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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.)
![. . . The “Recent Posts” list is so top-heavy right now that I hesitate to add anything else to it. (And fellow OJB contributors, if you have something short […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Lawn-Signs-Murdock-and-Yes-on-K-115x115.jpg "Oh, Yeah, Two More Things: YES ON K and Steve Lodge Prefers It When Homeless People Crap in Bushes")
![. . . Before you vote in Anaheim’s District 3, you might want to do a little more research on Jordan Brandman. And why not do that research the same […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Brandman-wiki-face-Mickey-Mouse-Dora-in-Anaheim-115x115.png "Jordan Brandman Copied Wikipedia to ‘Earn’ $24,000 — Now Read His Wikipedia Entry Before You Vote!")
![ATLAS PAC, one of the most fervent and influential conservative blogs in Orange County, has had enough of “Subsidy Steve” Lodge and his penchant for violence and lying. The PAC […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lodge-assault-115x115.png "DIS-LODGED! Hey, Republicans — Right-Wing ATLAS PAC Drops Lodge in Anaheim District 1, Picks Denise Barnes Instead!")
![. . . [Ed. Note: Domestic Violence Survivors’ Advocate Nancy West will be starting after the election as a contributor to OJB. She’s taken a keen interest in the Ling-Ling […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Ling-Ling-Chang-Clarence-Thomas-115x115.jpg "A Domestic Violence Survivors’ Advocate Takes Apart Fizzling Ling Chang’s Final Assault on Josh Newman")
![. . . I’ve been given the go-ahead from the Kamala Harris juggernaut — uh, I mean campaign — to announce tomorrow’s public GET OUT THE VOTE rally for JOSH NEWMAN! (Given […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Newman-GOTV-Bear-115x115.png "Kamala Harris in North Central Anaheim Monday to Support GOTV for Josh Newman!")
![. . . Hey, Chumley is right: printing entire press releases DOES make blogging a lot easier! And this one is great! Ferreras Responds to Kring’s Op Ed in OC […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ferreras-and-Supporters-115x115.jpg "Arturo Ferreras Answers Kring’s Self-Serving Lies in the Register — and It’s GLORIOUS!")
![. . . Anaheim District 1 resident Nancy West has created a flier that is methodically constructed, serious, and jarring. Especially if you’re in Anaheim, and especially if you’re in District 1, it’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Lodge-is-a-Dirty-Cop-115x115.jpg "Steve “Chavez” Lodge is a Very Bad Man (Part Two) — Disney’s Candidate is a Violent Sucker Puncher!")
![. . . What do they following people and organizations have in common? OC District Attorney Tony Rackauckas Kris Murray, Anaheim City Councilwoman Todd Spitzer, Orange County Board of Supervisors […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Usual-Suspects-Endorsing-115x115.png "Could You Make a List of the Worst Political Figures in Orange County? Someone Already Has!")
![. . . Dishonest and now-Disgusting Dave Gilliard — sponsor of Matt “Feed me, Master, please!” Cunningham’s “OKDaly” blog, lest we forget! — probably couldn’t pull a needle out of his […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Gilliard-sinks-lower-vs-Khan-115x115.png "Dishonest, Disgusting, and Now TERRIFIED Dave Gilliard Sinks Lower, Dumps in $9K More vs. Khan!")
![. . . Jordan Brandman has announced that he will be out walking precincts today in Anaheim’s District 3! He doesn’t announce that in the past the people doing this […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Brandman-Plagiarism-115x115.png "The Shameless Sense of Privilege and Terrible Work Ethics of Lavishly Paid Plagiarist Jordan Brandman")
![. . . From Scott Lay’s The Nooner dated today: Democratic Party Of Orange County John Macmurray (Support) $201 11/03/2016 11/04/2016 Democratic Party Of Orange County Sharon Quirk-silva (Support) $453 11/03/2016 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ugly-Fangtooth-Fish-e1689115310179-115x115.jpg "Hey, Look at Yesterday’s Late Independent Expenditures by the DPOC!")
![. . . No, I don’t think that you’re stupid. (After all, you’re here, aren’t you?) It’s a phrasing borrowed from Bill Clinton campaign strategist James Carville during the 1992 campaign, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Christie-and-Giuliani-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: “It’s the Appointments, Stupid!” Plus: VOTE TRADING SITE HAPPENED!")
![. . . We don’t usually run press releases, but I haven’t had the time to ask Farrah Khan for one of my rare interviews, in which I could ask […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Farrah-Khan-mudslinging-115x115.png "Farrah Khan Slaps Back at Disgusting, Dishonest, Degrading Dave Gilliard & His Irvine Clients!")
![. . . Ling-Ling Chang’s latest mailers against Josh Newman in the 29th State Senate District race ought to seal the case against voting for her. I could remain very calm […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ling-Ling-attack-stolen-photo-115x115.jpg "Desperately Failing Ling Chang Can’t Tell Flirtation Between Friends from Sexual Assault")
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