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- Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that. Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too. He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.) His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
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![Anytime we say that we don’t have enough money to do something good, this chart shows why that’s a lie. It depends on the definition of “we.” “We” have plenty […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Corporate-taxes-and-profits-115x115.png "This Graphic Says that Most Discussions about Our Spending Priorities are Bullshit")
![While you’re reading the OC Pride-occasioned reporting on LGBT OC by our cousins at the Weekly — and you really should, especially the first-person perspectives of local LGBT notables, which […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Thai-ad-with-Soaky-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Happy OC Pride Weekend! Get Ready to Ogle!")
![Doctors die differently from other seriously ill people, as told in this story. Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/doctor-who-12-115x115.jpg "Doctors Arrange to Be Treated as Well as Dogs; Why Can’t Other Patients?")
![You know Sam Simon’s work: co-creator (with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks) of The Simpsons and of George Carlin’s TV show; director of various popular comedies; high-stakes poker champion and frequent Howard Stern Show […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sam-Simon-115x115.jpg "Simpsons Co-Creator Sam Simon is Dying; Here’s Part of Him That Will Live On")
![Lots of you haven’t clicked on Soaky the Drop to read nowaterdeal.com, the site prepared by Gus Ayer to combat the Poseidon desalination plant. Here’s lots of the information from […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/soaky-poseidon-115x115.jpg "The Poseidon Misadventure: Soaky Tells You Why It’s All Upside-Down")
![From Bill Moyers: “We should not oppose offshoring or outsourcing,”proclaimed a well-known economist at the 2011 World Business Process Outsourcing/Information Technology Outsourcing (BPO/ITO) Forum. Hundreds of corporate executives sat in on […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Larry-Summers-115x115.jpg "Fed Up: Now is the Summers of Our Discontent")
![I suppose that it’s not the case that this is actually the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, but it does feel like it. Those of us who have lived in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/LA-Freeway-System-Subway-Style-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: A Great Map for Hitting the Road")
![When I say I’m blogging less over the next month, in some cases it only means that I’m blogging shorter. For example, I just read this item in Scott Lay’s Around […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sacramento-Arena-115x115.jpg "So, an Orange County PAC Wants a Popular Vote on a Large Business Subsidy!")
![As one who spent most of my pre-teen and teenage years in Huntington Beach, I am less than surprised by both the rioting and the focus on such matters as […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/HB-riot-sucker-punch-2-115x115.jpg "White People’s Problems: News from Huntington Beach, Fullerton, and Egypt")
![1. Three major victories for the Plaintiffs It was a mixed day in Court for the ACLU-backed plaintiffs in the case of Moreno v. City of Anaheim, who were supported […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Anaheim-Amin-David-interview-post-hearing-600px-e1415466954103.jpg "ACLU & Anaheim: Late-ish Mar. 17 Trial Date Set; Judge Releases the Discovery Kraken")
![When it comes to Tuesday’s hearing — I’ve heard and read it called both that and a mere “status conference,” so I’m ready for whatever — before Judge Franz Miller on […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Anaheim-Moreno-at-Rally-3-PBS-115x115.jpg "For the ACLU, Activists, and Anaheim: It’s Miller Time! A Court Preview")
![The Costa Mesa Democratic Club is having a kickoff party tomorrow night (Tuesday July 30) from 6:30 to 9:30 at Creative Outlet Studios, 2035 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa 92627. (That’s behind the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Costa-Mesa-Blue-115x115.jpg "A New Democratic Club, Meeting Tomorrow, Plans to Turn Costa Mesa Blue")
![I am, in a minor way, a “stage parent.” I love the fact that my daughter is at a school with an award winning “show choir” program — more or […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Altos-Lament-Audrey-and-Justine-thumbnail-115x115.jpg "If You Would Briefly Indulge a Happy Parent of a Child in the Arts….")
Progressives are afraid of the electorate.