- 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.)
![. . . I’ve been spoiled to an extent, I now realize, from recently attending City Council meetings in Santa Ana and Irvine . Santa Ana, though more contentious […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/La-Habra-City-Council-3-115x115.jpg "The Tim Tom Club: the La Habra City Council’s Striking Sense of Entitlement")
![. . . At 6:30 today — in other words, in enough time for most people here to get to the La Habra City Council meeting at 6:30, 201 E. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Espinoza-and-Shaw-115x115.jpg "La Habra HOURS AWAY from Cutting Rose; Sharon Next in Fullerton?")
![. . . Every once in a while, I get a story idea from someplace like TIME magazine, and everyone once in a long while, they get a story idea […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Whistlers-Mothers-Laptop-115x115.jpg "Arrangement in Grey and Black: Whistler’s Economy")
![. . . This post is long — even by my standards. If you’re not interested in the topic, don’t feel that you have to read it. (Even if you […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Ophelia-with-Pepper-Spraying-Cop-115x115.jpg "An ‘Informed Outsider’ Perspective on Monday’s DPOC Meeting")
![. . . Above is a screenshot of the Ustream.tv feed showing tonight’s police raid on Occupy LA. Protesters set off fireworks to signal the impending raid. Last heard, police […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Occupy-LA-Raid-115x115.jpg "Police storm by night to evict Occupy LA (& Philly)")
![. . . . . From exactly four years ago today in the New York Times (fair use basis is ready upon request; for now, I note that use of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Santa-Ana-Quasimodo-115x115.jpg "Is Santa Ana a “sanctuary city”? Let’s ask GOP candidates from this day in 2007")
![. . . The news has come forth from the horse’s mouth that Ted B. Kissell’s almost five-year tenure as Editor of Village Voice Media’s OC Weekly will end at […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Arellano-Raiders-Melting-Guy-115x115.jpg "THE Orange Juice Blog Congratulates Gustavo Arellano!")
![. . . Orange Juice Blog is introducing — and NOT necessarily because we have our own entries to offer, so our friends and relatives should not take this personally […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/OJB-t-shirt-contest-115x115.png "Orange Juice Thanksgiving T-Shirt Giveaway Contest!!!")
![. . . In the previous post addressing an initiative that will come up next June, I’ve had the following exchange with friend-of-the-site FFFF’s Tony Bushala. For some reason, it […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Greece-and-turkey-115x115.jpg "On public employees: some Greece with your Thanksgiving turkey")
![. . . You may not be the “Internet meme” type. That’s OK. Like pepper spray, it’s not for everyone. But if you do enjoy seeing the frenzied creativity of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/FSM-and-Pepper-Spraying-Cop-115x115.jpg "Lieutenant Pepper Spraying Kids Club Meme")
![. . . The excitement here at Orange Juice Blog Central Headquarters is palpable! (Seriously, go ahead — palpate it!) We are beginning our ORTEGA WATCH, the vigil to see […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/John-Ortega-Watch-115x115.jpg "Introducing … ORTEGA WATCH!!!")
![. . . You’ve all probably heard about the conflict at UC Davis in recent days, where a Campus Police Lieutenant methodically pepper-sprayed a line of protesters who were seated […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Chancellor-Katehi-walks-out-of-Davis-115x115.jpg "Not a pebble thrown")
![. . . You may have already read about this top story from this past week, but it’s worth thinking through all of its delicious cultural significance. I’m going ask […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Comtel-Air-115x115.jpg "“Fuel Me Once, Shame on You”: Airline Truly Serves Its Passengers")
![. . . A lot of people probably missed this story on npr.org yesterday. It’s worth noticing — it may be the one thing that can bring the diverse readership […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/OJ-Mock-TOS-115x115.jpg "Terms of Ensnarement: DoJ proposes a very bad idea")
Oh shit. I agree with oh myopic booby one. He is the only path to victory for the Democratic party.