- Description
- 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.)
![This just in: stay home tonight. Zimmerman has been released. George Zimmerman is not guilty of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, a Florida jury decided late Saturday. The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/zimmerman-blood-115x115.jpg "Zimmerman Found Not Guilty in Killing of Trayvon Martin")
![The influence of Travis Allen, Mimi Walters, Allan Mansoor, and Curt Hagman is apparently negligible. (Maybe next time they should invite Democrats Connie Boardman, Joe Shaw, and Miguel Pulido to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/vietnam-bombing-patterns1-115x115.jpg "By Late Friday 7-6 Vote, Air Quality Czars to Close Down Newport’s Fire Rings")
![When another local blog came out with information earlier this week saying that former Congressmember and San Diego Mayor Bob Filner had been accused of sexual harassment, my reaction was to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/San-Diego-fireworks-explosion-115x115.jpg "Meanwhile, San Diego Explodes: Mayor Admits to (Almost) Sexual Harassment")
![… due to fear of untoward consequences from the government. Click the link for the list: as indicated in the article, it includes the words “pork,” “taco,” and “cloud.” The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pork-taco-cloud-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: The Orange Juice Blog Will No Longer Be Using the Following Words")
![I have a very good article for you to read about the critically important revelations that have come from the leaks of the American traitor Edward Snowden. It’s here: “11 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Snowden-as-Ed-Stark-and-Joan-of-Arc-115x115.jpg "Snowden Should Be Executed — Once Those Whose Crimes He Exposed are Imprisoned")
![[Ed. Note: This was initially posted on July 19, 2012. It started getting a lot of hits again a few days ago, which — coupled with my encountering Ramadan greetings […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Ramadan-Mubarak-2013-115x115.jpg "(Belated) Ramadan Mubarek, U.S. Muslims! (Sorry about all of the McCarthyism)")
![[Update, 1:00 p.m. — A source who is, sadly, not in my address book reports that the session with Judge Miller took place in open court today after all, and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Anaheim-residents-applaud-defeat-of-districting-115x115.jpg "Anaheim’s Murrjority Report, Part 4: But What Happens If They Do a Bad Job? UPDATE: 3 Week Stay!")
![Have you been reading our Anaheim coverage over the past week as we lead up to Tuesday’s hearing in the case for forming voting districts for Anaheim? If not — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Anaheim-Kring-and-Eastman-115x115.jpg "Anaheim Voting Rights Lawsuit – Index of Stories for July 2013!")
![Our build-up to Tuesday’s hearing on the ACLU’s case against Anaheim continues! Part 1 offered the basics (and a couple of video interviews.) Part 2 covered eight slides from the Demographer’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Slide-XXX-Dr-Peter-Morrison-shows-Anaheim-Council-his-big-money-shot-115x115.jpg "Anaheim’s Murrjority Report, Part 3: How the Demographer Says Latinos Can Already Win")
![Yesterday, our Anaheim districts lawsuit marathon kicked off with a post introducing concepts and context you’ll want to know to understand the importance of, and the weaknesses of, the Demographer’s Report. Of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Slide-1-The-Key-Take-Away-Points-115x115.jpg "Anaheim’s Murrjority Report, Part 2: Why “John Leos Finished Third” Doesn’t Matter")
![(Those of you who would be triggered by a story on PTSD as presented in the title above, this is not for you. Thanks for clicking, but you should move […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Suicide-Note-Daniel-Somers-in-tank-115x115.jpg "An Eloquent and Heartbreaking Suicide Note from an Iraq War Veteran")
![[UPDATE: rough interview transcripts now included, down at the end.] This saying may not be catchy, but it’s true: “she who lives by the demographer dies by the demographer.” So: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Demographer-Peter-Morrison-600px-115x115.jpg "Anaheim’s Murrjority Report, Part 1: Introduction to the Demographer’s Tale – UPDATED")
![I’m working hard on an Anaheim story right now, so I haven’t had time to give this linked story proper thought, but with a long weekend and all perhaps you’ll […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Betty-Bowers-trad-Marriage-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Would Mimi Take Over Michele Bachmann’s Pulpit in Congress?")
![A coup has taken place in Egypt today, and please use this as an Open Thread to address any topics related to that. The Orange County angle of the story […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Royce-Loose-Cannon-115x115.jpg "Ed Royce Executes Coup, Appoints Self As New Secretary of State (+ Egypt Open Thread)")
Progressives are afraid of the electorate.