I don’t very much care for your sympathies. I don’t need it. I suggest you look at your own life…
Yeah, you love talking about lawsuits. But this fact remains until you are convicted, you are not guilty but of…
Oh, Sam. You don't know anything about local politics and elections or local governance. I do. I'll leave it at…
The cost to the registrar or the cost to run the campaigns? The cost to the registrar would not be…
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
mimi walters Archive
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Chris Nguyen Writes an ALMOST Great Story on Candidate Residency!
Posted on March 5, 2014 | 7 CommentsI’m on record as an admirer of our competitor OCPolitical.com, which provides lots of useful information and coverage of both out-in-the-open political developments and those occurring behind the OC Republican […] -
Poseidon runs headlong into “Infiltration Gallery.”
Posted on November 18, 2013 | 36 CommentsAs I stood about waiting for Wednesday’s marathon Coastal Commission hearing to begin, and beheld our nemesis, Poseidon VP Scott Maloni, stomping about scowling, I resolved to shake his hand. […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Would Mimi Take Over Michele Bachmann’s Pulpit in Congress?
Posted on July 5, 2013 | 17 CommentsI’m working hard on an Anaheim story right now, so I haven’t had time to give this linked story proper thought, but with a long weekend and all perhaps you’ll […] -
DISCLOSE Act sails through Lou Correa’s Elections Committee with his support! Yay Lou.
Posted on May 4, 2013 | 25 Comments. Good news this week for Californians who care about clean fair elections and transparency: SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act, authored by Mark Leno and Jerry Hill and pushed […] -
Worse Than Xenophobia: Mimi’s Lawlessness
Posted on January 29, 2013 | 25 CommentsWe like to consider ourselves to be a society that follows the law. I know: there are lots of reasons to challenge this self-conception — hell, the whole Occupy movement […] -
“ZOT!” Steve Young Files His Argument Against Mimi Walters — and It’s Devastating
Posted on September 30, 2012 | 17 CommentsI’ve been provided with a copy of the moving papers filed last Friday by SD-37 candidate Steve Young against Marian K. “Mimi” Walters, in Case No. 34-2012-8000 1270, Young v. Walters, […] -
Matt Cunningham (from 2007) Supports Steve Young’s Case Against Mimi Walters
Posted on September 21, 2012 | 6 CommentsA Republican Facebook friend has written to remind me that in late 2006/early 2007, when Tom Umberg was running to fill Lou Correa’s seat on the Board of Supervisors (which […] -
“She’s Not There!”: Steve Young Files Suit Slamming Schemin’ Mimi Walters on Sham Residence
Posted on September 20, 2012 | 38 CommentsDistrict 37 State Senate Candidate Steve Young filed a complaint in Sacramento today [warning: PDF] requesting that his opponent, Senator Mimi Walters, be struck from the ballot. He contends that Walters […] -
Jim Reardon takes Capistrano Unified School District in a rough love embrace!
Posted on September 10, 2012 | 15 Comments. . Have you heard of Jim Reardon? Have you heard of the Capistrano Unified School District? How about the strange relationship Jim seems to have with the district, on […] -
An Unholy Alliance: Government and Corporations in Laguna Niguel.
Posted on August 6, 2012 | 2 Comments. Those who continue to deny the existence of an alliance between the business community and government need look no further than the City of Laguna Niguel (CA), where the […] -
Is Solorio Sucking Up to Republicans to Be Appointed the New Clerk-Recorder? (SEE CORRECTION!)
Posted on July 2, 2012 | 5 Comments[Correction: Informed sources tell me that the October 10 fundraiser was in 2009. And this wasn’t his October 21 – 22 2010 “overnight golf fundraiser” at the Pelican Hill Exclusive Golf Resort […] -
Schemin’ Mimi’s Staffing Biz Stiffs Desperate Prison Contract Docs
Posted on June 26, 2012 | 20 Comments. . Not doing all that well in this dog-eat-dog economic world? Well, that’s probably your own fault. If you were an on-the-ball capitalist with a penchant for both privatization […] -
California Supreme Court ruling abolishes Redevelopment Agencies!
Posted on December 29, 2011 | 8 Comments. . . All redevelopment agencies in CA officially abolished. What a surprise Christmas gift from our Supreme Court, especially when they voted unanimously (7-0) to uphold AB X 1- […] -
…and lastly, our new State Senate Districts.
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 19 Comments. . . Orange County’s four newly redrawn State Senate districts are not quite as exciting as our new Congressional Districts (with one probable Dem pickup and a Repug cage-match) […]
I can draw all the attention I want. It doesn’t bother me. I don’t know why people like to put…