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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")
If we're talking about Dan C, he has never seemed "happy."
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…
If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
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My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
Great article on Ranked Choice Voting Josh! I wholeheartedly agree. I want more control with my vote. We only have…
Young Kim on broadcast tv going hard against Calvert and aligning herself closely with Trump. Might win her the primary…
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