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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.)
![. . . Today’s news is that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going to park its Political Director for the Western U.S. here in Irvine, the first time since 2000 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Isolde_shea_donkey-115x115.jpg "Can We Help You, Democratic Strategists from Out-of-Town? (Seriously, I’m Wondering)")
![. . . Let’s weed through the international, national, state, county, local, and hyper-local news and find things to eradicate. INTERNATIONAL The story of the day is that President Trumpnocchio […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Roundup-spraying-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Political Roundup for April 7, 2017")
![. . . Longtime Democratic activist, structural engineer, and all-around decent guy John Vassiliades wrote a blog post for us without realizing it when he sent out this open letter […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/broken-bridge-155x155.jpg "Transportation Bills — Including Newman’s Accountability Bill — Come Up for Vote Tomorrow")
![. . . (1) The Players in Tonight’s Veterans Cemetery Drama in Irvine After a year of scant progress, Irvine’s City Council will today take up the questions of where […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Cemetery-Areas-Proposed-with-fwys-600px-115x115.jpg "Irvine Has to Choose: the Bigger & More Visible Vets Cemetery Site, or the One That Punishes FivePoint More")
![. . . The video still you see above is from the Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election campaign against Walter Mondale. Of the two main commercial of the campaign, it is literally […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Bear-in-the-Woods-Reagan-ad-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: “Russia, Russia, Russia!”")
![. . . So I get a call at about 5:00 from an excited friend who occasionally slums on Liberal OC to ask me if I can POSSIBLY GUESS who has […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Lenorira-and-Bauman-115x115.png "Ravenous Attention-Vampire Lenore Albert Sheridan to Run for CDP Chair ‘to Unite the Party’ — IN LAUGHTER")
![. . . Santa Ana Council member and eventual Mayoral aspirant Jose Solorio — mocked by audience members as “Latino Trump” for his support for resurrecting the city’s contract with […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Solorio-as-Trump-115x115.png "‘Latino Trump’ Solorio’s First Reason for Keeping ICE Jail is Proven Wrong; Second is True, But Pitiful")
![. . . Talk about your “triggering events”! Paul Emery negotiating with the Angels about their lease appears on the closed session agenda for tomorrow’s Anaheim City Council meeting: CONFERENCE WITH […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mike-trout-red-115x115.jpg "What Fresh Hell is This Angel’s Stadium Lot Agenda Item (If Any)? Also PULL ITEM 3 to Ask Disney Questions!")
![. . . This came in from the Green Party (I think intended for publication here), so those of you who want to see and possibly communicate with Dr. Jill […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Jill-Stein-Green-Skin-115x115.jpg "Jill Stein is Coming to Irvine; As a Democrat, Here’s What I’d Say to Her If I Went (Which I Won’t)")
![. . . Chances are good that you, mostly here in OC, neither knew nor cared much about the City of Los Angeles’s Measure S, which was soundly defeated by a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LA-skyline-squeezed-by-about-58-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Visiting Los Angeles for a Moment to Talk About Measure S")
![. . . Dana Rohrabacher will be holding a tele-townhall at 6:00 p.m. tonight (this post is being published at almost 4:15) for people within the 48th Congressional District. The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dana-goofy-115x115.jpg "“Timid Dana” Rohrabacher’s so-called “Town Hall.”")
![. . . (1) Bernie and Me and the Near Left’s Big Three (Note: You Can Skip This Section) (Seriously, if you don’t want a leisurely read you can skip […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MoveOn-Taken-for-Granted-115x115.png "MoveOn Should NOT Take Drastic Efforts to Fight the GOP Health Care Deform")
![. . . Today is International Women’s Day — and is also the demonstration “A Day Without A Woman,” which has become unexpectedly controversial. Some feminists think that, unlike the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Statue-of-Liberty-Dark-115x115.jpg "A Day Without a Woman.")
![. . . Something absolutely amazing has been happening at the Anaheim City Council, last meeting and tonight: Anaheim Hills has been poor-mouthing the rest of the City — including […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Murray-and-Murray-115x115.png "Murray’s Bad Leadership Leads Anaheim Hills Into Conflict with City’s Non-Profits Over Fireworks Money")
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