A formal state audit will now examine waste, fraud, and abuse at the OCBE. I intend to discuss what this…
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…
If we're talking about Dan C, he has never seemed "happy."
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…
If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
Matthew Cunningham Archive
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![The term netizen refers to a person who regularly engages in internet commentary. A portmanteau, it combines the words internet and citizen. To the extent such a group can be […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/HDHJka2yMGBphRuTU_7Ogjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9-115x115.jpg "Beyond the Death of Digital Democracy: Online Astroturfing and Emotional Contagion")
Beyond the Death of Digital Democracy: Online Astroturfing and Emotional Contagion
Posted on July 7, 2014 | 24 CommentsThe term netizen refers to a person who regularly engages in internet commentary. A portmanteau, it combines the words internet and citizen. To the extent such a group can be […] -
![. . . Anaheim Insider here. It never fails. Every time I doubt the Great Man’s wisdom, I get schooled. Example. Earlier this week I was up in his office, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/galloway-pringle-115x115.png "The Silence of the LoGal.")
The Silence of the LoGal.
Posted on May 11, 2014 | 11 Comments. . . Anaheim Insider here. It never fails. Every time I doubt the Great Man’s wisdom, I get schooled. Example. Earlier this week I was up in his office, […] -
![Where does Matt Cunningham get his bloody “transom?“ As long as he’s been blogging in this county, which is at least a decade now, it’s “This came in over the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/buy-american-115x115.jpg "Rainy March Weekend Open Thread: BUY AMERICAN, an organic garden, and Paco De Lucia!")
Rainy March Weekend Open Thread: BUY AMERICAN, an organic garden, and Paco De Lucia!
Posted on March 1, 2014 | 14 CommentsWhere does Matt Cunningham get his bloody “transom?“ As long as he’s been blogging in this county, which is at least a decade now, it’s “This came in over the […] -
![What’s next for this Bouncing Ball of an Elected Office? Will whatever the Board of Supervisors decides this morning change the minds of the four candidates (two payasos, two Friends […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rocco-maddox-alpay-callahan-115x115.png "Public Administrator Follies. UPDATE – PA now folded into DA!!")
Public Administrator Follies. UPDATE – PA now folded into DA!!
Posted on January 28, 2014 | 4 CommentsWhat’s next for this Bouncing Ball of an Elected Office? Will whatever the Board of Supervisors decides this morning change the minds of the four candidates (two payasos, two Friends […] -
![As Jesus perceptively explained, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matthew 6:21.) In Anaheim we see that value system reflected in spending policies, as the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ali-baba-e1390594484236.png "“…For Where Your Treasure Is…” (Anaheim Chamber finds new digs.)")
“…For Where Your Treasure Is…” (Anaheim Chamber finds new digs.)
Posted on January 24, 2014 | 17 CommentsAs Jesus perceptively explained, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matthew 6:21.) In Anaheim we see that value system reflected in spending policies, as the […] -
![It looks like the answer will be over $2 million of Anaheim taxpayers’ money, possibly as much as two and a half million. That’s the answer to the question, how […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/murray-eastman-2-115x115.png "How much taxpayer money did Kris Murray and Gail Eastman spend ensuring themselves a second term?")
How much taxpayer money did Kris Murray and Gail Eastman spend ensuring themselves a second term?
Posted on January 8, 2014 | 38 CommentsIt looks like the answer will be over $2 million of Anaheim taxpayers’ money, possibly as much as two and a half million. That’s the answer to the question, how […] -
![Oh whoops, DAMN. Did I mis-type “stories” as “sorties?” Well, you know what, that’s okay! Because “sortie” is a military term meaning a “sudden issuing of troops against the enemy […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/american-revolution-sortie-e1388114330493.jpg "The Orange Juice’s Top Sorties of 2013 – and a few new items for our VICTORY list!")
The Orange Juice’s Top Sorties of 2013 – and a few new items for our VICTORY list!
Posted on December 31, 2013 | 10 CommentsOh whoops, DAMN. Did I mis-type “stories” as “sorties?” Well, you know what, that’s okay! Because “sortie” is a military term meaning a “sudden issuing of troops against the enemy […] -
![I hate to get crude, of course, but sometimes the right analogy is indelicate: the recent denials by Anaheim Chamber of Commerce President Todd Ament that the Chamber has anything […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cunningham-raincoat-city-hall-e1387473341194.jpg "It’s OK Because Todd Ament is Only Paying Matt Cunningham for the Massage")
It’s OK Because Todd Ament is Only Paying Matt Cunningham for the Massage
Posted on December 19, 2013 | 77 CommentsI hate to get crude, of course, but sometimes the right analogy is indelicate: the recent denials by Anaheim Chamber of Commerce President Todd Ament that the Chamber has anything […] -
![For whatever reason or none, there seems to have been some excess of Holiday Mirth in the Kleptocrat Universe these last couple days, leading the Pringle Ring’s two main Blog […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/chmielewski-deadteddy-jerbal-e1390594655317.png "Chmielewski and Cunningham have a bit of FUN – at the expense of Anaheim, and humanity.")
Chmielewski and Cunningham have a bit of FUN – at the expense of Anaheim, and humanity.
Posted on December 16, 2013 | 87 CommentsFor whatever reason or none, there seems to have been some excess of Holiday Mirth in the Kleptocrat Universe these last couple days, leading the Pringle Ring’s two main Blog […] -
![Our friend Greg Diamond has already shared his views on this minor gaffe becoming a bigger deal than it should have been, primarily Greg wishes that the typo were reality. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/murray-contributions-city-hall-repository-115x115.jpg "And Speaking of Anaheim Council Fundraising Typos — ‘Send Your Murray Money to City Hall’?")
And Speaking of Anaheim Council Fundraising Typos — ‘Send Your Murray Money to City Hall’?
Posted on December 6, 2013 | 30 CommentsOur friend Greg Diamond has already shared his views on this minor gaffe becoming a bigger deal than it should have been, primarily Greg wishes that the typo were reality. […] -
![. . . Maybe some people think that it’s funny to give poor old John Moorlach a fainting spell by printing an ad for a Dec. 16 holiday fundraiser for Anaheim […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tait-murray-mistakes-115x115.png "The Tom Tait Congressional Trial Balloon that Wasn’t — but What If It Had Been?")
The Tom Tait Congressional Trial Balloon that Wasn’t — but What If It Had Been?
Posted on December 5, 2013 | 18 Comments. . . Maybe some people think that it’s funny to give poor old John Moorlach a fainting spell by printing an ad for a Dec. 16 holiday fundraiser for Anaheim […] -
![“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” As this past Halloween approached, the county’s alternative weekly, the estimable OC Weekly – whose motto LIKE […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jabberwockandmore-115x115.jpg "O Frabjous Day: Our Alt-Weekly correctly identifies our Scariest People! We elaborate…")
O Frabjous Day: Our Alt-Weekly correctly identifies our Scariest People! We elaborate…
Posted on November 5, 2013 | 26 Comments“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” As this past Halloween approached, the county’s alternative weekly, the estimable OC Weekly – whose motto LIKE […] -
![1. Anonymity If there’s one thing that you should have learned over the past couple of years, especially since the Snowden leaks, it’s that you are not reliably anonymous. You […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Weasels-ripped-my-flesh-mag-cover-115x115.jpg "Two Essays: Anonymity and Assholery")
Two Essays: Anonymity and Assholery
Posted on October 5, 2013 | 65 Comments1. Anonymity If there’s one thing that you should have learned over the past couple of years, especially since the Snowden leaks, it’s that you are not reliably anonymous. You […] -
![Three items today related to what is apparently the biggest breaking news in Anaheim, William Fitzgerald’s verbal attack on Jordan Brandman, compiled from some anonymous writer. What’s going on won’t […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Fitzgerald-Reade-115x115.jpg "What Does Michael Houston Have to Say about Free Speech in Public Comments?")
What Does Michael Houston Have to Say about Free Speech in Public Comments?
Posted on October 4, 2013 | 81 CommentsThree items today related to what is apparently the biggest breaking news in Anaheim, William Fitzgerald’s verbal attack on Jordan Brandman, compiled from some anonymous writer. What’s going on won’t […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…