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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 most compelling explanation I’ve seen on the topic of the Second Amendment is that, like much of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, it was […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Fugitive-Slave-Act-115x115.jpg "I Hate Having to Write About the Second Amendment, but Here We Go: Starting with Slavery")
![. . . [Updated 12/3] On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 14 people were killed and 17 injured in a San Bernardino shootout with police after the massacre of attendees at […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/San-Bernardino-Shooting-115x115.jpg "A Non-Hysterical Review of What We Know About the San Bernardino Shooting and Alleged Shooter")
![. . . Anaheim Councilman Jordan Brandman — leader of the Brandman Party, which loosely affiliates with both major parties — was last seen being unseen at both the Democratic Party’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Donkey-Brandman-Moreno-115x115.png "“We Must Stop Dr. Moreno!” Brandman’s Defense of his Disenfranchisement of Anaheim Latinos.")
![OJB hopes that you had a great holiday — or at least on offering some respite from the horrors of everyday life under our increasingly desperation-generating economic and pitical culture. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image-e1448658991632-115x115.jpg "Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Open Thread: Munch, Munch, Munch!")
![. . . Today is “Kelly Thomas Settlement Day” here at OJB. Vern has a reaction story up reprinted from a short essay by “Bax” Baxter. I’ll have two stories: first […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Fullerton-KT-settlement-mtg-600-px-115x115.jpg "Fullerton Council Reports Out the $4.9MM Settlement — and Explanations for Irked Citizens")
![. . . The Cunningblog’s transom has been defiled by yet another “legally, it’s NOT a bribe!” fundraiser announcement. But this one’s sort of special. It comes from Todd Ament on behalf […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Kring-cowl-neck-115x115.png "Anaheim Chamber, @ 5:30 Tues., Holds “It’s NOT a Bribe!” Fundraiser to Pay Off Kring’s $40K Loan to Herself")
![. . . UPDATE, 10:00 p.m.: The DPOC Central Committee unanimously condemned Brandman’s vote on Monday night and urged him to reverse his stance and support a 2016 election for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Conspirators-Against-Central-Anaheim-Voting-in-2016-115x115.png "Brandman’s Betrayal of Anaheim Latinos in 2016, Part 2: ‘Disenfranchised Latinos’ — or Whites? UPDATE: DPOC Condemns!")
![. . . It may be that the general condemnation of Jordan Brandman for voting to keep Central Anaheim, the most Latino portion of the city, from voting on its own […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Strep-Throat-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Did the Decision to Stall Latino Representation Result from a Medical Malady?")
![. . . Pressure has apparently been building on Anaheim Councilman Jordan Brandman to reverse his vote on which of Anaheim’s newly created election districts will come up for election in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Brave-Sir-Jordan-Ran-Away-115x115.jpg "Jordan Brandman, Facing Democratic Protests, Will Reportedly Skip Truman Dinner")
![. . . The City Council’s meeting videos has been down this morning — “We are experiencing technical issues and are currently working on this issue.” That’s too bad — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Anaheim-Recommended-Map-Not-So-Fast-There-115x115.jpg "Betraying Latinos, Brandman Shuts Central Anaheim Out of 2016 Election, Part 1")
![. . . OJB has learned (as of 11:40 a.m.) that former Assessor Webster Guillory has been found guilty of two counts in his election fraud case. The case arose […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Guillory-and-the-Fateful-Forms-115x115.png "BREAKING: Guillory Guilty on Two Counts in Election Fraud Case")
![. . . An essay has come out by the ironically surnamed Reihan Salam of Slate that everyone who cares about U.S. economic policy and global foreign policy needs to read. It’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Boot-on-the-neck-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: A Breathtaking Manifesto for American Hegemony")
![. . . The photo above shows a few over the Great Park shortly before sunset today. We will be following this story as additional reports come through on Facebook. More […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Fire-in-Great-Park-e1447032372942-115x115.jpg "Report of Smoke and Fire in Great Park")
![. . . At the first Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton went after Bernie Sanders on the issue of gun control, a rare issue on which she is to his left. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Clinton-Sanders-Rural-Furor-115x115.png "The Sexist Hexes, the Rural Furor, and Who Really Cares About Guns")
It does raise the question of why fight it in the first place. Dems are so dumb. They might as…