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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.
![. . . The goal of retirement security for workers in the United States is disappearing. The following chart shows that the security of defined benefit plans has diminished greatly over […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/old-man-begging-115x115.jpg "Retirement Security Disappears?")
![. . . A few years ago Carl’s Jr. restaurants launched a product they called the six dollar burger. The claim to fame for this one was that many sit […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Six-Dollar-Cheeseburger-from-Carls-Jr_-115x115.jpg "Remembering the Six Dollar Bargain")
![. . . Within the next few days the Legislature is reportedly going to be challenged to vote on a proposed state budget, one that reflects the Governor’s latest proposal […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kicking-can-115x115.jpg "Critical Vote Coming on State Budget")
![. . . That’s the finding of a poll, as reported in the Washington Post on May 5. “Across the political spectrum, from right to left and among the unaligned, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/faceOff-155x155.gif "A Nation Divided")
![. . . …And that smell is coming from City Hall, where Mayor Jerry Amante has been leading a city challenge of the Tustin Unified School District, supposedly over the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/amante-stinks-155x155.jpg "Something Smells In Tustin")
![. . . The message coming from Americans despite our federal government’s fiscal problems and all the noise coming from Washington about how to bring down spending is that the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/yosemite-sam-155x155.jpg "Don’t Touch My Entitlements!!")
![. . . . First let me make it clear I am neither an attorney nor a current of former law enforcement employee. What I am wondering about comes from […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/angry-cop-155x155.jpg "Should Deputies Union Consider Going for Punitive Damages?")
![. . . There seems to be considerable talk in conservative circles from time to time about the concept of running government like the private sector. Currently that issue seems […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ceo-155x155.jpg "Should We Really Run Government Like the Private Sector?")
![. . . Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach is a personable fellow. His 6’5” presence, sense of humor and automatic ability to schmooze with most anyone makes him easy to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/moorlach-2.bmp "1 – 2 – 3 – Moorlach Strikes Out!"){kind=small}
![. . . [San Onofre image courtesy of Platypus Skateboards] Did anyone notice the map in the story in the Register on April 13 (“Drill tests response to nuclear emergency”, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/san-onofre-boobs-155x155.png "The Threat of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station")
![. . . The April 11 Arizona Republic newspaper reports that state and federal agencies cannot force trucks made and purchased in another country to comply with U.S. emission rules […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/mexican-truck-155x155.jpg "Arizona to Subsidize Mexico Truckers")
![. . . Twenty to thirty years ago high school students were encouraged to go on to college to get a degree that would lead to a good job somewhere […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/elderly-insecurity-cropped-155x155.jpg "Retirement Security – an oxymoron?")
![. . . In the hue and cry of anguish about the estimated future costs of public employee pensions, those who argue that drastic measures are needed to reduce those […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/money-flying-around-155x155.jpg "In Spite of Municipal Bankruptcy, Vallejo has Money to Squander")
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