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Deciphering Anaheim’s Measure A
Posted on September 12, 2023 | 45 CommentsGreg looks at the ordinance and suspects it won't do much of what it promises (beyond the wage hike) and might actually blow up in UNITE HERE's face! -
Just around the bend: The 405 Toll Lanes we fought so hard against.
Posted on August 8, 2023 | 2 CommentsFight is over. The good guys lost. Here is our future. -
Anaheim Hoteliers: JUMP! Anaheim Council: HOW HIGH?
Posted on June 27, 2023 | 17 CommentsWhatever papa wants... -
The latest on UniteHERE’s $25 per hour minimum wage ordinance for hotel workers.
Posted on May 17, 2023 | 6 CommentsWill this pass in November 2024? Can it? Lotsa complications... -
Agents’ Orange 3: Partisan Political VOLUNTEERS in the OC, 1960-2000
Posted on March 21, 2020 | No CommentsCheck out the birth of everything from the Lincoln Club to the Dem Club of North OC! -
¡Ada Briceño for DPOC Chair!
Posted on December 20, 2018 | 22 CommentsDefinitely the Orange Juice candidate. -
Vanderbilt withdraws compromise measure! (And other Living Wage desmadre…)
Posted on July 5, 2018 | 13 CommentsJames backs off the sabotage. Building trades are pathetic sellouts. Hotelier threats are empty. And a song. -
Disney $15 Living Wage: Fear of a Fiscal Impact Study!
Posted on May 16, 2018 | 14 CommentsOh. Yeah. Of course that makes sense now. -
Five More Years! HB stands with embattled Chief Handy against police union smear campaign.
Posted on February 26, 2018 | 2 CommentsA victory for sensible humane law enforcement and community policing, and against police unions who hate that. -
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 […] -
How “Anti-Union” is Anaheim’s Mayor Tom Tait? OJB’s Diamond Asks Him the Hard(hat) Questions
Posted on February 13, 2017 | 11 Comments. . . Vern here. I noticed this great (although not entirely completed) interview with Mayor Tait, sitting among Greg’s “drafts” from last September, and thought it was still well worth […]