U.S. suspends visas to 75 countries including Armenia re drain on welfare programs. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/state-department-suspending-immigrant-visas-for-75-countries-citing-public-assistance-concerns
Israel loves them some ground Chuck. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-883968
I do not know Jim Silva. Never met him.
Octogenarian former OC politician Jim Silva has the same IP address as Neshanian???
Yeah. Back then Troy just seemed like a slimy kleptocrat, didn't picture him as a fascist. We supported Travis over…
Noberto's wife is a thief???
Is this the same Troy Edgar who lost the GOP nomination for State Assemby against Travis Allen? I think it…
Some where Gus is bitter.
Is this the New World Order 41 was referring to? So much for compassionate conservatism.
octa Archive
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Agents’ Orange 7D: Argyros and other “Heavy Hitters” of late-20th century OC
Posted on November 11, 2024 | No CommentsLast instalment of OC's biggest campaign donors 1960-2000 (besides the Irvine & Mission Viejo Companies) -
Just around the bend: The 405 Toll Lanes we fought so hard against.
Posted on August 8, 2023 | 2 CommentsFight is over. The good guys lost. Here is our future. -
![. . . A newspaper reports that 650,000 California drivers licenses were issued last year to undocumented persons. This means that we have 650,000 more licensed drivers than a year […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mexican-driver-115x115.jpg "Do more legal drivers mean reduced bus ridership?")
Do more legal drivers mean reduced bus ridership?
Posted on January 28, 2016 | 17 Comments. . . A newspaper reports that 650,000 California drivers licenses were issued last year to undocumented persons. This means that we have 650,000 more licensed drivers than a year […] -
![. . . Something like a staggering $800,000 has been spent in Irvine this season to defeat the Democratic candidates – my friend Melissa Fox calculates that at least $100 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lalloway-choi-405-115x115.png "Lalloway-Choi Lies: 405 Toll Lanes, Veterans’ Cemetery, and so much more!")
Lalloway-Choi Lies: 405 Toll Lanes, Veterans’ Cemetery, and so much more!
Posted on November 2, 2014 | 19 Comments. . . Something like a staggering $800,000 has been spent in Irvine this season to defeat the Democratic candidates – my friend Melissa Fox calculates that at least $100 […] -
![. . . WHILE we are printing pieces that The Register and its subsidiaries refuse to, here is a response Eric Bever wrote to a typically whory pro-toll editorial (“Toll […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bever-kicking-caltrans-115x115.png "405 Tolls: Eric Bever’s Modest Proposal for CalTrans")
405 Tolls: Eric Bever’s Modest Proposal for CalTrans
Posted on October 14, 2014 | 3 Comments. . . WHILE we are printing pieces that The Register and its subsidiaries refuse to, here is a response Eric Bever wrote to a typically whory pro-toll editorial (“Toll […] -
![. . . Lucy Dunn is the President, CEO, and ubiquitous spokeswoman of the Orange County Business Council (OCBC.) Masterminded by tireless and insatiable lobbyist Curt Pringle (former Speaker of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dunn-allen-115x115.png "OCBC’s Fatuous Lucy Dunn celebrates imposition of 405 Toll Lanes; and is Travis Allen a Toll Troll?")
OCBC’s Fatuous Lucy Dunn celebrates imposition of 405 Toll Lanes; and is Travis Allen a Toll Troll?
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 15 Comments. . . Lucy Dunn is the President, CEO, and ubiquitous spokeswoman of the Orange County Business Council (OCBC.) Masterminded by tireless and insatiable lobbyist Curt Pringle (former Speaker of […] -
Live Better on The 405: Zipper Merge
Posted on July 28, 2014 | No CommentsA better way to handle those Freeway lane closures -
![. . . Well, what do you think? I mean, we’ve been fighting this here for a couple of years. And our friend Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey has been […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/braveheart-battle-bf863-115x115.jpg "It’s War. CalTrans moves to impose 405 Tolls. WE start the OC Drivers’ Union.")
It’s War. CalTrans moves to impose 405 Tolls. WE start the OC Drivers’ Union.
Posted on July 28, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . Well, what do you think? I mean, we’ve been fighting this here for a couple of years. And our friend Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey has been […] -
![Remember that Flag Day event I played piano for on Saturday? I used to think of it as a Democrat, or as THE OC Democrat Flag Day event. I guess […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/alvarez-kelly-oconnell-115x115.png "Scenes from the “Labor” Flag Day: SQS, RINO’s, Teamsters and Toll Lanes!")
Scenes from the “Labor” Flag Day: SQS, RINO’s, Teamsters and Toll Lanes!
Posted on June 17, 2014 | 8 CommentsRemember that Flag Day event I played piano for on Saturday? I used to think of it as a Democrat, or as THE OC Democrat Flag Day event. I guess […] -
![Allan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mansoor-405-sqs-daly-allen-correa-115x115.png "Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.")
Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 13 CommentsAllan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […] -
![One of the Orange Juice’s favorite OC politicians has just won a great honor – first-term Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey was named “Woman of the Year” for the 74th […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/woty-3-e1394691142252.png "Diana Lee Carey named Woman of the Year, AD 74. Boo-yah!")
Diana Lee Carey named Woman of the Year, AD 74. Boo-yah!
Posted on March 14, 2014 | 4 CommentsOne of the Orange Juice’s favorite OC politicians has just won a great honor – first-term Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey was named “Woman of the Year” for the 74th […] -
![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 […] -
![Eric Bever, a former Mayor of Costa Mesa who helped bring the “405 Corridor Cities” together last year to fight the proposed Toll Lanes, sent this into the local papers […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bever-405-115x115.png "Eric Bever asks: What’s the REAL reason OCTA wants to make us a Toll Lane County?")
Eric Bever asks: What’s the REAL reason OCTA wants to make us a Toll Lane County?
Posted on December 7, 2013 | 31 CommentsEric Bever, a former Mayor of Costa Mesa who helped bring the “405 Corridor Cities” together last year to fight the proposed Toll Lanes, sent this into the local papers […] -
![I was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mansoor-and-405-traffic-115x115.png "Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.")
Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.
Posted on December 6, 2013 | 17 CommentsI was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […]
The Mesa Water board are also deep into perks and benefits galore!