- Description
- 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.)
![Thanks to the hardworking and usually trustworthy Chris Nguyen of OC Political, we have our first take on OCGOP endorsements for Fullerton City Council — and it looks like good […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Sebourn-with-Bennett-and-Paden-115x115.jpg "OCGOP Endorsements Committee Favors Sebourn, but Neither Paden nor Bennett; No 4th HB Endorsement Either!")
![The Orange County Labor Federation sent out a beautiful message this past Saturday morning — one worth sharing even after their annual Labor Day weekend picnic. I’m highlighting some of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/OCLF-Santa-Ana-Zoo-Picnic-2014-Dr-Moreno-speaking-115x115.jpg "The Great and Truly Essential Labor Movement — and the Less Great One")
![Updates will appear at the bottom. When we last left our heroes, Chumley was describing your mild-mannered author as, well: “The Cancer in OC’s Democratic Party” And soon, the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Chumley-and-Tennessee-in-Neo-Lib-OC-office1-115x115.jpg "UPDATE 2: Chumley’s Cancer Post, Part 2: The Hooded Ghouls Weigh In!")
![[Note that part 2 of this post, showing the reactions of mostly anonymous commenters, is here]: [1] This is the sort of post best published on a holiday weekend. I’d […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Chumley-and-Tennessee-outside-115x115.jpg "Chumley’s Cancer Post: So This is How (and When) It’s Gonna Be, Huh?")
![The term “Water District Consultant” will appear in the news next week — which raises the question of what a “Water District Consultant” is and what one does. The Google initially […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Yucaipa-Valley-Flowers-115x115.jpg "OJB Quiz (With PRIZE!): What Does a “Water District Consultant” Do?")
![Happy Labor Day Weekend — and here’s one more reason that it’s great to be a Californian! Some great background on this article comes from this Buzzfeed piece, but let’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Sexual-Consent-Sleeping-Beauty-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: At CA Colleges, No “No” Won’t Mean “Yes” for Sexual Consent if Gov Signs Bill")
![. . . I’m on the host committee for an event tonight that I hope that you’ll attend, especially if you’re from South County. (You don’t have to be; I […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wendy-gabriella-e1409253679388.jpg "Fundraiser for Assembly candidate Wendy Gabriella TONIGHT (Thursday, San Juan Capistrano)")
![We here at OJB have not been able to devote adequate attention to either the crisis in Ferguson or the crisis in Syria and Iraq, but we hope to change […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/McCain-with-ISIS-115x115.jpg "ISSA (formerly “ISIS”) Terrorists Received Support from Sen. John McCain")
![1. Endorsement Night’s a-Comin’ Monday night is the DPOC’s Endorsement Meeting for Local Races — often a rollicking time — and it just got a lot more interesting. I’m not […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Broadwater-Fires-115x115.jpg "Garden Grove Mayor in Hot Seat Over Potentially Deadly Nepotism; Re-election Chances Charred")
![. . . To get this resolution onto the DPOC Agenda by tonight (Monday Aug. 25) I need to have the signatures of 9 DPOC Central Committee Members besides myself) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ferguson-voter-reg-e1409254044849.jpg "Proposed DPOC resolution: Aid Ferguson Blacks in Their April 2015 Local Elections")
![BIG BIG BIG UPDATE! AB 1453 just passed the Assembly, 76-0! (Had Young Kim been there, maybe it would have been 75-1. We’ll never know.) It now goes to Gov. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Young-Kim-Buttkicker-Video-115x115.jpg "LAST CHANCE, Young Kim! Would You Support AB 1453 (Vets Cemetery) or NOT? [UPDATED!]")
![August 20 (yesterday or earlier than that, by the time most of you read this) was National Photography Day. To mark the occasion, the surprisingly interesting and entertaining website Business […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Pulitzer-Napalmed-Girl-detail-of-boy-flipped-115x115.jpg "Pulitzer Winners for National Photo Day: These Acts, Save One, are No Longer Shocking")
![Just time for some listiness today: [1] Former City Council candidate Kitty Jaramillo files suit to impose districting on Fullerton. The suit filed by Vivian Jaramillo, 60, alleges that Fullerton’s at-large […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Loretta-on-Ice-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Political Potpourri from Kitty, Jerry, and Loretta:")
![The roster for the fall races (for which voting begins in less than two months) are now set. It’s time to take stock of where we stand. Many races are […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/HB-Parade-Connie-and-Joe-waving-the-flag-115x115.jpg "A Day at the Races: UPDATED With Final Rosters for Both Open and Settled Races!")
This article about this poll will make you feel better about the OC, although the headline is deceptive (and I…