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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.)
![. . . For both of you who’ve missed this, the presenters of Best Picture award at Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony announced that the wrong picture — La La Land, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Oscars-So-Confused-115x115.jpg "Here’s How the ‘Best Picture’ Snafu Happened — and What it Reveals About How We Think")
![. . . Years ago, when some of us were a little more hopeful about Disney playing a productive role in resolving Anaheim’s problems, this blog took the position that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Southern-California-cop-1000x532-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Anaheim’s “Ferguson” Makes the National News as Focus of Mass Protest")
![. . . Hey there, Fiscal Watchdogs! Join Orange County Auditor-Controller, Eric H. Woolery, CPA and guests: Senator Josh Newman, Assemblymember Sharon Quirk Silva, and Voice of OC’s Norberto Santana […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Accoutning-for-Activists-event-115x115.jpg "Accounting for Activists at CSUF Tonight, 7-9, featuring Josh, Sharon, Norberto, & OC Auditor Eric Woolery")
![. . . All fourteen judges of the Richmond-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided today that states do have the right to ban so-called “assault weapons” (which they define both […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/4th-Circuit-Judge-King-Broken-AR15-115x115.png "Federal Circuit Court (Not the Ninth) Rules That States Have the Right to Regulate (Including Ban) ‘Assault Weapons’")
![. . . [Reprinted from Facebook, on the event of the publication of the LA Times story “Angels to stay in Anaheim through at least 2029“.] In the late afternoon […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Angels-Hell-Pringle-and-Moreno-7-115x115.jpg "Tait, CATER, and Other Stadium Lot Giveaway Opponents Vindicated: the Angels are Staying Put. (Yay!)")
![. . . An engorged Chumley takes to his blog to trumpet what he believes to be his moment of triumph: At the next Democratic Party of Orange County meeting […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Chumley-Elephant-Seals-fighting-115x115.png "Walrus Poop 2/14: Yearning to Destroy Jose Moreno Induces Biz Dem to Sacrifice Dems Councilmembers Countywide")
![. . . Vern here. I noticed this great (although not entirely completed) interview with Mayor Tait, sitting among Greg’s “drafts” from last September, and thought it was still well worth […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Tait-hardhat-115x115.png "How “Anti-Union” is Anaheim’s Mayor Tom Tait? OJB’s Diamond Asks Him the Hard(hat) Questions")
![. . . We should have put together a real good Weekend Open Thread this week, but we’re busy writing more substantive articles. So, instead, here’s a bunch of enjoyable […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Trump-Haunted-by-Bannon-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread — Lincoln Rolls Over in His Grave as Bannon Rolls Trump in His Office")
![. . . [Note: Thursday afternoon’s order — not technically an “opinion,” but having similar weight — by a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal is a thing of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/9th-Circuit-Court-of-Appeals-115x115.jpg "Any Questions About the Masterful Circuit Court Order on the Immigration Ban? Ask and I’ll Try to Explain")
![. . . [1] In Summary Last Sunday, January 29, former Congressional candidate Ron Varasteh was elected as President of the influential political club Democrats of Greater Irvine (“DGI”), which focuses primarily on […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Democrats-of-Greater-Irvine-115x115.png "Agranista “Old Guard” Swept Out of Power at Democrats of Greater Irvine Club Meeting.")
![. . . Gung Hay Fat Choy! Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! And Happy Lunar New Year in several other East Asian languages that we aren’t going to look up. This is […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Rooster-Parts-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Gung Hay Fat Choy! Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! Make Mexico Pay for Our Health Care!")
![. . . I am heading to the DMV to renew my Driver’s License. It will, I expect — this time, I sort of hope — take hours and hours. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Trump-Convention-500px-115x115.png "Ω: Trump IS Our President. Take Good Notes. Weekend Open Thread.")
![. . . Before you go any further, you should read Nick Gerda’s story in today’s Voice of OC. Gerda interviewed the three members of the former Council majority — David Benevides, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Sarmiento-helps-Pulido-move-out-the-body-of-Cavazos-115x115.png "If Sarmiento Caves on Firing Cavazos, He Had Better First Exact an Appropriate Price")
![. . . This time last week, we Democrats were preparing for the ADEMs. A few days ago, we got the first sounding of how well progressive Democrats did statewide. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Bernie-and-CA-Nurses-115x115.jpg "Holiday Weekend Open Thread: This Article is WAY Too Optimistic, but It’s Still Fun to Read")
Does she say that? Her family was the oppressors in Nicaragua - they were Somocistas - and they ran off…