You wrote earlier: "It was definitely a marriage of convenience. He needed to stay in the country." I do not…
I like Ranked Choice Voting in theory; I despise New York City Mayor Eric Adams. who used it to get…
Markowitz changed his registration from Democrat to Republican when he submitted his MAGA ballot statement. What the hell else even…
I’ll write it again, Ranked Choice Voting would get rid of spoilers. Get it in your town.
Kamala [...] Obama [...] Kamala [...] Trump [...] males.
Sure, if your favorite polls say so. Maybe they still think Kamala is forcing gender change operations on pet-eating, voting,…
Independents don’t seem convinced.
Vern - your blog is always an interesting read. I read about Markowitz on the FFFF blog but noticed they…
Yay for Taylor Swift! Then Elon Musk promptly on his "free speech" platform being weird and gross at her. Ugh,…
housing Archive
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How Lawsuits are Forcing Cities to Face their Homeless Issues
Posted on February 27, 2017 | 1 Comment. . . If you’ve subjected yourself to reading any of my articles regarding homelessness, you might have perhaps noticed a tone reminiscent of Paul Revere on the very night that he […] -
Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You: the Riverbed Homeless!
Posted on February 20, 2017 | 6 Comments. . . In the wake of a recent settlement between the ACLU and the county, many questions remain unanswered. One in particular stands out: Just where do Orange County […] -
Bringing back Sand to the Beach?
Posted on November 25, 2016 | 2 Comments. . . Having lived in Newport Beach since 1952 has had its advantages. We remember when the population was 11,570, of which the winter population was really about […] -
Andy Gumps, Tents, Homeless and Depends!
Posted on September 29, 2015 | No Comments. . . Finally, the City of Los Angeles has determined in its wisdom that “there is a homeless problem”. As the numbers rise and now they are talking about […] -
Three Easy Steps to Solve the World’s Problems!
Posted on March 3, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . As LBJ said about eight months before the Gulf of Tokin Resolution: “We are not going to send American boys eight thousand miles to fight a war […] -
Fallen US Marine Garibay’s Mother to Lose Home in Santa Ana
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsWe are often reminded of the price of freedom and sacrifice around the Memorial Day holiday. In that day most of us come together to honor the service and sacrifice […] -
J P Morgan Chase takes it in the shorts
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 7 CommentsJamie Dimon is starting to gray a bit. The classic “wunderkind of Wall Street” has replaced an literal army of “Failed State Investment Banks” that have gone the way of the […] -
Boundless White Self-Pity. (With a poll!)
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 54 Comments. . . We kind of knew that a lot of white people felt this way, but I’d thought it was just a whiney, victimy minority of whites. Turns out, […] -
More apartments & higher density on the horizon in Mission Viejo
Posted on July 22, 2011 | 20 CommentsWith thousands of Americans losing their homes, and others not being able to buy their own housing, developers have shifted gears with a focus on apartments rather than building for […] -
$700 Million Housing Funds Spent – Not a Single Unit Built!
Posted on October 3, 2010 | 8 CommentsFISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY!!! “At least 120 municipalities spent a combined $700 million in housing funds from 2000 to 2008 without constructing a single new unit, [an LA] Times […] -
Money never sleeps….on Wall Street
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 6 CommentsWe went to Triangle Square and paid $5 bucks to see the new Oliver Stone “Wall Street….money never sleeps!” We went to the 11:40AM showing and found it amazing that as […] -
Loretta brings back $2 million for OC’s hard-hit neighborhoods
Posted on September 9, 2010 | 5 CommentsBefore I mindlessly pass on this press release the way the allegedly Democratic “Liberal OC” would, let me in all fairness note the signal achievement of Van Tran’s 8 years […] -
Wishing and Hoping, Republican Style
Posted on July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment*Excerpt from a 7/21 Article from – “The Hill” Newpaper on Huckabee Tweeting Chuck DeVore! http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/110205-huckabee-thanks-devore-in-tweet– “Huckabee, who may run for the GOP 2012 nomination, has raised $258,000 so far this […]
Huh. And are you proposing that you're just the douche for the job?