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- Our Costa Mesa correspondent, the son of an OC Farmer. Personal Qualities not Measured by Tests, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Resilience, Motivation, Persistence, Curiosity, Question Asking, Humor, Endurance, Reliability, Enthusiasum, Civic-Mindedness, Self-Awareness, Self-Discipline, Empathy, Leadership, Compassion, Courage, Sense of Beauty, Sense of Wonder, Resourcefulness, Spontaneity, Humility.....and constantly working on all of these.
![.. . . A bitter political fight has been raging hard in the town of Costa Mesa for over six long years. If one fact can be gleaned from the recent elections, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fairview-park-biker-bigger-115x115.jpg "A New Dawn for Costa Mesa")
![. . . The District Voting wave has hit the shores of Costa Mesa. In addition to the OC cities of Anaheim, Fullerton, and Garden Grove all falling into District […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/url-8-115x115.jpeg "District Voting in Costa Mesa?")
![. . . Trolls, monsters, scary pranksters … dark tales whispered. Villagers nervously huddled together, while screams and curses bellow out through the late night hours…it must be… just another […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/righeimer-2014-115x115.jpg "How Jim Righeimer’s Legal Wars are Draining Costa Mesa Dry.")
![Most of us have done something like this: We’ve taken a large group of friends or colleagues out for a nice celebratory meal. We’ve hosted grandly over the table as […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/costa-mesa-kickoff-115x115.jpg "Costa Mesa’s 60th “Kick-Off” Celebration, and the 7-month Hangover.")
![[Please welcome to the Orange Juice team long-time Costa Mesa activist Greg “Gericault” Ridge!] 1. The Glory that Was — and Is — Fairview Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park is like an […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Fairview-Park-Natural-Field-115x115.jpg "Righeimer’s 7th Cavalry Rides into Fairview Park — and Here Come the Indians!")
I look forward to the day where things get back to normal-ish and I too will find a few good…