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.…
Gary Monahan Archive
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![.. . . A bitter political fight has been raging hard in the town of Costa Mesa for over six long years. If one fact can be gleaned from the recent elections, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fairview-park-biker-bigger-115x115.jpg "A New Dawn for Costa Mesa")
A New Dawn for Costa Mesa
Posted on December 9, 2016 | 14 Comments.. . . A bitter political fight has been raging hard in the town of Costa Mesa for over six long years. If one fact can be gleaned from the recent elections, […] -
![. It’s been a busy two weeks at the Registrar’s office as Neal Kelley’s staff went through a painstaking task of verifying individual signatures on over a quarter of a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LOSER-MAX-X-115x115.jpg "Orange County’s Biggest Losers! Election 2012 edition.")
Orange County’s Biggest Losers! Election 2012 edition.
Posted on November 21, 2012 | 23 Comments. It’s been a busy two weeks at the Registrar’s office as Neal Kelley’s staff went through a painstaking task of verifying individual signatures on over a quarter of a […] -
![. SOME LOCAL RACES WE’LL BE WATCHING LIKE HAWKS, starting around 9 or 10 tonight: The Congressional race between Alan Lowenthal (our fave) and Gary DeLong, in the 47th district […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/puke-115x115.jpg "2012 Election Day Live-Blog 2: Orange County Results!")
2012 Election Day Live-Blog 2: Orange County Results!
Posted on November 6, 2012 | 47 Comments. SOME LOCAL RACES WE’LL BE WATCHING LIKE HAWKS, starting around 9 or 10 tonight: The Congressional race between Alan Lowenthal (our fave) and Gary DeLong, in the 47th district […] -
![. Former Costa Mesa Mayor Sandy Genis is definitely one of a kind. A no dummy, Stanford University grad, that goes her own way in everything is heading back to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Genis-51-155x148.jpg "Sandy “La Femme Wonkita” Genis throws her purse and Prada shoes into CM Race!")
Sandy “La Femme Wonkita” Genis throws her purse and Prada shoes into CM Race!
Posted on July 11, 2012 | 25 Comments. Former Costa Mesa Mayor Sandy Genis is definitely one of a kind. A no dummy, Stanford University grad, that goes her own way in everything is heading back to […] -
![. (E-mail ALL the OCTA Board Members by clicking HERE.) No city in Orange County has suffered more from warring political factions than Costa Mesa. Local Republican Party leaders boast […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/hansen-moorlach.bmp "Toll Lane Proposal Unites Enemies in Costa Mesa… against HB Mayor Don Hansen!")
Toll Lane Proposal Unites Enemies in Costa Mesa… against HB Mayor Don Hansen!
Posted on June 20, 2012 | 4 Comments. (E-mail ALL the OCTA Board Members by clicking HERE.) No city in Orange County has suffered more from warring political factions than Costa Mesa. Local Republican Party leaders boast […] -
![Okay now, sit down. This will take some explaining, but it’s worth it. Of the several wars that the nightmarishly extremist Costa Mesa City Council is waging against its people, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/tharpy-riggy-orly-115x115.jpg "OJ’s Debbie Tharp jailed, in Costa Mesa’s war on free speech and medical pot.")
OJ’s Debbie Tharp jailed, in Costa Mesa’s war on free speech and medical pot.
Posted on June 9, 2012 | 118 CommentsOkay now, sit down. This will take some explaining, but it’s worth it. Of the several wars that the nightmarishly extremist Costa Mesa City Council is waging against its people, […] -
![Costa Mesa was smacked down in court. Again. Today Superior Court judge Franz Miller ruled against the City twice in the City’s lawsuit to get their Charter amendment on the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lisasimpsonloser-115x115.jpg "Why Costa Mesa Just Keeps On LOSING.")
Why Costa Mesa Just Keeps On LOSING.
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 22 CommentsCosta Mesa was smacked down in court. Again. Today Superior Court judge Franz Miller ruled against the City twice in the City’s lawsuit to get their Charter amendment on the […] -
![Since this story just keeps getting weirder and weirder, I’m going to arrange this post like the OC Weekly’s Navel Gazing Blog does, with the latest update at the top. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fight-censorship-cropped-115x115.jpg "The Plot Sickens – Medical Marijuana Program Muzzled on KOCI, 4th update!")
The Plot Sickens – Medical Marijuana Program Muzzled on KOCI, 4th update!
Posted on February 6, 2012 | 17 CommentsSince this story just keeps getting weirder and weirder, I’m going to arrange this post like the OC Weekly’s Navel Gazing Blog does, with the latest update at the top. […] -
![. . . It’s 2012! This is the year when the Mayan calendar rolls over (hopefully not leaving any destruction in its wake), and when Mitt Romney’s polka-band hair (stolen […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Costa-Mesa-Fairview-Park-Race-115x115.jpg "Costa Mesa races towards municipal disaster in 2012")
Costa Mesa races towards municipal disaster in 2012
Posted on January 1, 2012 | 24 Comments. . . It’s 2012! This is the year when the Mayan calendar rolls over (hopefully not leaving any destruction in its wake), and when Mitt Romney’s polka-band hair (stolen […] -
![. . . So, good news this week if you hadn’t already heard – the Fourth Appelate District Court, which was but ONE place we were fighting against the sale […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/spiking-football-115x115.jpg "Fairgrounds Swindle defeated in court! YEAH! Gimme ten! SPIKE that football!")
Fairgrounds Swindle defeated in court! YEAH! Gimme ten! SPIKE that football!
Posted on June 8, 2011 | 3 Comments. . . So, good news this week if you hadn’t already heard – the Fourth Appelate District Court, which was but ONE place we were fighting against the sale […] -
![. . . What a wild ride it’s been for poor Gary “Skosh” Monahan – Costa Mesa councilman for 16 of the last 18 years, and mayor more times than […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monahan-leprechaun.jpg "Further misadventures of Costa Mesa’s inebriated leprechaun Mayor. (and Fairgrounds news)")
Further misadventures of Costa Mesa’s inebriated leprechaun Mayor. (and Fairgrounds news)
Posted on May 19, 2011 | 12 Comments. . . What a wild ride it’s been for poor Gary “Skosh” Monahan – Costa Mesa councilman for 16 of the last 18 years, and mayor more times than […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…