa-ana-water-rate-rip-off.jpg "City of Santa Ana overcharging up to 842% for water!")
![It’s time again for the annual Orange County AIDS Walk. Here is the pertinent information as to how you can get involved, courtesy of our friend and reader Paul Cook-Giles: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/oc-aids-walk.jpg "It’s time again for the O.C. AIDS Walk"){kind=small}
![(Pictures Courtesy of the O.C. Register) Remember that old house that developer Mike Harrah moved so he could make way for his One Broadway Plaza Tower that will never, ever […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/twist-basler-house.jpg "City of Santa Ana paints historic home “Wimbledon Green”")
![A couple of years ago we noticed that the website for the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Board of Education did not include a means to email them individually. They […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/oc-board-of-education.jpg "The O.C. Board of Education Trustees don’t want to hear from you!")
![It is amazing how our Orange County Supervisors find new ways to waste our money. I am excerpting below a press release I received from the Association of O.C. Deputy […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/john-moorlach-is-wasting-our-money.jpg "O.C. Supervisors blow almost $2 million on a pointless lawsuit")
![Please join me in wishing our webmaster, Terry Crowley, a very Happy Birthday today! My computer also gave me a reminder this week that it was Larry Gilbert’s birthday on […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/orange-juice-birthdays.jpg "Orange Juice April birthdays!")
![Okay, I could not put EVERYONE on this list. But you CAN vote for up to five bloggers. Fire away! P.S. If you think I missed someone important on this […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Who is the most influential O.C. political blogger?")
![Pity poor Matt “Jerbal” Cunningham. Apparently his masters at Red County have locked him up in a cage and he can’t come out and play anymore. However, that isn’t stopping […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/jerbal-in-a-cage.jpg "Jerbal openly shills for Democrat Tom Daly while dissing Lou Correa")
![(Picture Courtesy of the O.C. Register) Why are we paying so much for out of shape cops? Can cash-strapped cities save money by outsourcing some of their police work? Check […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/santa-ana-cops.jpg "Why not save money by outsourcing Santa Ana cops?")
![“State Assembly leaders Wednesday rescinded $551,000 in pay raises recently awarded to 136 legislative staffers, acknowledging that the pay hikes sent the wrong message at a time when the state […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/karen-bass-and-mike-villines.jpg "Public outrage forces Assembly leaders to rescind pay raise for staffers")
I've received more e-mails about this story than usual, thanking me for it. One first amendment activist wanted to alert…
I can't even imagine what this woman thinks is in this for her. She will have no allies and tons…
They don't understand the same part the Rotting Yammites don't understand. Just from a different perspective.
This comment came from the smartest dude I know. "Which part of freedom don't the leftists understand?" Ernest P. Worrell…
Sounds like Blanca has lots of good reasons to hide stuff. Maui? SPAIN? For what, I wonder.
it's bound to incite a legal challenge. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You can certainly hold Sharon Quirk…
Right while I was writing this piece, three more came out, with invaluable info. I'll have to do a new…
Yeah I guess so. I'm gonna shift to fighting this thing. Can it be stopped? Can the Democrats who backed…
It's hard to criticize somebody who's on the right side of an issue.
Today, Umberg's office tells me "The author [Pacheco] has agreed to amend the bill back to how it came out…