- 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.)
![We OJB writers may seem hostile to Disney at times, but we’re really not. Hostile to the streetcar, to SOAR’s shenanigans, to certain aspects of copyright law (“FREE MICKEY!”), yes […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Disney-Characters-as-Real-People-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Disney Characters as Real People")
![The OC Register limo seems to have hit a significant-sized bump in the road, killing dozens of jobs — including most or all of those at the managerial level. And no, we’re […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Orange-Rot-115x115.jpg "OC Register DEARTHWATCH Special: “Orange Lady” Lays Off Dozens of Higher-Paid Staff")
![Get your terms right. Intentionally snarling the traffic on the George Washington Bridge last September was not an act of retribution, political payback, coercion, or whatever else people have been […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Christie-with-Wildstein-on-Day-3-of-Bridge-Sabotage-115x115.jpg "The Feds Should Prosecute Chris Christie’s Bridge Traffic Saboteurs for Terrorism")
![BIG UPDATE: The verdict is NOT GUILTY on all charges. (Start from the bottom if you want to read the comments in the order they appeared in real time.) * UPDATE […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Kelly-Thomas-verdict-coming-out-115x115.jpg "Kelly Thomas Murder Trial Verdict: UPDATE: NOT GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES")
![The truth about the implications of Irvine’s “Forensic Audit” — technically the “Great Park Forensic Contract Performance Review,” but I’ll call it “the Audit” — lies somewhere between what you’d […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Great-Park-Audit-Part-1-115x115.jpg "The Truth about the Great Park Audit lies somewhere between Moxley and Dan C (pt 1)")
![Teddy Bear Snuff Photographer Matt “Jerbal” Cunningham went on a triple-threat rampage of obfuscation yesterday at Anahamster in the wake of Kris Murray’s declared victory — oh yes, she did! […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Teddy-Bear-with-Gun-115x115.jpg "Why is Matt Cunningham Afraid to Comment on His Own Blog? (As If It’s Not Obvious)")
![Worried about how Anaheim might be gerrymandered? You can mostly relax. The City of Anaheim has either removed or hidden its tool that allowed people to redistrict the city, which is too […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Anaheim-6-stripe-map-revision-1-115x115.jpg "Anaheim is Less Subject to Gerrymandering than You Might Think – Look at the Maps")
![The City of Anaheim has settled its case with the ACLU over districting — and as a result will pay the ACLU what many expect to be upwards of a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Anaheim-6-stripe-map-for-campaign-115x115.jpg "Anaheim and the ACLU Settle their Case — and the Campaign for REAL Districts Begins!")
![Anaheim’s City Council will start off the new year not only by apparently approving a settlement to their litigation with the ACLU — having successfully delayed single-member districts until 2016, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ARTIC-station-Massengill-Prestige-Brands-115x115.jpg "What Corporation Should Receive Naming Rights to Anaheim’s ARTIC Train Station?")
![While you were out cavorting this post-New Year’s weekend, perhaps still hung over from your New Year’s Eve revelries at the marriage (after 42 years together of Lily Tomlin and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Lily-Tomlin-Jane-Wagner-115x115.jpg "Stories You May Have Missed This Weekend at OJB (Jan 3-5)!")
![An intelligent and educated friend, who rightly considers himself to be quite scientifically literate, writes: I’m not sure if “GMO free” actually is supposed to mean anything considering there’s nothing […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GMO-free-Cheerios-image-115x115.jpg "Talkin’ GMOs with an Educated Cynic and Talkin’ Cynicism with Educated GMO critics")
![[Written by Vern, repurposed by Greg] [Some of you may have missed this review of our most popular stories while you were otherwise occupied over the holidays — and it’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gus-and-vern-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: In Case You Missed It, OJB’s Top Sorties (or Stories) of 2013!")
![It’s a new year in politics, so let’s check in with the County Supervisors — with a little help from Ylvis: The Todd says “DA” The Moorlach says “Rep” The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/4th-Supe-Race-115x115.jpg "4th Supe District: Nobody Can Beat Shawn Nelson (If Nobody Runs Against Shawn Nelson)")
![One huge problem for marijuana legalization petitions like the ones that just passed in Colorado and Washington are that people can’t agree on what initiative should be on the ballot […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/marijuana-colorado-115x115.jpg "What the Cops in Denver Have to Say about Marijuana Legalization")
It’s real simple Joshy. The new oak creek proposal if not placed to a vote of the people violates state…