Springsteen releases protest song. https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=Dt8Bt5_uI1yNMyn3
Dr. Oz doubles down on Armenian xenophobia. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThyj9Q3T/ https://abc7.com/amp/post/gov-newsom-reviewing-dr-oz-video-appears-target-van-nuys-bakery-owner-reports-business-drop/18497419/ I blame Oprah!!!
He may have had a point. https://youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo
Yeah, Mardahl, I haven't forgotten about you. The Mardahl story is still on my short to-do list.
I feel like the elephant in the room is the often overlooked, underreported role the mayors Father (and VOC INSIDER)…
Jewish Zionists are losing their sh*t over the uci student government’s modification of the definition of anti-semitism. Of course the…
Oh, Vern. You need police approval if you want to get a Conditional Use Permit. The coming and going of…
Or, third possibility, there are just so many weird aspects to the story that I found it fascinating. Like I…
Boy either you REALLY HATE COPS or rent is due so I suppose a few hundred words penned as Bushala's…
pension spikes Archive
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![Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez I finally got an update about last night’s Santa Ana City Council meeting, specifically about the 85a item that Mayor Pro Tem Claudia […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez led the charge against the MWD pension spike")
Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez led the charge against the MWD pension spike
Posted on October 6, 2009 | 1 CommentSanta Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez I finally got an update about last night’s Santa Ana City Council meeting, specifically about the 85a item that Mayor Pro Tem Claudia […] -
Supervisors seek to hamper retirees’ due process legal rights
Posted on September 18, 2009 | 2 CommentsAs has been reported in the press and on this blog the Retired Employees Association of Orange County (REAOC) is suing the County of Orange and its Board of […] -
Retirement Already A Bonanza Waterfall For MWD Employees
Posted on September 8, 2009 | No CommentsTeri Sforza has produced another fine Watchdog post over at the Register about the gravy train that already awaits MWD employees in retirement, including a list of over 40 of these […] -
![The MWD doesn’t want you to contact board member Dan Griset about their pension spike… “Some government officials are slow learners. As the economy has faltered, California public employee pension […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Dan-Griset.jpg "MWD trying to spike employee pensions, which will drive up our water costs!")
MWD trying to spike employee pensions, which will drive up our water costs!
Posted on September 4, 2009 | 11 CommentsThe MWD doesn’t want you to contact board member Dan Griset about their pension spike… “Some government officials are slow learners. As the economy has faltered, California public employee pension […] -
![The media is looking into public pensions In a post on August 30 titled “Pension Wars Continue” I attempted to describe the issues that seem to surround public sector pensions […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Media-looking-into-pensions.jpg "Public pension info. is available to the media")
Public pension info. is available to the media
Posted on September 1, 2009 | 1 CommentThe media is looking into public pensions In a post on August 30 titled “Pension Wars Continue” I attempted to describe the issues that seem to surround public sector pensions […] -
![For much of this year it has been reported that apparently legal but repugnant to most taxpayers pension spiking in the public sector has been occurring. Those doing the spiking […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Pension-Spiking.gif "Pension wars continue")
Pension wars continue
Posted on August 29, 2009 | No CommentsFor much of this year it has been reported that apparently legal but repugnant to most taxpayers pension spiking in the public sector has been occurring. Those doing the spiking […] -
![Government should be run like a business – like the private sector! How often have we heard that one? Except, that is for sunshine laws, open meeting laws, public bidding […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/GM-Government-Made.jpg "We don’t want the government run like the private sector")
We don’t want the government run like the private sector
Posted on August 25, 2009 | 2 CommentsGovernment should be run like a business – like the private sector! How often have we heard that one? Except, that is for sunshine laws, open meeting laws, public bidding […] -
![Would you believe it? Steven Greenhut praised Larry Agran and his fellow Irvine City Council Democrats over at the O.C. Register in an op-ed today. Apparently Agran and company have […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Larry-Agran-fights-the-police-union.jpg "Irvine Dems fight police union while Costa Mesa Reeps fold like chairs")
Irvine Dems fight police union while Costa Mesa Reeps fold like chairs
Posted on August 23, 2009 | 5 CommentsWould you believe it? Steven Greenhut praised Larry Agran and his fellow Irvine City Council Democrats over at the O.C. Register in an op-ed today. Apparently Agran and company have […] -
![After reportedly spending nearly $2 million of taxpayer dollars to basically sue itself on the issue of the enhanced retirement benefits the Board of Supervisors approved several years ago for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Moorlach-blows-2-million.jpg "Will County of Orange spend another $2 million battling retirees?")
Will County of Orange spend another $2 million battling retirees?
Posted on August 7, 2009 | 6 CommentsAfter reportedly spending nearly $2 million of taxpayer dollars to basically sue itself on the issue of the enhanced retirement benefits the Board of Supervisors approved several years ago for […] -
![Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is finally coming to his senses. On Friday he “disputed claims that illegal immigrants caused California’s $24.3 billion deficit, while he praised their economic contributions and said […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/schwarzenegger-blames-the-public-pensions.jpg "Schwarzenegger nails it – the problem is public employees, not immigrants")
Schwarzenegger nails it – the problem is public employees, not immigrants
Posted on June 6, 2009 | 15 CommentsGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is finally coming to his senses. On Friday he “disputed claims that illegal immigrants caused California’s $24.3 billion deficit, while he praised their economic contributions and said […] -
![Kudos to the O.C. Register for their latest investigative effort. They have dug up startling information about how much money our O.C. firefighters are making, thanks in great part to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/overpaid-firefighters.jpg "Pension spike stuffed O.C. firefighters’ wallets")
Pension spike stuffed O.C. firefighters’ wallets
Posted on April 26, 2009 | 7 CommentsKudos to the O.C. Register for their latest investigative effort. They have dug up startling information about how much money our O.C. firefighters are making, thanks in great part to […] -
![It is amazing how our Orange County Supervisors find new ways to waste our money. I am excerpting below a press release I received from the Association of O.C. Deputy […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/john-moorlach-is-wasting-our-money.jpg "O.C. Supervisors blow almost $2 million on a pointless lawsuit")
O.C. Supervisors blow almost $2 million on a pointless lawsuit
Posted on April 24, 2009 | 5 CommentsIt is amazing how our Orange County Supervisors find new ways to waste our money. I am excerpting below a press release I received from the Association of O.C. Deputy […] -
![Some municipal officials in California are blaming Prop. 13 for their financial woes – when in truth the REAL problem, besides their proclivity for wasting taxpayers money in frivolous ways, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/calpers-in-flames.jpg "Calpers is the culprit, not Prop. 13")
Calpers is the culprit, not Prop. 13
Posted on January 4, 2009 | 11 CommentsSome municipal officials in California are blaming Prop. 13 for their financial woes – when in truth the REAL problem, besides their proclivity for wasting taxpayers money in frivolous ways, […] -
![On Sunday the OC Register recognized Fullerton Councilman Shawn Nelson’s lone stand to protect the Fullerton taxpayer against a proposed employee pension spike plan that was being discussed behind closed […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3151254603_0264a6e7d12.jpg "OC Register Spikes Ball Too Soon on Fullerton Pension Issue")
OC Register Spikes Ball Too Soon on Fullerton Pension Issue
Posted on January 3, 2009 | 9 CommentsOn Sunday the OC Register recognized Fullerton Councilman Shawn Nelson’s lone stand to protect the Fullerton taxpayer against a proposed employee pension spike plan that was being discussed behind closed […]
Compare and contrast Alex Pretti and Kyle Rittenhouse.