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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Dusting Off the Dearthwatch as Kushner and Spitz Depart from Running the OC Register
Posted on March 10, 2015 | 1 CommentIt’s been almost two years since this purgatorial blog unveiled the OC Register Dearthwatch, which sought to chronicle the effect of the newspaper’s paywall upon its online readership, and it’s […] -
UCI and U of Oklahoma, Dissent and Bigotry, Intimidation and Free Speech
Posted on March 9, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . Two universities; two groups of students; two tales of democracy, discrimination, dissent, and disdain. But only one group’s critics crossed the line yesterday of personally identifying the […] -
Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act Council Transcript, Part 4: ‘Measure N Was Not a Tax.’ Huh?
Posted on March 8, 2015 | 6 Comments[Editor’s Note: This is the 4th and final part of the preface to our series begins where the Voice of OC’s article on Tuesday night’s Anaheim Council meeting left off on the […] -
Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act Council Transcript, Part 3: When Bonds Payments Come Due
Posted on March 8, 2015 | 2 Comments[Editor’s Note: This is part 3 of the preface to our series begins where the Voice of OC’s article on Tuesday night’s Anaheim Council meeting left off on the proposed “Anaheim Taxpayers Protection […] -
Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act Council Transcript, Part 2: Laying Out the Dry Foundation
Posted on March 8, 2015 | No Comments[Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of the preface to our series begins where the Voice of OC’s article on Tuesday night’s Anaheim Council meeting left off on the proposed “Anaheim Taxpayers […] -
Introducing the Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act Series: Part 1, Transcript of Public Comments
Posted on March 8, 2015 | No Comments[Editor’s Note: We’re kicking off a series today that begins where the Voice of OC’s article on Tuesday night’s Anaheim Council meeting left off and then does what our friends at VOC […] -
OCWD’s forecast for the future: Cloudy with a huge chance of Error.
Posted on March 7, 2015 | 12 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Give me a chimpanzee with a dart board and I’ll give you a water demand forecast about as reliable […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Habitually Tardy Bilodeau Feels “Unsafe” at Public Water Board Meetings
Posted on March 7, 2015 | 2 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: This post has been redesignated as your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about this, or anything else you’d like, within broad bounds of decorum and discretion.] […] -
UCI Students Waive the Flag! Release the Demagogues and Angry Candidates! (UPDATE: Vetoed!) (UPDATE 2: Intimidated!)
Posted on March 6, 2015 | 47 CommentsOh boy — the UCI flag controversy has hit the media, and surely this will not turn out well. But we have to cover it. And, being who we are, […] -
Young Kim picks up the anti-Toll Lane torch for the OC. With exclusive video!
Posted on March 3, 2015 | 46 Comments. . . Well. That I wasn’t expecting! New Assemblyman Matt Harper, who represents at least half of the area that would be affected by the threatened 405 toll […] -
Three Easy Steps to Solve the World’s Problems!
Posted on March 3, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . As LBJ said about eight months before the Gulf of Tokin Resolution: “We are not going to send American boys eight thousand miles to fight a war […] -
Weirding Weather: After a North County Boom, Huntington Beach Goes Through Hail — ‘Snow Kidding!
Posted on March 2, 2015 | 1 CommentIt has been a weird half-day (as this is written) in Orange County weather, starting with a bolt from the blue-black in the dead of night and a […] -
A Luta Continua Weekend Open Thread – Victory on Net Neutrality, fight on against TPP!
Posted on February 28, 2015 | 31 Comments. . . Dang, it’s the Weekend again – why don’t you lot discuss, with your characteristic decorum leavened by F-Bombs, whatever you like? Here are a couple-a hot topics […]
![Dusting Off the Dearthwatch as Kushner and Spitz Depart from Running the OC Register It’s been almost two years since this purgatorial blog unveiled the OC Register Dearthwatch, which sought to chronicle the effect of the newspaper’s paywall upon its online readership, and it’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Kushner-Orange-Glow-Static-Eyes-115x115.jpg)
![UCI and U of Oklahoma, Dissent and Bigotry, Intimidation and Free Speech . . . Two universities; two groups of students; two tales of democracy, discrimination, dissent, and disdain. But only one group’s critics crossed the line yesterday of personally identifying the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Winning-through-Intimidation-115x115.jpg)
![PATTOO, Part 1: Kris Murray Out-Kleptos Herself with the “Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act” . . . You can say this about Anaheim Councilwoman Kris Murray, it doesn’t take her long to toot her own horn following a vote of the Council that goes […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kris-murray-dictator-cropped-115x115.jpg)
![Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act Council Transcript, Part 4: ‘Measure N Was Not a Tax.’ Huh? [Editor’s Note: This is the 4th and final part of the preface to our series begins where the Voice of OC’s article on Tuesday night’s Anaheim Council meeting left off on the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Anaheim-Council-Meeting-2015-0303-Superimposed-TaitHouston-600px-copy-115x115.jpg)
![Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act Council Transcript, Part 3: When Bonds Payments Come Due [Editor’s Note: This is part 3 of the preface to our series begins where the Voice of OC’s article on Tuesday night’s Anaheim Council meeting left off on the proposed “Anaheim Taxpayers Protection […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Anaheim-Council-Meeting-2015-0303-Group-Measure-N-115x115.jpg)
![Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act Council Transcript, Part 2: Laying Out the Dry Foundation [Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of the preface to our series begins where the Voice of OC’s article on Tuesday night’s Anaheim Council meeting left off on the proposed “Anaheim Taxpayers […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Anaheim-Council-Meeting-2015-0303-Part-2-Header-115x115.jpg)
![Introducing the Anaheim ‘Taxpayer Protection’ Act Series: Part 1, Transcript of Public Comments [Editor’s Note: We’re kicking off a series today that begins where the Voice of OC’s article on Tuesday night’s Anaheim Council meeting left off and then does what our friends at VOC […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Anaheim-Taxpayers-Protectors-115x115.jpg)
![OCWD’s forecast for the future: Cloudy with a huge chance of Error. . . . by Debbie Cook; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Give me a chimpanzee with a dart board and I’ll give you a water demand forecast about as reliable […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chimp-dartboard-115x115.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: Habitually Tardy Bilodeau Feels “Unsafe” at Public Water Board Meetings . . . [Ed. Note: This post has been redesignated as your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about this, or anything else you’d like, within broad bounds of decorum and discretion.] […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bilodeau-displeased-115x115.jpg)
![UCI Students Waive the Flag! Release the Demagogues and Angry Candidates! (UPDATE: Vetoed!) (UPDATE 2: Intimidated!) Oh boy — the UCI flag controversy has hit the media, and surely this will not turn out well. But we have to cover it. And, being who we are, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/UCI-and-US-flags-115x115.jpg)
![Young Kim picks up the anti-Toll Lane torch for the OC. With exclusive video! . . . Well. That I wasn’t expecting! New Assemblyman Matt Harper, who represents at least half of the area that would be affected by the threatened 405 toll […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/young-kim-toll-lane-presser-e1425448619517-115x115.jpg)
![Three Easy Steps to Solve the World’s Problems! . . . As LBJ said about eight months before the Gulf of Tokin Resolution: “We are not going to send American boys eight thousand miles to fight a war […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/underpants-gnomes-115x115.jpg)
![Weirding Weather: After a North County Boom, Huntington Beach Goes Through Hail — ‘Snow Kidding! It has been a weird half-day (as this is written) in Orange County weather, starting with a bolt from the blue-black in the dead of night and a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HB-Snow-2-HB-Cam-of-Pier-605px-115x115.jpg)
![A Luta Continua Weekend Open Thread – Victory on Net Neutrality, fight on against TPP! . . . Dang, it’s the Weekend again – why don’t you lot discuss, with your characteristic decorum leavened by F-Bombs, whatever you like? Here are a couple-a hot topics […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/braveheart-battle-bf8631-115x115.jpg)
More recently, Greenhut thoroughly takes this Pacheco lady to the woodshed. And opines that the legislature should reject even the…