Jose Moreno and SQS are big Taj boosters. Frances Marquez & Derek Tran are big Pulido boosters. They both came…
I got a hit piece on Ali Taj yesterday. It accused him of slashing his town's Economic Development Department. That…
(Don't know why your comments have been going into trash this past hour, but I got em now)
Re: AD 67. I’m going with Ali Taj. Developers seem to be backing Mark Pullido’s campaign and attack ads against…
Nguyen is a likeable fellow but he's never been a technocrat. The building at 433 CCD? Enough time has passed…
I have gone back and forth on this one. Pell’s website is a mess and, at least as presented there,…
Sounds like you're describing a case that you WON and are still mad about. Was that established, that Sheth sounds…
I'm talking about (musta been the apex of my influence) Moorlach, Spitzer and Nelson ALL asked me whom I thought…
Vern, you may recall that Huge Win ran as the incumbent when he got elected. He was appointed Clerk-Recorder in…
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Bills we’re rooting for in Sacramento… and Bills that Died!
Posted on July 10, 2016 | 7 Comments. . . We’re remiss, man. It’s been a long time since we’ve written about any of the good bills going through the California legislature; as the body reaches its July break […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Trump’s Somewhat Plausible Model for Success, New Philippines President Digong Duterte
Posted on July 9, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . I know that big local things are happening this week, but in my house we’ve been following the first ten days of the insurgent Presidency of Rodrigo […] -
Days of Rage, Days of Reconciliation
Posted on July 8, 2016 | 38 Comments. . . I feel terrible for the victims of the coordinated sniper attacks in Dallas — as I do for Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, this year’s other victims of […] -
Counting 7 DAYS to $500,000,000 Hotel Subsidy Vote: Don’t Incentivize Construction Without Requiring Higher Room Rates
Posted on July 5, 2016 | 3 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: We had a massive number of good comments on this week’s still-active “Holiday Weekend Open Thread,” which focused on the proposal that the City Council will […] -
Cleaning Up the Crumbs: Election Results Roundup Four Days Before Every County’s Final Totals are Due
Posted on July 4, 2016 | 6 Comments. . . This is part of a series that is (mostly) just for election tabulation nerds who enjoy the minutiae of a statewide vote count. This particular one will introduce […] -
Ask for My Vote, Sure — But Don’t Make Me Swear That There’s Nothing Seriously Wrong With the Clintons
Posted on July 3, 2016 | 12 Comments. . . For political observers, Jeff Greenfield’s recent article “Is This Why Hillary Clinton Is Trusted By So Few Americans?”, on why so many people don’t trust Hillary (and […] -
Third Party Presidential Candidacies and the Fracking Twelfth Amendment: Why Bernie Won’t Run Green
Posted on July 2, 2016 | 10 Comments. . . If you want to see a left-wing candidate — Bernie Sanders, to take a random example! — run for President as an independent or third-party candidate, then you […] -
Holiday Weekend Open Thread: Anaheim is 11 Days Away from a Half-Billion-Dollar Giveaway; Will You Help Stop It?
Posted on July 1, 2016 | 34 Comments. . . Here’s a simplified explanation of how government incentives to private interests are supposed to work — to the extent they work at all — if, like Jordan […] -
STRs STRaight Outta Anaheim! Council Votes 3-2 to Ban Future STRs, Give Existing Ones 18-month Phase-Out
Posted on June 29, 2016 | 29 Comments. . . Brea Outsider here! Anaheim’s STR vote happened late last night — and it was good. Let’s start with a couple of posts from OCCORD’s Facebook page, bracketing […] -
SOAR Losers: ‘STOP DISNEY’ Strikes Back at Voracious Mouse’s “GIMME YOUR MONEY!” Propaganda
Posted on June 28, 2016 | 6 Comments. . . At the July 12, 2016 City Council Meeting, the Anaheim City Council is getting ready to do something that you don’t see every day: giving away $500,000,000.00 […] -
Anaheim Street Car Impaled!
Posted on June 28, 2016 | 5 CommentsVampirical transit project doesn't survive the light of day. -
Victory in Westminster – so far!
Posted on June 24, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . In a victory for democracy and Westminster itself, a victory against the fear-mongering and mendacious propaganda put out by the OC Tax Association, the Council voted 4-1 […] -
Weekend Open Thread: In ‘Brexit,’ Brea Votes to Secede from OC. Wait — No, Uh … the United Kingdom Did WHAT???
Posted on June 24, 2016 | 45 Comments. . . The one thing from 2016 that will definitely be in the history books (if such still exist) 100 years from now just happened: the United Kingdom has just […] -
Floor Leaders: Democratic ‘No Bill, No Break’ Gun Control Sit-In on House Floor Will Echo for Decades, Probably Badly
Posted on June 22, 2016 | 2 Comments. . . December 6 of this year will be the 50th anniversary of the recording of the all-time greatest protest-song-that-wasn’t-actually-a-protest-song. As Democratic politicians have taken over the House of […]
![Bills we’re rooting for in Sacramento… and Bills that Died! . . . We’re remiss, man. It’s been a long time since we’ve written about any of the good bills going through the California legislature; as the body reaches its July break […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bill-from-schoolhouse-rock-115x115.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: Trump’s Somewhat Plausible Model for Success, New Philippines President Digong Duterte . . . I know that big local things are happening this week, but in my house we’ve been following the first ten days of the insurgent Presidency of Rodrigo […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Duterte-videoke-limit-115x115.jpg)
![Days of Rage, Days of Reconciliation . . . I feel terrible for the victims of the coordinated sniper attacks in Dallas — as I do for Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, this year’s other victims of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Philando-Castile-killing-image-from-phone-of-Diamond-Reynolds-115x115.jpg)
![Counting 7 DAYS to $500,000,000 Hotel Subsidy Vote: Don’t Incentivize Construction Without Requiring Higher Room Rates . . . [Ed. Note: We had a massive number of good comments on this week’s still-active “Holiday Weekend Open Thread,” which focused on the proposal that the City Council will […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Build-Communities-Not-Hotels-115x115.png)
![Cleaning Up the Crumbs: Election Results Roundup Four Days Before Every County’s Final Totals are Due . . . This is part of a series that is (mostly) just for election tabulation nerds who enjoy the minutiae of a statewide vote count. This particular one will introduce […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Crumbs-115x115.jpg)
![Ask for My Vote, Sure — But Don’t Make Me Swear That There’s Nothing Seriously Wrong With the Clintons . . . For political observers, Jeff Greenfield’s recent article “Is This Why Hillary Clinton Is Trusted By So Few Americans?”, on why so many people don’t trust Hillary (and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Hillary-lying-image-115x115.png)
![Third Party Presidential Candidacies and the Fracking Twelfth Amendment: Why Bernie Won’t Run Green . . . If you want to see a left-wing candidate — Bernie Sanders, to take a random example! — run for President as an independent or third-party candidate, then you […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/John-Quincy-Adams-long-arm-of-the-lawmaker-115x115.jpg)
![Holiday Weekend Open Thread: Anaheim is 11 Days Away from a Half-Billion-Dollar Giveaway; Will You Help Stop It? . . . Here’s a simplified explanation of how government incentives to private interests are supposed to work — to the extent they work at all — if, like Jordan […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Moreno-video-on-half-bil-hotel-subsidy-115x115.jpg)
![STRs STRaight Outta Anaheim! Council Votes 3-2 to Ban Future STRs, Give Existing Ones 18-month Phase-Out . . . Brea Outsider here! Anaheim’s STR vote happened late last night — and it was good. Let’s start with a couple of posts from OCCORD’s Facebook page, bracketing […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/STRaight-outta-Anaheim-e1467274211164-115x115.jpg)
![SOAR Losers: ‘STOP DISNEY’ Strikes Back at Voracious Mouse’s “GIMME YOUR MONEY!” Propaganda . . . At the July 12, 2016 City Council Meeting, the Anaheim City Council is getting ready to do something that you don’t see every day: giving away $500,000,000.00 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SOAR-Loser-Gloria-Maae-e1467162808545-115x115.jpg)

![Victory in Westminster – so far! . . . In a victory for democracy and Westminster itself, a victory against the fear-mongering and mendacious propaganda put out by the OC Tax Association, the Council voted 4-1 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/westminster-lion-115x115.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: In ‘Brexit,’ Brea Votes to Secede from OC. Wait — No, Uh … the United Kingdom Did WHAT??? . . . The one thing from 2016 that will definitely be in the history books (if such still exist) 100 years from now just happened: the United Kingdom has just […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/British-Joker-imitating-Trump-115x115.png)
![Floor Leaders: Democratic ‘No Bill, No Break’ Gun Control Sit-In on House Floor Will Echo for Decades, Probably Badly . . . December 6 of this year will be the 50th anniversary of the recording of the all-time greatest protest-song-that-wasn’t-actually-a-protest-song. As Democratic politicians have taken over the House of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Sit-In-in-House-NO-BILL-NO-BREAK-115x115.jpg)
I had nothing to do with the Pell v. Sagel case--but would have been happy to have had that righteous…