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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.)
![Remember that impending big long Orange County recount of Measure J that some bloggers told you was coming, following the return of updated results from Los Angeles County? It didn’t happen exactly the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Blue-Jays-SAFE-115x115.jpg "Measure J ‘Recount’ Over Without a Single Ballot Recounted; Certification Stands, But Is Litigation Possible?")
![Part 1, giving the background for this story, and lots of links for even more background, is here. If you’re a fan of the phrase “whom gods destroy they first […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Blocking-J-Part-2-115x115.jpg "Blocking J, Part 2: Vodhanel’s Recount Against NOCCCD’s Measure J School Bond at 54¼% for 59 New LA County Votes")
![Elsewhere, I’ve given an initial impression of the First Supervisorial District race (to replace Janet Nguyen, who is leaving for Sacto.) DPOC endorses tomorrow night (Monday, December 15), two hours […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Chris-Phan-at-Bao-Victory-Party-Photos-115x115.jpg "An Interview With Garden Grove City Councilman and 1st Supervisorial District Candidate Chris Phan")
![UPDATE, 6:20 p.m. Monday January 15 Steve Rocco did not file. Mark Lopez isn’t marked as not having filed, but also isn’t marked as having filed, so either he was […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Lou-Do-JAG-115x115.jpg "UPDATED: An Introduction to the First Supervisorial District Race")
![[Ed. Note: This text has been OCR scanned from the original PDF of the Senate Report, more of which we may publish from time to time. We’ve tried to catch […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Feinstein-with-CIA-Torture-Report-115x115.jpg "Dianne Feinstein’s Finest Moment: the Foreword to the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA Torture Abuses")
![Lots of bad news in the headlines — well, not necessarily in the headlines, but out there where people can see it — this week. On the bright side, AT LEAST WE’RE […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Protest-undercover-officer-points-gun-at-camera-e1418351251658.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Farmworker Slaves in Mexico, Rectal Feeding, and Fake Undercover Protesters in Oakland Pull a Gun")
![[Editor’s Note: This comes from a podcast interview with comedian Patton Oswalt, which I found through this article on this site; it’s a longer selection than I’d usually post, but […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Patton-Oswalt-115x115.jpg "Patton Oswalt on the Full Horrors of Bill Cosby’s Reign of Terror Against Attractive Young Women")
![Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, working in tandem with Democratic Rep. Sam Farr of Santa Cruz, has finally achieved something useful in Congress (although this is not even his best bill of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dana-pot-115x115.jpg "Rohrabacher Finds a Truffle: Amendment Barring Fed Intervention in Medical Marijuana Included in Budget Omnibus Bill")
![William Denis Fitzgerald, left, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a speech heaping scorn on outgoing Councilwoman Gail Eastman,right, on charges of committing assault and battery against a fellow member of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Fitz-Can-Be-Bigoted-But-What-About-His-Claims-115x115.jpg "Former Anaheim Mayoral Candidate Denis Fitzgerald Arrested for Assault and Battery at City Council Meeting")
![Let the Games begin! As soon as a recount in the Measure J race became a serious prospect — which was weeks ago by now — I was looking forward […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Blocking-J-Part-1-115x115.jpg "Blocking J, Part 1: Tony Bushala Will Pay for a Recount Against NOCCCD’s School Bond Ballot Measure")
![The Democratic Foundation of Orange County (DFOC), among whose members I count some friends, is the private organization set up for “Business Democrats” and other large donors to sponsor speakers in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Pulido-hiding-behind-Rackauckas-115x115.jpg "Reader Contest: “Excellence in Service”")
![[Read the whole story here; listen to it here. Hat tip to our sometime commenter Paco Barragan.] This is a pretty interesting interview with (and article about) Los Angeles civil […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Constance-Rice-115x115.jpg "This is Interesting: NPR Interview with Constance Rice on Helping Police Build Trust with Minority Communities")
![And meanwhile, if you don’t like this reminder of Eric Garner’s last words, there’s this — LRAD “sound cannon” used on protesters in midtown Manhattan: YouTube caption from author “James […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Eric-Garners-Last-Words-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: “Every Time You See Me…” and an unusual Chopin Prelude.")
![. . . This was going to be your Weekend Open Thread, but I’ll come up with a new one, because this can stand by itself. Orange Juice Blog promised […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shahatit-112x115.jpg "We Promised a Shahatit Accounting, So Here It Is; We Also Found That Familiarity With Harkey Breeds Comtempt")
It will be interesting to see if the Lauren Johnson-Norris (Irvine resident) led OC Human Relations Commission (of which former…