- 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.)
![HAPPY ELECTION DAY WITH FOND REGARDS FROM THE ORANGE JUICE BLOG Best wishes to all on what could, should, and would be a national holiday (if we were actually serious about […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Little-Orphan-Annie-Sandy-115x115.jpg "Limber Up — It’s Election Day!")
![Is it possible to have too much of a good thing — especially when that “good thing” is actually a bad thing? Ed Royce has been inundating the mailboxes of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Royce-report-10-17-2012-with-pic-115x115.jpg "To Voters, Desperate Ed Royce’s Flood of Mailers Stinks of Saturation with Flop Sweat")
![Prop 32 is the initiative that revives the old “Paycheck Protection” scams that would prevent collecting any money from payroll deductions for political purposes. Note that individual workers can already […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Money-Laundering-115x115.jpg "Money Laundering Charge over $11 Million thru Arizona for Prop 32 Proves Why to Vote NO on 32!")
![I’ve mentioned here a few times how much I hate non-party-sponsored “pay-for-play” slate mailers. There’s one (related) thing that I hate more than slate mailers, though — and it’s candidates […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Fake-Dems-65-115x115.jpg "Undecided Voters: Read the New Chris Norby Mailer, from Slytherin House!")
![My personal pitchfork-wielding imps Brandon Ferguson and R. Scott Moxley of the OC Weekly have offered great coverage of the disgraceful racial attacks Ed Royce’s campaign has leveled against his […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Chinese-racist-attack-copy-115x115.png "Will Ed Royce Pipe Down, Stand Up, and Denounce Racism — While He Still Can?")
![Holy God. Look at this. Chris Norby’s attack on Sharon Quirk-Silva for making an unspecified attack on him and his family that she never in fact made remains the most […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Huff-and-Choi-115x115.jpg "The SECOND-WORST Mailer of the Campaign — and Still Not Even Ed Royce’s!")
![In driving through Fullerton several times Saturday (on the way to putting up signs elsewhere), I saw the full graphic impact of the jihad against Jan Flory. Signs posted all […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Enlightenment-115x115.jpg "Enlightenment Near Coyote Hills: Flory & Kiger are Likely Fighting for THIRD Place!")
![The Faith & Freedom Coalition (“F&FC”) report on Orange County candidates is out. F&FC assesses whether candidates support or oppose various positions on issues — or else assesses those issue […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ralph-Reed-115x115.jpg "Faith & Freedom Coalition Tracks Local Candidates on Its Major Issues")
![I’ve heard two contradictory reports about the mailer put out by Tony Bushala’s newly created Political Action Committee: “Citizens for Open Space” — to which he apparently contributed $6,000 to promote […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Bushala-Measure-W-115x115.jpg "Why Did Tony (“Yes on W”) Bushala Just Start a “No on W” PAC? Proud Cynicism!")
![1. A Very False Equivalence I think that Martin Wisckol does a pretty good job overall covering politics over at the OC Register. I had occasion to disagree with him recently […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Extreme-Desperate-Deceiver-115x115.jpg "Martin Wisckol Ought to Be Sharpening His Torture Implements for Desperate Ed Royce!")
![Be warned — the worst attacks on political opponents often arrive in your mailbox just before Election Day. You can’t believe everything you read, especially when an opponent has no […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Norby-SQS-ashamed-2-115x115.jpg "‘Dedicated Husband’ Chris Norby Puts Out the Most Shameful Mailer of the Year")
![1. Moxley Nails Agran in Terms That No Moxley Would Ever Dispute! R. Scott Moxley refers to the events of Irvine’s upcoming Mayoral election with hyperventiating fervor. His new OC […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Moxley-Clouseau-Agran-115x115.jpg "Inspector Moxley Plants Incriminating Evidence of … Something … on Larry Agran!")
![My daughter got home from work a short time ago. She brought in the mail and gave it to my wife, who gave me an unusual looking package from an […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/California-Home-and-Jobs-Act-page-115x115.jpg "One of the Nicest Moments I Have Had As a Candidate This Year Happened Tonight")
Footage of IRVINE’s rcv agenda item last Tuesday https://irvine.granicus.com/player/clip/7324?view_id=68&redirect=true