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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.)
![I’m off to the California Democratic Party convention soon, where I hope to raise $420,000 today for my now-official campaign for District Attorney, so I have time only to give […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Greg-with-Check-at-ROV-115x115.jpg "Just the Headlines (Plus a Bit More) for Now from Friday at the Registrar of Voters’ Office")
![I’ll be turning in my forms to run for District Attorney against Tony Rackauckas (with or without Susan Kang Schroeder joining him on the ballot to take the baton) TODAY […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Greg-at-OCCORD-dinner-600px-115x115.jpg "Come Sign My Nomination Papers! Registrar of Voters Office, 4 p.m. SHARP!")
![Today’s the day when I make a critical decision about my campaign for District Attorney. (That link is to my still-spare website. The only things that really matter there for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-GAD-Website-Banner-115x115.jpg "Today’s the Day for DIAMOND FOR DA 2014 — If You Want Me to Run, Show Me!")
![I’m on record as an admirer of our competitor OCPolitical.com, which provides lots of useful information and coverage of both out-in-the-open political developments and those occurring behind the OC Republican […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Chris-Nguyen-and-Mimi-Walters-115x115.jpg "Chris Nguyen Writes an ALMOST Great Story on Candidate Residency!")
![Five more weekdays. For all races but the ones where eligible incumbents choose not to run for re-election, the deadline for filing, paying for ballot statements, and the rest is […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/DPOC-Candidate-Training-Photo-March-2014-crop-115x115.jpg "A Day at the Races 4, March 2 — With Five Days Left, Who’s In, Who’s On, Who’s Missing?")
![Perhaps my articles of Wednesday and Thursday have caused some kerfuffling over in the “Rackauckas for District Attorney” camp. (Or perhaps that is simply a literary device to capture reader […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Rackauckas-at-Balboa-Bay-Club-115x115.jpg "To Be Fair, I Will Now Present a Message from the Rackauckas Campaign")
![My nominal opponent in this year’s race for Orange County District Attorney (now fortified with Public Administrator) is incumbent Tony Rackauckas. Many people, though, apparently think that he doesn’t plan to be […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Susan-Kang-Schroeder-with-Rackauckas-115x115.jpg "If Susan Kang Schroeder Plans to be DA by 2017, I Want to Run Against Her Now!")
![[I just made an announcement on Facebook, so while I’d planned to spend a few hours today polishing my campaign announcement, I’ll just go ahead and reproduce that statement here. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CIMG4211-watercolor-115x115.jpg "I Can’t Stand That No One’s Running Against Tony Rackauckas — So I’ll Do It")
![OK, technically Orange County’s sort-of-own Neel Kashkari just took out papers — what I call “pre-filing” and because OJB is the only outlet that pays attention to the Registrar of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Neel-Kashkari-x-5-pre-filed-115x115.jpg "(OJB EXCLUSIVE! MUST CREDIT OJB!): Neel Files!")
![The group “Fast for Families,” which includes people who are fasting to bring attention to the need for comprehensive immigration reform, took their bus to OC yesterday to bring attention […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2-photo-5-115x115.jpg "Fast(ing) Friends for Immigration Reform to Meet Royce’s Rep This Morning!")
![Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper’s publicist has been having a great month or so getting gullible broadcasters and assignment editors (I won’t say journalists themselves, because they’re probably just […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Angels-stadium-divided-115x115.jpg "Should Anaheim Stadium Be Split into 60,000 Pieces — and Sold for Souvenir Parts?")
![From an OC Political post today on the OCGOP early endorsements: There were unanimous endorsements for Shari Freidenrich and Tony Rackaukas. I don’t believe that Shari is challenged and given […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Rackauckas-with-blur-around-features-115x115.jpg "OCDA: When I Read This Sentence Just Now, a Chill Went Down My Spine")
![You remember watching Robocop — or, for some of you, perhaps you don’t, but you probably know of its existence. A new remake came out this week — but this […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Robocop-parody-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Robocop Remake and Concealed Carry Mashup")
![Proof that nobody else in the journalism (or quasi-journalism) community but me seems to be checking out the daily reports from the OC Registrar of Voters may be found in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Orly-Kamala-115x115.jpg "YA RLY! Orly Taitz Takes Out Papers to Run for CA Attorney General Against Kamala Harris")
The Republican Party doesn't even pretend to be conservative anymore. The "leaders" have completely capitulated the their worst voters. It's…