- 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.)
![This isn’t an Orange County story — except that it sort of is an Orange County kind of story, if you know what I mean, even though it’s taking place in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Martins-Beach-Half-Moon-Bay-115x115.jpg "This Beach is Closed: Surfers & Beachgoers, Meet the Primacy of Private Property")
![Thanks to someone who may desire anonymity (but who is welcome to claim my public thanks for the asking), this past Wednesday night I was able to attend the 3rd Annual […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Voice-of-OC-Norberto-lectures-on-journalism-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: 15 Minutes of Activism from OCCORD’s Dinner")
![David Nazar of PBS had a story last night on what I call the “de facto primary” among “reform” candidates Lorri Galloway and Tom Tait in the Anaheim Mayor’s race. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Galloway-and-Tait-PBS-Real-Orange-115x115.jpg "Galloway Apologizes to Tait After PBS Report on Race; NOW What? [now with PBS video]")
![Clear your schedules, especially if you can make it to the central coast over the next 24 hours! Meetings about ripoffs abound! Tonight, Huntington Beach Councilman Joe Shaw reminds us, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Soaky-collects-tolls-115x115.jpg "Meetings about Ripoffs! Poseidon Tonight, 405 Tolls Tomorrow Morning!")
![1. The Tale of the Ox I wasn’t going to take on the Lib Ox (“Ox” being an abbreviation for “OC’s”) Dan Chmeliewski’s attack on me yesterday for “cherry picking” from […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Blueberries-115x115.jpg "Dan C’s Cherry Picking Goes Awry, but at Least We All Agree that Anaheim’s Economic Impact Study Sucks!")
![You should definitely read Martin Wisckol’s article in the Orange County Register asking experts for their views on the economic impact study done to assess the impact of the Angels’ presence […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Angels-study-cover-115x115.jpg "‘Reputable’ and ‘Solid’: OC Register’s Article and Brandman’s Will to Believe")
![Two notices remind me to remind you to turn your clocks back tonight at 2 a.m. — but only by one hour! (The second one is a local event — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Voting-rights-speech-Madison-Kimrey-of-NC-115x115.jpg "Turn Your Clocks Back One Hour Tonight — NOT 50 YEARS! Voting Rights Speech Monday!")
![For many Americans, this week has brought a “teachable moment” — and the lesson has been that the catastrophic insurance that you’ve been buying for years has been money poured […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Obamacare-winners-and-losers-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: ‘Don’t Touch My Junk (Insurance)!’")
![Tonight is when young beggars go collect all manner of candy from their neighbors. Tomorrow, they start to starve — or at least go hungry more often. [Tomorrow] is when […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hunger-in-US-115x115.jpg "‘Food, Glorious Food’? Try ‘Starve, You Bastards, STARVE!’")
![I have no idea why I as a non-subscriber am able to see this OC Register story on immigration reform — but I can, so you can too! Here’s as […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Mansoor-and-immigration-protesters-115x115.jpg "Anti-Immigrant Groups Slam Bemused Republicans Who Signed Conciliatory Letter")
![I’m not exactly sure what we haven’t done this before, but let’s try it now. The number to beat is 171 — that’s how many views this Voice of OC video […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/herzog-grizzly-man-audio-115x115.png "Warner Herzog: OJB Prepares to Bump Up VOC’s YouTube Numbers")
![[UPDATES: Link to Part One of the Video Report. Link to Part Two of the Video Report.] You can’t see this broadcast live if you can’t get Al Jazeera America […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Ron-and-Tom-Calderon-with-Speaker-John-Perez-115x115.jpg "Breaking News from Al Jazeera: the Fall of the House of Calderon")
![Now here’s a dog that did not bark. This past week was the 30th anniversary of two significant events in late 20th century U.S. foreign policy. I missed it. You probably […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Marine-barracks-bombing-Beirut-1983-115x115.jpg "The 30th Anniversary of Nothing You Apparently Need to Remember")
![We haven’t posted yet today — and that sometimes means that it’s time to set aside politics and talk about something safe — like religion. Of course, there is a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/List-of-doorways-to-demonic-possession-115x115.jpg "Deuteronomy 28:15-68, When Moses Went Over the Top")
Change is hard, for old farts.