The Albert Bushala complaint was published by the Observer to embarrass Tony and George, pure and simple. The Kennedys knew…
Doesn't really clear up a few points. I'd say that the two main points of my piece are 1) that…
You don't seem to grasp the fact that Albert Bushala was separated from the corporation 21 years ago. I know.…
I doubt they are adding to the kitty.
Don’t besmirch local hero George, Jr.
Hi Vern, I understand you’ve had a personal relationship with Tony for many years, so I wanted to clarify a…
I can’t believe someone wanted to have kids with either of them. Gag me with a knish. Ick!!
P.S. Zahra had the nerve at the meeting to claim he had no personal bias or enmity against the Bushalas.…
Go enforce that contract in Lebanon.
Tom Harman Archive
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OC Senator Fail: Harman and Correa get rightly vetoed; RDA-loving Repug Bob Huff wins coveted award from liberal League of California Cities
Posted on September 24, 2011 | 18 Comments. . . “But… but… we got a majority of our colleagues to go along with this thing!” protest the lawmakers. “Do you know how much work, how much […] -
…and lastly, our new State Senate Districts.
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 19 Comments. . . Orange County’s four newly redrawn State Senate districts are not quite as exciting as our new Congressional Districts (with one probable Dem pickup and a Repug cage-match) […] -
(R) Senator Tom Harman to run for Board of Equalization 3rd District
Posted on March 28, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . . Based on a fundraiser letter that just hit the wires it appears that Huntington Beach (R) state Senator Tom Harman will run in 2014 for the Third […] -
CA Budget comments from Senator Tom Harman
Posted on March 24, 2011 | 13 Comments. . . The following commentary is from the March 24th Harman Report. Senator Harman represents the 35th District in southern CA. Budget Update “To my dismay, there have been no additional […] -
Cal Budget 2011, pt 2: the GOP’s anti-Democracy Caucus, vs. the Few Republican Grownups.
Posted on March 11, 2011 | 34 Comments. . . . The Anti-Democracy Caucus In our previous installment we looked at the options that will hopefully be put before us this June: an unthinkable all-cuts budget ($25 […] -
“No deal” CA GOP Senators to governor Jerry Brown
Posted on March 7, 2011 | 35 CommentsIs this man over a barrel? Earlier today the following letter, signed by GOP Senators Tom Berryhill, Bill Emmerson, Sam Blakeslee, Tom Harman and Anthony Cannella was sent to governor […] -
Republican Party unification begins now
Posted on June 10, 2010 | 9 CommentsThe following report appeared in the CalWatchdog blog. “Steven Greenhut is CalWatchdog’s editor in chief. Greenhut was deputy editor and columnist for The Orange County Register for 11 years. He […] -
Immigration Trilogy: three interesting tidbits.
Posted on June 3, 2010 | 10 CommentsI. No Wonder Americans Say they Support SB 1070. As we non-racists see poll after poll showing large majorities of Americans supporting Arizona’s draconian immigration bill SB 1070, we’ve been […] -
Van Tran and other legislators caught ripping us off
Posted on February 21, 2010 | 16 CommentsVan Tran’s house, in West Sacramento The O.C. Register’s Brian Joseph has caught a number of California state legislators, including local Assemblymen Van Tran, ripping off taxpayers. “State law says […] -
Two New Derailment Heroes: Senators Correa and Harman!
Posted on January 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsThis is good news – our two central-county Senators have decided to back Jose Solorio’s AB 1590 to Derail the Sale of our Fairgrounds, leaving only five more fence-straddling OC […] -
We can do this! Two weeks left to Derail the Sale…
Posted on December 27, 2009 | 7 CommentsHello again! I’m going to be asking you to send some (free) faxes to some of our state senators and assemblymen again, but first I’ll lay a little news on […] -
Derailment Update: OC’s Mixed Message to Sacramento
Posted on December 23, 2009 | 6 CommentsThe local papers have been filled lately with news of a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between the County and the City of Costa Mesa to purchase the OC Fairgrounds. A […] -
Blinked? Don’t! The Derailment proceeds apace…
Posted on December 7, 2009 | 7 CommentsAs Costa Mesa Councilwoman Katrina Foley memorably texted Wednesday morning, “Things are moving fast. Don’t blink!” And sure enough, all six of these developments in the Derailment of the Sale of our […] -
Derailment Countdown – 44 days to save fair, plus fun video!
Posted on November 24, 2009 | 6 CommentsIf you promise to call State Senators Lou Correa (714-558-4400) and Tom Harman (714-957-4555) today and tell them you want them to enact emergency legislation in DECEMBER to “rescind AB […]
And another thing. We know the whole depot lease uproar is disingenuous as far as the "issues" raised because none…