Search isn’t hidden on The LiberalOC blog (upper left hand corner) way back Machine has LiberalOC posts. Sounds like you…
Ask Lyster to Google "substitution effect", since nobody in city government seems to have ever heard of it. (Peoples' leisure…
Yes but I do check in with him. Because I figure whatever he says is the best they've got, and…
They threw that "economic engine" bullshit at everything. Common sense dictates that sales tax generation outside the stadium must be…
How do you like these apples? "In the nearly 30 years between fiscal years 1997–98 and 2024–25, Anaheim received revenue of $30.6 million from…
Business of Baseball!
Almost all cities with big league teams bend over for them and Anaheim is no exception. Of course the deals…
Anaheim seems to be uniquely obsequious when it comes to the Angels (or any monied interest, really), but it's a…
"Angels ownership pays no ongoing rent, and will pay no ongoing rent, despite its option to extend the lease with…
infrastructure Archive
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We had a dream……that there was trouble in River City!
Posted on March 28, 2018 | 3 Commentsum... yeah. -
The Scalpel that wags the Surgeon
Posted on January 11, 2017 | 1 Comment. . . As the Congress of the United States in its wisdom has voted to “Kill ObamaCare”, Paul Ryan Speaker of the House States; During the Jake Tapper CNN […] -
San Diego Has Too Much Water – But is Paying a Billion Dollars for THEIR Poseidon Plant!
Posted on December 2, 2015 | 2 CommentsSan Diego will be raising water rates to pay for a new Poseidon Desal Plant - even though the already have an excess of water. -
The Euro – The Dollar and the Beach Boys!
Posted on October 5, 2012 | 3 Comments. Mitt Romney was reportedly the big winner in the First Presidential Debate with Jim Lehrer. Next week Vice President Joe Biden will be tested against the Republican Vice President contender […] -
John MacMurray: “Look, Boss, the Train!”
Posted on July 12, 2012 | No Comments. Reprinted with kind permission of the LA Progressive. A while back, 1863, actually, in San Jose, California, citizens and business people got together to build a railroad from San […] -
Senator Correa explains his splendid High Speed Rail vote to the Orange Juice Blog!
Posted on July 12, 2012 | 6 Comments. A lot of us OC progressives – a lot of us who had become pretty accustomed to being disappointed with the votes of our one Democratic State Senator, Lou […] -
While “special interests” promote CA HSR our bridge infrastructure is crumbling
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 7 Comments. . . While both our state and federal budgets are going over a financial cliff there are still those “special interests” who have blinders on as they can only see […] -
Our Black Hole. CA Debt Service
Posted on November 19, 2010 | 4 CommentsFinancial black hole photo. Courtesy TIME For the past two years we have read hundreds of newspapers reports addressing the fact that we cannot agree on a State budget. What […] -
HS rail enviro tradeoff of GHG Vs sulfur dioxide
Posted on June 8, 2010 | No CommentsThe current issue of UC Berkeley’s Transportation Newsletter contains a featured report entitled “Tracking High-Speed Rail’s [HSR] Energy Use and Emissions.” Arpad Horvath, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering […] -
Chip Hanlon’s Surf City Lies
Posted on May 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsI defy anyone to read this Redfaced County post on Huntington Beach’s budget & charter problems, and not come away with the impression that $55 million out of the 15% […] -
Beth Krom: Kiss your tax dollars goodbye!
Posted on April 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsDear Vern, Today is “Tax Day” in America. The general idea, is that we all pay in, and the benefits of our investments are returned in federal support for local […]
I think it's just hard to find certain LibOC pieces on Wayback, because they didn't get as many readers as…