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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.)
![With a great owner, a disciplined editorial staff, and an improved sensibility, the OC Weekly is a money-making proposition. It’s even more than just that: it would be capable of huge […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Stranger-cover-e1422482572423.jpg "Who Should Buy the OC Weekly? Tim Keck of Index Newspapers LLC — Publisher of Seattle’s ‘The Stranger’")
![Last week former State Senator Lou Correa had a fundraiser at the home of local Democratic official Florice Hoffman. It was a topic of substantial discussion last night at the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Phan-and-Correa-cropped-115x115.jpg "UPDATE: In First Supe District Election, Do leads Correa 16,002 to 16,000 (Phan Finishes a Respectable Third)")
![I’m not sure how Republicans choose their delegates to their State Party Conventions — and I’m not even sure whether Libertarian, Green, American Independent, Peace and Freedom do it — but in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Chicago-1968-Democratic-Convention-115x115.jpg "OC’s 2015-2016 Democratic Party Assembly District Delegates")
![. . . I’m not on the mailing list for John Moorlach’s State Senate campaign, OF COURSE!, but someone forwarded me his latest hit piece against his opponent Don Wagner. Seriously, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wagner-tea-party-115x115.jpg "How DARE Moorlach bring up Wagner’s prison-guards-union-funded Hawaii junket?")
![. . . I know that a lot of us, for reasons ranging from legitimate and urgent to far-fetched and wacky, have had problems with Attorney General Eric Holder — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Eric-Holder-Pledges-to-Continue-the-Witch-Hunt-against-Marijuana-155x155.jpg "WOT – Good Stuff – Holder eviscerates Civil Forefeiture, and a Debussy Prelude!")
![Note: I published the piece below on Jan. 8, 2014 — so, with Distrincting back in the news, this first anniversary is a pretty good day to republish it, right? […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Anaheim-Map-Flatlands-CA-39-marked-115x115.jpg "From One Year Ago: On Anaheim Districting Maps — One or Two District Boundaries Are Already Largely Set")
![The Orange County Labor Federation will be hosting a Remembrance (which I suspect means something like a non-alcoholic wake, but we’ll see soon enough) for Michael Kinslow from 4:00-7:00 p.m. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Mike-with-Water-Birthday-Cake-in-Brea-115x115.jpg "Resting in Power: Labor-Sponsored Remembrance of Mike Kinslow Today at 4 at OC Labor Fed HQ")
![. . . I go to Voice of OC this morning on my computer and I get this: Well, I don’t know exactly what that is, but these things happen. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Voice-of-OC-new-website-115x115.jpg "UPDATED: Missing Website Found! WAS: Where Are You, Voice of OC? Hailing Voice of OC! Come In, Voice of OC!")
![Most of Orange Juice Blog’s local readers, I’m going to guess, have homes — so the worst thing that was likely to have happened to them during last night’s storm […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ARTIC-protestors-lying-down-2-115x115.jpg "In the Wide Open and Desolate ARTIC, Can Orange County Find Overnight Haven for the Homeless?")
![One of the hardest positions that I find myself feeling the need to take in politics involves harsh criticism of Israel. I do it not because I especially want to do […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Netanyahu-115x115.jpg "American Jews and Israel’s Upcoming Elections: Will Flagging Support Spell Enough of Netanyahu?")
![So with Senator Barbara Boxer not raising money for a 2016 reelection contest, the pundits are a-howling about which Democrat (and it will very likely be one) is going to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Kareem-and-Barack-115x115.jpg "My Choice for Next California U.S. Senator Would Tower Over the Rest: I Support Kareem Abdul-Jabbar")
![Michael J. Kinslow was a friend to many in Orange County, but he was more than that to the rest of the world. He was a fighter and a winner. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Kinslow-NBC-clip-after-filing-suit-e1419643024252.jpg "In Memoriam for Michael J. Kinslow, Esquire: In Words and Pictures Gently Borrowed from His Friends")
![(As I may have mentioned, I’m going into the hospital for hernia surgery this morning and I don’t know when I’ll be back online. So I’m setting this to be […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Greg-Diamond-Democrat-RebTru-115x115.png "One Dissenting Vote")
![Why am I still a Democrat despite the disappointments of my party at levels from national to local? Mostly it’s because we have lots of people whom I want to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Elizabeth-Warren-speech-2-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Elizabeth Warren’s Brilliant Speech on the Big Banks (& I’m Getting Enmeshed)")
Just glanced at this again, as it relates to something I'm working on now. And I missed another hilarious irony:…