- 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 published this piece back in mid-October, before the local victories and national defeats of November. As it didn’t get the readership I’d posted, and as many […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-Things-I-Hate-About-Elections-115x115.png "Almost Forgot to Post a Holiday Weekend Open Thread: Some Thoughts from a Simpler Time, Reprised")
![. . . LITTLE UPDATE, FRI. 11/25, 9 p.m.: Today’s promised update for OC did not materialize. The “Countdown Clock” is stopped, so we don’t even know whether they’ll next […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Michele-Martinez-playing-basketball-115x115.jpg "UPDATE x2 – 2016’s Unsettled Races, Wed. Nov. 23’s Results: We’re UN-Calling the Supe’s Race! + (11/25 LA & SD updates)")
![. . . Headlines first: Anaheim District 3: Dr. Jose Moreno still up 44 over Jordan Brandman as 4 new ballots counted SD 29: Josh Newman now leads by 2,539 votes in OC and 1,394 overall CA-49: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Barnes-with-Tait-in-Anaheim-Dist-1-race-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Tues. Nov. 22’s Results: Denise Barnes Goes from the Podium to the Dais")
![. . . The story behind Anaheim’s City Council Agenda Item 17 is — like its beneficiaries Dr. Howard and Linda Knohl — quite rich. (Before anything else, please read Thy Vo’s excellent […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Grove-Theater-in-Anaheim-desat-115x115.jpg "Anaheim’s Item 17 is a Blatant Public Land Giveaway to Dr. Howard and Linda Knohl’s Penny-Ante Paper Non-Profit")
![. . . News has come from a celebration on Anna Drive that, first, today’s ballots were the LAST one’s to be counted in the race. I’ve been skeptical about that, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Arturo-Jose-Josh-Ed-@-Kamala-Rally-115x115.jpg "JORDAN BRANDMAN HAS CONCEDED TO DR. JOSE MORENO!!!")
![. . . Headlines first: Anaheim District 3: Dr. Jose Moreno up 44 over Jordan Brandman SD 29: Josh Newman now leads by 2000 votes in OC (Los Angeles’s next update is tomorrow, during Anaheim’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mexican-Soccer-Team-Celebrates-Achieving-a-Goal-vs-Panama-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Mon. Nov. 21’s Results: You Knew That This Was Coming…")
![. . . Anaheim’s last agenda for a regular meeting of its current term was posted online on Friday at roughly 4:15 p.m. (The Council can still have special meetings on specific topics, each […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Andy-Anaheims-Thanksgiving-115x115.jpg "The Anaheim City Council’s Final (Regular) Agenda of the Term: What are They Privately Doing with Paul Emery?")
![. . . Headlines first: What’s the most dramatic outcome in the OC political races that you could imagine going into the weekend? C’mon, try! … Not even close! Dr. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Jose-Moreno-laughing-@-Desert-Moon-Mirvette-to-Felicity-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Fri. Nov. 18’s Results: MORENO, BRANDMAN TIED at 4,370; Newman Down by 187!")
![. . . The one argument against voting for Josh Newman for which I could have a little respect, even though I didn’t agree with it, was that it would give Democrats […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Supermajority-Rules-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: As We Found Out in 2012, the State ‘Supermajority’ Doesn’t Much Matter")
![. . . We’re putting the headline news — the new results themselves — out here on the fly; we’ll add to it and dress it up later. CA-49 — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/josh-newman-coasters-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Thurs. Nov. 17’s Results: Newman’s Gonna Win! Moreno Down Only 61!")
![. . . Jordan Brandman, Ling-Ling Chang, and others are hearing the wisdom of baseball great Satchel Paige today: “Don’t look back, someone might be gaining on you.” After a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Satchel-Paige-Dont-Look-Back-e1479346515805-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Wed. Nov. 16’s Results: The Wisdom of Satchel Paige Comes to Anaheim")
![. . . Before anything else, I’m kicking myself (softly, but still) because I forgot to update the “What’s Left to Count?” report that went up Monday at 5 p.m. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mule-in-Boat-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Tues. Nov. 15’s Results: Provisionals & LA County Returns Take Their Time")
![. . . [1] The Fine Line Between Disgusting and Illegal This post follows earlier posts and comments that address various political practices that the pro-Disney forces in Anaheim use to win […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Provisional-Ballots-115x115.jpg "Every Ballot is a Person. Every Person Has a Story. Every Story Must Be Told. Provisional Ballots Will Be Heard Today.")
![. . . [Bumping this up to where we can still see it — and think about it] (1) The Form of Reform … and the Content of Discontent I’ve […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Disney-SOAR-Candidates-Are-So-WHITE-115x115.png "Disney FAILED Its TEST! A Million-Dollar 90% White Slate to Block Latinos from City Council is TERRIBLE BRANDING")
Stfu Jamie nobody likes you