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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 OC Register fulfilled an important part of its civic responsibilities at the end of last week when it released its Voter Guide for the June primary election. Before you […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Register-looks-at-the-District-Attorneys-Race-115x115.png "Rackauckas Wimped Out, but I DID Answer the OC Register’s Questions for Its Voter Guide!")
![Scott Dekraai, who killed eight people and wounded another in the worst mass murder in the history of Orange County, pleaded guilty on Friday to eight counts of first-degree murder […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Dekraii-Salon-Meritage-115x115.jpg "What Did Scott Dekraai Get in Return for Friday’s Guilty Plea — and Why Did He Get It? (UPDATED)")
![What’s wrong with this picture from this story on income inequality in the United States? Here’s their accompanying video, to help you spot it: (If it doesn’t show up, just […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Income-inequality-growth-since-1979-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: What’s Wrong With This Picture?")
![The parting gift from former City Manager Marcie Edwards to the City of Anaheim was to arrange for a qualified and professional appraisal of the 154-acre lot surrounding Angels Stadium. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Stadium-Lot-delineating-154-acre-parcel-115x115.jpg "Stadium Lot Appraisal: CATER Was Right, Tait Was Right, OJB Was Right")
![A great opportunity has just arisen to bring people out of the shadows. High demand has caused a need for more volunteers at a Citizenship Fair this Saturday, May 3, 2014, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Naturalization-Ceremony-115x115.jpg "Volunteers Needed for North County Citizenship Fair Saturday — Train by Friday!")
![As you may have heard, I was removed last night from my position as DPOC Vice Chair on a vote of 35-15. (There are questions as to the legitimacy of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Vandermeir-Melahat-115x115.jpg "GOP Using My Removal to Attack PROGRESSIVE Electeds is BULLCRAP! Have Some Facts")
![In what would be an incredible coincidence if it hadn’t apparently been planned this way, the Democratic Party of Orange County is slated to vote on my fate twice by at its […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Betty-Yee-Henry-V-Greg-600px-115x115.jpg "An Invitation to Democrats Only (That’s Not My Rule, By the Way)")
![I knew that Daniel Lamb was writing something about the motion to strip me of the position of Democratic Party Vice-Chair, which is scheduled to be voted on tonight, because […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Lamb-115x115.jpg "My Response to Daniel Lamb’s Article in Some Crazy Blog on My Possible Removal")
![They survived a grueling regimen of practices, learning new songs and routines, and even a show-stopping earthquake . And now, Brea-Olinda High School’s Advanced Girls’ Show Choir, “Spellbound,” has traveled to the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Justine-with-Spellbound-Trophy-115x115.png "Brea-Olinda High School Show Choir Returns Home with a National Championship")
![It’s a week for notable days of honor and remembrance. This past Tuesday, April 22, was Earth Day. Today, April 25, is Arbor Day — OK, not in California, but […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Without-a-Toothbrush-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Premiere of Holocaust Documentary with Survivor")
![The Zinn Education Project reminded us last weekend of the 100th anniversary of something that no one should forget: the Ludlow Massacre. (Thanks to Carol Moore for passing this along.) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Ludlow-Massacre-Victims-115x115.jpg "100 Years Ago Last Sunday, We Saw What May Still Yet Be Our Unfortunate Future")
![Here’s the breaking news from tonight’s Irvine Council meeting — according to sources on the scene! Jeff Lalloway will be on the Site Selection committee, as expected, but Agran won’t; […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Arlington-cemetery-115x115.jpg "UPDATED: Irvine Veteran’s Cemetery Faces Significant Hurdle — “Death By Committee”")
![OJB hopes that those of you who enjoy Easter are doing so in good spirits today. My Easter post from two years ago has been getting a lot of of hits […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Bruised-Breast-115x115.jpg "Two Juxtapositions: One Mordantly Funny and one Tragically Infuriating")
![Self-deprecatory humor — that’s what the title of this post is, which I explain given the almost certainty that Dan Chmielewski doesn’t get it — generally does not play well in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Kermit-swinging-on-mirror-ball-115x115.jpg "This is Doing Nothing to Help Prevent Me From Developing Delusions of Grandeur")
The Republican Party doesn't even pretend to be conservative anymore. The "leaders" have completely capitulated the their worst voters. It's…