Compare and contrast Alex Pretti and Kyle Rittenhouse.
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…
Water Archive
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![. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-at-meeting-115x115.jpg "Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?")
Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 1 Comment. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […] -
![Video and transcript below of Governor Brown’s State of the State address for 2013, preceded by what in most cases will be a loud ad. FULL TEXT: The message this […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/perez-brown-steinberg-2013-state-of-the-state-115x115.jpg "Governor Brown’s 2013 State of the State Address. Discuss!")
Governor Brown’s 2013 State of the State Address. Discuss!
Posted on January 24, 2013 | 34 CommentsVideo and transcript below of Governor Brown’s State of the State address for 2013, preceded by what in most cases will be a loud ad. FULL TEXT: The message this […] -
![. I had no idea that 400 people showed up to Water Board meetings! Or how dramatic and entertaining they can be, or that they can go till 1 AM! […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/chinatown-noah-cross-115x115.jpg "Cadiz, the Desert Water Pimps.")
Cadiz, the Desert Water Pimps.
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 18 Comments. I had no idea that 400 people showed up to Water Board meetings! Or how dramatic and entertaining they can be, or that they can go till 1 AM! […] -
![. Time for the Cadiz Project to Evaporate – Speak out at tonight’s public hearing! By Debbie Cook Special to the Surf City Voice Things are heating up in the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/chinatown-polanski-slashing-jake-115x115.jpg "Debbie Cook: Santa Margarita Water District like “Chinatown…”")
Debbie Cook: Santa Margarita Water District like “Chinatown…”
Posted on July 25, 2012 | 6 Comments. Time for the Cadiz Project to Evaporate – Speak out at tonight’s public hearing! By Debbie Cook Special to the Surf City Voice Things are heating up in the […] -
![by John Earl, Surf City Voice General Manager Nixes Secret Desal Talks with Poseidon After Brown Act Complaints Confronted by complaints of illegality, the Municipal Water District of Orange County […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/debbie-cook-and-kevin-hunt-115x115.jpg "Secret Poseidon Desal meeting stymied by Brown Act complaint.")
Secret Poseidon Desal meeting stymied by Brown Act complaint.
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 3 Commentsby John Earl, Surf City Voice General Manager Nixes Secret Desal Talks with Poseidon After Brown Act Complaints Confronted by complaints of illegality, the Municipal Water District of Orange County […] -
![By Travis Kiger Last night Councilmembers McKinley, Bankhead, Jones and Quirk-Silva finally admitted what the rest of us had been saying all along: the City of Fullerton’s in-lieu franchise fee is illegal, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/jones-gone-wild1-150x1501.jpg "Fullerton Water Tax Scofflaws Admit Guilt")
Fullerton Water Tax Scofflaws Admit Guilt
Posted on April 18, 2012 | 2 CommentsBy Travis Kiger Last night Councilmembers McKinley, Bankhead, Jones and Quirk-Silva finally admitted what the rest of us had been saying all along: the City of Fullerton’s in-lieu franchise fee is illegal, […] -
![By Mr. Peabody Apparently the much-anticipated Joe Felz Water Study is in, and it says that the illegal 10% water tax is…drum roll, please…illegal. But get this: rather than an […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Dive1-115x115.jpg "New Fullerton Water Tax: 6.7%? Not a Freakin’ Chance!")
New Fullerton Water Tax: 6.7%? Not a Freakin’ Chance!
Posted on March 16, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Mr. Peabody Apparently the much-anticipated Joe Felz Water Study is in, and it says that the illegal 10% water tax is…drum roll, please…illegal. But get this: rather than an […] -
![. . . By John Earl Surf City Voice The chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), John V. Foley, says that a recent Surf City Voice […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Foley2-115x115.jpg "Foley Responds: Still doesn’t think he had to report wife’s income")
Foley Responds: Still doesn’t think he had to report wife’s income
Posted on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment. . . By John Earl Surf City Voice The chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), John V. Foley, says that a recent Surf City Voice […] -
![By John Earl Surf City Voice . . John V. Foley, chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, failed to report over $248,000 of income from his wife, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Foleys-of-Water-Board-115x115.jpg "Water Boarding: Revered Water Director Didn’t Report Wife’s Income")
Water Boarding: Revered Water Director Didn’t Report Wife’s Income
Posted on February 2, 2012 | 3 CommentsBy John Earl Surf City Voice . . John V. Foley, chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, failed to report over $248,000 of income from his wife, […] -
![. . . By John Earl Surf City Voice Water Boarding: Has Ocean Desalination’s Swan Song Been Sung in Orange County? An Irvine water official recently let members of the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/desal-testing-lab-115x115.jpg "OC Ocean Desalination’s Swan Song? by John Earl")
OC Ocean Desalination’s Swan Song? by John Earl
Posted on December 24, 2011 | 18 Comments. . . By John Earl Surf City Voice Water Boarding: Has Ocean Desalination’s Swan Song Been Sung in Orange County? An Irvine water official recently let members of the […] -
![. . . Emitting virtually zero direct emissions and producing enough energy to power a large city with a small plant, this clean energy source was thought to be revolutionary […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/green-technology-115x115.jpg "“Green Technology” Not So Green")
“Green Technology” Not So Green
Posted on October 31, 2011 | 37 Comments. . . Emitting virtually zero direct emissions and producing enough energy to power a large city with a small plant, this clean energy source was thought to be revolutionary […] -
![. . . Over the last year or so there has been great criticism of California’s political climate and the public policy decisions made here. That criticism often points to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/texasdrought-115x115.jpg "Is the Grass really Greener in TEXAS?")
Is the Grass really Greener in TEXAS?
Posted on August 10, 2011 | 10 Comments. . . Over the last year or so there has been great criticism of California’s political climate and the public policy decisions made here. That criticism often points to […] -
![By Greg Sebourn Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is spending $571,400 to fund their internal Ethics Office according to the approved 2011 budget. According to the District’s website, the Ethics […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cat-underwater.jpg "The Water District’s $571,400 Ethics Office")
The Water District’s $571,400 Ethics Office
Posted on May 22, 2011 | 2 CommentsBy Greg Sebourn Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is spending $571,400 to fund their internal Ethics Office according to the approved 2011 budget. According to the District’s website, the Ethics […] -
![Last week the Register’s Watchdog Teri Sforza did a piece on members of the opaque Metropolitan Water District Board who had racked up huge travel expenses soldiering onward for you […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ackerwoman-155x155.jpg "On the Water Gravy Train. Prima Ballerina Edition.")
On the Water Gravy Train. Prima Ballerina Edition.
Posted on January 20, 2011 | 1 CommentLast week the Register’s Watchdog Teri Sforza did a piece on members of the opaque Metropolitan Water District Board who had racked up huge travel expenses soldiering onward for you […]
Flashback Friday! It was 1973. Rufus Thomas was telling the people to Git up and do it. https://youtu.be/ne50dAYfrMA