![As part of its project mitigation planning, the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Measure M program has sequestered a huge pile ‘o cash, something in the neighborhood of $200,000,000. The purpose […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/coyotes-155x155.jpg "Can Coyote Hills Be Saved?")
![The OC Cemetery District sure seems to have a morbid fascination with failure. Last year we reported on how the Orange County Cemetery District had employed Anaheim’s mayor-for-hire, Kurt Pringle […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cemetery-155x155.jpg "Another Pringle Undertaking")
![Last year we posted a magisterial, five-part history about one of Fullerton’s greatest Redevelopment boondoggles, the so-called “City Lights” single-room occupancy project. Our series started here. As we related, here, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Ajit-Mithaiwala-155x155.jpg "Fullerton SRO Developer Under Federal Investigation; Is It Even Safe?")
![Worst Vote 2010. For sheer, wasteful incompetence you’ve really got to hand it to Chris Norby. The judges were horrified by the deed. Politicians get so few chances to do […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/trophy-155x155.gif "The Few, the Proud, the Fringe: And The Fringie Goes to….")
![. . . In a year full of idiotic boondoggles, the nominating committee had a real challenge coming up with the best, or worst, depending on your point of view. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Barbre21.jpg "Fringe Alert: Biggest Boondoggle 2010")
![Inflamed, chartreuse mind-bubbling Jebus! The worst vote. Think of the horrible depths one has to plumb with one’s thumb to pull out this choice plum. Here are your 2010 nominees: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Norbyinthepark-155x155.jpg "Fringe For All: Worst Vote of 2010")
![Back in September, the OC Board of Supervisors approved yet another feel-good layer of government – something called the End Homelessness by 2020 Commission. They even allocated $75,000 towards one […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Lucy-Dunn-155x155.jpg "Hey Lucy Dunn, Where’s the $75,000?")
![Update: Savage is right. And so a Top Secret session of the Nomination Committee has been convened to authorize a post-post entry. See last image. – JFD Scanning backwards over […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sidhu-clown.jpg "Fringified: Best Image of 2010")
![The OC Register’s Toni Saavedra penned a nice little piece today exposing the Orange County Children and Families Commission Executive Director’s fabulous salary. Mike Ruane, the guy in question, pulls down […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/meathead-155x155.jpg "Scab Pulled off OC Rob Reiner Commission Compensation. Ouch. That Hurt.")
![Another Big Fringie Award. Most Engaging Political Flier. It’s a sad fact that most positive, puff political pieces are mind numbingly boring and or stupid. They are almost uniformly awful. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/RolandChi-155x155.jpg "Oh Come All Ye Fringers: Engaging Political Mailers 2010")
![Holy Unadulterated Avatar of Octogenarian Jebus! Just check out these wonderful political signs! 2010 was a fun year for creative signage and if you don’t believe that, here are our […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Bad-Chi-Food-Poisoner-155x155.jpg "La Fringe C’est Nous: Best Campaign Signs 2010")
![Oh, Ye Cruel Amethyst Plasticine Gods above! In a year full of wacky political campaigns this category just screams out “potential!” Now, the Nominating Committee wasn’t interested in the typical […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thomas-gordon-155x155.jpg "More Fringies: Wackiest Political Stooge O’ The Year")
![Well, that didn’t take long. Mr. Pat McPension, he of the $215,000 a year pension (yes, you read that right), exercised his second vote in office denying the Mayor Pro […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/McPensiononshortleash-155x155.jpg "Fullerton’s Pat McPension Gets Leash Yanked")
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Jose Moreno and SQS are big Taj boosters. Frances Marquez & Derek Tran are big Pulido boosters. They both came…
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(Don't know why your comments have been going into trash this past hour, but I got em now)
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