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- Irvine Valkyrie is Katherine Daigle, the once and future Irvine mayoral candidate, an independent-minded Republican who is aligned with neither of the two dominant Irvine political cliques.
![The recent contract termination and re-hiring of Irvine city attorney Rutan & Tucker is no surprise. It’s not because the issue should never have happened, but because the changing of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/51cJJc3UbsL._SX300_-115x115.jpg "Jeff Lalloway morphs into King Lear.")
![. How much DO they make? A California Public Policy Center (CPPC) study published this year has both raised eyebrows and been decried by an Orange County Employees Association spokesperson as […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/irvine-city-hall-e1374692221822.jpg "Doesn’t a city owe its people anything?")
![The recent news that the remodeling of a community center at Northwood Community Park is now $1,000,000.00+ over budget is not surprising at all. It’s yet another reminder of the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/shrug-gesture-e1374677555162.jpg "Community Center a million over budget in Irvine, Council shrugs.")
![For those in Washington it’s déjà vu all over again. Massive twelve-hundred page bill full of handouts to special interests? Check. Members of Congress voting on another massive bill that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/immigration-divide-115x115.jpg "Dangerous Divide, the reformation of an immigration bill")
![. Five years ago, much of the American public bought into the “new” era of American politics and thrust Barack Obama into office. For many citizens the concept of “Hope […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/images-7-115x115.jpg "Does anyone still believe in “Hope and Change?”")
![. QUITE the amazing exchange took place last Thursday night on Facebook between two of the three members of Irvine’s new Republican City Council majority, Jeff Lalloway and Christina Shea. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lalloway-v-shea-115x115.jpg "Lalloway reaches new low, risks Republican dominance of Irvine?")
![. From Barack Obama’s defenders you’ll hear a common refrain that, paraphrases, essentially that he really is the same person that ran for office, but it’s just the realities of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/obama-can-you-hear-me-now-e1371223682759.jpg "America is Under Attack by Knowledge")
![. Interesting piece here by Larry Agran, writing in “Irvine Matters“. My views and the views of Mr. Agran are often diametrically opposed but in this situation I wholeheartedly agree […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/agran-or-lalloway-115x115.jpg "What does Irvine really want?")
![In Irvine there should be no child that has to stand alone. The Irvine School District has proposed the addition of a portable classroom for young College Park children. The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/special-education-e1370442512332.jpg "It Takes a Village: Special Ed NIMBYs in Irvine.")
![. The people of Orange County have yet to realize the magnificence of all the Great Park will bring to their lives and in our community. And they are not […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/great-park-2-e1369957677211.jpg "In Praise of Orange County’s Great Park")
![. A truly philanthropic society combines the best of charitable work from both the private and the public sector. Too often we get caught up in what government can provide, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/journey-christian-church1-e1369351997790.jpg "Love Your Neighbor: the good work of Journey Christian Church.")
![. Back during the George W. Bush presidency, many critics of the president suspected and suggested that VP Dick Cheney was the real president, pulling the strings behind the scenes. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shrek-prince-ginderbread-man-115x115.jpg "Irvine Svengali: Is Jeff Lalloway the Dick Cheney to Mayor Choi’s Bush?")
![. The recent news that the remodeling of a community center at Northwood Community Park is now 45% over budget is not surprising at all. It’s yet another reminder of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NCSl-115x115.jpg "NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY – Irvine’s Northwood Community Center.")
![. . Timing is everything in politics, and the recent terrorist attacks in Boston need to be considered when Congress makes its important immigration decision this year. The immigration issue […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/statue-of-liberty-tamerlan-115x115.jpg "Immigration, and protecting the American Dream")
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Fantastic story about an amazing man. Thank you for sharing. Only wish I could have met him!
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