![. . . Yesterday afternoon, a new breath of life was breathed into an independent grassroots arts institution in Santa Ana. The Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble enjoyed another […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Milagros-Fundraiser-155x155.jpg "SA City Council: Can’t Say They Weren’t Invited!")
![. . . . . If the Democratic Party was truly an opposition party, they would sound more like Bernie Sanders – the independent Senator from Vermont. If this explanation […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Sander-155x155.jpg "Bernie Sanders – A Rare Moment of Truth")
![. . . . . {Crouching Tiger, Hidden Mistress!} *There is all this Tiger Woods: One Year Later Crap in the Media. “He’s a changed man. He shot a 65 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/TigerWoods-155x155.png "Tiger Woods: One Year Later")
![. . . . . A new campaign from Colorlines and the Allied Research Center calls on members of the media to stop using the word the I-word – “illegals”- […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/I-word-155x155.gif "Demanding the Impossible: OC Register, Drop the I-Word!")
![. . . . . Political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz of “La Cucaracha” fame will be visiting the Fullerton Public Library this week. He’ll be interviewed by OC Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lalo-155x155.jpg "Cartoonista Visits Fullerton TONIGHT! (Thursday)")
![Dear Newly Re-elected Mayor of Santa Ana, Last Saturday, the OC Weekly wrote about how internet persona ‘Ask a Chola’ was really a wealthy white Santa Ana Loft Dweller and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Pulidiato11-155x155.jpg "¡Ask a Pulido!")
![Last Friday’s sentencing of former BART officer Johannes Mehserle to only two years in the shooting death of Oscar Grant in Oakland rings out as yet another injustice. Claiming he […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/amd_julianalexander-155x155.jpg "Mehserle’s Sentence Brings Julian Alexander to Memory")
![With Election Day tomorrow, I decided to visit Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido’s newer blog site one last time. (His old one is scant on information) The top post there […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Pulidiato1-155x155.jpg "Mayor Pulido’s “Arts and Culture” Blogroll")
![“If voting ever changed anything, they’d make it illegal” – Emma Goldman As author/lecturer Chris Hedges notes, the Liberal Class is dead. It’s the latest victim of a quickening corporate […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/d101blanco-1-155x155.jpg "The NOTA Voter’s Guide")
![You’d think for a candidate coming out as a Trustee of the Anaheim Union High School District, Thomas ‘Hoagy’ Holguin would be for balanced budget priorities if entrusted with a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Hoagy-155x155.jpg "Just in Time for Halloween: “Hoagy’s” Misplaced Ad (and Priorities)")
![Despite much of my cynicism, there are some bright spots in Anaheim. Local elementary school educator Lori Lambaren-Hernandez was named as one of ‘Orange County’s Teachers of the Year’ for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Moreno_Web_Page-155x155.jpg "Dr. Jose F. Moreno Seeks Re-Election to Anaheim City School Board")
![Of the fourteen candidates running for Anaheim City Council only one is officially listed as “musician.” Dustin Apodaca of the soon to be broken up six-piece indie rockers Dusty Rhodes […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dustin-apodaca-155x155.jpg "Can Dustin Apodaca go from River Band frontman to Anaheim City Councilman?")
![Mike Harrah and the Santa Ana City Council! {applause pictured above} That is, at least according to the Orange County Weekly in their annual “Best Of” issue out now. The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/harrah-155x155.jpg "And “Best Ownership of a City Council” Goes To…")
![With election day weeks away and with Proposition 19 generating much debate in newspapers and elsewhere, I wanted to post the following video of Professor Noam Chomsky speaking on the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Chomsky-155x155.jpg "Noam Chomsky on Pot")
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
SB 249? It got killed via suspense file in assembly appropriations. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB249
Without commenting on your specific stats, I would say that is an excellent question. Maybe you should be a Supervisor.…
Criticizing past elected trustees of the Orange County Board of Supervisors reflects not only their leadership weaknesses but also flaws…
Can someone explain why there are 1 county worker for every 160+ citizens that doesn’t include state, federal, cities plus…
Given how significant this would be in addressing MAGA misbehavior, one would think that Newsom should sign it. What's the…
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…