[…] post was originally published on this […]
And I’m correspondingly proud and haughty.
Let's hope PYLUSD doesn't back down! Gates and Cherniss have cost taxpayers far too much already.
That's kinda high, isn't it?
Which, as is well known, is 73% of the time.
Crap! I hate it when you’re right.
No Steve, she is still 2.3% behind. People keep forgetting much of that district is in LA county. You have…
I guess you missed Ada beating Pulido, same story!
Update from Beverly Hills The trial-setting conference for the Daniel Lifschitz suit against BHUSD will take place on July 21.…
Water Archive
-
Business Ackerwoman and the MWD Board
Posted on November 9, 2009 | 1 CommentWe have thoroughly and comprehensively debunked the campaign blather about Linda Ackerman being some sort of businesswoman. She’s not, of course. That’s just a lie, and almost as bad as […] -
MWD surrenders as pension spike pulled off the table
Posted on October 12, 2009 | 4 Comments“Less than 24 hours before it was to consider a controversial proposal to increase pension benefits by 25 percent, Metropolitan Water District once again took the item off its agenda, […] -
Welcome the Forecast Rain
Posted on October 12, 2009 | 1 CommentGovernor Schwarzenegger should be happy about the pending rain… Predictably the T.V. and radio media are reporting in an increasingly alarmist tone that the first significant storm (possibly 2) of […] -
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 […] -
Will Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez push for a pension spike for MWD employees?
Posted on October 5, 2009 | 16 CommentsSanta Ana’s high water prices may rise even more if the MWD pension spike is approved Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez added an 85a item, at the last […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
City of Santa Ana overcharging up to 842% for water!
Posted on April 24, 2009 | 5 CommentsOne of our readers, Michael Witzigman, found out the city of Santa Ana is charged by Orange County Water District (OCWD) to extract the ground water from aquifers, since the […] -
Newport Beach Activist Allan Beek on Over-Population
Posted on November 30, 2008 | 20 CommentsMy good friend and colleague, Newport Beach maverick activist Allan Beek, recently gave this talk to the League of Women Voters, on an issue dear to his heart: OVERPOPULATION Those […] -
Debbie & Dana & Tom & Ernst, pt III: Healthcare, Iraq, and Prop. 8
Posted on October 30, 2008 | 3 Comments. . . . . (Part one here) – (Part two here) In today’s video snippet, Dana defends Proposition 8: “I would suggest that we do not change the definition […] -
241 Extension……Protest Report….Part II
Posted on September 23, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe 241 is part of the greater OCTA Toll Road assumption program that includes both the 241 and the 73. The 241 is self sustaining while the 73 goes under […] -
Surfers turn against Dana Rohrabacher
Posted on July 29, 2008 | 8 CommentsOverheard at Sunday’s US Open of Surfing at the HB Pier: (from memory) “Hey, don’t you guys have that crazy Surfing Congressman out here? Dana something?” “Ah, Rohrabacher – he’s […] -
Solorio claims that it takes 700 gallons of water to make a cheeseburger
Posted on July 24, 2008 | 11 CommentsPolitical events in Sacramento are usually laughable, but get a load of the latest misadventure involving Assemblyman Jose Solorio, “Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim), Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other state legislators […]
![MWD surrenders as pension spike pulled off the table “Less than 24 hours before it was to consider a controversial proposal to increase pension benefits by 25 percent, Metropolitan Water District once again took the item off its agenda, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Pension-Spike.jpg)
![Welcome the Forecast Rain Governor Schwarzenegger should be happy about the pending rain… Predictably the T.V. and radio media are reporting in an increasingly alarmist tone that the first significant storm (possibly 2) of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Arnold-Schwarzenegger-loves-water.jpg)
![MWD trying to spike employee pensions, which will drive up our water costs! 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)
![City of Santa Ana overcharging up to 842% for water! One of our readers, Michael Witzigman, found out the city of Santa Ana is charged by Orange County Water District (OCWD) to extract the ground water from aquifers, since the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/santa-ana-water-rate-rip-off.jpg)
![Are the South Coast Water District Board of Directors flying under the radar screen? With the focus on the presidents recovery plans, tax increases in California, job losses, foreclosures and dwindling 401 K’s, there is a public agency that rarely gets any public attention. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/scwd_map.gif)
[…] post was originally published on this […]