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The 2010 Fringies Are Coming to Town; Let the Fun Begin
Posted on December 7, 2010 | No CommentsYes, Dear Friends, it’s that time of the year when young bloggers’ thoughts turn to love – love of the sublimely ridiculous, of course. And so we will bring you […] -
Fullerton Is Doomed!
Posted on September 25, 2010 | No CommentsOut here on Screech Owl Road, east of Twentynine Palms you can see things pretty clearly. Sometimes the heat causes shimmer mirages; sometimes the wind kicks up some devilish sand […] -
Birds of a Feather…
Posted on August 9, 2010 | 1 Comment…well you know the rest. Here is Mr. Hypocrite J. Cunningham extolling the virtues of Kris Murray, a candidate for Anaheim city council, and heavily promoted by Anaheim’s Mayor-for-Hire, Curt […] -
A Tale of Two Toms
Posted on May 19, 2010 | 1 CommentIt’s not easy to look like you’re taking responsibility for some screw up or other when in reality you’re trying to spin as fast as you can to avoid accountability. […] -
Nick Berardino is Dishonest. And Really Stupid.
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsOver at the Red County blog yesterday Cynthia Ward properly went after the idiotic mailer the OCEA put out against Shawn Nelson for voting to preserve the Fox Theater. Naturally, […] -
Pacific Strategies and the Big Toothbrush Caper
Posted on May 3, 2010 | 5 CommentsApparently part of Matthew Cunningham’s deal as wordsmith to the OC Children and Families Commission is to fill other functions from time to time – such as Ambassador to the […] -
Diane Harkey Tries To Drive Spike Through Heart of High Speed Rail Boondoggle
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve never heard much good about Diane Harkey, the State Assemblywoman from, um, down there somewhere. But that changed dramatically when a Friend of mine and a devout High Speed […] -
Tom Daly’s $10,000,000 Headache
Posted on March 10, 2010 | 2 CommentsWell, no that’s not quite right. Headache would imply that County Clerk Tom Daly cares he blew $2,100,000 of public money on a real estate venture and that it could […] -
The Making of An Eyesore; And a Hell of a Climb, Too
Posted on February 20, 2010 | 2 CommentsA little less than 20 years ago, some friends and I stood in front of the Fullerton City Council pleading with the Redevelopment Agency to build a pedestrian underpass at […] -
Santa Ana Goon Enlisted to Attack Shawn Nelson
Posted on February 8, 2010 | 10 CommentsWhen you get beyond the personal appearance issues things really start to get unattractive… The Tom Daly For Supervisor campaign being operated out of the back of the Mauve County […] -
Handling Politicians: The Termite Queen Syndrome; A Brief Essay
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsIn our casual study of the behavior of our local elected officials we have observed a rather disturbing thing: their treatment by the bureaucrats, local media, and even their own […] -
Fullerton decision-makers lied too, so what’s new?
Posted on January 15, 2010 | No CommentsLast year just before Christmas the Fullerton City Council voted 3-1 to approve the idiotic Richman housing project, a staff-driven boondoggle that makes zero planning, housing, or economic sense. We […] -
In Fullerton It’s Only Over When Staff Says Its Over
Posted on December 24, 2009 | No CommentsA few items in 2009 have caused me to reflect on the way things go in Fullerton, the way things have always gone, in fact. My poodle friends have a […] -
Another Disaster in the Making
Posted on December 19, 2009 | No CommentsHow come our electeds don’t seem to be able to grasp simple concepts; why have they no resistance to the bureaucratic sales pitch; why must they obscure their own ignorance […]