True of too many Demorats. But at the County level it's still de facto Republican control for the most part,…
Which goes to show you that Democrat politicians are just as venal and corrupt as Republicans. I've seen it close…
What most people have forgotten is that at the time this all happened Melahat was a sitting director on the…
Yeah I was going to fix that ED thing, it was the only substantive correction Dan offered in his little…
"...the puny pockmarked Jeff Flint" Aw, that's just mean.
"Let’s just pile on." Okay. The crook tried to bribe Irvine councilmembers. She admitted it. She may appear bulky but…
No. Melahat wasn't the Executive Director of the DPOC when this went down. She was a DNC member and California…
Beth Krom must be pretty fucking stupid. Her story is that Rafiei has taken responsibility by pleading guilty. That's nonsense.…
On that note, Melahat got Loretta Sanchez to have me play piano at her wedding and reception. I do remember…
Water Archive
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DEFEATING THE FASCIST BEAST: A California Perspective.
Posted on February 1, 2025 | No CommentsJohn Earl's latest project. Count us in! -
Erin Brockovich praises Yorba Linda’s new Water Treatment Plant.
Posted on September 29, 2024 | 2 CommentsGood job Yorba Linda Water District! -
John Earl: Can San Diego (Carlsbad) get rid of THEIR Poseidon Albatross?
Posted on July 27, 2024 | 2 CommentsThere but for the grace of the Coastal Commission (and decades of activism) goes Orange County. -
RIP Kelly Rowe: a Water Board Director who Stood Out from the Herd.
Posted on January 27, 2024 | 2 CommentsRare honest water board member! -
John Earl on the Spectacular Self-Degradation of “Environmentalist” Barbara Boxer.
Posted on November 26, 2023 | 5 CommentsReal shame, that. -
Getting Hosed pt 3: You Can’t Change the Climate “with Dance, Libation or Prayer.”
Posted on July 24, 2023 | 2 CommentsBack at the roots of our unwise water policies, there was a wise critic - John Wesley Powell. -
Getting Hosed in search of SoCal’s Mythical Garden, pt 2: The Great Thirst.
Posted on July 4, 2023 | No CommentsThe first addition to California's natural water supply portfolio reminds us how it all got started. -
How Ratepayers got hosed in the search for SoCal’s Mythical Gardens. Pt 1: Barbre’s Greed.
Posted on June 30, 2023 | 3 Comments'They're going to have to pry the hose out of my cold dead fingers' - Brett Barbre, MWDOC -
Gavin Newsom’s ‘Culture of Distrust’ revealed by his former Water Conservation Manager.
Posted on May 19, 2023 | 2 CommentsImportant interview by John Earl of SoCal Water Wars! -
Conner Everts: After the Winter’s Magnificent Snowpacks
Posted on April 26, 2023 | 1 Comment... greedy short-sighted water policy makers are likely to do all the wrong things again. -
“No water left to conserve!” and other profiteer myths debunked.
Posted on November 26, 2022 | 17 CommentsJohn Earl writes: Conservation means much more water for much less money if we treat it as a new source and get real about future demand. -
GLOBAL WARMING: Solutions to Droughts, Fires, and Floods!
Posted on July 17, 2022 | 9 CommentsEpic 2-parter by Alpha Lo, from SoCal Water Wars. -
Geever and Everts on the future of California Desal, post-Poseidon.
Posted on June 26, 2022 | No CommentsThe top fighters and experts look at desal's future. -
Earth Day Weekend Open Thread: SoCal Water Wars & the Rude Pundit.
Posted on April 23, 2022 | 23 CommentsTalk about our extinction, or something anyway.
She was embedded as an officer of fhr CDP too. She was wearing a wire while an officer of the…