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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.)
![. . . This story from two weeks ago slipped through the cracks during the mad dash to finish coverage of filings for the fall elections; as it’s now an […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Masked-woman-drags-pepper-sprayer-out-of-store-115x115.png "Anti-Mask School Board Candidate Lushy Kring Inflames Dentists and Media")
![. . . It’s been a while since we served just desserts upon the Cunningblog — I stopped reading it in the long-ago pre-Covid era — but Vern has put […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/McCarthy-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Anonymous Racist Crazy Time at Cunningblog")
![. . . DNC member and busy well-compensated consultant Melahat Rafiei sent an email to DPOC members early this month encouraging them not to endorse Anaheim City Councilmember Denise Barnes […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Barnes-Melahat-Myers-115x115.png "Melahat Gets DPOC to Not Endorse Barnes over Her Not Breaking the Law")
![. . . On a Midwestern friend’s Facebook page, in which I was engaged in a discussion about whether one can meaningfully generalize attitudes within a demographic group (my position: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Biden-abd-Kamala-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Kamala is Not a Cop; Stop Calling Her “Copmala”")
![. . . CONTESTS THAT HAVE HAD THE CANDIDATE FILING EXTENDED: [Note that the asterisk in “FINAL*” recognizes the potential for litigation.] Rancho Santiago Community College District, Trustee Area 5 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Racing-Form-115x115.jpg "2020 OC Filings #19 (as of 8/12) AEIOU Extension Races OVER!")
![. . . UPDATE 8/12 Brett Elliott Franklin, discussed at length below, did finally get a challenge by “Affordable Healthcare Manager” David Crockett, who filed on the last possible day. However, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Rancho-Santiago-District-Boundaries-with-Franklin-115x115.png "2020 OC Filings #21: “Pulido Republican” Brett Franklin Gets 2 Opponents for College Board")
![. . . ELECTIONS RUN BY THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS The list below is taken from the ROV site itself; some City sites will surely be added to this. This […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Hair-extensions-blue-pink-orange-115x115.jpg "2020 OC Filings #17: Races With Filing Extended to 8/12")
![. . . While I’ve been trying to chronicle and prod the candidate filing process and Vern has been trying to get the Kenneth Batiste campaign up to cruising speed, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Von-Blasingame-and-Soaky-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Meanwhile, Back on the Beach….")
![. . . [Note: this is from my perspective as a reformist anti-klepto Democrat; other perspectives will differ.] Orange County Water District Division 2 — run against Denis Bilodeau! MWDOC Water […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/john-wayne-bunny-115x115.jpg "2020 OC Filings #16: What Needs to Be Filled By 5:00 Today")
![. . . These are some of the most arcane of the special boards. Sewer District Boards Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Area Sewer Dist Three seats are up. The incumbents are Van Jew, James […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/flammable-water-115x115.jpg "2020 OC Filings #14 (as of 8/8 Sewage, Library, Enviro, Boards")
![. . . As noted in our introduction to this year’s general election coverage, the filing period for all races is underway; it ends this Friday, August 7 (or 8/6, for cities […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MWDOC-districts-2014-115x115.png "2020 OC Filings #13 (as of 8/8) for WATER Boards")
![. . . These board are what give our unincorporated communities some measure of self-governance. Capistrano Bay Community Services District Two seats are open. Neither incumbent filed, so it will […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Three-Arch-Bay-115x115.jpg "2020 OC Filings #12 (as of 8/8) for Unincorporated Boards")
Natalie Rubacabra, has done, what past councils, were too afraid to do, challenge the "magic kingdom". The Gate Tax or"Entertainment…