How many likes can I give this? Thank you so much Derek!
Natalie Rubacabra, has done, what past councils, were too afraid to do, challenge the "magic kingdom". The Gate Tax or"Entertainment…
Just like it said in the J L report: Disney has too much influence over our city council. As long…
Joker is a useless tool. There. I said it.
There was a plebiscite - the very definition of democracy. Sorry you lost. No, wait. I'm not sorry.
Condolences, chud.
"To save Democracy we must crush it first." - Anybody who voted yes on Prop 50 Also, Communists, but I'm…
Why? That's not the point. The point is that your adversaries will fight for the same political power now. Who…
If I agreed with that, if I agreed with it strongly, I woulda had to vote for Andrew Sarega.
oc fair Archive
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![Many of us felt a certain degree of satisfaction in seeing officials from the City of Bell led away in handcuffs, even if the vision of Frank Rizzo in a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Bell-Rizzo-155x150.jpg "BELLs are ringing in Costa Mesa …")
BELLs are ringing in Costa Mesa …
Posted on September 23, 2010 | 10 CommentsMany of us felt a certain degree of satisfaction in seeing officials from the City of Bell led away in handcuffs, even if the vision of Frank Rizzo in a […] -
![CLICK ON THIS RADIO AT 7 every Wednesday night to hear us! Call-in number 877-805-4208. Are you ready for the THIRD episode of Radio Orange Juice? Now that we’ve REALLY […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Orange-Juice-Blog-Radio-155x155.jpg "Radio Orange Juice Wed. Sept 22, 7 to 9pm. Santa Ana, Irvine, Costa Mesa – which is the true center of the OC?")
Radio Orange Juice Wed. Sept 22, 7 to 9pm. Santa Ana, Irvine, Costa Mesa – which is the true center of the OC?
Posted on September 22, 2010 | 6 CommentsCLICK ON THIS RADIO AT 7 every Wednesday night to hear us! Call-in number 877-805-4208. Are you ready for the THIRD episode of Radio Orange Juice? Now that we’ve REALLY […] -
![The Orange County Fairgrounds saga continues to have as many twists, turns, ups and downs as any stupid metaphor you can think of. THIS WEEK’S TWIST features the OC Fair […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/cleavon-little-155x155.jpg "Man attacked by his own hand? Arnold’s Fair Board throws him another curve ball.")
Man attacked by his own hand? Arnold’s Fair Board throws him another curve ball.
Posted on September 17, 2010 | 16 CommentsThe Orange County Fairgrounds saga continues to have as many twists, turns, ups and downs as any stupid metaphor you can think of. THIS WEEK’S TWIST features the OC Fair […] -
![This is a brand new press release from Assemblyman Jose Solorio, but THIS AIN’T THE LIBERAL OC, so you don’t get it without a little context, explanation and commentary first! […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Jose-Villa-cropped-155x131.jpg "Fairgrounds Swindle Bombshell: Jose Solorio Bails on the Sale!")
Fairgrounds Swindle Bombshell: Jose Solorio Bails on the Sale!
Posted on September 7, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis is a brand new press release from Assemblyman Jose Solorio, but THIS AIN’T THE LIBERAL OC, so you don’t get it without a little context, explanation and commentary first! […] -
![La Femme Wonkita has said it before, on public access TV no less: When the public hears the phrase “Public-Private Partnership,” what they need to hear is “Bend over.” Tonight, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Homer_bending_over-155x155.gif "Tonight, a Double-Header of Public-Private Ripoffs! (Costa Mesa / Fairgrounds, Huntington Beach / Poseidon.)")
Tonight, a Double-Header of Public-Private Ripoffs! (Costa Mesa / Fairgrounds, Huntington Beach / Poseidon.)
Posted on September 7, 2010 | 4 CommentsLa Femme Wonkita has said it before, on public access TV no less: When the public hears the phrase “Public-Private Partnership,” what they need to hear is “Bend over.” Tonight, […] -
![Midway through Congressman Barney Frank‘s keynote address, a younger man brought him a glass of water. Barney explained to the audience of 400 Orange County Democrats, “That’s my partner Jimmy. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/truman-dinner-2010-155x155.png "Scenes From the 2010 Truman Dinner")
Scenes From the 2010 Truman Dinner
Posted on September 2, 2010 | 8 CommentsMidway through Congressman Barney Frank‘s keynote address, a younger man brought him a glass of water. Barney explained to the audience of 400 Orange County Democrats, “That’s my partner Jimmy. […] -
![On the tense evening of June 28, while the Costa Mesa City Council sat deciding whether to take the plunge with the fatally flawed MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Facilities […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/tainted-sale.jpg "The Breaking Fairgrounds Swindle News: Screw the State’s Threats, see you at 5:30.")
The Breaking Fairgrounds Swindle News: Screw the State’s Threats, see you at 5:30.
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 2 CommentsOn the tense evening of June 28, while the Costa Mesa City Council sat deciding whether to take the plunge with the fatally flawed MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Facilities […] -
![There’s a story, possibly apocryphal, that a famous author offered the following as a graduation speech, then walked off the stage: Things are bad. They will not get better. They […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sad-clown-155x155.jpg "Fairgrounds Swindle: As Good As It Gets.")
Fairgrounds Swindle: As Good As It Gets.
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 12 CommentsThere’s a story, possibly apocryphal, that a famous author offered the following as a graduation speech, then walked off the stage: Things are bad. They will not get better. They […] -
Tuesday afternoon: Your LAST CHANCE to be heard on the OC Fairgrounds Sale for 55 years!
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 7 Comments -
![Was Costa Mesa’s Measure C to protect the Fairgrounds a waste of $100,000? The City of Costa Mesa is poised to buy the Orange County Fairgrounds, then lease it out […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/end-run-155x155.gif "Fairgrounds Swindle: An End Run Around Measure C?")
Fairgrounds Swindle: An End Run Around Measure C?
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 5 CommentsWas Costa Mesa’s Measure C to protect the Fairgrounds a waste of $100,000? The City of Costa Mesa is poised to buy the Orange County Fairgrounds, then lease it out […] -
![The first thing THIS writer has to say about that New-York-Times-Magazine-length essay that the Daily Pilot (Costa Mesa’s weekly paper) published on Allan Mansoor yesterday is: They better do just […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mansoor-3-155x155.jpg "Thoughts on the Daily Pilot’s Allan Mansoor epic, the Fairgrounds, and Phu")
Thoughts on the Daily Pilot’s Allan Mansoor epic, the Fairgrounds, and Phu
Posted on August 18, 2010 | 16 CommentsThe first thing THIS writer has to say about that New-York-Times-Magazine-length essay that the Daily Pilot (Costa Mesa’s weekly paper) published on Allan Mansoor yesterday is: They better do just […] -
![A spanner in the works for the deal Costa Mesa made with Facilities Management West to finance the sale of and manage the OC Fairgrounds for the next 55 years. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fair-3.jpg "Fairgrounds Swindle: American Fairs appeals the Facilities Management West deal.")
Fairgrounds Swindle: American Fairs appeals the Facilities Management West deal.
Posted on August 8, 2010 | 27 CommentsA spanner in the works for the deal Costa Mesa made with Facilities Management West to finance the sale of and manage the OC Fairgrounds for the next 55 years. […] -
![. . . First – have you called Solorio and Correa yet, and asked them to stop this rotten deal? Asm. JOSE SOLORIO 714-939-8469, or 916-319-2069 Sen. LOU CORREA 714-558-4400, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/big-explosion-155x155.jpg "The Great Fairgrounds Swindle pt 3: Threats, Bribes, and Videotape.")
The Great Fairgrounds Swindle pt 3: Threats, Bribes, and Videotape.
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 11 Comments. . . First – have you called Solorio and Correa yet, and asked them to stop this rotten deal? Asm. JOSE SOLORIO 714-939-8469, or 916-319-2069 Sen. LOU CORREA 714-558-4400, […] -
![JOSE SOLORIO 714-939-8469, or 916-319-2069 LOU CORREA 714-558-4400, or 916-651-4034. I’ve been writing about what a terrible deal Costa Mesa was snookered into making with Facilities Management West, turning over […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Fait-2-155x133.png "Call Solorio and Correa TODAY: Stop this rotten Fairgrounds deal!")
Call Solorio and Correa TODAY: Stop this rotten Fairgrounds deal!
Posted on July 22, 2010 | 14 CommentsJOSE SOLORIO 714-939-8469, or 916-319-2069 LOU CORREA 714-558-4400, or 916-651-4034. I’ve been writing about what a terrible deal Costa Mesa was snookered into making with Facilities Management West, turning over […]
It does raise the question of why fight it in the first place. Dems are so dumb. They might as…