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- A retired Orange County employee, and moderate Republican. The editor seriously does not know OBNO's identity as did not the former editor, but his point of view is obviously interesting and valued.
![There is a movement in Nevada to oust Senator Harry Reid. You know him, he is the guy seen on T.V., frequently at the microphone in D.C. along with Nancy Pelosi […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Dump Harry Reid PAC at work")
![Government should be run like a business – like the private sector! How often have we heard that one? Except, that is for sunshine laws, open meeting laws, public bidding […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/GM-Government-Made.jpg "We don’t want the government run like the private sector")
![There have been a lot of newspaper articles, accusations, and even at least one ballot item over the last several years dealing with developer Mike Harrah’s desire to build an […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OBP1.jpg "Looking bad for OBP, the proposed Santa Ana Skyscraper")
![Governing magazine reports that government workers in California are retiring at an accelerated pace due to the State’s budget problems. Reasons cited include mandatory furloughs which translates into pay cuts, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Government-Workers-Retiring.jpg "Government Workers Rush for the Exits")
![As the California Legislature struggled ad nauseum this spring and summer to come up with a State budget that the Governor might sign, some advocated a tax increase or new […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/taxing-the-rich.jpg "Taxing the Rich May Not Work")
![Former Republican San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus County government in the County of San Bernardino has been the epicenter of County level corruption for years, outstripping the corrupt nature […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Bill-Postmus.jpg "San Bernardino County Political Corruption – a Never Ending Story")
![Taxpayers are getting squeezed again! A report has surfaced that the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education plans to increase property taxes in order to pay off bonded […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Taxpayers-squeezed-again.jpg "Stealth Property Tax Increases May be Coming")
![The Tustin News reports that the Tustin City Council has voted to cut over half the funding provided by the City for School Crossing Guards due to budget problems. At […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/School-Crossing-Guard.jpg "Tustin Abandons Kids as crossing guard budget is slashed")
![The public has been made well aware that failure of executives in the private sector does not mean those executives lose their stock options, bonuses, retirement packages and golden parachutes. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Golden-Parachute-for-bad-ceos.JPG "Should Executives That Fail Keep Their Perks ?")
![When the County of Orange filed bankruptcy in1994 and the flow of County money stopped for a while, guess what industry was the first to face insolvency? Numerous nonprofits in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Government-Funded-Non-Profits.gif "Non-profits Feed on Government Dollars")
![Numerous reports in the media and on the internet are showing us that a significant backlash about the Obama healthcare proposal has developed. While members of Congress are in parts […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/biggovernment.jpg "Where is Big Government Backlash Going?")
![In what is increasingly looking like a decade or longer bait and switch scheme the City of Irvine is approving changes to its agreement with Lennar Corporation for the development […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/orange_county_great_park_sgla020209_6.jpg "Great Park Evaporating")
![Cash Cow Clunker? The media is full of stories recently about how the federal program to subsidize new car sales by assuring owners of older gas guzzling cars that they […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Cash-Cow.jpg "Clunkers are Cities’ Cash Cows")
She couldn’t condemn khan, rafiei or Kim but she wants you to condemn Pulido. Muy rico. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1938288386808688&id=1267537805528996 https://voiceofoc.org/2026/05/political-action-committee/ (Does Ada…
Hack agrees re Villaragoisa. https://www.thetruthoc.com/p/antonio-villaraigosa-is-everything
It's all great to be in favor of alternatives to fossil fuels, less pollution, green energy and the like. Who…
I get the sense last night that all the other candidates sensed Becerra was the elephant in the room. Villaragoisa…
I haven't visited this blog in a while but I see you still have the same troll. Tiresome. I hope…
The Haughey guy is director of California RCV Coalition, Inc. https://www.calrcv.org/people
Some background on California RCV Coalition, Inc., an ngo that backed DGI and others lobbying Irvine for rcv at last…
Oh shit. I agree with oh myopic booby one. He is the only path to victory for the Democratic party.
Retired Federal Judge Lynne Riddle has spent years scrutinizing the fiscal stewardship and other practices of the Orange County Board…
Funny story I haven’t been able to tell yet - I was somehow included in the small DPOC group that…