Fantastic story about an amazing man. Thank you for sharing. Only wish I could have met him!
[…] post was originally published on this […]
Today, Umberg's office tells me "The author [Pacheco] has agreed to amend the bill back to how it came out…
I've received more e-mails about this story than usual, thanking me for it. One first amendment activist wanted to alert…
I can't even imagine what this woman thinks is in this for her. She will have no allies and tons…
They don't understand the same part the Rotting Yammites don't understand. Just from a different perspective.
This comment came from the smartest dude I know. "Which part of freedom don't the leftists understand?" Ernest P. Worrell…
Sounds like Blanca has lots of good reasons to hide stuff. Maui? SPAIN? For what, I wonder.
it's bound to incite a legal challenge. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You can certainly hold Sharon Quirk…
“The OC” Archive
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The Passion of the Peotter: An Inside Look at How an Ignorant Fool Squeals for Public Support
Posted on July 14, 2015 | 4 Comments. . . LATE UPDATE: The Mayor’s resolution passed on a 4-3 vote. Peotter, Muldoon, and the other one voted “no.” I was busy yesterday, so I didn’t get to […] -
Special Pluto Open Thread (Because You Know You Want It): It’s My Happy Heart You Hear
Posted on July 14, 2015 | 20 Comments. . . It’s Pluto Day! And aside from the science, which is pretty clearly amazing, we on this blog turn to the politics — where the question is […] -
BAOUT! Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen Comes Out as Gay at Reception for Ambassador to Vietnam
Posted on July 13, 2015 | 26 Comments. . . Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen, who is expected to run for the 46th Congressional district for Congress being vacated by Loretta Sanchez, chose the occasion of the […] -
Homeless advocate Roussan Joshua Collins calls for Disney Boycott.
Posted on July 13, 2015 | 7 Comments. . . Roussan Joshua Collins, who spends all his time (along with our friend Lou Noble) advocating for Anaheim’s homeless, wrote this and asked us to print it: BOYCOTT […] -
Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project.
Posted on July 12, 2015 | 11 Comments‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […] -
Diane Goldstein: End the Drug War With Justice and Dignity!
Posted on July 9, 2015 | 6 Comments. . . In September 2012 Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of law enforcement professionals opposed to the war on drugs, of which I am a member of […] -
The City of Newport Beach warns of impending Gay-Marriage-caused Apocalypse.
Posted on July 8, 2015 | 11 Comments. . . You might have been excused (if you lived in Newport Beach and were on Councilman Scott Peotter’s e-mail list) for thinking yesterday’s blast came from some wild […] -
Why should YOU have to pay for Police’s self-serving PR?
Posted on July 8, 2015 | 2 Comments. . . Cross-posted from The Fullerton Rag, The Voice of Some People. “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” —George Orwell […] -
Where Democracy Goes to Die: Anaheim Locks Up a Gate Tax and Swallows the Key
Posted on July 8, 2015 | 8 CommentsAfter barely giving residents a week, over a holiday, to consider its future for the next two generations, Anaheim made its biggest financial decision of this […] -
Tonight’s Disney Power Grab: Why the Rush? Because That’s Just How Sucker Punches Work!
Posted on July 7, 2015 | 4 Comments. . . Here’s what Dr. Jose Moreno has had to say in an open letter to the City Council this afternoon, after which my thoughts will follow: An Email […] -
Disney Gate Tax Dialogues, Part 9: All’s Well That Ends Well – If You Show Up and Speak
Posted on July 7, 2015 | 4 Comments. . . [Editor’s note: There’s a lot for us to cover here before the Anaheim City Council votes next THIS Tuesday on Disney’s “Gate Tax” proposal — so to make […] -
Chumley Prints Pro-Disney Dem’s Leak of Dr. Moreno’s ‘DPOC-Only’ Email on ‘Tax-Free-Disney’ Vote
Posted on July 6, 2015 | 9 Comments. . . I wear both the hat of a Democratic Party of Orange County (“DPOC”) Committee Member and the hat of a local political blogger, which means that there […]
![The Passion of the Peotter: An Inside Look at How an Ignorant Fool Squeals for Public Support . . . LATE UPDATE: The Mayor’s resolution passed on a 4-3 vote. Peotter, Muldoon, and the other one voted “no.” I was busy yesterday, so I didn’t get to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Peotter-Pops-115x115.jpg)
![Special Pluto Open Thread (Because You Know You Want It): It’s My Happy Heart You Hear . . . It’s Pluto Day! And aside from the science, which is pretty clearly amazing, we on this blog turn to the politics — where the question is […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Pluto-Heart-photo-e1436911391688-115x115.png)
![BAOUT! Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen Comes Out as Gay at Reception for Ambassador to Vietnam . . . Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen, who is expected to run for the 46th Congressional district for Congress being vacated by Loretta Sanchez, chose the occasion of the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Bao-with-Beauty-Queens-1-115x115.jpg)
![Homeless advocate Roussan Joshua Collins calls for Disney Boycott. . . . Roussan Joshua Collins, who spends all his time (along with our friend Lou Noble) advocating for Anaheim’s homeless, wrote this and asked us to print it: BOYCOTT […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/homeless-guy-on-bench-115x115.jpg)
![Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project. ‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sulnick-jokes-11-e1436742307760-115x115.png)
![Weekend Open Thread: Vern & Friends’ Best Concert Ever! Plus: Ron Thomas Remembers . . . [L-R: John Herceg, powerhouse Croatian-American baritone Janelle Barrera, flutist extraordinaire Vern Pat Nelson, your humble blogger, composer and pianist Loghman Adhami, Persian-American violinist The “Rock Doctor” John […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/vern-and-friends-7-10-15-115x115.png)
![Diane Goldstein: End the Drug War With Justice and Dignity! . . . In September 2012 Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of law enforcement professionals opposed to the war on drugs, of which I am a member of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/leap-south-of-the-border-115x115.png)
![The City of Newport Beach warns of impending Gay-Marriage-caused Apocalypse. . . . You might have been excused (if you lived in Newport Beach and were on Councilman Scott Peotter’s e-mail list) for thinking yesterday’s blast came from some wild […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/peotter-gaypocalypse-115x115.png)
![Why should YOU have to pay for Police’s self-serving PR? . . . Cross-posted from The Fullerton Rag, The Voice of Some People. “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” —George Orwell […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/behind-the-badge-propaganda-115x115.jpg)
![Where Democracy Goes to Die: Anaheim Locks Up a Gate Tax and Swallows the Key After barely giving residents a week, over a holiday, to consider its future for the next two generations, Anaheim made its biggest financial decision of this […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cover225x225-115x115.jpeg)
![Deborah Pauly’s Assembly run: First Impressions and Interview. . . . [Pic from the Weekly] July 7, 6pm: Just thought you-all should know first – six hours ago, controversial flamethrowing Villa Park councilwoman and OCGOP albatross Deborah Pauly […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pauly-3-115x115.jpg)
![Tonight’s Disney Power Grab: Why the Rush? Because That’s Just How Sucker Punches Work! . . . Here’s what Dr. Jose Moreno has had to say in an open letter to the City Council this afternoon, after which my thoughts will follow: An Email […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Sucker-Punch-Mayweather-vs-Ortiz-115x115.jpg)
![Disney Gate Tax Dialogues, Part 9: All’s Well That Ends Well – If You Show Up and Speak . . . [Editor’s note: There’s a lot for us to cover here before the Anaheim City Council votes next THIS Tuesday on Disney’s “Gate Tax” proposal — so to make […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Eye-on-Anaheim-City-Council-115x115.png)
![Chumley Prints Pro-Disney Dem’s Leak of Dr. Moreno’s ‘DPOC-Only’ Email on ‘Tax-Free-Disney’ Vote . . . I wear both the hat of a Democratic Party of Orange County (“DPOC”) Committee Member and the hat of a local political blogger, which means that there […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/walrus-embarrassed-115x115.jpg)
More recently, Greenhut thoroughly takes this Pacheco lady to the woodshed. And opines that the legislature should reject even the…