![Whatever, I wondered, was Scott Baugh doing at the Orange County Fair Board meeting last Thursday? I recognized the longtime lobbyist, OC GOP chairman, and newly-minted warrior against the public […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/baugh-fatkid-ellis-115x115.jpg "Scott Baugh’s “Non-profit, for the children” OC Marathon is actually FOR profit! And other surprises from the Fair Board Meeting.")
![. . . I’d been putting most of my time and effort – since our great victory Tuesday at the Irvine City Council – into making sure we Irvine occupiers […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Occupy-Raven-Watson-115x115.jpg "Occupy OC Irvine “raises the bar”- check it out.")
![. . . We watch, in distress, confusion, and resentment, the Obama Justice Department’s redoubled war on California’s Medical Marijuana laws and industry. We recall clearly that this President and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dont-tread-on-weed-115x115.jpg "Defying the Feds, the Orange Juice Blog offers free advertisement for OC medical marijuana dispensaries.")
![. . . . Writing from Night 5 of Occupy Irvine: So, we hear on the front lines that the Democratic Party of Orange County on Monday night passed a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Matt-if-money-talks-cropped-115x115.jpg "The DPOC declares solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and Occupy OC.")
![. . . BUCHER – PAULY – SPITZER. Well, this race should be colorful! You know how close I am with Deborah Pauly, the notorious Villa Park Councilwoman and Vice-chair […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bucher-pauly-spitzer-115x115.jpg "Deborah Pauly probably running against Todd Spitzer and Mark Bucher for 3rd Supe Seat")
![Our little Occupy rally outside the Democratic Party of Orange County’s 2011 Truman Dinner fundraiser was pretty successful and fun! Remember, it was not officially sanctioned by Occupy Orange County […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/group-with-signs1-115x115.jpg "Scenes from OCCUPY the Democratic Party! (Truman Dinner 2011)")
![. . . It SHOULD be a natural fit – and the fact that it totally isn’t is a testament to the corrosive power of the almighty dollar in our […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/occupy-democratic-party-115x115.jpg "Let’s “OCCUPY” the Democratic Party! Tonight, Irvine – Truman Dinner.")
![. . . I’ll tell you this much, Governor Brown had to think long and hard, and weigh several heavy pro’s and con’s, before finally giving in and signing Loni […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dirty-pool-115x115.jpg "Henceforth, California’s initiatives will only be on November general election ballots. Ooh. Hurts, huh? Dirty pool. I know.")
![. . . WHAT IS TO BE DONE??? Couple of things I’ve noticed in an unusually TV-and-reading-filled week, that many people seem not to have noticed: Since fringe […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bachmann-muffin-oreilly-115x115.jpg "Bachmann, Arab Spring, O’Reilly, Solyndra, and $16 Muffins.")
![. .. . “Babs” Venezia reported yesterday that cranky shriveled pharisee Dale Dykema and hapless long-suffering follower Gary Hayakawa, who have been two of Dave Ellis’ dependable allies in all […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fair-board-xd-out-115x115.jpg "Two openings on the OC Fair Board – apply online to give Dave Ellis an ulcer!")
![. . . CLASS WARFARE? You want to talk about “class warfare” ?? Mere days after announcing her intent to reclaim Lion of the Senate Ted Kennedy‘s seat from Naked […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/elizabeth-warren-2-115x115.jpg "America’s next great populist Senator, already kicking ass and taking names!")
![. . . “But… but… we got a majority of our colleagues to go along with this thing!” protest the lawmakers. “Do you know how much work, how much […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/brown-3-senators-veto-115x115.png "OC Senator Fail: Harman and Correa get rightly vetoed; RDA-loving Repug Bob Huff wins coveted award from liberal League of California Cities")
![. . . Nobody had much expectation of our District Attorney Tony Rackauckas doing anything other than what he’s done most of his career – siding with law enforcement and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cicinelli-and-kelly.bmp "T-Rack, in a first for him, charges two Fullerton cops in Kelly Thomas beating murder."){kind=small}
![. . . Those of us on the sidelines, those of us who aren’t Republicans, who might be Democrats, independents, etc., how should we feel about the California GOP’s long-running […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cleopatra-and-asp-115x115.jpg "The California GOP clutches its archaic irrelevance tightly to its breast.")
I guess I was hoping to speak to a lot of readers who might not be familiar with the term…
Corporatist is good since these types are always affiliating themselves with the big money, the big labor or the big…
Now Ali Taj has raised more than either ADA (like by 40k) and pulido during the same reporting period. Dispelling…
Yeah, it's hard for me to choose the perfect terminology, corporatist, kleptocrat, DINO, vendido, many others, but I decided to…
Chad Bianco up on broadcast with his first spot. Wearing his Sheriff shirt [does he own anything else?] lest we…
I suspect that for most voters the operative motivation will be keeping the other party from winning, even if that…
You're a dog with a bone on this. Equally valid legally, fine (though distinctly defined in law as different in…
The "business Democrat" label is misleading, unless you count kleptocracy, Zionism and cop-loving to the mix. That's been going on…
Spitzer is very particular about who he go after for residency fraud.
I am old enough to remember, back in the day when Dems first started winning partisan elections in OC. The…