I haven't visited this blog in a while but I see you still have the same troll. Tiresome. I hope…
The Haughey guy is director of California RCV Coalition, Inc. https://www.calrcv.org/people
Some background on California RCV Coalition, Inc., an ngo that backed DGI and others lobbying Irvine for rcv at last…
Oh shit. I agree with oh myopic booby one. He is the only path to victory for the Democratic party.
Retired Federal Judge Lynne Riddle has spent years scrutinizing the fiscal stewardship and other practices of the Orange County Board…
Don't touch the Pink Toad. You will get poisoned and it will just keep going on its ignorantly blissful way.
Even Progressive icon Barney Frank knows it. There are folks in the Democratic Party that have taken things too far.…
Queue to 37:37 and 48:35, for dgi members defending Kev over his dismissal as Larry agran’s sustainability commissioner apparently over…
Footage of IRVINE’s rcv agenda item last Tuesday https://irvine.granicus.com/player/clip/7324?view_id=68&redirect=true
economy Archive
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![After months of efforts by newspapers and other so-called advocacy groups to obtain public sector retirement system payroll information, various lawsuits directed at one municipality or the other have resulted […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/chaos-in-its-purest-form-155x155.jpg "Retirement Funding Chaos Seems to Abound")
Retirement Funding Chaos Seems to Abound
Posted on August 23, 2010 | No CommentsAfter months of efforts by newspapers and other so-called advocacy groups to obtain public sector retirement system payroll information, various lawsuits directed at one municipality or the other have resulted […] -
![You know why so many Americans who should be voting Democratic for their own interests don’t? It’s because the Party as a whole, and so many of its politicians, are […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pot-girl-horizontal-155x135.jpg "OC’s Young Dems endorse decriminalization of pot. Will the DPOC have the cojones to join them Monday?")
OC’s Young Dems endorse decriminalization of pot. Will the DPOC have the cojones to join them Monday?
Posted on August 20, 2010 | 37 CommentsYou know why so many Americans who should be voting Democratic for their own interests don’t? It’s because the Party as a whole, and so many of its politicians, are […] -
![Attended the OC Republican Central Committee Meeting last night. Ran into our favorite person Wendy Leece who is running for re-election on the Costa Mesa City Council. Ran into Don […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/OC-GOP-155x155.jpg "Confessions of Conservative Republicans")
Confessions of Conservative Republicans
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 10 CommentsAttended the OC Republican Central Committee Meeting last night. Ran into our favorite person Wendy Leece who is running for re-election on the Costa Mesa City Council. Ran into Don […] -
![It wasn’t too long ago that many in the private sector who worked for a paycheck had benefits that included a secure retirement plan. Like government employees today, they knew […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/race2top-155x155.jpg "Retirement Funding – Let’s Race to the Top")
Retirement Funding – Let’s Race to the Top
Posted on August 15, 2010 | 1 CommentIt wasn’t too long ago that many in the private sector who worked for a paycheck had benefits that included a secure retirement plan. Like government employees today, they knew […] -
![“IF there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.” – by David […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/economy-burning-as-paper-plane.jpg "Four Deformations of the Apocalypse – article by David Stockman, Budget Dir. for Reagan")
Four Deformations of the Apocalypse – article by David Stockman, Budget Dir. for Reagan
Posted on August 12, 2010 | 2 Comments“IF there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.” – by David […] -
![American Politics can be a funny bird. Times change, the technology changes, the players change and after all is said and done. It all seems to turn out like “old hat yesterday”. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/The-Whig-Movement-155x155.jpg "2010…just like 1840!")
2010…just like 1840!
Posted on August 8, 2010 | No CommentsAmerican Politics can be a funny bird. Times change, the technology changes, the players change and after all is said and done. It all seems to turn out like “old hat yesterday”. […] -
![Stephen Colbert explains how Republicans can justify extending the Bush tax cuts adding $1 Trillion to debt, while denying $33 Billion to unemployed Americans. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/colbert-lockwood1-155x155.jpg "Stephen Colbert Destroys Deficit Hawks (and Reaganomics too)")
Stephen Colbert Destroys Deficit Hawks (and Reaganomics too)
Posted on July 30, 2010 | 1 CommentStephen Colbert explains how Republicans can justify extending the Bush tax cuts adding $1 Trillion to debt, while denying $33 Billion to unemployed Americans. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs […] -
![“The earliest influx of new arrivals started in the mid 1840’s when Europe felt the throes of a bitter famine. This FIRST wave of immigrants – primarily Northern Europeans from […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Immigrants-at-ellis-island1-155x155.jpg "Immigration Inflows and Comparisons from the Past vs Today")
Immigration Inflows and Comparisons from the Past vs Today
Posted on July 27, 2010 | 21 Comments“The earliest influx of new arrivals started in the mid 1840’s when Europe felt the throes of a bitter famine. This FIRST wave of immigrants – primarily Northern Europeans from […] -
![Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of Democratic lawmaker Nancy Pelosi, has made a new documentary film that focuses on the homeless population in Orange County, particularly families with children, who live in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/motel-kids-155x155.jpg "New Documentary on OC Motel Kids to Premiere on HBO")
New Documentary on OC Motel Kids to Premiere on HBO
Posted on July 23, 2010 | 29 CommentsAlexandra Pelosi, daughter of Democratic lawmaker Nancy Pelosi, has made a new documentary film that focuses on the homeless population in Orange County, particularly families with children, who live in […] -
![For those who have not been paying close attention, Southern California Edison has been changing out the mechanical meters they have used for years…..for digital. We had a feeling that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SCE-155x155.jpg "Keeping the Lights On?")
Keeping the Lights On?
Posted on July 18, 2010 | 11 CommentsFor those who have not been paying close attention, Southern California Edison has been changing out the mechanical meters they have used for years…..for digital. We had a feeling that […] -
![The Beatles had a great song called: “Fixin a Hole”….Here are the lyrics: “I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where will […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Fixing-a-hole-BP-style.jpg "Fixin a Hole! BP Style!")
Fixin a Hole! BP Style!
Posted on June 27, 2010 | No CommentsThe Beatles had a great song called: “Fixin a Hole”….Here are the lyrics: “I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where will […] -
![Alejandro Menchaca for CA State Senate 22nd District PLEASE CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE. Vern sez: In case you were wondering – I didn’t know either – SD 22 is […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/alejandro-menchaca_flag.png "Alejandro Menchaca “Together Everything is Possible and Nothing is Impossible”")
Alejandro Menchaca “Together Everything is Possible and Nothing is Impossible”
Posted on June 8, 2010 | No CommentsAlejandro Menchaca for CA State Senate 22nd District PLEASE CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE. Vern sez: In case you were wondering – I didn’t know either – SD 22 is […] -
![As the Gulf of Mexico becomes a slimey, firey oil pit, with thousands of birds, turtles, fish, crab. shrimp and indigenous animals dying in numbers one can only estimate – BP continues […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/disaster-31.jpg "BP needs to dig deep")
BP needs to dig deep
Posted on June 7, 2010 | No CommentsAs the Gulf of Mexico becomes a slimey, firey oil pit, with thousands of birds, turtles, fish, crab. shrimp and indigenous animals dying in numbers one can only estimate – BP continues […] -
![President Obama opened up for Jay Leno at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner; the first 13 minutes are pretty funny (apart from the reference to Predator Drones, which I […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GDP-recovery.jpg "Obama’s Comedy Routine; and Stimulus Recovery")
Obama’s Comedy Routine; and Stimulus Recovery
Posted on May 3, 2010 | 12 CommentsPresident Obama opened up for Jay Leno at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner; the first 13 minutes are pretty funny (apart from the reference to Predator Drones, which I […]
I get the sense last night that all the other candidates sensed Becerra was the elephant in the room. Villaragoisa…