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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.)
![. . . (Highlight text to read) What is SOPA? It’s the Stop Online Privacy Act — the reason that many Internet sites, including Wikipedia, have chosen to go down […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Black-115x115.gif "Fear of a Black Internet")
![. . . To many in the Register’s comments sections, the most important thing to know about 23-year-old Itzcoatl Ocampo of the class of 2006 at Esperanza High School — who […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Itzcoatl-copy-115x115.jpg "Of the Aztecs and Marines, the Depressed and Dispossessed")
![. . . Thanks to Vern’s damnable inclusion of so many RSS feeds on our home page, I was drawn briefly to Liberal OC to see their coverage of Julio […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/julio-and-stack-of-pancakes-115x115.jpg "Stacked")
![. . . I’m not, at this moment, a particular happy camper as regards the Democratic slate in OC this year. The quality is fine; the quantity, sparse. Maybe it […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Black-hole-115x115.jpg "Who’s running for the Democrats? Who’s running where they aren’t?")
![. . . Orange County won’t have Gary Miller to kick around in Congress anymore. Neither, for that matter, will his home of Diamond Bar. Neither, most importantly from his […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Gary-Miller-to-Cucamonga-115x115.jpg "CA-39: Roycerdammerung cancelled! Miller last seen heading east")
![. . . And, just like that, it’s over. Peacefully. Without a single act of civil disobedience, without a single arrest for Occupy-related activities. The tents went down. Everything […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Irvine-to-Fullerton-map-115x115.jpg "Occupy OC Village Moves: Thanks, Irvine, and Hello Fullerton!")
![. . . [For this post, I’ll just start with the disclaimer. I am hopelessly compromised on this topic, both as a Democratic politico and someone who put in a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Nesting-canary-115x115.jpg "State Senate Districts to be — nesting? mastered? illegal? delayed?")
![. . . I was surprised and appalled to read this comment from Art Pedroza’s on his new political blog: I do believe that closeted politicians are being dishonest […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/AndroidFlasher-115x115.png "‘Bigots need to know’: Pedroza endorses indiscriminate outing of gays in politics")
![. . . There is a lot of misinformation pinballing around the Internet today about what happened at last night’s DPOC meeting, so I’ll here give my account of the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Anas-superciliosa-115x115.jpg "Nick Anas given Jan. contract at DPOC, submitted for Interim Ex. Dir. post")
![. . . Having been the primary Civic Liaison between the Occupy Orange County encampment in Irvine and Irvine City Hall, I get asked a lot what is going […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/OCcupy-overlays-115x115.jpg "The State of the Occupation: Irvine, Fullerton, and Beyond")
![. . . I don’t know whether or not this will be a regular feature, but you’ll notice — especially if you read Scott Moxley’s tongue-bathing in his “Navel Gazing” […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Baby-girl-picture-115x115.jpg "Deconstructing Art, Part 1 of God Knows How Many: GOP Baby Loretta")
![. . . (For those of you who don’t like long posts — don’t even bother. For those of you who are interested, enjoy!) At 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time tonight, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Occupy-Irvine-Protesters-10-16-0500-115x115.jpg "2000 Consecutive Hours on the Corner")
![. . . This story is Geoff Willis’s beat, but as I don’t know if he’s going to write about today’s development I thought I’d better send out the alert. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Mexico-murders-115x115.jpg "Is Issa a trustworthy source re Fast & Furious? ‘Murdergate’ update!")
![. . . So you think you know about Iowa? Here’s a guy who will explain it to you. (Warning: adult language and schoolin’.) (Not safe for work.) (Addresses sensitive […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Orange-Iowa-115x115.jpg "Think you know Iowa?")
Don't touch the Pink Toad. You will get poisoned and it will just keep going on its ignorantly blissful way.