The cost to the registrar or the cost to run the campaigns? The cost to the registrar would not be…
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
SB 249? It got killed via suspense file in assembly appropriations. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB249
Without commenting on your specific stats, I would say that is an excellent question. Maybe you should be a Supervisor.…
Criticizing past elected trustees of the Orange County Board of Supervisors reflects not only their leadership weaknesses but also flaws…
patriotism Archive
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Open Thread: “BE THE INSURRECTION” (Rick Wilson)
Posted on October 8, 2025 | No CommentsNow is the time for all good men and women... -
DEFEATING THE FASCIST BEAST: A California Perspective.
Posted on February 1, 2025 | No CommentsJohn Earl's latest project. Count us in! -
OCGOP statement on Trump Indictment: They say “Weaponization” but forget to mention SOROS.
Posted on April 2, 2023 | 17 CommentsPathetic as you may expect. Vern strives to make things more stirring. -
Memorial Day: To Nagasaki with Pappy (One Year before The Bomb.)
Posted on May 31, 2021 | 2 CommentsFrom John Earl's dad, a first-person account of a WWII bombing mission over Japan. -
Holiday Weekend Lincoln Project Open Thread
Posted on December 25, 2020 | 6 CommentsLet's talk... -
Fingal examines, critically, Lucille Kring’s sudden Jihad against Fireworks.
Posted on August 14, 2018 | 9 CommentsFingal O'Flahertie = Fire off Fireworks! -
Declaration 2018
Posted on July 4, 2018 | 17 CommentsIllustrated for the Trump era. -
Harry Sidhu SAVES THE FOURTH OF JULY for rich white people in the Hills!
Posted on July 3, 2018 | 34 CommentsSlightly edited real press release from the Chamber, for their favored Mayoral candidate. -
The Voodoo Tax Reform…what could possibly go wrong?
Posted on October 29, 2017 | 5 CommentsIt seems like a million years ago that George Bush “the Elder” was accused by Michael Dukakis (the Democratic Challenger) of using Voodoo Economics to explain the Art Laffer concept […] -
West OC Democrat Lowenthal to sit out Trump Inauguration. How ’bout Lou?
Posted on January 18, 2017 | 20 Comments. . . I (Vern) figured this was timely OC news: Congressman Alan Lowenthal, who represents (besides the Long Beach area) Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Cypress, Westminster, Buena Park, Midway City, […] -
Art of the Trade and our Global Mushroom Economy!
Posted on December 26, 2016 | 4 Comments. . . “Both Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush want to pass NAFTA! There will be a giant sucking sound as every manufacturing job in America leaves for lower […] -
Remembering Huntington Beach hero Luis Cardenas on his 100th Memorial Day
Posted on May 29, 2016 | 13 Comments. . . We had a tradition at this blog during the height of the wars in Iraq and Afganistan,where each Memorial Day we would write about each of the […] -
Weekend Closed Thread: “Where to Invade Next!”
Posted on February 11, 2016 | 129 Comments. . . Michael Moore’s documentaries have poignantly and hilariously explored many of our most explosive political issues. After a six-year hiatus, his latest is being released this Friday, and […] -
Memorial Day Weekend Open Thread: Disney at 60, St.-to-Be Oscar Romero, Gay Irish Marriage, a Dreamer Graduates!
Posted on May 23, 2015 | 10 Comments. . . The Orange Juice Blog wishes all its readers a THOUGHTFUL Memorial Day, and drive safely out there! This is your three-day Weekend Open Thread, in which you’re […]
Oh, Sam. You don't know anything about local politics and elections or local governance. I do. I'll leave it at…