![I have written previously on the importance of communication and how words matter. The term “peace officer” is sacrosanct to me. Its meaning is lofty, an ideal to consistently strive […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Unacceptable-Behavior-Team1-e1389813617310.jpg "A “Peace Officer” considers the Kelly Thomas verdict.")
![2013 has been a boon year for drug policy reform everywhere in the nation except, sadly, in California. I have watched law enforcement evolve and implement strategies nationwide that reduce […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/diane-goldstein1-e1388357869779.jpg "I am a Recovering Drug War Addict.")
![The death of Kelly Thomas and the ongoing trial has been grounded in the stigmas that surround both mental illness and substance abuse. As the defense attorneys continue to blame […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/argument-115x115.jpg "The War of Words, over Drug Policy")
![We welcome to the blog Diane Goldstein, 21-year law enforcement veteran and speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP.) This piece was first printed today in the Huffington Post, but […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kelly-thomas-murder1-115x115.jpg "Diane Goldstein: The Death of Kelly Thomas Was No Anomaly")
The Haughey guy is director of California RCV Coalition, Inc. https://www.calrcv.org/people
Some background on California RCV Coalition, Inc., an ngo that backed DGI and others lobbying Irvine for rcv at last…
Oh shit. I agree with oh myopic booby one. He is the only path to victory for the Democratic party.
Retired Federal Judge Lynne Riddle has spent years scrutinizing the fiscal stewardship and other practices of the Orange County Board…
Don't touch the Pink Toad. You will get poisoned and it will just keep going on its ignorantly blissful way.
Even Progressive icon Barney Frank knows it. There are folks in the Democratic Party that have taken things too far.…
Queue to 37:37 and 48:35, for dgi members defending Kev over his dismissal as Larry agran’s sustainability commissioner apparently over…
Footage of IRVINE’s rcv agenda item last Tuesday https://irvine.granicus.com/player/clip/7324?view_id=68&redirect=true
Doug Elliot takes credit for expanding the council and district voting in Irvine and admits he is not really an…
I haven't visited this blog in a while but I see you still have the same troll. Tiresome. I hope…