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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.)
![Take away Anaheim Hills, and as of today Measure D on reducing the term of the Mayor goes to a recount. Within Anaheim Hills, it was a slaughter. And that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tait-smiling-115x115.jpg "Who Killed Measure D? Anaheim Hills Voters Provided the ENTIRE MARGIN")
![Pedroza tells us that Jose Solorio has a message out to his supporters explaining how he lost so badly yesterday. Dear Friends and Supporters, I would like to thank everyone who […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/solorio-no-stache-e1402009194424.jpg "THANK GOD SOLORIO PUT ALL OF HIS EFFORTS INTO PASSING PROP 41!!!")
![In Part 1 of this recap — and you should check out Vern’s thoughts in the Live Blog Thread as well — we focused on County races rather than legislative ones […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ling-Ling-Hidden-Sign-115x115.jpg "Thoughts on the Primary, Part 2, Legislative Races: Leavens Won’t Beat Mimi, but “Leavens + Raths” Might!")
![Some weird stuff happened last night as the votes in the primary were counted. Weird — and often fascinating. In this Part 1, let’s review what seem like the top […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Gabriella-with-Bryson-115x115.jpg "Thoughts on the Primary, Part 1: Recall Robert Hammond in November!")
![To some extent, this post is just an excuse to post an ad I made up a few weeks ago (when the news had just come out) that I thought […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WATCHCAT-DIAMOND-115x115.jpg "The Ad That I Did Not Use, the ‘David King Gauge’, and Jim Righeimer Hosts My Victory Party!")
![Election day is here — and there’s still no word of the results of any investigation into Jorge Lopez’s complaint that incumbent Assessor Webster Guillory gathered his signatures inside of the Assessor’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Watchdog-sleeping-115x115.jpg "JORGE LOPEZ Complaint on Guillory Sigs: the Final Pre-Election Word from the DA is … Silence!")
![I have been told that a LOT of Republicans, some of whom would surprise me, are privately going to be voting for me tomorrow, because they think that Tony Rackauckas has […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Rackauckas-Kring-Tongue-Bath-115x115.jpg "Sucking Up to Kring, Rackauckas Slams Tom Tait for Honoring the U.S. Constitution!")
![Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva sent out an e-mail today that reminded me of a question that had been in the back of the mind as we approach Election Day tomorrow. Here’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SQS-YK-on-Vets-Cemetery2-115x115.jpg "Lots of 风 (feng) Supporting Vets, but Would Young Kim Bail Irvine’s Vets Cemetery Out of Rising 水?")
![The OC Bar Association rates the qualifications of Judicial candidates before every election. For a list that simply associated one of four phrases with each of ten candidates, it says […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Judges-Weighing-Hayden-Against-Johnson-115x115.jpg "The OC Bar Association’s Revealing Judicial Candidate Ratings — and I Make Up My Mind")
![Watching the AD 73 race just keeps getting better and better! Moderate Democrat Wendy Gabriella has shown the upside of running a candidate even in what may seem like an impossible district: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Glaab-erased-charcoal-115x115.jpg "AD 73 Turmoil: Glaab Bags; Brough Slows; #2 Spot is Now Petrilla v. Munger Showdown")
![Yes, yes, the Election is next Tuesday — but we have plenty of other posts about that elsewhere in the site. So long as you’ve read our Primary Voters Guide and used […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Carnival-Coming-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Brea Summerfest is Here, Adam’s Interesting Interview, and the Girl From Ipanema!")
![1. We Need a Public Debate on How to Run the Assessor’s Office — and Supporting Jorge Lopez on Tuesday is the Only Way to Get It This story is […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Assessor-Candidates-2014-115x115.jpg "Vote Lopez for Assessor, Because Whether by Guilt or Guile, Guillory’s Goose is Cooked")
![UPDATE 5/29: Correa voted “NO” on the fracking moratorium bill, which failed 16-16-5. From now on, he gets served only tap water. If he has a problem with that, he […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Fracking-CaliforniaEarthquakeFrackingMap-2014-04-02v2-115x115.jpg "Correa a Likely Deciding Vote on Fracking Bill 1132 — and HIS VOTE WAS NO!")
![My daughter the Naval Reservist was naturalized last Wednesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center, one of 3,369 new citizens — and voters — added to our rolls. (Even though […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Naturalization-Ceremony-3-115x115.jpg "Military Honors: Giving Our Veterans the Best, So Long As It Costs Next to Nothing")
The Republican Party doesn't even pretend to be conservative anymore. The "leaders" have completely capitulated the their worst voters. It's…