- Website
- http://www.vernnelson.com
- Description
- Greatest pianist/composer in Orange County, and official political troubadour of Anaheim and most other OC towns. Regularly makes solo performances, sometimes with his savage-jazz band The Vern Nelson Problem. Reach at vernpnelson@gmail.com, or 714-235-VERN.
![. . . So, to cut to the chase, rightwing Anaheim gadfly James Robert Reade has just this week committed what appears to be a hate crime, distributing the following […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/jimbob-1-115x115.jpg "James Robert Reade’s Latest Hate Crime!")
![. . . Can I add anything to the OC Weekly and Register coverage of the horrors of last Saturday’s Bolsa Chica Trump March, in my old hometown of Huntington […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hb-neonazi-1-1-e1490673219233-115x115.jpg "“Helicopter Rides!” HB Trump-Right Yearns for South American Genocides of the 70’s.")
![. . . Like I already told you once, I’ve somehow become the Vice President of the Anaheim Democratic Club, and my main responsibility is writing a newsletter each month. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/clown-car-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Vern’s March Letter to Anaheim Democrats")
![. . . First, kudos to our new Congressman-for-Life Lou Correa for generally being a thorn in President Trump’s side on the issue of immigration, and specifically, today, for showing […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/correa-ice-cathedral-115x115.png "Congressman Lou Correa, calling out DHS/ICE lies, sees what it’s like!")
![. . . I’m gonna say yes it is, has been for a decade, nothing anyone can do about it. Today we’ll examine different theories of what “Sanctuary City” actually means, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/amin-welter-sanctuary-115x115.png "Is Anaheim already a “Sanctuary City?”")
![. . . We were all stunned and shaken last week, to see footage of paranoid schizophrenic Monique “Mo” Deckard, barricaded alone in her apartment, her front yard surrounded by […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/monique-deckard-115x115.jpg "Monique Deckard’s Firing Squad: This is why they won’t let us see Body-Cam Footage.")
![. . . You gotta hand it to Councilwoman Lucille Kring on one front – she sure is good at giving Anaheim the finger. Having won re-election, but nearly failing to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/kring-lodge-115x115.png "What Skills does Steve Lodge have that will be useful to Lucille Kring?")
![. . . Yeah, I’ve been busy with several things that haven’t quite made it onto the blog yet. For example, my concert last Saturday with my singer friend Perry Van […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fermin-quezada-salgado-115x115.png "Homeless Videos, Songs, Police Lies & One More Murder – Weekend Open Thread!")
![. . . Yes, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) has many other important issues that it deals with besides just opening the door to the Poseidon boondoggle: for example, of particular concern […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/flory-no-chaffee-whitaker-115x115.png "Fullerton Reaches its Day of Decision on Poseidon.")
![. . . Well, once again I’ve written a long comment that my colleague Greg insists should be its own post. But bear in mind, this is just a REPORT – […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vanderbilt-kring-barnes-115x115.png "Anaheim’s First 2017 Meeting: Appointments, Agendizing, People’s Homeless Task Force.")
![. . . Simultaneously, schizophrenically, emboldened by the national triumph of Donald Trump but gobsmacked and dismayed by the resounding successes of progressives locally and statewide, Surf City’s angry underbelly […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hb-hate-rock-better-115x115.png "Peeking Under the HB Hate Rock, early 2017")
![. . . Well, that question is easy to answer. We’ve known for a long time that 72nd district Assemblyman Travis Allen is sleazy, just as we’ve known for a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/travis-thinks-of-child-prostitutes-115x115.png "Did California Dems Really “Legalize Child Prostitution?” Or is Travis Allen a Sleazy Liar?")
![. . . A few days before the Nativity last week, private investigator C. J. Ford got a Yuletide surprise from our useless District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, and boy was it […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kenneth-clair-xmas-115x115.png "It’s a Kenneth Clair Christmas Document Dump! (Thanks, T-Rack…)")
![. . . “Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/islamic-center-of-oc-e1483224416762-115x115.jpg "Cold Wet Happy New Year Open Thread: OC Muslims help the OC Homeless!")
I don't see why anybody should be shocked by Democrats doing this. They are the party of pro-government bias and…