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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.)
![. Emphasis. Basically, we differ on emphasis. The environmentalists are right, in this case, but they’re not emphasizing what I think is the most compelling part of the story. They […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/San-Onofre-pasties-115x115.jpg "Where I Differ From the Environmentalists on San Onofre")
![This one goes out to members of the Democratic State Central Committee (that is, Assembly District Delegates and ex officio members who can attend the annual California Democratic Party convention: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Hemp-and-Cannabis-Caucus-115x115.jpg "I Don’t Use Pot, but I’m Becoming a Member of the Democratic Party’s Hemp & Cannabis Caucus")
![This is bad — really bad, even worse than the pun in the above headline. Let’s go to the video: The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether this patenting […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Definitely-Twisted-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: All Your Base (and Amino Acid) are Belong to Us")
![I hesistated, at first, to publish this photo here, but if the professional journalists at TIME Magazine think that it’s OK for an unsuspecting audience, well, then it’s probably OK. I’m […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Bangladeshi-Factory-Embrace-Photo-115x115.jpg "Putting a Face on the Problem: Why We Regulate, Why We Unionize, Why Cheap Labor Isn’t Cheap")
![While I was otherwise occupied on April 29, the State Senate Public Safety Committee refused to pass Sen. Correa’s “zero-tolerance” drug DUI bill, SB 289, about which Vern had written previously and I […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Lou-Correa-the-Tank-Engine-big-eyes-115x115.jpg "On Doomed SB 289, Correa’s Friends Let Him Down by Not Telling Him the Truth")
![Just so no one who doesn’t want to has to pay for the story in the Register, the Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Orange County’s former Waste and Recycling Director Mike […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Giancola-and-Sandra-Fox-crop-115x115.jpg "Mike Giancola Appointed New Orange County CEO — and Much More From the Board of Supes")
![Now you will be able to print up a working handgun in your own home — and it will not be detectable by security. [UPDATE, 5:00: Nod to Ryan C. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Plastic-gun-115x115.jpg "“Plastics”: First Working Plastic Gun Rolls Off of 3-D Printer; Blueprints to Follow")
![As you may not yet be sufficiently depressed going into this first weekend of May, have a look at this story from the New York Times, Suicide Rates Rise Sharply in U.S.: Suicide […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Ready-for-Work-115x115.png "A New Group Goes on Suicide Watch — and Elite Media Can’t Figure Out Why")
![As I’ve noted elsewhere, I’ve been in court for the past two weeks, so I’ve pre-loaded this sucker and hope that nothing really interesting happens between now and when it […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Susan-Sarandon-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Cheaters Prosper")
![I got your “throughput” right here, pal: For the next six months, Los Angeles County residents will not be charged a $3 monthly maintenance fee for their transponders — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/405-traffic-115x115.jpg "LA Toll Lanes Taking Their Toll: Beautiful Theory Crashing Into Common Sense")
![Among the extraordinary things that we saw this past week, this interview with Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the Tsarnaev brothers, is among the most so. I can barely imagine being […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Boston-bombing-uncle-115x115.jpg "Apologizing for One’s Family, One’s Ethnicity, One’s People")
![Let’s start the Weekend Open Thread early, because this week can’t end early enough. I’m only going to print the top half of this photo, despite that many of you […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Arredondo-and-Bauman-cropped-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: And to Think That Three Weeks Ago We Were Freaking Over Kevin Ware’s Leg")
![Original text has been placed elsewhere. Comments have been left as is. For those interested in something very up to date, here’s someone transcribing the police scanner on Reddit. And here’s another such […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Boston-bombing-Suspects-1-2-115x115.jpg "Breaking News Sources re New Boston Area Overnight Violence")
![You know how you’re not supposed to use water to put out certain kinds of fires? Electrical fires, sure — but also some chemical fires, right? You know one of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/West-Texas-Explosion-115x115.jpg "Another Explosion, This Time Unintentional, Does Comparable Damage in Texas")
Typical Dan C argument: I don't understand it, so it is bad. I refuse to study it in any detail.…