![Several Juice readers have attacked the activists involved in the MacLean recall arguing that we should have avoided the recall effort and expense by simply waiting until the Nov 2, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lance-maclean-recall.jpg "Timeline of the recall of MV mayor MacLean")
![Concerned that the fire Marshall may force me to rid myself of thousands of pages of documents I did some housecleaning today and found a very timely article from the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mr-gadfly.bmp "City Council Gadflies"){kind=small}
![In one of my July 21st posts I mentioned Mission Viejo councilman Frank Ury promoting a change from General Law to a Charter form of city government. At that time […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/charter1-155x155.jpg "Mission Viejo council considers Charter form of Government")
![The citizen revolution extends way beyond the city of Bell. Longtime Mission Viejo resident Rhonda Reardon has just met with Mission Viejo City Clerk Karen Hamman to commence the process […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lake-mission-viejo2.bmp "Saddleback Valley YMCA Board Chair Rhonda B. Reardon pulls papers in Mission Viejo"){kind=small}
![Last night I received a call from Mission Viejo resident Donna Bourassa indicating that she intends to join the dozen prior council candidates who have pulled papers to begin the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lake-mission-viejo.bmp "13 potential candidates for Mission Viejo city council"){kind=small}
![Guest article on Mission Viejo from “Voters United” Time To Say Goodbye “Yes, it’s time to say goodbye to our incumbent city council members who have demonstrated that they, like […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/money-burning.jpg "Time to say goodbye")
![Your all fired! Can someone explain why we punish our children when they come home with bad grades yet many adults continue as enablers when it relates to our elected […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/report-card.bmp "How’s your report card?"){kind=small}
![A few council meetings ago Mission Viejo councilman Frank Ury suggested changing from a General Law to a Charter form of city government. At the time he was expressing […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ury-155x155.jpg "Why did MV councilman Ury promote changing to a Charter City government?")
![As millions of everyday citizens watch their local banks decrease savings accounts interest income to under three percent they have been withdrawing their savings and investing in gold coins whose […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mike-tyson-baby-155x155.jpg "1099’s required if you trade your gold teeth for cash")
![On Tuesday, August 10th, starting at 7:30 p.m., retired Orange County Superior Court Judge James P. Gray will have a book signing of his 181 page paperback entitled “A Voters […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Judge-Jim-Gray-155x155.jpg "“Effective Solutions to California’s Problems”")
![Many years ago members of an electronics association where I served on the Board engaged in the practice of worldwide industry “benchmarking.” Our objective was to look at various industries […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/aliso-viejo.bmp "Benchmarking City Manager wages between cities is a flawed concept"){kind=small}
![Late this afternoon I spoke to candidate Fred Whitaker regarding his decision to run for the Orange City Council where there are two open seats. Fred currently serves as Chairman […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Fred-Whitaker-and-Ed-Royce-155x155.jpg "Orange Planning Commission Chairman Fred Whitaker pulls papers for city council")
![Bruce Whitaker, O.C. District Director for 72nd AD Assemblyman Chris Norby, who also serves as a member of the Fullerton Planning Commission, has just pulled papers to run for the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Bruce_Whitaker.jpg "Fullerton Planning Commissioner Bruce Whitaker pulls papers for city council")
![How many of us remember SB 400 introduced in the California Legislature by Senator Ortiz? That 1999 Bill, providing 3%@50 pension benefits for public safety unions, was Chaptered by the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Pension-Spike.jpg "Did you know that Lou Correa was principal co-author of 3%@ 50 pension?")
Yeah, it's hard for me to choose the perfect terminology, corporatist, kleptocrat, DINO, vendido, many others, but I decided to…
Chad Bianco up on broadcast with his first spot. Wearing his Sheriff shirt [does he own anything else?] lest we…
I suspect that for most voters the operative motivation will be keeping the other party from winning, even if that…
You're a dog with a bone on this. Equally valid legally, fine (though distinctly defined in law as different in…
The "business Democrat" label is misleading, unless you count kleptocracy, Zionism and cop-loving to the mix. That's been going on…
Spitzer is very particular about who he go after for residency fraud.
Are they one single household now? They apparently claimed to live in separate domiciles and served on different city councils…
Ease of constructing and deploying? You're right that they can both be weighed into the ultimate calculus, but that's also…
You are not licensed to wield the "pink toad" metaphor. Eric isn't either, but he's irrepressible.
Corporatist is good since these types are always affiliating themselves with the big money, the big labor or the big…