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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.)
![. . . Hate to spring this on you at the last minute, but: read and sign this petition, “NESTLE STOLE OUR WATER FOR 28 YEARS.” You won’t BELIEVE how […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nestle-steals-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: You Have Until Monday to Stop Another Water Giveaway to Nestle")
![. . . The battle between the two Republican mediocrities who are spending the most money in AD-68, Anaheim Hill’s Harry Sidhu and Irvine’s Steven Choi, got even stupider this morning. [Ed. Note: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Choi-Sidhu-Pauly-Chuchua-115x115.png "AD-68: Neither Harry Sidhu NOR Steven Choi Seems to Understand the Meaning of the Word ‘Mayor’")
![. . . Press release from the Orange County Veterans Memorial Park Foundation (“OCVMP”), marking iheartoc Giving Day: Today is the day we begin our 30 hour fundraiser to benefit the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OCVMP-Bill-Cook-Gov-Brown-e1461795389782-115x115.jpg "It’s iHEARToc Giving Day! We Heart the OCVMP — Whom Do You Heart?")
![. . . We Democrats (just talking between me, Vern, Ricardo, and a few others here, but others are welcome to kibitz) are seriously moving towards nominating someone who can […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Presidential-candidate-favorability-ratings-likelies-4-16-115x115.jpg "Democrats Preparing to Nominate Candidate Easily Beaten by a Bribe of Trump")
![. . . Here’s a few developments for you on this New York primary day. (Photos via usuncut.com.) (1) Poll-Axing the Voters If you need to get caught up on […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New-York-Disenfranchised-Voters-115x115.jpg "A New York State of Disarray — and Was Hillary’s DNC Joint Fundraising Just Unethical, or More?")
![. . . Do – Martinez – Bui This post has been delayed because I couldn’t figure out how to end it. I still can’t quite figure it out, but […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/do-martinez-bui-115x115.png "On Michele Martinez’ Supervisorial Run and the Delicate Problem of Fraud in Little Saigon")
![. . . Later this month, Garden Grove will vote on which plan it will choose for an ordinances creating its first-ever voting districts. If this article ends up being useful towards that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Garden-Grove-district-graphic-115x115.jpg "Garden Grove Districting — OK, Fine, I Drew Up a Map! Happy Now? (It’s Pretty Good)")
![. . . First: if you haven’t read this article from Voice of OC’s Amazing Adam, read it. And if you appreciate professional investigative and civic journalism in Orange County, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_6577-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Ed Royce Woos Women; Mentally Disabled Adults Hold Art Show")
![. . . I haven’t yet written much — at least not nearly as much as I plan to — about the SD-29 State Senate race between Ling-Ling Chang, Sukhee Kang, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Sukhee-steps-in-front-of-Newman-115x115.jpg "SD-29: Did Sukhee Kang’s Phantom Poll Even ASK About His Rival Josh Newman?")
![. . . OJB is so, so kidding with this headline. What is life without fun? Kudos to Lou Correa for his quick thinking and action — in honor of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Correaflagration-e1458851576765-115x115.jpg "Reversing Direction After Heading South, Correa Totally Hoses Renters’ Property!")
![. . . So here’s what happened. As the linked Register story states, On March 8 AD-68 candidate Harry Sidhu turned in a ballot statement stating the false claim that he had […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Choi-and-Sidhu-Pringle-115x115.jpg "Only Choi, Gilliard’s Partner, and OC Register Can Rival Sidhu’s Stupidity in Ballot Statement Farce")
![. . . Did Hillary repel Bernie’s challenge for good last night? Maybe — but probably not. A 320-odd pledged delegate margin, you say? “It’s over,” you say? Nah. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Hillary-George-W-Bush-hug-e1458155346982-115x115.jpg "Has Hillary Finally Beaten Bernie for Good? Nah — Look at the Primary Calendar")
![. . . [UPDATES WILL APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STORY.] The state of the signups as of a week ago today was reported here, while the daily updates […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ROV-Lobby-2016-115x115.jpg "Where Do We Stand Now That Most All of the Primary Signups are Done?")
![. . . We may have new posts up before and after Friday, and maybe before and after Wednesday the 16th, but the default will be just to note new candidates […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Greg-with-check-at-Registrar-of-Voters-300-px-115x115.jpg "A Day at the Races: Daily Updates to Candidate Filings")
It does raise the question of why fight it in the first place. Dems are so dumb. They might as…