A formal state audit will now examine waste, fraud, and abuse at the OCBE. I intend to discuss what this…
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…
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.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
About Author: Ted Tipton
Posts by Ted Tipton
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Remembering Ruben: August 29, 1970
Posted on August 29, 2012 | 7 CommentsTwenty-two years ago I was sitting in a classroom at Goldenwest College in Huntington Beach. It was a Law class at the Criminal Justice Training Center on campus and the […] -
Irvine P.D. Blue (Part 2 of 3) Officer Morale in a Choke Hold?
Posted on August 28, 2012 | 17 CommentsWhen I last left the topic of the Irvine Police Department the focus was on whether or not the Department had a “Quota” system within its Traffic Bureau. I […] -
IRVINE P.D. BLUE (Part 1 of 3) Of Quotes and Quotas
Posted on August 1, 2012 | 15 CommentsYou know that feeling you get when driving and you look in the mirror and see a Motor-Cycle cop behind you? How fast am I going? Am I on […] -
Remembering the Real Martin Luther King
Posted on January 16, 2012 | 4 Comments. . . . Today the mail won’t run, the banks are closed and to the relief of students everywhere so are the schools. It’s easy to just add a […] -
Soledad Brother: The Legacy of George Jackson
Posted on August 21, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . Recently California Prisons made headlines with hunger striking inmates protesting conditions and treatment handed out by authorities. These prisoners were organized and militant yet non-violent. The […] -
Jailed outside the Jail: OC’s Checkpoint Charlie
Posted on July 25, 2011 | 10 Comments. . . Last week my wife had the unpleasant task of visiting someone in jail. A cousin has been in trouble with drugs and related matters for some time. […] -
Bitter Medicine: Our Health Care Scandal
Posted on June 21, 2011 | 12 Comments. . . My wife suffers from several medical ailments. Some are minor and don’t require much treatment. Others are more chronic and require regular Doctor appointments and even an […] -
Remembering RFK: Why Bobby Kennedy still matters.
Posted on June 6, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . I should begin with a disclaimer; as a teenager Robert F. Kennedy was my hero. I saw a documentary about him when I was sixteen and was […] -
Dr. Death takes a Holiday: Jack Kevorkian joins his Patients
Posted on June 3, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . . . When I was studying for my Philosophy degree at Cal State Fullerton the subject of Ethics was often on the agenda. Even in classes that […] -
Lights on in a Dark Place: OC Jail’s policy of midnight releases.
Posted on May 26, 2011 | 12 Comments. . . [Orange Juicers, please welcome our new journalist, Ted Tipton! – V.] On one side of the street the Orange County Central Jail sits ominously in the dark […]
![Remembering Ruben: August 29, 1970 Twenty-two years ago I was sitting in a classroom at Goldenwest College in Huntington Beach. It was a Law class at the Criminal Justice Training Center on campus and the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ruben-salazar-115x115.jpg)
![Irvine P.D. Blue (Part 2 of 3) Officer Morale in a Choke Hold? When I last left the topic of the Irvine Police Department the focus was on whether or not the Department had a “Quota” system within its Traffic Bureau. I […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chokehold-115x115.jpg)
![IRVINE P.D. BLUE (Part 1 of 3) Of Quotes and Quotas You know that feeling you get when driving and you look in the mirror and see a Motor-Cycle cop behind you? How fast am I going? Am I on […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Busted2-115x115.jpg)
![Remembering the Real Martin Luther King . . . . Today the mail won’t run, the banks are closed and to the relief of students everywhere so are the schools. It’s easy to just add a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/MLK3-115x115.jpg)
![Soledad Brother: The Legacy of George Jackson . . . Recently California Prisons made headlines with hunger striking inmates protesting conditions and treatment handed out by authorities. These prisoners were organized and militant yet non-violent. The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/george-jackson1-115x115.gif)
![Jailed outside the Jail: OC’s Checkpoint Charlie . . . Last week my wife had the unpleasant task of visiting someone in jail. A cousin has been in trouble with drugs and related matters for some time. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Checkpoint-Charlie1-115x115.jpg)
![Bitter Medicine: Our Health Care Scandal . . . My wife suffers from several medical ailments. Some are minor and don’t require much treatment. Others are more chronic and require regular Doctor appointments and even an […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Yucky-Medicine-115x115.jpg)
![Remembering RFK: Why Bobby Kennedy still matters. . . . I should begin with a disclaimer; as a teenager Robert F. Kennedy was my hero. I saw a documentary about him when I was sixteen and was […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rfk_children_480_014-115x115.jpg)
![Dr. Death takes a Holiday: Jack Kevorkian joins his Patients . . . . . When I was studying for my Philosophy degree at Cal State Fullerton the subject of Ethics was often on the agenda. Even in classes that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Jack-Kevorkian-machine3-115x115.jpg)
![Lights on in a Dark Place: OC Jail’s policy of midnight releases. . . . [Orange Juicers, please welcome our new journalist, Ted Tipton! – V.] On one side of the street the Orange County Central Jail sits ominously in the dark […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/walking-home-at-night-cropped.jpg)
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…