- 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 piece from Reuters on a breakthrough in desalination technology is good news on its own, but it’s GREAT news for Orange County — because it shows us, just in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/graphene-sheet-115x115.jpg "Poseidon’s Desal Technology Obsolete? Not if they can make you and me pay for it!")
![[This is taken (with permission and some editing) from a post in Daily Kos by a fellow who goes by the name of “lefthandedman.” He describes himself (in my paraphrase) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Leia-Strangles-Jabba-115x115.jpg "A Peek into Some Current Democratic Discussion of “Chained CPI”")
![[Write this down — you may need it: ocvote.com/confirm. And now we begin.] I like to think that I’m as attentive as the next person to the problem of stripping away […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/neal-kelley1-e1363633618911.jpg "Is Neal Kelley’s PURGE of OC Voter Lists a SCANDAL??? (No.)")
![I had meant to make this the Weekend Open Thread for the weekend of the Academy Awards, but better a little late than waiting almost another entire year and probably […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Bechdel-test-excerpt-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Passing (Along) the Bechdel Test")
![The College of Cardinals has selected a new pope. As of now, we don’t know who it is. Get your guesses in immediately and your comments in later. No rampant […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/White-smoke-115x115.jpg "The Catholic Church Has Chosen a New Pope: Pope Francis!")
![The Executive Board of the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC), by an almost unanimous vote, has recommended that the DPOC Central Committee approve a strong resolution calling for the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Anaheim-map-115x115.png "OC Dem Party E-Board Recommends Strong Stand on Anaheim District Voting")
![Our friends at the Gus Ayer-created “No Deal with Poseidon” website have a new story up on the company’s Carlsbad water desalination project, the precursor to the one they’re trying to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Carlsbad-Desal-with-Soaky-115x115.jpg "‘Soaky the Drop’ Says of Poseidon Carlsbad Financing: ¡No Nos GUSta!")
![“Right-of-center” Republican spokesblog OC Political, which I believe Vern joins me in liking quite a bit other than around election time, is providing coverage of the selection of the new […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Clerks-parody-115x115.jpg "OJB Review of OC “Clerks” Leaves OC Political’s List Collecting Dust!")
![. If termed out Orange County Supervisor runs for Governor against Jerry Brown, as OC Political quotes him as considering (and read the interesting HuffPo article that they reprint in full […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Hulk-Smash-Moorlach-115x115.jpg "If Moorlach Runs for Governor, I’ll Try to Smash Him — but I’ll Respect Him!")
![Just a little video to share with you this week. The song may not be to your liking — though I liked it and my daughter literally ran into the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Stop-Motion-Still-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Fun With Stop Motion")
![You may think that it’s tough being a liberal Democratic party activist and blogger in Orange County, what with having to put up with our electeds doing the likes of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Michelle-Rhee-landscape1-115x115.jpg "Rhee-JECTED by the Voters!!!")
![Most of what you need to know about today’s LA Mayoral election (along with City Attorney, City Controller, Council Members, and School Board) — the polls for which close in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/LA-2013-Mayoral-Primary-Candidates-115x115.jpg "Most of What You Need to Know About the LA Mayor’s Election")
![Let’s keep in mind, in the wake of the death today of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, the words of his late night speech on Saturday, December 8, 2012 — the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Hugo-Chavez-115x115.jpg "U.S., Hands Off Venezuela! Let’s Change Our Reputation for Intervention")
![One’s eyebrows must generally raise when a City Council convenes a non-actually-urgent meeting, announced only the previous Friday, on a sensitive political issue for some time like, oh, 2:00 on […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/balloon-bursting-over-Great-Park-115x115.jpg "Irvine Council Majority Pricks the Great Park’s Balloon")
Footage of IRVINE’s rcv agenda item last Tuesday https://irvine.granicus.com/player/clip/7324?view_id=68&redirect=true