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Grand Jury explores ways to protect OC from Michelle Steel.
Posted on July 11, 2022 | 7 CommentsOne MORE reason for District 45 to vote JAY CHEN! -
SJC’s Los Rios District becoming a Parking Lot for Commercial Properties.
Posted on April 30, 2021 | 1 CommentBusiness as usual in San Juan Capistrano... -
Sharon’s West Coyote Hills Preservation Act Passes the Assembly Floor!
Posted on June 1, 2017 | 4 Comments. . . Vern here. This blog has been in the forefront of the fight to protect Fullerton’s last notable open space of West Coyote Hills from the predations of […] -
The Rodgers Park Victory: A Portrait of Huntington Beach in early 2016.
Posted on January 23, 2016 | 7 Comments. . . INJURY. Huntington Beach voters whose memories go back a decade mutter and curse under their breath as they drive past the new Senior Center under construction in […] -
The Scandal of San Juan Capistrano’s Not-So-Open Space
Posted on January 17, 2015 | 27 Comments. . . We welcome our new South County blogger, known as “Capistrano Common Sense.” We wouldn’t mind having one or two more bloggers from down there, to help unlock […] -
An Urgent New Year’s Message from Joe Shaw!
Posted on January 1, 2014 | 5 CommentsFrom Huntington Beach Mayor Pro-Tem Joe Shaw: Happy New Year everyone! I wanted to share the following extremely important and timely information about Bolsa Chica— I’m hoping you’ll take action […] -
Fullerton’s Coyote Hills: Chevron thinks you’re REALLY stupid! **Update– Now with response from Chevron!
Posted on October 28, 2012 | 15 CommentsI casually wandered into this election cycle not really caring about West Coyote Hills. I knew some people were fired up about some houses being built, but I figured the […] -
Fullerton’s Matt Rowe endorses Jane Rands and saving Coyote Hills.
Posted on August 17, 2012 | 12 Comments. Latest statement from Juice friend, Iraq vet and former Fullerton candidate Matt Rowe. I (Vern) agree that Jane is head-and-shoulders better than all the status-quo mediocrities running from both […] -
Messin with Sasquatch 405?
Posted on May 8, 2012 | 1 CommentThe 405 Freeway is an international icon. You could ask someone in Brunei about the traffic on the 405 Freeway and those folks probably have an opinion. Every talk show […] -
“Green Technology” Not So Green
Posted on October 31, 2011 | 37 Comments. . . Emitting virtually zero direct emissions and producing enough energy to power a large city with a small plant, this clean energy source was thought to be revolutionary […] -
OJ Multifecta: ACKERMAN taps DAVE ELLIS to smear BUSHALA in defense of Councilmen who cover-up KELLY THOMAS murder.
Posted on August 31, 2011 | 30 CommentsSay you’re Dick Ackerman. No, stop making that silly face. And pull that right eyebrow back down. Seriously, pretend you’re crooked former California Senate Minority Leader and long-ago Fullerton Councilman […] -
Orange Land-Grab: Developer’s dirty tricks are illegal. UPDATE: Enough referendum sigs collected!!!
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . You may have heard, if you’ve been following what we call the “Land Grab” in the City of Orange and the citizen referendum against it, of one […] -
“Dirty Politics Crosses the Line.” The latest on the Orange Land Grab, from Orange-Needs-Parks.org
Posted on August 5, 2011 | 16 Comments. . . Found in today’s bulging Orange Juice Inbox (our emphases) : Hi Vern, Sometimes one side goes too far in a political fight. In the City of Orange, […] -
Fullerton citizens unite against Chevron and their own City Council to preserve West Coyote Hills.
Posted on July 24, 2011 | 22 Comments. . . This could almost be a sequel to my recent article about something very similar happening in the City of Orange. I’d been waiting for one of our […]