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.
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![(Picture Courtesy of Getty Images) We recently broke the story that Nguyen voted against proposed restaurant grading systems without telling anyone that her husband and her chief of staff own […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/van-tran-shills-for-unsanitary-food.jpg "Van Tran defended unsanitary food before Janet Nguyen voted against restaurant ratings")
Van Tran defended unsanitary food before Janet Nguyen voted against restaurant ratings
Posted on December 30, 2008 | 4 Comments(Picture Courtesy of Getty Images) We recently broke the story that Nguyen voted against proposed restaurant grading systems without telling anyone that her husband and her chief of staff own […] -
![San Jose’s pension funds have lost almost $1 billion dollars since the stock market collapsed, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Now the City of San Jose has to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/digging-a-hole.jpg "San Jose’s pension funds lost almost $1billion in the stock market crash; what about Santa Ana’s funds?")
San Jose’s pension funds lost almost $1billion in the stock market crash; what about Santa Ana’s funds?
Posted on December 29, 2008 | 1 CommentSan Jose’s pension funds have lost almost $1 billion dollars since the stock market collapsed, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Now the City of San Jose has to […] -
![California’s Democrats are now in power to a vast extent in D.C., as many of them are now in the Obama administration. What does this mean for California – and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ca-democrats.jpg "California Democrats will wield vast power in D.C.")
California Democrats will wield vast power in D.C.
Posted on December 22, 2008 | 2 CommentsCalifornia’s Democrats are now in power to a vast extent in D.C., as many of them are now in the Obama administration. What does this mean for California – and […] -
![Be sure to click the “Read More” link below in order to vote for YOUR pick to be California’s next Governor! “California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown asked the state Supreme […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/jerry-brown.jpg "Will Jerry Brown’s opposition to Prop. 8 help or hurt his gubernatorial campaign?")
Will Jerry Brown’s opposition to Prop. 8 help or hurt his gubernatorial campaign?
Posted on December 20, 2008 | 10 CommentsBe sure to click the “Read More” link below in order to vote for YOUR pick to be California’s next Governor! “California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown asked the state Supreme […] -
![The recent end run attempt around new taxes/fees by the California Legislature brings to mind some needs….like the need for upwards of $36 Billion dollars in short falls over the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Time to pay by the pound!")
Time to pay by the pound!
Posted on December 19, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe recent end run attempt around new taxes/fees by the California Legislature brings to mind some needs….like the need for upwards of $36 Billion dollars in short falls over the […] -
![A new column in today’s Sacramento Bee takes the California Republican Party to the woodshed, particularly for demanding that the Democrats in the State Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger acquiese […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/crazy-republicans.jpg "Crazed California Republicans worsening the state budget crisis")
Crazed California Republicans worsening the state budget crisis
Posted on December 16, 2008 | 4 CommentsA new column in today’s Sacramento Bee takes the California Republican Party to the woodshed, particularly for demanding that the Democrats in the State Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger acquiese […] -
![. . . As they love to say, “The ‘SURGE’ worked.” That is, the combination of sending a larger though untenable number of our troops to Iraq, utilizing them more […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/iraq-cost.bmp "Hey, wasn’t there a WAR going on or something?")
Hey, wasn’t there a WAR going on or something?
Posted on December 16, 2008 | 11 Comments. . . As they love to say, “The ‘SURGE’ worked.” That is, the combination of sending a larger though untenable number of our troops to Iraq, utilizing them more […] -
![The State of California faces a massive $28 billion dollar budget deficit, according to Bloomberg. “We are heading toward a financial Armageddon,” Schwarzenegger said. “The problem gets worse every day,” […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/legalized_gambling_main.jpg "California can avoid financial “Armageddon”")
California can avoid financial “Armageddon”
Posted on December 11, 2008 | 7 CommentsThe State of California faces a massive $28 billion dollar budget deficit, according to Bloomberg. “We are heading toward a financial Armageddon,” Schwarzenegger said. “The problem gets worse every day,” […] -
![Do termed out California legislators ever really go away? “Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez has taken a lucrative seat on the board of directors for a workers’ compensation insurer after […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fabian-nunez-la-times-leaving-assembly.jpg "Fabian Nunez gets a cushy new job, while his son gets arrested")
Fabian Nunez gets a cushy new job, while his son gets arrested
Posted on December 3, 2008 | 9 CommentsDo termed out California legislators ever really go away? “Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez has taken a lucrative seat on the board of directors for a workers’ compensation insurer after […] -
![State Senator Lou Correa (D-Anaheim) is going to really enjoy working in Sacramento now that his nemesis Don Perata is gone. (I can only imagine how he will celebrate if […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/louspeak.jpg "Correa appointed to chair the PERS Committee")
Correa appointed to chair the PERS Committee
Posted on December 3, 2008 | 3 CommentsState Senator Lou Correa (D-Anaheim) is going to really enjoy working in Sacramento now that his nemesis Don Perata is gone. (I can only imagine how he will celebrate if […] -
![With historic deficits and huge cutbacks in State Services to be had…..with falling Real Estate prices on Commercial properties looking at 25 percent down with Residential properties scheduled to fall […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/arnold-the-failed-reformer.jpg "Governor…Raise Taxes on the Idle Rich!")
Governor…Raise Taxes on the Idle Rich!
Posted on December 1, 2008 | 1 CommentWith historic deficits and huge cutbacks in State Services to be had…..with falling Real Estate prices on Commercial properties looking at 25 percent down with Residential properties scheduled to fall […] -
![Chuck DeVore (pictures above, on the right) has thrown his hat into the ring for the U.S. Senate in 2010 against the venerable Barbara Boxer. Chuck is one of 30 Republican […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/devore.jpg "Chuck DeVore on the Cutting Edge!")
Chuck DeVore on the Cutting Edge!
Posted on November 27, 2008 | No CommentsChuck DeVore (pictures above, on the right) has thrown his hat into the ring for the U.S. Senate in 2010 against the venerable Barbara Boxer. Chuck is one of 30 Republican […] -
![I just read an interesting column over in the L.A. Times that makes the case that President Elect Barack Obama should send former California Governor Pete Wilson a thank you […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/latino_obama.jpg "Prop. 187’s legacy – a permanent Latino shift to the Democratic Party")
Prop. 187’s legacy – a permanent Latino shift to the Democratic Party
Posted on November 13, 2008 | 6 CommentsI just read an interesting column over in the L.A. Times that makes the case that President Elect Barack Obama should send former California Governor Pete Wilson a thank you […] -
Future Grim for Republican Centrists
Posted on November 12, 2008 | 6 CommentsAn analysis of the 2008 election from a Centrist-Republican (practical pro-business and liberal on social issues) perspective is especially depressing. For the Republican party as a whole, the bad news […]
I am old enough to remember, back in the day when Dems first started winning partisan elections in OC. The…